ORIGIN: Sudbury, Suffolk.
MIGRATION: 1635 on the Planter (on 10 April 1635, "Richard Haffell," aged 54, carrier, "uxor Martha, aged 42, and "5 daughters," "Marie Haffell," aged 17, "Sara Haffell," aged 14, "Martha Haffell," aged 8, "Rachell Haffell," aged 6, and "Ruth Haffell," aged 3, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Planter, with a certificate of conformity from the minister and mayor of Sudbury, Suffolk [Hotten 55]).
OCCUPATION: Carrier (in England) [Hotten 55].
BIRTH: About 1581 (aged 54 on 10 April 1635 [Hotten 55]).
DEATH: 1639 (will dated 17 February 1638/9 [NEHGR 3:156]; on 4 April 1668, "Symon Thompson" deposed regarding "watching with Richard Halfield when he lay upon his death bed about 29 years agone" [EPR 2:119]).