The Hales Newsletter

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NEW SERIES Summer 1997 Vol. 3. No. 2.

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THE HALES FAMILY OF KENT

KENT PARISH REGISTERS

RESEARCH STANDARDS

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.

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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.

The Hales Newsletter is provided to the above cited repositories and the Allen County Public Library at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Allen County Public Library indexes our publication and provides articles through their Periodical Source Index (PERSI).

Printed copies of The Hales Newsletter are provided to members of The Hales Family History Society. If you desire to be come a member, refer to the membership section on our home-page. If you would like a printed copy of individual Hales Newsletters, reprints are available at a cost of $3.75 each.

Please check your address label to determine when you need to renew your membership. Above your name is the issue and year of your last issue (i.e. Spring 1997). When the next issue is available I purge the address list and delete those not having renewed without notice.

During the last two years a great amount of information has been made available. An address has been established where information can be exchanged. What a great way to promote this great family. Lets ensure that this will continue by renewing your membership. With your support we will continue to grow and develop.

The Hales Chronicles is now available on the internet for your use.

The internet version of The Hales Chronicles is now the master file of this work. This ensures that a backup copy is archived at an outside location as a contingency just in case my computer at home develops a problem. All additions and changes that I make at home will be available as soon as I replace the older copy on this internet version. This also makes them available for anyone searching for Hales families. Anyone wishing to add to this collection or make corrections can see the latest edition.

This was a very worthwhile project. In order to make The Hales Chronicles available I had to change the file structure from WordPerfect files to Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) files. As this was done for each record, I was surprised to see so many typographical errors. This gave me the opportunity to make corrections. Also, the latest files in my computer which have

additions to the first edition have been added. This forms the basis for the next edition of our book.

Currently I am hard at work to include the remaining shires (counties) of the 1881 census of England that were not included in the first edition (with The Hales Newsletter having the first priority). The remaining shires to include are: Lancashire, Middlesex, Staffordshire, Surrey and Yorkshire. I have all of the source material, it is just a matter of key-entry. My method is to key enter the information into a temporary file and then later transfer it to the internet files. However, there are a lot of Hales families left to enter and it will take some time.

To look at the internet files you need to look at our Hales family home page at:

http://www.hales.org/

This section of our Newsletter contains the happenings that I am made aware of between issues. If you have something you wish to share, please send me the information.

A Question from Joan Hales Green of West Valley City, Utah – Are you entering the information sent you into the Family History Library computer, or do we have to do it ourselves?

My response – The information that is sent to me is entered into The Hales Chronicles. It is not entered into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "Ancestral File," a part of the Family History Library's FamilySearch system. The Hales Chronicles is made available in printed form to the Family History Library and to the library of the Society of Genealogists in London so that individuals can enter their information into the "Ancestral File" if they desire. Check the Family History Library Catalog at any of the 2,800 Family History Centers for the film numbers (when available) if you wish to see this work at one of these locations. Or, as described earlier, you can see it on the internet.

A question from several readers – Has any attempt been made to document or otherwise prove the information that we have accepted as facts for years?

My response – Several people have sent me information regarding various Hales families and Hales lines.

For example: Helen J. Done of 1020 East 3100 North, North Ogden, Utah 84414 has tried to sort out the ancestry of Julia Ann Lockwood Hales, first wife of Charles Henry Hales. She has written a sketch that documents her achievement. This is a well done piece of research and descendants would do well to request a copy of this 8 page report from her. My evaluation of this work has led me to correct Julia Ann Lockwood's father's name in the Hales Chronicles to Joseph Lockwood instead of George Lockwood.

Another example: Lorraine Wight Hales of 1265 Henderson Drive, Ogden, Utah 84404 has written a manuscript for a book entitled, "Chronicles of the Stephen Hales Family." In this work she develops a journal by dates of the records she has found of the Stephen and Mary Ann Hales family and their journey from Nauvoo, Illinois as Mormon Pioneers. This ties the siblings of this family together in a way never described before. The work is more than 200 pages. If you descend from one of these pioneer Hales families, and are looking for day-by-day facts, this is a great work. This work is currently in manuscript form and I do not know the future plans for it. However, she has given me a copy on diskette which I have subsequently printed. I plan to use this manuscript to update my records.

On the inside back cover of the June, 1997 Ensign Magazine is a reproduction of an oil-painting by Ronald D. Hales of Ogden, Utah. The painting is of a stonecutter in the process of cutting the hands that were placed on the outside walls of the Salt Lake City Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The original painting is on display in the church history building on the west side of temple square. You can see the hands on the west side of the temple. This stonecutter is Stephen Hales, a son of Stephen and Mary Ann Hales. He was one of the pioneers that arrived in Utah in 1851. The methodology regarding how the temple was constructed and the mechanics involved is beautifully detailed in this painting. Congratulations for this accomplishment to the artist, Ronald D. Hales.

Carl Allen Hales, 58, passed away April 23, 1997 at his home in Wildomar, California of Pancreatic Cancer. He will join his mother, Grace Vivian Meiling and his father, Fred Charles Hales in eternal rest. A memorial service was held at the Lake Elsinore Elk's Lodge, California on Saturday, April, 26^th. Burial was held at the Riverside National Cemetery.

Carl, a native of Spanish Fork, Utah, has lived in Wildomar , California for the past 10 years. He was a loving companion, brother , father, grandfather and friend. He graduated from Spanish Fork High School and was a veteran of the Korean War. He and his brother, Meiling, joined their father, Fred, in business as a Masonry Contractor, which he devoted most of his life to. Carl was a "jack of all trades" and he took pride in every job he set out to accomplish, no matter how large or small the task. His favorite hobby was flying remote control airplanes with his grandson, Joshua, who both became members of the R.C.A. He was also a lifetime member of the Fraternal Order of the Elks and was loved and respected by all.

He is survived by his Companion, Margery Wandersee; three daughters, Deborah Keys and Jim of Riverside, California; Michelle Hamilton and Troye of Salt Lake City, Utah; Gina Anderson and Jim of Spanish Fork, Utah; two sons, Shawn Hales of Salt Lake City, Utah; Jared Hales and Anita of American Fork, Utah; and a step-daughter, Ginny Fredrich and Jack of Tustin, California; seven grandchildren, Joshua, Christopher, Tiffany Kay, Anthony, Nicolas, Austin and Alexandria; and his beloved brother, Meiling Hales and Marcia of Spanish Fork, Utah.

Katherine Hales Chamberlain, age 90, died Sunday, June 15, 1997 at her home in Cedar Fort, Utah.

Born 13 May 1907 in Cedar Fort the daughter of Jacob Lehrnan and Mary Matilda Crafts Hales. Married Afton Demont Chamberlain on April 29, 1940 in the Salt Lake City Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He died April 23, 1981. An active member of the Cedar Valley Ward of the church she held positions in the Relief Society, Primary, Sunday School, and the Scouting Program.

She is survived by three sons and one daughter: Philip Edward (Carla) Chamberlain

of Grantsville, Utah; Curtis Hales (Sue) Chamberlain of American Fork, Utah; Spencer Grant (Shauna) Chamberlain of Cedar Fort, Utah; and Margaret C. Jordan of Alberquerque, New Mexico. At the time of her death she was grandmother to 13 and great-grandmother to 5.

Funeral Services were held on June 20, 1997 and burial followed in the Cedar Fort, Utah Cemetery.

Stephen Alvord Hales, 85, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend was called home to his Heavenly Father on Sunday, June 29, 1997, at the Pioneer Care Center in Brigham City, Utah of congestive heart failure.

Stephen spent his entire life in the Beaver River Valley. Born to George Robert and Kate

Kennard Hales on December 27, 1911 in Garland, Utah. He graduated from Bear River High School and attended Utah State University for one and a half year.

He married Glenna Packer on August 30, 1933 in the Salt Lake City Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They made their home in Tremonton, Utah, for 63 years. Tremonton is the town made famous for the "golden spike" – the last railroad spike that connected the first east-west railroad in the United States.

A prominent business man, he owned and operated Hales Brothers Furniture in Tremonton with his brother Ron for 34 years. He retired in 1980.

Stephen had been faithfully active in the church, fulfilling many callings over the years. He was a member of the Tremonton Fire Department, Secretary of the Kiwinas for 21 years, and served a term on the Tremonton City Council.

He enjoyed fishing, golfing, camping and being with his family.

He is survived by his wife Glenna, one brother, Henry of West Jordan, five children and their spouses: Robert and Sandra Michaelis, currently serving in a Manilla Philippine Temple mission for the church; Kennard and Deloris Hales; Paul and Arlene Hales; Brian and Colleen Hales, all of Tremonton; Richard and Shirley Hales of Ogden; 19 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents, three brothers: Leon, George and Ron; two sisters: Rhea and Afton; two grandsons and one great granddaughter.

Funeral services were held Thursday, July 3rd, at the Tremonton 7th Ward Chapel and interment was in the Riverside Cemetery.

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Edward Hasted, Esq, F.R.S. and S.A. was the author of The HISTORY and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. (Hereafter referred to as HHK for Hasted's History of Kent). The preface of this multi-volume work says that it contains, "The antient and present state of it, civil and ecclesiastical; collected from public records, and other authorities; illustrated with maps, views, antiquities, &c." The second improved, correct, and continued to the present time edition was published in 1797.

This work gives the following account of the Hales family. This story predates the one by the Reverend R. Cox Hales, M.A. published in the Hales Newsletter, New Series, Vol. 2. No.1.). I have added information to clarify this story. The added information is in parenthesis. Also, I have included family group information from the Hales Chronicles for reference.

The family of Hales was originally seated at Hales place, in Halden, whence they were usually called at-Hale (or de Hales). (HHK, v. VI, p. 88).

Hales Place is an antient well-timbered mansion, situated about a mile eastward from the church, and is eminent for having been the original seat of the family of Hales, in this county. Nicholas Hales was resident here in the reign of Edward III (1327-1377), as were his descendants till about the reign of Henry VI (1421-1471), when they removed to the adjoining parish of Tenterden. After which it seems to have continued in this family till it was at length sold to Waterman. (HHK, v. VII, p.224).

Leonard de Tibert, prior general of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, in the 7th year of king Edward III (1334), with the consent of his chapter, granted the appropriation of this church, with all its appurtenances, excepting the advowson and presentation of the vicarage, and all the lands and tenements belonging to the hospital in this parish, to Nicholas de Hales, prior of the church of Clerkenwell, in London, to hold freely forever. (HHK, v. IV. P. 414).

Nicholas at-Hale, or (de) Hales lived there at the latter end of the reign of Edward III (1327-1377), and left two sons, Sir Robert Hales (died without issue on June 14, 1381), prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, and lord treasurer (of England); and Sir Nicholas de Hales (born about 1327), who succeeded to his father's estates in this county. (HHK, v. VI. p. 88).

Born before 1300 of Hales Place, High Halden, Kent, England.

Children:

1. Robert de HALES; born about 1325 of Hales Place, High Halden, Kent, England; Treasurer of England; died 14 JUN 1381.

In the rebellion which was headed by Walter Hilliard, commonly called Wat Tiler, and his followers, on June 14, 1381, He (Archbishop Simon Sudbury) was, together with Sir Robert Hales, master of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, barbarously murdered on Tower hill. (HHK, V. XII. p. 402).

Born about 1327 of Hales Place, High Halden, Kent, England the son of Nicholas de HALES. Said to be the original ancestor of the HALES family in Kent, England.

Children:

Thomas de Hales (born about 1352 the son of Sir Nicholas de Hales), of Hales place, left three sons (John, Thomas and Henry), the eldest of whom, John, was ancestor of the Hales's, of this county (Kent), and from the second son (Thomas), descended those of Coventry, in Warwickshire, and those of Snitterfield, and Newland, likewise in that county (Warwickshire), which two latter are both extinct, and from the third son (Henry) those of Essex. (HHK, v. VI, p. 88).

Born about 1352 of Hales Place, Woodchurch, Kent, England the son of Nicholas de HALES.

Children:

1. John HALES; born about 1375 of Halden or Woodchurch, Kent, England. A quo – the Hales family of Kent.

1. Henry HALES; born about 1379 of Halden or Woodchurch, Kent, England. A quo – the Hales family of Essex.

John Hales above mentioned (born about 1375), the eldest son (of Thomas de Hales), was of Hales place (at Halden in Kent) whose son Henry married Julian, daughter and heir of Richard Capel, of Tenterden, by whom he had two sons, John and Thomas, the latter of whom was A.M. (Master of Arts, usually a Rector in the Anglican Church) and father of Sir Christopher Hales, attorney-general, and master of the rolls, in the reign of king Henry VIII (1457-1509), who (Sir Christopher) left three daughters and coheirs. (HHK, v. VI, p. 88-89).

Born about 1375 of Halden or Woodchurch, Kent, England the son of Thomas HALES. A quo – the Hales family of Kent.

Children:

Born about 1395 of Tenterden, Kent, England the son of John de HALES. Married about 1420 Juliana CAPEL. She was born about 1427 of Tenterden, Kent, England the daughter of Richard CAPEL. Will dated 26 JAN 1464 requires committal to churchyard of Saint Mildred, Tenterden, Kent, and names following children. The children also named in son John's will dated 16 JAN 1468.

Children:

Born about 1423 of Tenterden, Kent, England the son of Henry HALES and Juliana CAPEL. Married about 1448 Elizabeth CARENTON. Named in father's will dated 26 JAN 1464 and brother John's will dated 16 JAN 1468.

Children:

Born about 1454 of Canterbury, Kent, England the son of Thomas HALES and Elizabeth CARENTON. Attorney General and Master of the Rolls to Henry VIII (1509-1547). Married about 1479 Elizabeth CAUNTON. She was born about 1457 of London, England the daughter of John CAUNTON, Alderman of London. Christopher HALES died JUN 1541.

Children:

Christopher Hales, esquire, attorney-general and master of the rolls (Henry VIII), died in the 33rd year of that reign (JUN 1541) leaving three daughters his coheirs, of whom Margaret (Hales), the second daughter (of Sir Christopher Hales), married first to (Lewis) West; secondly to (Ralph) Dodman and thirdly to William Horden, gent. Of the Weald of Kent, inherited this manor, which she entitled her three husbands to successively. (HHK, v. VI, p. 28).

Stapynberge, and part of this estate is at this day called Cooksborough ...Thomas Kennet, clerk, of that place, in 1534, conveyed his interest in it to Christopher Hales, esquire, the king's attorney-general, afterwards knighted, who's daughter and coheir Margaret carried it in marriage to Ralph Dodmore, gent. of Lincoln's Inn, and they jointly in 1757 (sic. no doubt 1577) alienated it to Saphire Paramor, yeoman, of Eastry, being descended of a family of good estimation in this part of Kent. (HHK. v. X, p. 112).

He (Sir Christopher Hales) left three daughters his coheirs, who became jointly entitled to this manor (Howfield in Chartham), with a tenement called Bovehoth and other lands in Chartham. At length the whole interest of it, on a division of their estates, was assigned to the youngest daughter Mary (Hales), who entitled her husband Alexander Colepeper, esquire, to it. He left an only daughter by her, Anne. (HHK, v. VII, p. 307).

John Hales, the eldest son (grandson of Henry Hales and Julian Capel), was one of the barons of the exchequer, and was seated at the manor of the Dungeon, in Canterbury (HHKv. VI, p. 89).

(Note: Hasted misses one generation here when he equates this John Hales with the son of John Hales the son of Henry Hales and Juliana Capell).

(John Hales, born about 1460 of Canterbury) ... married Isabella, daughter and coheir of Stephen Harvy (or Harvey, or Harry, or Harris), by whom he had four sons (James, Thomas, Edward, William and a daughter, Mildred), of whom Sir James Hales, the eldest (son of John Hales and Isabella Harvy), succeeded him at the Dungeon; which branch ended in a female, who died s.p. (a Latin abbreviation for sine prole – direct translation meaning "without offspring" – or died without issue) in the reign of king Charles II (1660-1685).

Born about 1460 of Canterbury, Kent, England the son of John atte Hale (or Hales) and Juliana ... One of the barons of the exchequer and seated at the Dungeon, in Canterbury. Married about 1500 Isabella Harvy (or Harry or Harris). She was born about 1470 the daughter of Stephen HARRY. John atte HALE (or HALES) died in 1547. Will dated 20 JUL 1540 names Children and commits John to tomb of wife, Isabella, who predeceased him and was buried at Saint Mary of Bredne, Canterbury.

Children:

Thomas, the second son (of John Hales and Isabella Harvy), was of Thanington, whose descendant Robert was created a baronet in 1660, and was ancestor of the present Sir, Philip Hales, Baronet. Edward the third son (of John Hales and Isabella Harvy), was of Tenterden; and William, the fourth son (of John Hales and Isabella Harvy), was of Reculver and Nackington, (He married about 1545 Mary BOURNE) and ended in a daughter and heir Margaret, married to Roger Manwood.

Edward Hales, the third son (of John Hales and Isabella Harvy), of Tenterden, left two sons; John, the eldest son of Edward Hales and was of Tenterden, esquire, and married Mary, daughter and coheir of Robert Horne, bishop of Winchester, but died s.p (without issue). Edward was of Tenterden, and his brother's heir; and William the third son, was of Chilham, which Edward Hales, esquire of Tenterden, the second son was the father of Sir Edward Hales, created a baronet in 1611. (HHK v. VI, p. 89).

(Note: The claim that Sir Edward Hales was the son of Edward Hales is at variance with other records that shows him to be the son of William, Edward's brother. This will have to be resolved at a later time).

Christened 5 NOV 1546 at Tenterden, Kent, England the son of Edward HALES and Margaret HONEYWOOD of Tenterden, Kent, England. Married 6 FEE 1574 Elizabeth JOHNSON at Canterbury, Kent, England. She was born about 1552 of Fordwick, Kent, England the daughter of Paul JOHNSON and ... RAYMOND. She later married (2) Reginald LECHINGDON. William's will dated 1583 at Ebony, Kent, England names children and brother's John, Edward.

Children:

He (Sir Edward Hales) was married twice; first to Deborah, only daughter and heir of Martin Herlackenden, esquire of Woodchurch, by whom he had four sons, of whom John the eldest, married Christian, one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir James Cromer, as before mentioned, and in her right became possessed of the manor of Tunstall, and other large estates, and Samuel the youngest, married Martha, daughter of Stephen Heronden, remarried to William Kenewick, and left an only son, Edward Hales, esquire of Chilston.

Sir Edward Hales, baronet, removed his seat from Tenterden to Woodchurch, in which parish he possessed the antient seat of the Herlackendens, in right of his wife, after whose death he married Martha, daughter of Sir Mathew Carew the elder, and relict of Sir James Cromer, by whom he had no issue, and dying in 1654, was buried in this church, where there is a handsome monument erected to his memory , with his effigies in white marble lying at length on It.

John Hales, esquire, the eldest son of Sir Edward as before-mentioned, was afterwards knighted, but died in his fathers lifetime in 1639, and was buried in Tunstall church, leaving a son Edward, then about thirteen years of age, for whom, during his nonage, there was afterwards built a house in this parish, at the east end of Tunstall-green, in which he afterwards resided. (At the east end of Tunstall-green stands the house built for Sir John Hales's son during his minority, in the latter end of king Charles the 1st reign (1625-1649). He afterwards resided in it, but after the family removed to St. Stephen's, it was left uninhabited for many years, and in the late Sir John Hales's time fell almost to ruins, It has since been repaired, and being but a mean building, is let accordingly. HHK, v. VI, p. 81).

He (Sir Edward Hales) succeeded his grandfather in title and estate in 1654, but being most zealously attached to the royal cause, he risqued his fortune as well as his person, in the support of it; by which means he ruined the former, and was obliged on that account to abandon his native country, to which he never afterwards returned, but died in France soon after the restoration of king Charles II (1660-1685). He married Anne, the youngest of the four daughters and coheirs of Thomas, lord Wotton, who died in 1654, by whom he had four sons, the eldest, Sir Edward Hales, baronet, in the reign of Charles II (1660-1685) purchased the mansion and estate of St. Stephens, near Canterbury, where his descendants have ever since resided.

He was a person much in favor afterwards with king James II (1685-1688), who made him of his privy council, and lieutenant-governor of the Tower when king James left Whitchall in 1688, in hopes of escaping into France, he took with him only three persons, one of whom was Sir Edward Hales; but the vessel, in which they were, being discovered, the king was conducted on shore, with his three attendants, and Sir Edward Hales being well known, was made prisoner, and afterwards conveyed to the Tower. (HHK, v. VI. p. 90-91).

(Wrote Capt. Richard Marsh, of Faversham, who was an eye-witness, and extracted by Hasted), "The nation was already in a ferment, and everyone upon his guard to secure suspicious persons, especially strangers; at which time the Faversham sailors observing a vessel of about thirty tons burthen lying at Shellness, to take in ballast, resolved to go and board her; accordingly they went in the evening, with three smacks and ab out forty men, and three files of musqueteers, and in the cabin of it they seized three persons of quality, of whom they knew only Sir Edward Hales from them they took three hundred guineas, and two gold medals, and brought them all three on shore ... where Capt. Marsh seeing the king come out of the coach, and knowing his person, told them, to their no small surprise, that they had taken the king prisoner. (HHK, v. VI., p. 349-350).

Sir Edward Hales, and the rest of the popish prisoners, were kept in the court hall, only Sir Edward was removed to Maidstone gaol, within a few hours after the kings departure. (HHK, v. VI., p. 351).

On his (Sir Edward Hales) release from whence he went immediately to France, and was received with great marks of favor by king James, who created him earl of Tenterden and viscount Tunstall. He died there in 1695, and was buried in the church of St. Sulpice, in Paris, having married Frances, daughter of Sir Francis Windibank, of Oxfordshire, who died before him, by whom he had five sons and seven daughters. Of the sons, Edward, the eldest, was killed at the battle of the Boyne, in Ireland, and was buried here, and John became his heir, the others died s.p.

Sir John Hales, baronet, his eldest surviving son, resided at his seat at St. Stephens, near Canterbury, where he died after several years recluse retirement in it, in 1743, having been twice married; first to Helen, daughter of Dudley Bagnall, esquire, who died at Luckly, in Berkshire, in 1737.

He left by his first wife, two sons and one daughter. Frances married to George Henry, Earl of Litchfield. Of the sons, Edward, the eldest, died at Canterbury during his lifetime, in 1729, and was buried at Tunstall, having married the relict of Captain Bulstrode, who survived him, by whom he left a son Edward, who succeeded his grandfather in title and estate; and John, who died s.p. By his second wife he left three sons: James, Alexander, and Philip, who all died s.p.

Sir Edward Hales, baronet, succeeded his grandfather in title and estate, and is the present possessor of the manor of Tunstall. He married first Mabella, daughter and heir of Sir John Webb, baronet, who died in 1770, by whom he had one son Edward Hales, esquire, who married a daughter of Henry Darell, esquire, of Calehill, and three daughters, Anne, Elizabeth, and Barbara; and secondly, Mrs. Palmer, of Westminster, widow, by whom he has no issue. He bears for his arms, Gules, three arrows in pale, or, feathered and bearded, argent. (HHK v. VI. p. 88-91).

This is the current status of the Parish Registers from Kent County, England that have been extracted for Hales names. The information found is in the Hales Chronicles. As new information is found it will also be included in the Hales Chronicles – the master file for our Hales family.

Later I asked Mr. Stokes to extract all Hales entries from the Parish Registers he was searching and decided to expand the search to all of the churches in Kent. Hence, some of the registers looked at early are for a block of years and some are the complete register.

Now that the Hales Chronicles are generally available on the internet as well as in the libraries of the Society of Genealogists in London and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, new information needs to be added. Along with the remaining 1881 census extractions, another look will be made at the parish registers of Kent.

While most Hales families originated in Kent, this plan does not limit the research to just Kent. Other information will be searched out as well. This is the only systematic research calendar being done at this time.

1751-1976 N 1751-1812

Ightham 1559-1935 Y 1559-1876

Ivychurch 1715-1950

Iwade 1560-1953 Y 1590-1840

Kemsing 1561-1814 Y 1561-1812

Kenardington 1546-1837

Kennington

Keston 1540-1955 Y 1540-1876

Kidbrook

Kingsdown 1601-1812 N 1601-1812

Kingsnorth

Kingston 1558-1908 N 1558-1837

Knockholt 1548-1892 N 1548-1812

Knowlton

Lamberhurst 1564-1868 Y 1563-1844

Langley 1665-1941 N 1619-1730

Leaveland 1670-1730 N 1670-1730

Lee 1579-1971 Y 1579-1754

Leeds 1557-1972 Y 1618-1705

Leigh 1560-1837 N 1560-1812

Lenham 1610-1730 Y 1610-1730

Lewisham 1590-1830 Y 1559-1875

Leyboume 1560-1966 N 1560-1812

Leysdown 1701-1921 N 1670-1730

Linstead 1670-1730 Y 1670-1730

Linton 1681-1928 Y 1619-1878

Littleboume 1559-1955

Little Chart 1538-1836 y 1538-1813

Little Mongeham

Longfield 1757-1973 N 1563-1878

Loose 1556-1966 Y 1662-1770

Lower Hardres 1563-1917

Luddenham 1547-1971 N 1670-1730

Luddesdown 1681-1888 N 1681-1812

Lullingstone 1578-1812 N 1578-1812

Lydd 1540-1756.

Lydden 1540-1837 Y 1540-1812

Lyminge 1538-1841 Y 1544-1837

Lympne 1617-1836 Y 1617-1836 Marr. .

Lynsted

Maidstone 1662-1790 Y 1662-1790

Marden 1567-1837 Y 1635-1730

Meopham 1561-1871 N 1561-1871

Mereworth 1559-1960 Y 1560-1875

Mersham 1555-1807 Y 1561-1812

Midley

Milsted 1544-1812 Y 1600-1813

Milton (Gravesend) 1576-1799 Y 1559-1812

Milton (Sittingbm) 1538-1914 Y 1538-1812

Milton (Canterbury) 1559-1889 N 1559-1876

Minster(Sheppy) 1568-1952 Y 1670-1730

Minster (Thanet) 1557-1837 N 1557-1837 Marr.

Molash 1557-1871 N 1670-1730

Monkshorton 1558-1836

Monkton

Murston 1561-1933 N 1618-1730

Nackington 1563-1836

Nettlested 1640-1812 Y 1640-1812

Newchurch

Newenden 1559-1813 N 1559-1813

Newington (Hythe) 1559-1968 Y 1559-1837 Marr.

Newington (Sit.bm) 1558-1969 Y 1630-1730

Newnham 1670-1730 N 1670-1730

New Romney 1662-1881 Y 1700-1732

Nonington 1538-1939 Y 1538-1727

Northboume 1586-1955

North Cray 1538-1812 N 1538-1812

Northf1eet 1539-1812 Y 1539-1812

Norton 1670-1730 N 1670-1730

Nursted 1561-1812 N 1561-1812

Oare 1670-1891 Y 1670-1730

Offham 1538-1937 1538-1875

Old Romney 1538-1813

Orgarswick

Orlestone 1553-1752

Orpington 1560-1918 N 1560-1876

Ospringe 1561-1944 Y 1690-1730

Otford 1562-1972 Y 1630-1812

Otham 1538-1959 Y 1660-1750

Otterden 1603-1924 Y 1603-1732

Oxney

Paddlesworth

Patrixboume 1556-1929

Pembury 1560-1886

Penshurst 1558-1812 Y 1558-1812

Petham 1559-1923 N 1670-1730

Plaxtol 1648-1902 N 1648-1812

Plumstead 1654-1898

Postling 1687-1812 N 1687-1812

Poulton

Preston (Faversham) 1599-1909 N 1700-1732

Preston (Wingharn)

Queensborough 1670-1960 Y 1670-1730

Rainharn 1592-1954 Y 1612-1813

Rarnsgate

Reculver 1602-1880

Ridley 1625-1962 N 1625-1875

Ringwould 1569-1934 N 1569-1746

Ripple 1560-1836

River 1620-1972

Rochester

Cathedral 1633-1812 Y 1657-1837

St Margaret 1653-1812 Y 1653-1812

St Nicholas 1624-1950 Y 1624-1876

Rodmersharn 1538-1950 N 1590-1812

Rolvenden 1558-1837 Y 1558-1749

Ruckinge 1539-1820

Ryarsh 1560-1960 N 1559-1876

St John (Margate) 1559-1921

St Larence (Thanet) 1559-1906 1559-1653

St Margaret (Cliffe)

St Mary Cray 1579-1941 Y 1579-1812

St Peter (Thanet) 1582-1968 N 1582-1812

Saltwood 1562-1837 Y 1563-1617

Sandhurst 1560-1840

Sandridge 1562-1812 N 1562-1812

Sandwich

St Clement 1563-1931

St Mary 1538-1948

St Peter 1538-1944

Sarre

Seal 1561-1845 N 1561-1845

Seasalter 1569-1952

Sellindge 1559-1957

Selling 1558-1812 N 1670-1730

Sevenoaks 1559-1981 Y 1559-1812

Sevington 1554-1962

Shadoxhurst 1538-1812

Sheerness 1791-1837 Y 1811

Sheldwich 1558-1762 N 1690-1732

Shipbourne 1560-1812 1560-1812

Shoreharn 1558-1935 N 1558-1812

Shorne 1538-1969 Y 1538-1812

Shoulden 1591-1965

Sibertswold 1563-1959

Sittingbourne 1561-1922 Y 1790-1800

Smarden 1632-1966 Y 1611-1680

Smeeth 1662-1916

Snargate 1552-1836

Snave 1619-1838

Snodland 1559-1971 Y 1559-1860

Southborough

Southfleet 1558-1932

Speldhurst 1558-1836 Y 1558-1836

Stalisfield 1699-1962 N 1600-1730

Stanford

Stansted 1564-1812 N 1564-1812

Staple 1544-1961

Staplehurst 1538-1812 Y 1596-1695

Stelling 1557-1949 N 1557-1813

Stockbury 1653-1897 Y 1615-1790

Stodmarsh 1558-1936 N 1561-1812

Stoke 1666-1906 1666-1812

Stonar

Stone (Dartford)

Stone(Oxney) 1538-1929 Y 1567-1812

Stone 1718-1885

Stourmouth 1538-1922 N 1538-1812

Stowting 1539-1932

Strood 1565-1978 1565-1875

Sturry 1538-1956

Sundridge 1562-1955

Sutton (Dover) 1538-1941 N 1538-1812

Sutton at Hone 1607-1979 Y 1607-1840

Sutton Valence 1576-1951 Y 1630-1730

Swalecliffe 1558-1812 N 1558-1812

Swansconibe 1559-1901 N 1559-1812

Swingfield

Tenterden 1544-1953 Y 1660-1730

Teston 1538-1955 N 1538-1812

Teynham 1538-1950 N 1660-1730

Thanington 1558-1973 Y 1579-1666

Throwley 1670-1730 N 1670-1730

Thurnham 1625-1971 N 1640-1675

Tilmanstone 1558-1948

Tonbridge 1547-1837 Y 1547-1837

Tonge 1563-1799 N 1600-1730

Trotterscliffe 1540-1884 Y 1540-1875

Tudley 1663-1812 Y 1663-1812

Tunbridge Wells

King Charles 1729-1812 1729-1812

Holy Trinity 1830-1946

Tunstall 1607-1730 Y 1607-1730

Ulconibe 1560-1968 N 1626-1790

Upchurch 1633-1968 N 1640-1730

Upper Hardres 1566-1830 Y 1566-1813

Waldershare 1558-1837

Wa1mer 1560-1887

Waltham 1538-1922

Warden 1670-1884 N 1670-1730

Warehome 1727-1926 N 1727-1812

Wateringbury 1705-1875 N 1705-1812

Westbere 1577-1947

Westcliffe

Westerham 1559-1968 N 1559-1837 Marriages

West Farleigh 1539-1905 Y 1539-1812

West Hythe 1743-1809

West Langdon 1590-1783

West Malling 1698-1961 Y 1698-1817

West Peckham 1561-1923 Y 1561-1875

Westwell 1558-1959 N 1630-1730

West Wickham 1558-1812

Whitfield 1585-1966

Whitstable 1549-1968 Y 1556-1731

Wickhambreux 1563-1956 Y 1563-1812

Willesborough 1538-1838 N 1538-1838

Wilmington 1683-1977 Y 1683-1813

Wingham 1568-1777

Wittersham 1550-1860 Y 1550-1812

Womenswold 1574-1925 Y 1574-1837

Woodchurch 1538-1882 Y 1630-1812

Woodnesborough 1561-1967 N 1670-1730

Woolwich 1670-1941

Wooton 1546-1970

Wormshill 1546-1970 Y 1675-1790

Worth

Wouldham 1538-1969 1621-1877

Wrotham 1558-1870

Wychling 1813-1837 Y 1577-1837 Marriages

Wye 1538-1727 N 1670-1730

Yalding 1559-1812 Y 1559-1812

For those of you who are trying to help in our research activities. Please make sure that what you send me is accurate. Once an error has been introduced in records it is very difficult to purge this information from all of the people that have copied it. Also, assumptions are sometimes made based on naming customs that are not always reliable.

There are many ways that information can be extracted, quoted, or documented from source materials – some right and some wrong. For example, when source material has been extracted or quoted, it is important that the information in the original record is preserved without changes. Spellings should not be changed from what is found in the original record. If the name is spelled HALE in the original record, it should be spelled the same way in the extracted record. If the name is spelled HAIES in the original record, it should be spelled HAIES in the extraction that you make. (Note: this name is not our family).

In old England some letters were used differently than the conventions used today. Some were interchangeable – i.e. an "I" is interchangeable with a "Y" or a "f" sometimes is a "s." In this context the name HAIES could be the same as HAYES. However, the "I" cannot be changed to a "L" – this name is not HALES. Mythical people are created when names are changed by researchers that do not follow the rules. When looking for ancestors do not be too creative in what you find in indexes.

In our Hales Chronicles, names are as found in the source records examined.

From the book Genealogical Research in England and Wales, volume 3. "It is not often possible to detect naming customs among English and Welsh families. It is possible that parents named their children after themselves or their own parents, but this cannot be detected unless the given names used are unusual or uncommon. It is not enough to discover a pattern with given names such as (John, Edward, James,) William, Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary, etc., because of their frequent occurrence generally.

"There is the possibility, however, that the use of unusual and uncommon names can be detected through several generations. If this is obvious, it will strengthen the acceptance of a particular family as ancestral. Care should be taken, however, to understand what is an uncommon or unusual given name. Before this can be assumed, a study of the given names used in the area in other parishes must be made.

" ... Research evaluation should also take into consideration the matter of persons with compound names such as Mary Ann ... A person named Mary Ann might have married as Mary and be listed as Ann when her children were christened.

In our quest for Hales information, information found will be quoted as found and the source cited. This information will then be used in the Hales Chronicles where it adds to or clarifies family information. For example:

The families of Hales and Hamilton, both of Chilston, and all their children, were christened and married in Boughton (Malherb) church, but were all buried from time to time in Lenham Church. (HHK, v. V, p. 414).

This piece of information has clarified the following family in The Hales Chronicles. The updated family grouping is shown.

Born about 1575 of Lenham, Kent, England the son of Humphrey HALES. Married 24 JUN 1611 Margaret TOOKE at Allhallows, Honey Lane, London, London, England. She was born about 1577 of Beere, England the daughter of George TOOKE. Will proved 1636 at Boughton Malherbe names Children.

Children:

Other extracts from Halsted's History of Kent:

Dane Court, is a manor in this parish (Chilham), ... in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's reign, alienated this manor to Mr. Edward Hales, the third son of Edward Hales, Esq. Of Tenterden, who, as appears by a date now remaining on this house, rebuilt it in 1580, and resided in it. He died in 1586, and was buried in this church. His sorl Edward resided at Faversham, where he died in 1634, leaving his four sons, Edward, Thomas, James, and John, his coheirs in gavelkind, who in 1635 conveyed this manor, with its appurtenances, to Robert Dixon of Chilham, yeoman...(HHK, v. ..., p. 285).

The lordship of Hoo, and the manor of Little Hoo, Sold to Sir Edward Hales, baronet, in the 4th year of King Charles I. Inherited in 1654 by his grandson, Sir Edward Hales. baronet. This Sir Edward Hales, having risked his fortune in the service of King Charles, abandoned his country, to which he never returned. In 1663 he seems to have full possession of them. This estate was later vested by him to Sir John Tuston, baronet, and Edward Hales, esquire, of Boughton Malherb. (HHK, v. IV, p. 7).

I have looked at all entries in Halsted' s History of Kent. Many of them refer to manors which have previously been published in The Hales Newsletter, New Series, Summer 1996, Vol. 2. No.2. This Newsletter details other quotes from Halsted' s History of Kent as used to update our records – however, references not having genealogical value have not been included.

This concludes our summer newsletter. Thanks to all who have sent me clippings or other information. Remember that you are all reporters and keep me updated. Thanks again.