The Hales Newsletter

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NEW SERIES Summer 1996 Vol. 2. No. 2.

ABOUT THAT MAILING LABEL

NEWS AND VIEWS

WILL OF SIR EDWARD HALES

HALES PLACE OR PLACES

THE FAMILY LIFE AND MINISTRY OF REVEREND ISAIAH HALES

This is on-line version of The HALES Newsletter. The HALES Newsletter is the Journal of the HALES Family. It is a quarterly publication of the HALES Family History Society and variant spellings, including HALES, HAILS, HAILES, HAYLS, and HAYLES. The information includes current events, historical sketches and genealogical information pertaining to the Hales family. The pictures can be viewed by clicking on words that are highlighted. It is published by Kenneth Glyn Hales, secretary of The Hales Genealogical Society from 1970 through 1981 and The Hales Family History Society since 1995.

The intent of the HALES Family History Society is to document all HALES, HAILS, HAILES, HAYLS, and HAYLES families wherever they are found in all parts of the world. This documentation is found in the multi-volume The Hales Chronicles. This information is provided as a service to the Hales Family.

The Hales Chronicles contains the genealogical information published by the Hales Family History Society. This database can be found on the Hales web-page at www.hales.org and can be found in book form at The Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City, Utah; The Library of Congress at Washington, D.C.; The Library of The Society of Genealogists at London, England; and the Centre for Kentish Studies at Maidstone, Kent, England. The Hales Chronicles is also found on-line. Look here to verify your family information and to search for your ancestors.

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From Peter de Rougemont of the Channel Islands. "While researching my own family origins at the Society of Genealogists in London last week, I stumbled on your amazing 3 volume work, "The Hales Chronicles." My daughter Sarah married Simon Hales last year, is now expecting their first child and I should very much like to give them your book."

Another letter from Mr. de Rougemont. "Incidentally, the Hales grandchild has arrived and is a boy – George Patrick; so the line continues."

Forrest John Hales observed when looking at the Hales Chronicles, "I didn’t realize the volumes would be so big."

Born April 23, 1962 in American Fork the daughter of Carlos P. and Carol Whitaker Hales. Married Bret F. Hardy January 21, 1988 in American Fork; marriage later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple May20, 1994. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she graduated from seminary and served in her ward Young Women and Primary organizations. She was a dental assistant for 15 years. Corinne had a great love for her husband and son. She enjoyed being with her family and was most grateful for the quiet time she and Bret shared, planning and dreaming for tomorrow.

Survived by her husband, Bret, American Fork; son, Branson Tyrell Kitchen, Cedar Fort, Utah; mother, Carol (Ray) Lamoreaux, American Fork; sisters and brothers, Tamara (Shawn) Warenski, West Jordan; Michelle (Mike) Hall, Tracy Hales, Wendy (Clint) Bean, Troy (Shauna) Hales; Shannon Hales and Clint Hales, all of American Fork. Preceded in death by her father Carlos P .Hales in 1974. Interment in the American Fork City Cemetery.

Jerrie Larena Jensen Hales. Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Jerrie Larena Jensen Hales, returned home to our Father-in-Heaven, July 14, 1996, surrounded by her family.

Jerrie was born January 2, 1941 in Price, Utah to Clyde F. and Mary Larena Brady Jensen. She married Keith Lockwood Hales on May 1, 1959 in the Salt Lake City Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Jerrie was a kind and loving individual who was devoted to her family and was held in high esteem by all who knew her. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and willingly served the Lord. She brought beauty and humor to everything around her. She will be missed.

She is survived by her husband, Keith, children Brady K. and Tina Hales, Rena and Jon Porter, Jeannie and Barry Schouten, Darci and Kevin Nash, Jerrie and Keith also have seven beautiful grandchildren; stepfather, Lester A. Taylor, brother, DeRoy (Pat) Jensen, and sisters, Trenna (Robert) Ballou, and Venna (Lynn) Burton. Preceded in death by her parents. Interment in the Larkin Sunset Gardens.

Odetta Hales Bramwell, 100, died at home August 12, 1996.

She was born November 23,1895 in Cedar Fort, Utah the daughter of Stephen Alexander Hales and Mary Ellen Fox Hales. She married Ernest Bramwell in 1925; he died in 1954. Mrs. Bramwell graduated in1921 from a nurses training program at LDS Hospital and was a private duty nurse for over 30 years.

She was a member of the 11th Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully as a visiting teacher and as a teacher in Seminary and the Relief Society. She also served as a counselor in the Primary. She filled an mission for the church to Los Angeles, California and was a temple worker in the Salt Lake City Temple for15 years.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Jeane (Lionel) Farr , Salt Lake City; two sons, Craig (Marcy) Bramwell, Bonita, California; Stan (Dorothy) Bramwell, Dominican Republic; 18 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Catherine Hansen, Lynette Bowers, both of Salt Lake City. She was preceded in death by seven sisters, three brothers and her husband, Ernest. Interment on August16, 1996 in Wasatch Lawn Cemetery.

First I bequeathe my Soule to Allmightie God wholly relyeing on his sure Mercies in Christ Jesus my Lord and onlie Saviour for a joyfull Resurrection And my Bodye I desire may be decentlie interred in the Parish Church of Tunstall aforesaid without any pompe or ceremonies at all no Funerall sermon no vaine com’emoracon no Invitation Strangers or Friends farr of but such friends onlie as are neare at hand my honest neighbours of the Parish of Tunstall aforesaid and servants No Escutcheons or vanity of heraulds only forty Escutcheons to be provided within a monthe after my decease and disposed to friends as my Executor shall thinke fitt.

Item I give to the Poore of the Parish of Tenterden the sume of twentie pounds and to the poore of the severall parishes of Tunstall aforesaid Chart next Sutton Vallence and Ebbony the sume of tenne pounds the Parish to be paied to the Churche Wardens and other the Overseers of the Poore there respectively within halfe a year after my decease to be by them or the greater part of them in eache parrish respectively with the assent of the Maior of Tenterden aforesaid for that time being for the said parishes of Tenterden and Ebbony and with the assent of the Incumbent and lawfull Ministere of the other Parishes of Tunstall and Chart next Sutton Vallence respectivelie distributed to the honest poore persons there And not to such as inhabitt or dwell in cotteges illegalie erected on wastes or in the high waies or live idlely by freeboothing begging filching or stealing or otherwise dissorderlie in theire lives the weeke before Christmas next after the payment thereof.

Item I will and give to Anne my loving Daughter or Granddaughter wife of Edward Hales, my grandsonne and only sonne of sr John Hales Knight my sonne deceased by Dame Christian his wife one of the foure daughters and coheires of sr James Cromer late of Tunstall aforesaid Knight deceased being one of the foure daughters and coheires of Thomas Lord Wotton Baron of Marley deceased by Dame Mary his wife one of the foure daughters and coheires of Sir Arthur Throckmorton late of Paulesperry in the Countie of Northampton Knight deceased my best jewell at her choyce my cheine of pearles and all other the pearles which are in her or the said Edward Hales her husband his custodye by the delivery of Mary Mabb late the wife of George Hyndly deceased and now the wife of John Roberts the number whereof are specified in a paper under my handwriteing kept with them.

Item I will and give to Edward Hales my grandsonne alsoe and sonne of my sonne Samuell Hales deceased by Martha his wife sole daughter and heir of Stephen Heronden late of Staple Inne in the County of Middlesex, Esquire deceased, being otherwise well provided for from mee (if he be well dealt withall and a just account made him by his Guardian in Soccage) an hundred pounds at his age of foure and twenty yeares to be bestowed in plate and then to be delivered unto him as a further remembrance from me.

Item I will and give unto Christian and Deborah my grandchildren and daughters of my said sonne Samuell Hales the sume of Five hundred pounds apeece (if in my lifetime I shall not have given or secured to be given the like su'me or more to the said Christian and Deborah or either of them) that then the legacie now hereby intended to be given to such of them to cease and be voide at the several! daies of theire marryage or at their severall ages of two and twentie yeares which shall first happen respectively (theire said marryages being with the full consent and likeinge of my Executor my very loving friend and kinsman John Austen of Bexley Esquire hereafter named And the said Edward Hales theire brother And the survivors or survivor of them Provided alwaies that before any payment or delivery of the said hundred pounds in plate to the said Edward Hales and payment of the said Five hundred pounds apeece to the said Christian and Deborah or either of them as aforesaid my said Executor be first fully discharged and released of and from any Bond or Bonds or other securitie which I the said sr Edward Hales and the said Sir John Hales my sonne or either of vs joyntly or severalie have formerlie entered into in the Ecclesiasticall Court at Canterburie together with theire Mother or as suretie for her or on her behalfe or at her request or otherwise upon her takeing Letters of Administrac'on of the goods and chattels of the said Samuell Hales her late husband, my sonne deceased and for truly administering and payment of theire portions allotted by the said Court (which are six hundred and thirty pounds apeece to the said Christian and Deborah and either of them and twenty pounds to the said Edward Hales theire brother out of the goods and chatels of the said Samuell Hales theire Father) as by the Records of the said Court may more plainlie appeare And further Provided alsoe that my said Executor be likewise fully saitsfied and paied all the rent and arrearages of rent now due to mee and arreare and unpaid being three thousand and three pounds at the Feast of St. Michaell last 1651 out of which the taxes by me payable according to order of the new yearly amount have not beene deemed to be deducted And which shall be more due to mee arreare and vnpaid at the time of my deathe from theire Mother or her now husband or whomsoever issueing and goeing out of a messuage and lands called Bellaviewe and the Demeasnes of the Manor of Willopp and other lands in the said County of Kent by me voluntarilie setled and stated by Deed or Deeds vpon my said sonne Samuell Hales and his heires males And by mee then reserved out of the same payable halfe yearly during my life according to the true intent and meaning of the said Deed or deeds by me voluntarily made as aforesaid together with damages for non paiment of the said rent at the time for paiment thereof when it was due and payable.

Item whereas William Barham my late servant is by mee made the Keeper of my chiefe and mansion house at Tenterden aforesaid And hath alsoe the custodie and care of my goods and household stuff in my said hovse co'mitted to him And is by me there imployed in collecting my rents oversight of my Estate in those parts and in the Marsh and other affaires of mine therabouts in the Wold of Kent and in the Marshe wherein if the said Edward Hales my Executor and heire or those which shall inheritt my said houseand lands in Tenterden aforesaid &c. shall not thinke fitt to employ him in such kind of service as I have done and now doe and vpon those or like tearmes or condic'ons then I will and give to the said William Barham the sume of tenne pounds yearlie to be paied to him halfe yearlie by my Executors out of my personall Estate at the Feasts of the Annunciacon of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Michaell the Archangell by equall portions during his naturall life The first payment thereof to beginne at that Feast of the aforesaid Feaste next after his being discharged from keeping my said house and goods and other imployments and not being imployed as aforesaid (which I wish should not be) hee carryeing and behaving himselfe honestlie and faithfully as (I conceave) he hath ever done towards me.

Item I will and give to John Grove and Clifton Hilton my servants and either of them twentye pounds apeece.

Item I will and give to every other of my meniall and covenant servants dwelling in my house at my deathe men maides and boyes to eache of them five Markes apeece to be paied within three monthes after my decease.

Item I will and give to my sister Kenwrick and my sister Curtis being my sisters of whole blood twentie pounds apeece and to my sister Meriott and my sister Dowman being my sisters of halfe blood by my Mother only daughter of Paull Johnson late of Fordwich in the said Countie of Kent Esquire deceased the sume of tenne pounds apeece to be by them bestowed in blacke or otherwise at theire pleasure to be paied within a monthe after my decease.

Item I make constitute and appoint the said Edward Hales my grandsonne and heire sonne of sr JohnHales Knight my sonne by Dame Christian his wife deceased sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament.

Item I will and give to the sayd Edward Hales my sayd Executor and heire (my debts and legacies being paied and discharged) all my leases household stuffe and all my goods and chatels whatsoever.

Item I make and ordeine the said John Austen my kinsman Overseer of this my last Will and Testament And I will and give him as a remembrance of my love and kynd respecte towards him the sume of fortie pounds to be paied within three monthes after my decease.

Item not having any lands convenient and fitting in my power freelie to dispose nor more than formerlie estated and settled and by this my Will hereafter given and disposed of I will and give to Edward Hales eldest sonne of the said Edward Hales sonne of sr John Hales my sonne by the said Anne his wife my great grandsonne being six yeares old the eight and twentieth day of September last 1651 the sume of Twoe hundred pounds at his age of foure and twentie yeares And I will that after hee hath attained his age of Twelve yeares hee should have tenne pounds yearlie paied him for consideracon of the said twoe hundred pounds halfe yearlie at the Feaste of the Annunciacon of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Michaell the Archangell by equall portions the first paiment thereof to beginn at the Feast of the An'unciacon next after his said age of twelve yeares as a small remembrance of mee and to encourage him in learning his booke.

Item I will and give to John Hales my great grandsonne alsoe and second sonne of the said Edward Hales by the said Anne his wife being three years old the second day of March last 1650 the sume of one hundred pounds at his age of foure and twentie yeares And I will that after hee hath attained the age of twelve yeares he should have five pounds yearlie paied him for consideracon of the said hundred pounds halfe yearlie at the Feaste of the Annunciacon of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Michaell the Archangell by equall portions the first payment thereof to beginne at the Feast of the Annunciacon next after his said age of twelve years as small remembrance of mee and to encourage him in learning his booke.

Item I will and give to Charles Hales my great grandsone likewise and third sonne of the sayd Edward Hales by the said Anne his wife being a yeare old the thirtieth day of December last 1650 the sume of one hundred pounds at his age of foure and twentie yeares. And I will that after hee hath attained the age of twelve yeares hee should have five poundes yearlie paied him for consideracon of the said hundred pounds halfe yearlie at the Feaste of the Annunciacon of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michaell the Archangell by equall portions the first paiment thereof to beginn at the Feaste of the Annunciacon next after his said age of twelve yeares as a small remembrance of mee and to encourage him in learning his Booke And if ether the said Edward Hales, John Hales and Charles Hales my said great grandsonnes die before theire said ages of foure and twentie yeares respectively then the legacy of him soe dyeing to be paied to the eldest of them then living at his age of foure and twentie yeares soe then the survivor of them after twelve yeares of age as aforesayd to have fifteene pounds yearlie paid halfe yearlie at the Feaste of the Annunciacon of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael the Archangell as aforesaid for consideracon of the said three hundred poundes vntill payment thereof And if twoe of my said great grandsonnes should die before theire said ages of foure and twentie yeares then the survivor to have twentie pounds yearlie paied him at the said Feasts of the blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michaell the Archangell as aforesiad for consideracon of the said foure hundred pounds vntill payment thereof And I hope that the said Edward Hales theire Father will take care both of the Estate to be left to the Said Edward Hales his eldest sonne with improvement hereof and to provide convenient portions for the said John Hales and Charles Hales his youngest sonnes And what children else it shall please God to blesse withall and to bring them vp in the feare of God and good Litterature which I heartilie wish and much desire And soe I pray God Blesse them all.

Touching the Disposicon of all my mannors messuages rents Tythes lands tenements and hereditaments with the appurtenances whatsoever I have

First I doe hereby confirme all Estates of any mannors messuages rents tythes lands tenements and hereditaments with the appurtenances whatsoever by mee formerlie made and executed by any Deed or Deeds to or to the vse of my said sonne sr John Hales deceased and to his heires or to his heirs males And to or to the vse of the said Edward Hales my said grandsonne and sonne of the said sr John Hales my sonne deceased vpon his marryage with the said Anne being one of the foure daughters and coheires of Thomas Lord Wotton aforesaid according to the true intent and meaning of the said Deed or Deeds respectivelie And whatsoever Mannors messuages rents tythes lands tenements and hereditaments with the appurtenances I am now possessed of in lawe or Equitie or whereof I have the Revertion and not formerlie disposed of in a legall way I will give and bequeath the sayd Mannors messuages rents tythes lands tenements and hereditaments with the appurten'cs whatsoever and the revertion and reverc'ons thereof to the said Edward Hales my said grandsonne my heire and Executor and son of my said sonne sr John Hales deceased to be had to him during his naturall life And after his decease I will give and bequeath the said mannors messuages rents tithes lands tenements and hereditaments with the appurtenances whatsoever And the revertion and Revertions thereof to Edward Hales before named my great grandsonne and eldest sonne of the said Edward Hales by the said Anne his wife and to the heires males of his body And if the sayd Edward Hales my great-grandsonne die without heires males of his body begotten then I will give and bequeath the said mannors messuages rents tythes lands tenements and hereditaments with the appurtenances whatsoever And the revercon and revertions thereof to the said John Hales my great grandsonne and second sonne of the said Edward Hales by the said Anne his wife And to the heires males of his body begotten And if the said John Hales die without heires males of his bodie then I will give and bequeath the said mannors messuages rents tythes lands tenements and hereditaments with the appurtenances whatsover And the revertion and revertions thereof to Charles Hales my greate grandsonne alsoe And third sonne of the said Edward Hales by the said Anne his wife and to the heires males of his Bodie And if the said Charles Hales dye without heires males of his body begotten then I will give and bequeath the said manors messuages rents tythes lands tenements and hereditaments with the appurtenances whatsover And the revertion and revertions thereof to the next sonne and heire male of the body of the said Edward Hales sonne of sr John Hales my sonne and to his heires males of his body begotten And soe if that next sonne die without heires males of his bodie then I will give and bequeath the said mannors messuages rents tythes lands tenements and hereditaments with the appurtenances whatsoever and the reverc'on and reverc'ons thereof to every other the sonne of the said Edward Hales sonne of sr John Hales my sonne deceased in seniority one after another and to the heires males of theire bodies before given to Edward John and Charles sonnes of the said Edward Hales, son of sr John Hales my sonne And the heires males of theire bodyes begotten and if the said Edward Hales sonne of sr John Hales my sonne dye without any heires males of his body begotten then I will give and bequeath the said mannors messuages rents tythes ands tenements and hereditaments with the appurtenances whatsoever and the reverc'on and reverc'ons thereof to the right heires of the said Edward Hales sonne of sr John Hales my sonne and to theire heires for ever And whereas the sayd Edward Hales sonne of the said sr John Hales my sonne was vpon his Father's death for lands holden in Capite by mee estated upon him at his Marriage and other lands discended to him from his Father (which came to him from Dame Deborah his grandmother whereof part held in Capite or Knight's service) served ward to the late King Charles for composicon of which his wardshipp I then presendie paied twoe thousand poundes to his then Maiesties vse in the Court of Wards and Liveries And then entred Bond there with sureties (whereof my said kinsman John Austen was one) to pay more three thousand pounds at my deathe for which three thousand pounds (that I might disengage my Sureties in my lifetime) I compounded with the then Masters of the Wards and Liveries to pay in full discharge thereof twoe thousand three hundred pounds which said sume of twoe thousand three hundred pounds was paied accordingly (the Wardshipp of the said Edward Hales being committed to the said Dame Christian his Mother my said kinsman John Austen his Godfather and myselfe) And a lease of his Father's said lands granted to the said com'ittees during his minoritie at the yearly rent of Three score six pound thirteene shillings foure pence And whereas at the death of the said Dame Christian his Mother another Lease of her lands (where of parte holden of his then Majesty in Capite) was granted to my sayd kinsman John Austen and myselfe the surviving Com'ittees of the Wardshipp of the said Edward Hales during his minoritye at the like yearlie rent of threescore six pounds thirteene shillings and foure pence which said rents I have paied accordingly in the said Court of Wards and Liveries vntill and from Saint Michaell the Arch Angell one thousand six hundred fortie and five and further vntill the foure and twentith Day of February following 1645 (it being then ordered by the then Parlyament that no more rents or payments should be made in the said Court of Wards and Liveries after the said foure and twentith day of Februarie 1645) I doe now fully and whollie remitt to the sayd Edward Hales his sayd Wardshipp and all benefitt thereof which I might have had towards my reimbursinge what I have Wed out and paied for him as aforesaid.

Item, Whereas for the benefitt and advancement of the said Edward Hales sonne of the said Sir John Hales my sonne deceased and out of my love and respect to him I have made my selfe tenant onlie for life in the chiefe part of my Estate whereby I cannot legallie make any Lease thereof to endure longer than my life yett I have taken upon mee to make some leases thereof And where I was tenant onlie by courtesie I have alsoe made Leases for some yeares yet enduring not for lesse rent than formerlie nor to the prejudice of the said Edward Hales or his heires or the said Anne his wife I doe hereby therefore desire the said Edward Hales and Anne his wife my sonne and daughter or grandsonne and granddaughter soe farr to respect mee and my actions tending to theire good that such leases by mee made as aforesaid may not be questioned or avoided by them or either of them if the lessees of the said leases respecitvelie shall willinglie take new leases for the tearme not expired of them the said Edward Hales and Anne his wife and either of them vpon the same tearmes and condicons being tendred vnto them. Touching the lands of the said Dame Deborah my late deare and loving wife deceased and grandmother of the said Edward Hales my heire and Executor sole Daughter and heire of Martin Herlackenden late of Woodchurch in the said County of Kent Esqe by Deborah his wife one of the Daughters of Thomas Whetenhall of Peckham in the said Countie of Kent Esqe deceased and afterwards wife of sr Edward Waterhouse knight deceased And which by reason of the alteracon of the nature of Gavelkynd by Act of Parliament for the same discended and come wholly to the sayd Sir John Hales mine and her eldest sonne (who with my self vpon occasion sould part thereof lyeing in the Parishes of Petham Snave and Lydd in Kent aforesaid) and from him discended vnto the said Edward Hales his only sonne I never challenged or had further interest in them in such part thereof as the said Dame Deborah was possessed of and not in joincture or otherwise given by Will for life to the said Deborah afterwards the Lady Waterhouse her mother for my life only by curtesie neither I doe medle with any disposicon of them otherwise then by Lease for short tyme as aforesayd And whereas my sonne Samuell Hales did purchase of my Cozen John Hales late of Boughton Malherbe near Lenham in the said Countie of Kent deceased the Mannor of Bowley and Lands in Boughton Malherbe aforesaid makeing mee ioynt purchaser with him whereby and Estate in Liewe of the said Mannor and land is vested in my by survivorshipp I doe now hereby will give and bequeathe the said Mannor of Bowley and other lands purchased therewith as aforesaid to the said Edward Hales my grandsonne alsoe and sonne of my said sonne Samuell Hales deceased to be had to him and his heires for ever in fee simple.

In witness thereof I the said sr Edward Hales to this my last Will and Testament consisting of six sheets of paper written with my owne hand being filed and ioned together at the topp with a faire sheet of paper to cover them and sealed there with twoe seales have subscribed my name to every of the said sheetes and sett my seale to the last of them.

Dated the fIfteenth day of October in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fiftie and one1651

• Edward Hales –

Signed sealed published and declared by the within named sr Edward Hales to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of

• Thomas Dynely
• Robert Dixon
• Robert Younge
• Clifton Hilton

This Will was proved at Westminster the first day of November 1654 before the Judges for Probate of Wills and granting Administrations lawfully authorized by the Oaths of Edward Hales the grandsonne and sole Exe'cutor of the said deceased to whome the Administrac'on was com'itted of all and singular the goods chatles and debts of the said deceased hee being first legally sworne faithfully to ad minster the same.

Bailiwick: Jurisdiction or special domain of a bailiff.

Hundred: An old English measurement consisting of 100 hides of land for taxation purposes – a hide varying from 80 to 120 acres.

Lathe: A measurement unique to Kent and based on an important settlement or town. Kent was divided into seven lathes in the Domesday Book and these in turn were divided into hundreds.

Manor: The house or hall of an estate.

Messuage: A dwelling house, buildings and adjoining lands.

Parish: The ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor.

Verge: An outer margin or border.

The Hales family in Kent had great wealth. One researcher claims that they were the richest family in Kent. This can be seen when tracing the properties and manors in Kent and their ownership. At certain periods of time the Hales family owned many manors in various parts of the county. They tried to preserve this wealth in the English tradition, transferring this wealth to their eldest son. Related Hales families lived in many of these Manors.

Perhaps the occupants of these manors can be correlated with what is found in the Parish records. This provides clues to relationships .For example: There is a Hale Place (an estate or messuage) just north of the parish of Loose and the parish of Loose is approximately four miles from the parish of Boxley. Perhaps Samuel Haile (sic) of Boxley, who married Ann Lane of Loose at Loose on 5 Jun 1679, met his wife while visiting his relatives at this Hale Place.

Elizabeth Hales Wyatt, buried at Boxley on 4 Jun 1707, the daughter of Edward Hales of Chilston, and granddaughter of Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, was a cousin of the Catholic Hales family of Tunstall. This Catholic Hales family owned a Manor in Boxley called Tattellmell near Boxley Abbey. Was she living at Tattellmell Manor during this period?

Sometimes it is difficult to determine who, occupied the manors owned by the Hales family. Whether they were rented out or whether various related Hales families lived in them. A traditional view of the yeoman farmer is of the family owning the same freehold land for generations.

ARCHERS COURT in the hundred of Bewsborough and about 3 1/2 miles north-northwest from Dover in the Parish of Whitfield was the seat of a family of this name. From Nicholas Archer it devolved in time to the Crown which later granted it to Sir James Hales. Part of the land was sold to the Lee family, and both parts were later purchased by Sir Hardres Waller.

BELLAVIEW and OTTERPOO LE are both circumscribed within the verge of Limne in the hundred of Street. The Eminent and ancient seat of the Criolls, before they translated themselves to Ostenhanger, by marrying with the heir of Auberville. These properties devolved by escheat in about 1523 to the crown. They were later granted by the crown to Richard Bernys, Esquire, who sold them to the Bedingfield family. The custom of Gavelkind broke and split this manor into several parcels and made it the inheritance of several brothers of that family, who by a joint concurrence sold their collective interest in it to Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, grandfather to Edward Hales, son of Samuel Hales, who enjoyed the fee-simple of it in 1659.

BIACKMANSTON is a Manor and tract located three miles Northward from New Romney in the Bailiwick and Lathe of Shipway in the hundred of Worth. Formerly the inheritance of Thomas de Marings, it was purchased from Nevill Hall, Esquire by Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, whose grandchild Sir Edward Hales, of Tunstall, knight and baronet, possessed it in 1659.

BOLLEY, BOULEY, or BOWLEY is a Manor located in the parish of Boughton Malherbe. Anciently the hold of the Priory of St. Andrews in Rochester, it was owned by a family named Bone. This Manor devolved to Cecily Cheney who married Sir Thomas Kempe. Their daughter Alice, who married Sir James Hales, inherited it. Their son Sir Cheyney Hales sold it to John Hales of Lenham. His successor sold it to Samuel Hales, and his son, Edward Hales was in possession of it in 1659.

BONNINGTON is a Manor and tract located towards the southeast part of Kent, near Romney Marsh, about five miles southeast of Ashford, in the Bailiwick and Lathe of Shipway, and in the hundred of Street. Sir James Hales of the Dungeon near Canterbury purchased this land from Sir Thomas Moile "not long after" the thirty-fifth year of Henry the Eighth (about 1526). Sir James Hales later exchanged his interest in it for other lands with Sir Christopher Mann of Canterbury.

BOUGHTON or BOUGHTON COURT is a Manor located in the hundred of Boughton under Bleane. Anciently it belonged to a family of this name. The Hales were the owners of it from about 1485 until it was sold to a family named Wood.

BROCKET is a Manor in Ebeney in the hundred of Oxney which anciently had owners of that name. Sold by John Guldford, Esquire, to Sir John Hales, Baron of the Exchequer, and from him devolved to Sir Edward Hales of Tunstall, Baronet.

CANTERWOOD is a Manor in the parish of Elham was owned by the Hales family until towards the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth (about 1600) when it was sold to the Manwoods.

CAPELLS COURT, lying in Wechurch towards the South East part of Kent, about two miles North Westward from New Romney, was originally the Seat of a Family of the name of Capell, having a good Estate about Linton and Boxley in 1253. It devolved to Deborah Harlackenden who carried it in marriage to Sir Edward Hales of Tunstall, knight and baronet. His grandson Sir Edward Hales of Tunstall, knight and baronet, possessed it in 1659.

DANE COURT is a Manor within the limits of Chilham, which perhaps took its name from the habitation of some of the Danes here. Purchased by the Hales family about the beginning of Queen Elizabeth (about 1558), it was later sold by the Hales family to the Dixon family, who in 1650 sold it to the Spricklings.

THE DUNGEON (usually called the DUNGHILL) is a Manor in Riding-Gate-Ward in Canterbury and was the home of Sir John Hales, chief baron of the exchequer, after the beginning of the reign of Henry VIII (about1510). He certainly lived here in 1539. His successor, Sir James Hales, was proprietor of it in 1659.

EAST HALL is a Manor in Morston which anciently was the Estate of an old Family of the name of De la Pine. James De la Pine was sheriff of Kent in 1353 and 1354. Devolving to Alice Ewias it was carried by marriage to Thomas Hales, who sold it in1553 to Sir Anthony Aucher.

EASTWELL is situated in the hundred of Wye. This Manor in 1268 was in the possession of a family which took its name from it. Purchased by Sir Christopher Hales in 1532, it was sold by his son Sir James Hales to Sir Thomas Moyle.

ELARINDEN is a Manor in Tenterden. It was purchased from John Daren, Esquire, by Sir John Hales, one of the barons of the exchequer, and from him by successive descent it came down to Sir Edward Hales of Tunstall, knight and baronet.

EMELEY in Ancient Times was part of the estate of the Peyforers. Located on an island lying towards the North side of Kent, adjoining to part of the isle of Shepey. About two miles Northeast from Milton in the Bailiwick and Hundred of Milton. It devolved to Frances, Elizabeth and Christian Crowmer. Christian married Sir John Hales and he purchased the shares from the other daughters and so the entire inheritance came into possession of his son, Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, of Tunstall.

FRENCHAY is a Manor situated in the circle of Apledore in the hundred of Oxney about four miles south-southeast of Woodchurch and formerly had owners of that name. Purchased by Sir Edward Hales of Tunstall, knight and baronet, in 1636 from Thomas Floyd, Esquire, of Gore-Court. Inherited by Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, from his grandfather in 1654.

FRENSHAM (ancently FERSINGHAM or FRESINGEHAM), in the parish of Rolvenden, lies at the south side of Kent by the River Rother, about two miles south-westerly from Tenterden in the Hundred of Rolvenden. Anciently of a family of this name, it devolved in time to the Fowle family who sold it to Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, whose grandson, Sir Edward Hales, enjoyed the fee-simple of it in 1659.

GREYS and ORES, are Manors in Chislet that were given to the Abbey of St. Austin in Canterbury in 1317 where they remained until the general dissolution of the Monasteries. Then they were granted to Sir Christopher Hales whose son and heir John Hales died without issue. His three sisters sold these Manors to Sir Thomas Colepeper.

HALE is an estate or messuage located in the hundred of Chatham and Gillingham approximately 2 miles southwest from Chatham and 2 miles west of Rainham.

HALE is a Manor and detached messuage approximately 1 mile northwest of Horsmonden in the hundred of Brenchley and Horsemonden.

HALE PLACE (Loose) is an estate or messuage located approximately 3/4 mile north-northeast of Loose or 1 1/4 mile south of the parish of Maidstone in the hundred of Maidstone.

HALES PLACE (Hackington) is a Manor about 1 mile north of Canterbury. Purchased by Sir Edward Hales, knight and third baronet of Woodchurch, from Colonel Thomas Culpeper whose father had bought it from the Manwoods. This mansion was replaced in 1766-68 by "a new sumptuous edifice built on a more eligible site," by Sir Edward Hales, knight and fifth baronet. The new mansion house was, "more fit for the residence of a monarch than for a simple country gentleman."

HENDEN is a Manor in the hundred of Blackborne which was anciently in the possession of Lord Burwash or Burgherst. From this family it devolved to the Capells and later to the Harlackendens, and by a daughter of that name to Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, whose grandson Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, possessed it in 1659.

HEPINGTON is a Place or Seat which anciently belonged to the Chichs of the Dungeon, cousins to Sir Christopher Hales, and is located about 2 miles south of Canterbury in the hundred of Bridge and Petham.. At length it was sold to the Hales family, who sold the House to Sir Thomas Godfrey in King Charles the First's time, but the propriety of the Manor continued in the Hales family.

HERIETSHAM is a Manor purchased by Sir John Hales, one of the barons of the exchequer from Edward Scott, Esquire. One moiety of it sold in the twenty-eight of Henry VIII (1537) to John Norton, Esquire and the other not long after to Sir Anthony St. Leger.

HIGH HALSTOW was anciently part of the Barony of Bardolph lying at the North side of Kent, about four and a half miles Northward from Rochester in the Hundred of Hoo. It devolved from the great family of Norris to Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, and then to his grandson Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet.

HOO is a Manor situated in the parish of Hoo and in the hundred of Hoo. After the third year of the reign of James (1606) the Manor was sold by Robert, Earl of Salisbury, to Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet. His grandson, Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, received the revenue from it in1659.

HOWLETS is a Manor in the hundreds of Bridge and Petham approximately 3 miles East of Canterbury. The Estate and Residence of Sir Thomas Hales, knight and baronet, in1719, one of the Burgesses for the City of Canterbury, and one of the Commissioners appointed by Parliament, for the Enquiry into the Estates forfeited in the late Rebellion, against King George.

LANGLEY, in the hundred of Eyhorne, was ancently owned by a family called Ashway. It devolved to Nathaniel Powel, Esquire, and he not many years later sold it to Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet; from whom it descended to his grandson, Sir Edward Hales, of Tunstall, knight and baronet.

LOWER HALE is an estate or messuage located about 1 1/2 miles northeast from St. Nicholas and 3 miles northerly from Minster on the Island of Thanet in the hundred of Ringslow.

MORSTON, in the hundred of Milton, gave seat and surname to a family that claimed that name. It devolved by sale to the Cromer family and by inheritance to Christian Crowmer and her sisters. Christian married Sir John Hales who purchased the other sisters interests. His son, Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, owned it in 1659.

NORTON PLACE is an Ancient Manor in the hundred of Eyhorne and parish of Chart Sutton which once had owners of that name. Norton sold to Baker who sold it to Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet. His grandson Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, owned it in 1659.

OTTERPLEY, is a Manor in the parish of Challock in the hundred of Felborough. The Eminent Seat belonging to the Ancient Family of Apuldorefield in 1244. Purchased by Sir Christopher Hales and his son Sir James Hales about 1532. Sir James Hales sold it to Sir Thomas Moile about 1547.

PARMESTED is an estate belonging to a family of that name and located in the parish of Barham in the hundred of Kinghamford. In the twenty-ninth year of Henry the eighth (1538), it was sold by the daughters of Edward Knevet to Christopher Hales, Esquire, afterwards knighted, first attorney general, and then master of the rolls. His son, Sir James Hales, conveyed it to Thomas Alphew, alias Alphy, yeoman.

PROVENDERS is a ancient seat and mansion of a family of that surname in the parish of Norton in the hundred of Feversham. It devolved to Robert Atwater, Esquire, Justice of peace in this county, and he sold it to Sir James Hales, son of Sir John Hales, who later sold it to the family of Sayer.

PUTWOOD is a Manor in the parish of Otteringden in the hundred of Eyhorne. The elder etymology claimed itself to be under the signory of the family of Vienna, who extracted their surname from Vienne, France. It devolved to Robert Atwater, and then by sale to Sir James Hales. He later sold it to the family of Sayer.

SEATON, ULLEY and POTHERY are three little manors lying within the verge of the parish of Boughton Aluph. It was owned by Sir Christopher Hales and his son Sir James Hales after the twenty-third year of Henry the Eighth (about 1532). Later, Sir James Hales sold them to Sir Thomas Moile.

SIBETON, sometimes called SIBTON or SIFTON, is a Manor within Lyminge. Anciently the patrimony of the family of Tibetot. Purchased from Allen Leigh by Sir Joseph (James) Hales, who was baron of the exchequer, in the reign of Henry the Eighth, his posterity later sold their interest to the Salkeld family.

SOUTHCOURT is a little Manor in Upper Hardres in the middle part of the East side of Kent, about three and a half miles northwest from Elcham in the hundred of Bridge and Petham. In elder times was the property of the family of Garwinton. Purchased from the Diggs family in about 1332 by the Hales family of the Dungeon, it was the property of a younger branch of the Hales family in1659.

STAPLEGATE, in the obscure village of Natingdon, about 1 mile south-southeast from Canterbury, in the hundred of Bridge, Petham, and Whitstaple, was the Seat of an eminent family which bore that surname, who were lords not only of this place, but of much other land in Romney Marsh. Purchased from Sir Anthony Aucher by Sir James Hales of the Dungeon, whose descendant Sir James Hales sold it to Mr. Smith of Highgate by London who owned it in 1659.

TATTELLMELL is a Manor in the parish of Boxley bordering on Boxley Abbey. It was owned by John de Capell in 1253. Upon his demise it went to his son Richard de Capell. When he died it went to his daughter, who married a Harlackenden of the borough of Harlackenden in Woodchurch. In the beginning of King James, Deborah, sole daughter and heir of Walter Harlackenden, married Sir Edward Hales of Tunstall, knight and baronet, upon whose death in 1654 it devolved to his grandson Sir Edward Hales of Tunstall, knight and baronet.

THANINGTON is a Manor anciently belonging to a family named Wallis and lies towards the northeast side of Kent, by the River Stoure, about a mile southwest from Canterbury in the Hundred of Westgate. Purchased from Nicholas Bullard, Esquire during King Edward the Seventh's Reign by Sir John Hales of the Dungeon. Owned by Sir Thomas Hales of Howletts, knight and baronet, in 1659.

TUNSTALL, a Manor which lies towards the North Side of Kent, about two miles southward from Milton in the Hundred of Milton. It devolved to Christian Crowmer who by marriage carried it to Sir John Hales, son of Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet. His grandson, Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet, was in possession of it in 1659.

UPPER HALE is an estate or messuage located about 1 1/4 miles northeast from St. Nicholas and 3 miles northerly from Minster on the Island of Thanet in the hundred of Ringslow.

WELLOP is an Independent Manor within the verge of Limne. It devolved from the Criolls to the Poynings and then escheating with them to the Crown. It was granted during King Henry the Seventh's time to Sir Edward Hales of Tunstall, knight and baronet, who passed it through inheritance to his grandson, Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet.

WOODCHURCH is a Manor in the hundred of Blackbourn and was the ancient habitation of a family that took their name from it. It devolved to Deborah Harlackenden, who carried it in marriage to Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet. It was passed by inheritance to his grandson, Sir Edward Hales, knight and baronet.

Isaiah was first mentioned in a North Carolina Revolutionary Army account record in 1785. He next appears in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, on the Cloud's Creek Baptist Church rolls as a charter member, dated September 20, 1788. Isaiah's wife was Winnie, daughter of Anthony and Karenappuck Olive, and it is likely that they were married in Wilkes County, Georgia, early in 1789. An Oglethorpe County land transaction, dated September 1, 1795 documents that Isaiah bought 100 acres from Anthony Olive for just 25 pounds and it is suspected that Isaiah and Winnie had been living with her family prior to this purchase. The only known mention of Winnie in Georgia was on the membership list of the Cloud's Creek Baptist Church, which recorded that she joined by letter on May 11,1793 and was dismissed by letter on January17, 1804.

Karenappuck Olive was born March 24, 1760 and died March 20, 1847. Anthony died in Oglethorpe County in 1798. Family history preserves an interesting story about Karenappuck. It is stated that on the day of Anthony's funeral, she offended the community by riding on horseback to the occasion. As she was riding home after the ceremony, William Cleft caught up with her and proposed marriage, which she immediately accepted.

Even though a study of several census records indicates that Isaiah and Winnie had about 10 children, the only documented child is John. However, it is probable that some of their other sons were Nathan, James, William, Robert and Thomas. When John married Elizabeth Spicer on March 23,1813 in Madison County, Georgia, Isaiah Hales performed the wedding ceremony. During the war of 1812, John enlisted as a private on August 10, 1813 in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, and served until March 19,1814. He was assigned to fight in the war that had been declared in 1790 against the Creek Indians. By 1832, John was listed as an elder at the Bethabara Baptist Church, Humphreys County, Tennessee. John died on November 23, 1835 in Graves County, Kentucky.

During the Revolutionary War, Isaiah assisted in capturing four Tories and guarded the town of Smithfield when the British marched through North Carolina. He first enlisted November 15, 1780 as a private in Johnston County and later served for a second time in1781. In Isaiah's Revolutionary War pension records he stated that he moved to Oglethorpe County about 1788.

Isaiah's first appointment was at the Bethany Baptist Church, located in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where he served from 1788to 1804 as its pastor. This church had been initially constituted by Silas Mercer, father of Jesse Mercer. Church records state that Isaiah took a brief sabbatical from Bethany and a temporary assistant pastorship at Cloud's Creek so that Reverend Jesse Mercer could assume the position of primary minister of Bethany for the 1793 winter season. In 1802 he was appointed to write the salutation letter from the Serepta Association to the Hephsibah Association. In1790, he was an assistant minister to the Reverend Elnathan Davis at the Haw River Baptist Church in Chatham County, North Carolina. No doubt his internship at the Haw River Church under Reverend Davis' supervision was an experience that influenced Isaiah for the rest of his life. Another benefit that working at Haw River provided was that he could maintain contact with his family in Johnston County.

At the Haw River Church Isaiah's status was documented as a "licentiate." Three years later, on September 19, 1793, he was listed as an ordained minister at the Cloud's Creek Baptist Church. The Cloud's Creek Church observed the Fourth of July as a day of celebration for many years after it was founded and the Declaration of Independence was also read on that day. On September 20, 1800, Isaiah was listed as one of the constituting founders of the Beaverdam Baptist Church, Oglethorpe County. On October 15, 1801 he was one of three ministers appointed to preach to the Serepta Association during their Sunday Service. Isaiah was listed on January 30,1802 as one of the constituting founders of the Bethlehem Baptist Church, located in Oglethorpe County

.On September 19, 1803 Isaiah moved to Clarke County, Georgia, where he pastored the Trail Creek Baptist Church from 1804 to about 1816. In 1805 he was appointed to preach the introductory sermon to the Serepta Baptist Association at the Nails Creek Baptist Church, where he preached from the text of Job 25:4. The Trail Creek Church was first built by the Hales, Pittards, Bakers, and Malones' families of early Clarke County. In 1830 the Trail Creek Church became known as the Athens Baptist Church and later developed into what is now the Athens First Baptist Church.

According to Dr. Henry Hull, "Rev. Isaiah Hale (sic) was the first pastor of Trail Creek Church. He was a man of spotless character and had in reputation by all the people. "His sermons were "absolutely indescribable" due to the "peculiar intoning, a sort of sing-song" way of presenting them. Hull stated Isaiah's sermons "had to be heard to be conceived of, yet it was not unpleasant after becoming accustomed to it." In addition, Hull states that Isaiah would allow his members to correct him during a sermon if he misquoted a scripture and would sometimes ask someone to share his feelings about what was being said in the sermon. During the time Isaiah was pastor at Trail Creek, he also served as supply preacher at the Mars Hill Baptist Church between 1805-1807. According to a history of the Mars Hill Church, when winter baptisms were sponsored by the church, the deacons "arose early and heated the spring water by rolling heated rocks into the pool until the water was warm." In 1808, Isaiah was one of three ministers appointed to preach on Sunday to the Serepta Baptist Association at their yearly meeting. At the 1810 Serepta Association meeting, Isaiah was again chosen to be one of three ministers to preach at the Sunday service. It was written in the Serepta minutes that after that day of preaching to a"numerous congregation," a belief that "the God of mercy dwells with his people" was felt by those who attended.

In 1814 Isaiah was appointed to preach the introductory sermon for the yearly convention of the Serepta Association. For this service he preached from the text of Daniel 4:3. On January 14, 1815 Isaiah preached at the Beaverdam Baptist Church from the text of 2 Peter 1:10. Records indicate that Isaiah and his family moved to Hickman County, Tennessee about 1816 and was still living there on October 8, 1832. A disagreement over some theological issues with the Serepta Association may have been the primary reason why Isaiah left Georgia. According to Dr. Riley's history of the Serepta Association, a special meeting was held on June 13, 1816 at the Moriah meeting house in Madison County, Georgia, to "discuss measures for the organization of a missionary movement" within the Serepta churches. Just two months after this session, Isaiah sold his land on August 24, 1816 and moved to Hickman County, Tennessee. This response, combined with his theological perspective, strongly suggests that Isaiah leaned to the anti-missionary stance then being developed. The missionary movement resulted in a general division within the Baptist church, and, according to the Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists, the first official action taken in 1827 by the Kehukee Association, North Carolina, was a resolution which read in part: "It was agreed that we discard all Missionary Societies, Bible Societies, and Theological Seminaries, and the practices heretofore resorted to for their support, in begging money from the public."

In June of 1832 Isaiah was listed as a presbytery member and one of the constituting founders of the Bethabara Primitive Baptist Church, located on Hurricane Creek in Humphreys County. It is believed that Isaiah ministered to many a Primitive Baptist congregation in Tennessee and the type of service was determined by the specific needs of each church. The 1837Humphreys County tax list documented that Isaiah was living in district 9 on 75 acres of his own land. It was here that Isaiah lived until the final days of his life. Research suggests that Isaiah did not own slaves at any time.

There is much that can be attributed to Winnie Hales and the lives she influenced. However, she was rarely mentioned in the ecclesiastical records and was probably given little recognition for her efforts. The Baptist Associations of her day especially expected the wives of its ministers to be exemplary role models of what they believed to be a Christian woman's place in the church and home. There were no easy standards by which she lived and some of them involved keeping up appearances, managing a household of about ten children, maintaining a strong faith, supporting her husband and performing a variety of other church and community-related tasks. It is likely that Isaiah would not have accomplished as much as he did had it not been for her.

Isaiah was first a simple farmer and a responsible family provider. He followed his own standards and avowed a hope for life. He was most likely stubborn at times and did not always agree with what was said or how procedures were initiated. Even though Isaiah sincerely loved and was devoted to his congregation, he held some strict expectations of his parishioners and would be confrontive when the need was perceived. Perhaps some felt he was too stern on occasion. He enjoyed circuit preaching and meeting new people. Those closest to Isaiah appear to have been family and fellow ministers. It was important to Isaiah to maintain contact with his North Carolina family, and in Georgia, was very influential in motivation some of his cousins to enter service in the Baptist church and ministry. He preached in many a church and focused on an equal balance of sin and grace in his sermons. When Isaiah believed something was right he would adhere to that value without departure. He was well established in his beliefs and probably took a yes or no stand about most issues. He was rarely undecided. Isaiah displayed practical problem solving skills and an ability for responsible decision making. Isaiah was an enduring pioneer and an excellent example of overcoming hardships and developing a better life. No doubt that at the close of Isaiah’s life he reviewed his past with a fulfilled sense of accomplishment and peace.

Isaiah died February 17, 1846 in Humphreys County, Tennessee. It is likely that Isaiah and Winnie are buried at the Bryant Cemetery , located near the Bethabara Church. This cemetery served as the primary burial place for the Hurricane Creek community as well as the Bethabara congregation.