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Edward Halferty was born at County Down, Ireland in 1748. He studied the priesthood at Ireland with his brother, Arthur, at behest of his Catholic father. Edward’s mother, a protestant, provided financial assistance for Edward and Arthur to move to America so that they would not have to become priests.
Edward first settled at Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, before moving to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, after the Revolutionary War.
In 1777, Edward married Margaret Flack. Together then had nine children: Robert, Isabella, John, James, Agnes, William, Margaret, Mary and Edward.
During the Revolutionary War, Edward served in the Cumberland County Militia from 1780-1782 as a Private in Captain John McConnell's Company of Colonel Samuel Culbertson’s Regiment of the Fourth Battalion.
He continued service at Westmoreland County in 1783 as a Lieutenant, and then Captain in the Rangers, eventually ending up as a Colonel of the Fifth Regiment of the Westmoreland County Militia in 1793.
In 1786, for his service, Edward was granted a total of 700 acres at Westmoreland County.
Edward died in 1825, preceding his wife, at Fairfield, Westmoreland County. He is buried at the Fort Palmer Cemetery at Ligonier.
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