HAFF: Genealogy of Delbert James Haff and Wife, Grace Isabel Barse with Monographs Relative to the Champion, DeWolf, Griffin, Peck, Bush, Barse, Cook, and Nichols Families (Softcover)by Delbert James Haff. 110p The Haff family history indicates that there are no baptism records for the Haff children in the Episcopal Church of Hempstead, as the family maintained their Presbyterian faith. Jacob Haff, the father of Lawrence, was documented to be in Dutchess County by 1740, having purchased land there in 1736. This establishes a significant connection to the region and highlights the family's early settlement in New York. In 1831, the