Thomas HALE

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Excerpt from "McCall-Tidwell and Allied Families": Thomas removed to and lived in that part of Newbury, afterwards West Newbury, on the farm bought by his father for him and conveyed to him. Called Captain Thomas, was a captain of militia, and a Justice of the Peace under H.B.M's commission. He was buried in the burying ground on Newbury Plains near Artichoke River. In his will, dated June 4, 1744, he gives his wife, Anna, the use of one-half his dwelling house, one third of his real estate in Newbury, and pew in meeting house while she remains his widow; all his household goods and books; one-third of his "stock of creatures" and oe100 in "Bills of credit on the old town". He is names in Archives of State House of Massachusetts as "Captain Thomas Hale," one of the proprietors of township west of Merrimac River and northerly adjoining Contoocook for the soldiers who were in the expedition to Canada in 1690 under the command of Captain John March, Captain Stephen Greenleaf and Captain Philip Nelson. He ws a Selectman of Newbury, 1721, and on committee "to build Ash Street" in 1725. He ws a quiet, unpretending man of sterling worth, a sincere Christian and a man of more than ordinary intelligence. His name appears among the subscribers to the Reverend Dr. Chauncey's "Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in New England", published in 1743--an elaborate discussion of the methods of Whitfield and others in the "Great Awakening" and an earnest protest against them. His home was on the southern slope of "Archelaus Hill", in what is new West Newbury."

Thomas married Anna SHORT on 25 Jan 1704/5. Anna (daughter of Henry SHORT and Sarah WHIPPLE) was born on 28 Mar 1682 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Nov 1770 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas HALE was born on 01 Nov 1705 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
2. Sarah HALE was born on 23 Jan 1707 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
3. Anna HALE was born on 01 Dec 1708 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
4. Judith HALE was born on 26 Dec 1710 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
5. Elizabeth HALE was born on 01 Feb 1713 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Jul 1760 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
6. Matthew HALE was born on 15 Mar 1717 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 02 Jul 1773 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Sawyer Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
7. Oliver HALE was born on 26 Dec 1721 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Oct 1808 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Excerpt from "Descendants of Thomas Hale": He spent most of his life in Newbury, but shortly before his death removed to Rowley and died there. He was a man of immense size, said by tradition to have wieghted over 500 pounds, and his belt as worn measured five feet. He had a voice of immense power. He was a prominent and leading man in church and town affairs both in Newbury and Rowley, was captain of Militia and justice of the peace, and was familiarly known as Captain Hale and Justice Hale. He is said to have m. 1st, Sarah Pickard, but I have been unable to find satisfactory evidence of such marriage. If so she died young.....

Excerpt from "McCall-Tidwell and Allies Families": Thomas was a man of immense size, said by tradition to have weighed over 500 pounds, and his belt as worn measured five feet. A representative to the General Court of Massachusetts, 1713-1714, and was a prominent and leading man in church and town affairs both in Newbury and Rowley. Selectman 1695-1698; Captain of Militia, 1692. Justice of the peace and was familiarly known as Captain Hale and Justice Hale. He bought land in Rowley near the meeting house, built a house on it, to which he removed from Newbury in 1727 and where he died, April 11, 1730. His gravestone in Rowley bears the inscription-- "Here lies ye body of ye Honourabel Thomas Hale, Esq., who died April 11, 1730, in ye 72 years of his age.: His wife's has the following--"Here lies ye body of Mrs. Sarah Hale, ye virtuous wife of Thomas Hale, Esq., who died April ye 26, 1732, age 70 years."

Thomas married Sarah NORTHEND on 16 May 1682. Sarah (daughter of Ezekiel NORTHEND and Edna HALSTEAD) was born on 03 Dec 1661 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 26 Apr 1732 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: 11 Apr 17630