Andrew Haley was of the Isles of Shoals. He was of Irish blood and had a
son, Andrew, who married Elizabeth Scammon, of Kittery, Me., in 1697.
Andrew Haley, Sr., early settled on the islands and eventually became
styled “King of the Shoals.” He and his descendants seem to have long
occupied that portion of the Shoals known as Haley’s Island. In the
_Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society_, for 1800, is a
paper descriptive of the Shoals, from which paper we extract the
following: “The only secure harbour in these islands is Haley’s, which
opens to the S. W., having Haley’s island S. E., Malaga N. W., a wall
built by Mr. Haley, between 70 and 80 paces in length, on the N. E....
At the close of the year 1800 there were on Haley’s island, three decent
dwelling houses, occupied by Mr. Haley, an ingenious and respectable old
gentleman of seventy-six, and his two sons, with their families. Mr.
Haley has expended a handsome fortune in erecting the expensive wall
before mentioned, wharves, and other useful works. Among these are a
windmill, rope walk, 270 feet long; salt works erected before the war
[Revolution], a bake house, brewery, distillery, built in 1783, and a
blacksmith’s and cooper’s shop.”