The Hales Newsletter

Motto: United Force is Stronger

NEW SERIES Summer 1999 Vol. 4. No. 3.

Membership

The Hales Chronicles on the internet

Hales Chronicles Index

News and Views

In Memoriam

English Nobility

British Naming Customs

Genealogical Problems caused by the English Civil War

Mathew Heale or Hales

Parish Register Research

Parish Register Extracts

Hales Reunion Announcement

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.

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.

At the present time no new memberships or renewals are being accepted. This is because I may be away for the next two years and because I am reevaluating this society. When I return I plan to determine the direction to take in the future – whether to produce a printed newsletter or to continue work only on the internet.

Currently there are 46 members of the Hales Family History Society. When I first began the Hales Newsletter in 1970, the circulation increased from 450 to 1,400 Hales families. The first issue of the New Series was mailed to 3,855 Hales families.

During the four years since the New Series was first published, membership has been as high as 171. That number represents less than ½ of 1 percent of the Hales families in the United States. The 46 current copies demonstrates that the world is changing. People are just not interested in their heritage. It seems like a lot of effort in producing our newsletter for so little interest.

In addition to this our home was broken into last November while we were away for a week. While most items have been replaced by insurance, there are always items that cannot be replaced, such as items of jewelry. Also taken was our Hales Family Checkbook from my desk and a check was negotiated for the balance – of course the bank replaced these funds, but all in all the experience was very discouraging.

The on-line version of the Hales Chronicles was first established June 12, 1997. Since then it has been used 2.6 times each day or 78 times each month. People looking at them are actively seeking their heritage and are making many corrections and contributions. A special thanks to all those who have made these contributions and corrections. More people submit information and correct information based on this web-page than is generated by the Hales Newsletter. It appears that this method of developing our family records is the best method.

I plan to continue work on the Hales Chronicles wherever I am living and in what capacity I am working for the next few years.

These files have been updated three times in 1997, twice in 1998, and I have updated them twice in 1999. I plan to update them every three months.

A printed version of what is developed is planned in a limited edition at the end of the year 2000. This Second Edition will be provided to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City with instructions for them to make microfilm available for distribution to Family History Centers. It will be provided to the Library of Congress. It will also be provided to the Library of the Society of Genealogists in London, England.

Anyone can see the content of the Hales Chronicles on the internet. If you do not have a computer, visit your public library and have them connect you to it – most libraries have an internet connection. If you would like to see what is in the current Hales Chronicles, the internet address is:

http://www.hales.org/

Simply follow the instructions on this web-page to find the content of the Hales Chronicles by selecting this item. Also available on this home page is an abstract of what has been published in each back-issue of our Newsletter.

The Hales Chronicles on the internet has been broken down into "byte size pieces." An index to the organization of the files is on the next page. Since each individual in the Chronicles has the surname of "Hales" or a variation of it, you will have to select the portion of the alphabet containing their given names according to this listing. Then use the up and down arrows on the keyboard to find the person you are looking for.

Hales Chronicles Index

a01 A. to Agnes

a02 Agnes to Alberta

a03 Alberta to Algernon C.

a04 Algernon C. to Alicia

a05 Alicia to Amanda

a06 Amanda to Ann

a07 Ann to Ann Adele

a08 Ann Adele to Annie

a09 Annie to end of A’s

b01 B. to Bennet

b02 Bennet to end of B's.

c1 C. to Charity

c2 Charles to Charles A

c3 Charles A. to Charlotte Maria

d2 David A. to Don William

e01 E. to Edward (1667)

e02 Edward (1668) to Edward (1811)

e03 Edward (1812) to Edward William Henry

e04 Edwin to Elisha B.

e05 Eliza to Elizabeth (1636)

e06 Elizabeth (1637) to Elizabeth (1728)

e07 Elizabeth (1729) to Elizabeth (1790)

e08 Elizabeth 1790 to Elizabeth (1856)

e09 Elizabeth (1857) to Ellen (1874)

e10 Ellen (1876) to Emma A. (1879)

e11 Emma Adelaide to end of E’s.

f01 F. to Frances (1805)

f02 Frances (1811) to Frank (1923)

f03 Frank Armand to end of F’s.

g01 G. to George (1703)

g02 George (1704) to George (1809

g03 George (1810) to George (1847)

g04 George (1848) to George G.

g05 George Gillett to Georgia W.

g06 Georgiana Mittie to end of G’s.

h01 H. to Harriet (1829)

h02 Harriet (1832) to Hedley

h03 Heidi to Henry (1807)

h04 Henry (1808) to Henry (1858)

h05 Henry (1859) to Hervin Leon

h06 Hester to end of the H's.

i01 I. H. to End of the I's.

j01 J. to James (1725)

j02 James (1726) to James (1799

j03 James (1800) to James (1859)

j04 James (1860) to James William

j05 Jan Alice, to Jane (1882)

j06 Jane A. H. to Jesse Warters

j07 Jessica to John (1559)

j08 John (1561 to John (1633)

j09 John (1634) to John (1681)

j10 John (1682) to John (1723)

j11 John (1724) to John (1759)

j12 John (1760) to John (1789)

j13 John (1790) to John (1811)

j14 John (1812) to John (1840)

j15 John (1841) to John C.

j16 John C. A. to John Robert

j17 John Ronald to Joseph (1712)

j18 Joseph (1713) to Joseph (1846)

j19 Joseph (1847) to Julia (1875)

j20 Julia (1876) to end of J's.

k01 Karen to end of K's.

l01 L.B. to Lewis (1746)

l02 Lewis (1760) to Louisa (1836)

l03 Louisa (1838) to end of L's.

m01 M.A. to Margaret (1862)

m02 Margaret (1865) to Marila

m03 Marilyn to Martha Elizabeth

m04 Martha Emilia to Mary (1684)

m05 Mary (1685) to Mary (1759)

m06 Mary (1760) to Mary (1818)

m07 Mary (1819) to Mary Ann (1830)

m08 Mary Ann (1831) to Mary J. (1874)

m09 Mary J. (1877) to Max Price

m10 Maxie Woodrow to end of M's.

n01 N.B. to end of N's.

o01 O.C. to end of O's.

p01 Pamala Jean to Phebe Harriet

p02 Philemon to end of P's.

q01 Q.A. to end of Q's.

r01 R.B. to Richard (1616)

r02 Richard (1618) to Richard (1829)

r03 Richard (1830) to Robert (1707)

r04 Robert (1709) to Robert Edward

r05 Robert Elmer to end of R's.

s01 S. to Samuel (1856)

s02 Samuel (1857) to Sarah (1797)

s03 Sarah (1798 to Sarah Lydia

s04 Sarah M. to Stephen (1789)

s05 Stephen (1791) to end of S's.

t01 T.D. to Thomas (1599)

t02 Thomas (1600) to Thomas (1670)

t03 Thomas (1671) to Thomas (1741)

t04 Thomas (1742) to Thomas (1792)

t05 Thomas (1793) to Thomas (1823)

t06 Thomas (1824) to Thomas C.

t07 Thomas Callister to end of T's.

u01 Ula to end of U's.

v01 Vada Fae to end of V's.

w01 W. to Wendy Lou

w02 Wesley to William (1594)

w03 William (1595) to William (1690)

w04 William (1691) to William (1754)

w05 William (1755) to William (1784)

w06 William (1785) to William (1803)

w07 William (1804) to William (1822)

w08 William (1823) to William (1842)

w09 William (1843) to William (1878)

w10 William (1879) to William Heber

w11 William Henry to William S.

w12 William Samuel to end of W's.

y01 YaVonne to end of Y's.

z01 Z.C. to end of Z's.

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Most of the communications I receive is the result of people looking at the Hales Chronicles on the internet. Seldom do I receive information through the mail. The information received contains valuable additions and corrections for our Hales Chronicles. If you know of more information or corrections please send it to me.

For those who are new to Family History. Remember that one of the most important pieces of information is the location where events occur. If the location is known then supporting documentation can be found. If the location is not known the whole world must be searched to find additional information – a monumental task. It is important to record locations and improve our files if you know something that is missing. Samples of information received over the internet follow:

From Laura Hales – pinkya@gte.net – Just found your wonderful Hales site. I was beginning to think the Hales name was a real odd thing!! I will submit my member information shortly. I am on a trip from Seattle to north-central Oregon and Hood River, Oregon (the land of the "wind" surfers) to find where Charles A. Hales, born 16 October 1867 and died 19 April 1937 was born near Pine City, Morrow County near Heppener, Oregon. They later settled near Waitsburg, Washington as sheep ranchers. He married Edith Harried Fudge from Walla Walla, Washington. There are 5 cousins about 50 years old left in Washington State.

From John Wintrip – John.Wintrip@uwe.ac.uk I am currently researching my ancestors, and came across your web site. My great grandmother's name was Elizabeth Hailes, born about 1867 (she married William Wintrip). Your lists confirm information given to me by my late father. Elizabeth's father was Greener (b abt 1841) grandfather Greener (b 1813) and great-grandfather Matthew (who married Elizabeth Greener). They all lived in the Swalwell and Wickham area of Durham, England.

I am currently researching this line and will send you further information when I have it available. In the meantime, the purpose of this message is to inform you of a slight error. You indicate that some of the above (and their wider family) lived in Shalwell, Durham. This should be Swalwell. This place name is quoted correctly elsewhere in your pages.

From Juli Hales Kemp – rjkemp@iamerica.net –

First Message: I am interested in obtaining information about Hales family of Mississippi.. My grandfather was Robert L. Hales (born in 1875) - probably in Simpson County Mississippi. My great grandfather was Silas A. Hales (born 1810) and served in Co. A, Yeager's Cavalry, CSA and survived the Battle of Vicksburg. He was listed in 1850 census of Simpson County - was 40 yrs old. Had a wife, Mary - same age. Had a son, William - 15 yrs. - daughter, Winney - age 13 and a 1 yr. old infant son. He may have been married later to an Adelaide Meaux.

Second Message: I don't have any sheets on Hales family, but will tell you what I know about my family.

My great-grandfather was Silas Hales - at one time supposedly married to Adelaide Meaux.

My grandfather was Robert Lowery (Laurie - not sure which) Hales. He married Dona Jane Moak. They were from the Wesson, MS area. They had seven children:

1. Clifton Hales - wife Mary - moved to California and I never knew him. Is now deceased. I was told he owned a bar or store on a corner in San Francisco at one time. He had at least one son – Robert Hales.

2. Troy Hales - married Gertie - lived in Pennsylvania (Upper Darby, I think) Both deceased. Children: Robert Hales and Dot Hales Turner.

3. Rena Hales - married Albert Perkins - both now deceased. Children: Ola Mae Perkins (?) - deceased; William Ladell Perkins - currently living in Monroe.

4. Marguerite Perkins DeCelle - lives in Belle Chase, LA

5. Harvey Lea Hales (my father) - deceased, First wife: Pearl Cruse Hales - one son; Robert Franklin Hales (Yorba Linda, CA), Robert Franklin Hales died about a year ago. He had two sons I never met, but the children I knew of are: Robert Hales of Denver, CO; daughter Terry Hales (?); Sue Hales Motshagen (Corona, CA); and Esther Hales Fukudo.

Second wife - my mother, Fay Antley Hales, children: Juliana Hales Kemp, son - Harvey Lea Hales, Jr. both of Monroe, LA.

6. Emma Hales Perkins - deceased married Walter Perkins, children: one daughter, Joyce Perkins Taylor Carter - Dallas, TX

7. Julia Belle Hales McDonald - only one living - (Blue Ridge, GA), three sons: William Lawrence McDonald - Blue Ridge; Jack McDonald - Cumming, GA; Donald McDonald - Richmond, VA.

From Shanon Chaput – CHAPUTS4@aol.com – Hi! My William Hales (William Henry James Hales) came to the US in 1849 according to the citizenship papers. The 1880 census of Boston lists him as 50 years old. It lists his sister, Agnes, as 40 years old.

If this is the same Agnes listed in the IGI from the Isle of Man born to George and Sarah Hales, then someone either didn't know her age or she lied about it. The microfilm of church records lists two William Henry Hales christened within three years of each other to two different sets of parents. I still haven't been able to determine exactly which one is mine, even though one does have a sister Agnes listed on the IGI. I am reluctant to say that this one is mine until I have conclusive information.

From Brigitte Hales – brhales@worldnet.att.net – I was browsing through the Hales' chronicles and I did not see the Isle of White (probably Wight) mentioned as an origin for the Hales family. My father has indicated that his grandmother came to Canada via the Isle of White (Wight). Can you tell me anything about this branch of the Hales' family tree?

From Tony Conde – daconde@tpgi.com.au – I am currently undertaking research into my own family history and came upon your site while looking for information on Shropshire. Regarding Sarah Hales the information I have is a copy of a marriage bond between Thomas Cond and Sarah Hales dated 18 June 1750 (Sarah's age is given as 29 i.e. year of birth 1721); and

The children of Thomas and Sarah and their further descendants; and Sarah is recorded as having died 20 May 1794, buried 24 May 1794 aged 76 (i.e. year of birth 1718) (source Selattyn Parish Records)

From Steve Bratt – gopher752@iname.com – I ran across your web page today. I am looking for information on Wylie Hayles b. 1790, Jefferson Co, GA. please see attachment. In searching your information I did not find my Wylie, however I could have missed something. I also noticed a Wylie Hayles b. abt 1850 in Baldwin County, but have never heard of this family before.

From Robert Norman Hales, Jr. –

flochek@webtv.net – Robert Norman Hales correction. Be advised that Robert Norman Hales, of Durham, North Carolina (b.12/17/1929), son of Claude Hales and Catherine Winberry Hales, was married 12/9/50 to Mary Louise Coltrain, and by her had two sons, Robert Norman Hales, Jr. (3/6/52), and Erwin Jefferson Hales III (12/3/54). I am Robert Hales, Jr. My father divorced my mother Mary Lou in 1973 and married Evelyn Jansen Dalton in 1974. Your information on the marriages is transposed.

Please correct this in your database, and I will update my personal family information in the near future.

From Stuart Hales – stuart@haless.freeserve.co.uk – I read with interest that there is a whole society of people out there who share the wonderful gift of being christened with the surname Hales. We as a family share a long and chequered history. I myself have always taken a great interest in my families past and have often found it to be as exciting as many good novels .

We live [that is my family] near what has always been considered to be our first true family seat of [HALES ] in Norfolk near Norwich and have many close connection's with local history .

From Paul H. Hailes – paul@hiwd.net – It was a pleasure finding your site and your massive research today on the net. You have helped me find some missing links in my genealogical search of my family tree. Thanks to your efforts I have now traced my family from Mississippi back to South Carolina in the 1700s. Now I have more questions to solve.

In the coming months, I hope to add to your database from our line of the family. Also, I have started http://www.hailes.net/ as a new geneaolgy site on the web to be developed in '99. I would like to link to your research or post a copy on my site as well.

Also, I have been getting email from Hailes around the world and I look forward to forwarding your site to them.

From Phil and Linda Hales – Philinda@icanect.net – I am impressed with your work on the Hales chronicles. I found my grandfather's name listed. I have a copy of his death certificate. According to that, His date of birth was January 31, 1873 and the date of his death was January 28, 1928. According to the death certificate his father's name was George, but I don't find him listed. What you haven't listed was the fact that my father Henry Leonard Hales was a twin! His sister's name was Eunice. Henry died in October 1979. Eunice died February 1991. I am working on a genealogy web page. When I get it launched I will send the address along if you like. There are quite a few descendants since my father had five children and all had at least one child. My sister and I even have grandchildren. Thank you for the city of birth for my grandfather. I don't know how to get more information on ancestors. Any help would be appreciated. (Also, Sarah's second husband was named George.)

From Harvey H. McIntyre – harveymc@arkansas.net – I just learned this morning about the Hales family web site from a lady in North Carolina. Looking at your Introductory Page, I'm struck by the many spelling variations that occur. One (Hails) comes close to the family history I'm seeking, and another (Hailes) is even closer if someone had lousy handwriting (i.e., making the "e" too big and having it look like another "l."

Anyway, I've traced the "HAILLS" back to a John R. Haills who died circa 1839-1840 in Warren County (Vicksburg), Mississippi. He had at least one child, John R. Haills who was born "in the Carolinas," in 1823, migrated to Warren County, Mississippi, where he had guardian appointed in 1840, moved to Utica, Mississippi about 1848-50 and died there in 1892. He married a Caroline Mylanta Bolls in Mississippi and they had one son, John Lade Haills (1856-1922), and several daughters. Does the HAILLS spelling occur anywhere in your records? As far as I can tell after 15 years of looking, that name died out in the late 1950's when an old fellow in Lancaster, California, passed away (that according to my father, Haills Harvey McIntyre, who died in 1994). He later changed his name to Harvey Haills McIntyre -- why, I don't know; however, his mother, Annie Haills McIntyre, continued to call him "Haills" until the day she died at age 99+.

From Laurel Anderson – loralee.anderson@m.cues.k12.ut.us –

My Father is Marwood J Hales He was a very prosperous man in our area he started a sand and gravel business with two mules and a slipscraper. Daddy's business is Hales Sand and Gravel one of the biggest employers in our valley.

Grandfather is John Smith Hales, He was from the Deseret Utah area they came from Fairfield Utah Area His father was Henery William Hales, His Father was Stephen Hales. I am willing to pay for stories if they can be copied or if they can be e-mailed I would LOVE IT.

From Tina Rostek – trostek@gwa.ca

I received your web address from Roy Hales from British Columbia, which is where I am writing from.

My maternal grandmother is a Hales – Her parents were Frank Noel Hales (b. 25 December 1878 d. ? October 1952) and Alice Hutton Sly (b. 13 July 1875 d. 19 August 1969), they were married on August 12, 1905 in Montreal, Quebec. Frank Noel Hales mother's name was Marie Reddington. I do not know when they were married or any specific dates related to their lives.

My Gran's brother, Alfred Littlewood Reddington Hales and Lois Davey had two sons David and Stephen - I do not know their birthdays, but they are both married and have children.

My Gran's sister, Jessie Monica was born on 07 July 1909 and was married twice, the second time to Sam Gorman. She had two daughters with her first husband. She died on 28 September 1994.

Alfred and Jessie were both born at the home of their parents in Armstrong BC.

My Gran, Margaret was born on 08 May in about 1914 (she will not confirm that year, she says I can know for sure when she dies), she married my Grandad Richard Harvey (Slim) Davidson (b. 21 October 1912 d. 02 March 1993) on 13 April 1936 in Armstrong, BC. They have six daughters – Diana Margaret Davidson; Gail Yvonne Davidson; Lola Marie Vermulen; Karen Louise Peterson (my mom); Brenda Ruth Broughton; and Patricia Susan Langhorst.

I am one of 17 grandchildren, there are also six great grandchildren and one on the way.

From Janet Tully – jtully@nexicom.com –

Hi, my name is Janet and I have seen your web site. The John Hales born 1827 and married Isabella Graham born 1827 were my Great-great Grandparents. You have them as being from Uxbridge Ontario. John Hales was born in England and Isabella Graham was born in Ireland. I have no info on them before they came to Ontario but I have all their children who they married when they were born and died. I would love to send this info to you so you can add it to your site. Would you be interested? I think your site is wonderful.

From Micky Hales – hales@pacific.net.sg –

I am the second son of Rufus Henry Hales, Micky Joe Hales, born 1965, Louisiana; my sister is Rhonda Denise Hales, born 1963, in Germany; my brother is Tony Micheal Hales, born 1961, in Maryland. I have 1 son, Stephen Richard Hales, born 1990.

From Sally Pavia – pavia@futureone.com –

Am attaching my line down from Sarah Evalina Hales; would you believe she still has a grandson that's living (at last report) in Tucson, AZ. Will be looking forward to your new book. Really have to admire you, all that work/dedication. I do well to get a couple of things entered at a time. If you have trouble opening the attachment, just let me know and I'll send it another way.

From Edwin Charles Merryman –

edchme@bellatlantic.net – Dear Sir; Would it interest you to know that you have a mistake in your listing of Nicholas Hales? You have one listed as born ca 1676 son of George and Ellen Rogers Hales as having married Frances Broad. First she was not Broad, but Frances Garrett, daughter of Dennis Garrett and Barbara Stone. Barbara married (2) John Broad after Dennis was murdered by John Oldton. This Nicholas was Nicholas, Jr., George's brother not his son. He was born ca 1657 making a deposition in Baltimore County, Maryland in 1707 stating he was 50. He and my 6th great-grandfather, Charles Merryman purchased Merryman's Lot together in 1688. Check his will as he left half of Merryman's Lot to his wife then to son Neale after her death. Charles Merryman married Mary Hales King, this Nicholas's sister after Henry King died in 1675. He purchased East Humphreys 300 acres north side of the Patapsco River in Baltimore County in 1682 from Thomas and Hannah Ball Everest. If you check I think George's son probably died young as there is no record of his having ever owned any other land than that left him in his father's will or any other record I have seen.

Some of these obituaries are from old newspapers and are provided by descendants.

Ralph Watkins Hales, son of John Parker Dodds and Margaret Watkins Hales, was born near Mt. Sterling, Iowa, September 16, 1898, and passed away after a lingering illness, at his home at 2:25 a.m. on August 20, 1957 at the aged of 58 years 11 months and four days. He was the only son and the youngest child of this family.

He was united in marriage to Gladys M. Brassfield on December 23, 1922. To this union was born one son, Charles Eugene and one daughter, Lela Margaret.

Ralph was a lifelong resident of the Mt. Sterling community having lived all of his life on the same farm. He loved to work for the good of that community having served as a school secretary at the early age of 18 and continuing in this capacity and on the school board throughout his life. He served as a trustee on the township board for 17 years.

A loving father and true friend will be missed by his wife, Gladys; one son, Charles E. and a loving daughter-in-law of Keosauqua; one daughter, Margaret, Mrs. Oscar Gregg of Ft. Madison; five grandchildren, Esther, Jimmy, John and Steven Hales and Denise Gregg; and one sister, Mrs. Willa Mize of Mt. Sterling. He was preceded in death by his father, mother and one sister, Eunice Payne.

Services were held Thursday, August 22, at 2:30 p.m. at Center Chapel Methodist church, southeast of Keosauqua with burial in Center Chapel cemetery.

Gladys Margaret (Brassfield) Hales Dempster, daughter of John Reuben Brassfield and Susie F. (Rooks) Brassfield, was born near Osgood, Sullivan County, Missouri on April 26, 1907, and passed away on November 30, 1996 at the Good Shepherd Retirement Center in Peoria, Arizona at the age of 89 years, 7 months and 4 days.

After the death of her mother in 1912 and her father in 1914 she went to live with an uncle, George W. Brassfield, in Farmington, Iowa. She attended rural school at Oak Hill and high school in Farmington.

She was united in marriage, first, to Ralph Watkins Hales on December 23, 1922 in Vernon Township, near Mt. Sterling, Iowa. As a farm-wife and caring mother she assisted her husband on the Hales family farm on Vernon Prairie. To this union was born one son, Charles Eugene Hales of Sun City, Arizona and one daughter Lela Margaret (Hales) Troutman of Ft. Madison, Iowa. After the death of her husband, Ralph, on August 20, 1957, she moved to Bonaparte and worked as a cook in the Harmony School. Later she moved to Ft. Madison and worked as a domestic until she was employed as the receptionist at the Miller-Hoffbauer Funeral Home in Donnellson, Iowa.

Her second marriage was to John Gaylord Dempster who was her daughter-in-law Janice (Dempster) Hales’ father, on March 6, 1971 at Donnellson, Iowa. They made their home on the Dempster farmstead in Washington Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa where once again she became a farm wife on the grain and livestock farm.

Gladys is survived by her son Charles Eugene Hales with daughter-in-law Janice (Dempster) Hales and daughter Lela Margaret (Hales) Troutman and step-son John Lynn Dempster. Other survivors include seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren as well as two step great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers; Henry Brassfield, Edward Brassfield and Howard Brassfield, also J. Gaylord Dempster who passed away November 21, 1996.

Burial was in the Center Chapel Cemetery at Keosauqua, Iowa.

Chronologist. Born the 8^th of April in 1747, William was one of the children of the Reverend Samuel Hales, Doctor of Divinity (D.D.), for many years curate and preacher at the cathedral church of Cork, Ireland. He was educated by his maternal uncle, the Reverend James Kingston, prebendary of Donoughmore. In 1764 he entered Trinity College, Dublin, where in 1768 he became fellow and B.A., and afterwards D.D.

As tutor at the college he wore a white wig to obviate the objections of parents to his youthful appearance. His numerous pupils are said to have described his lectures as "pleasant," though he occasionally roused his pupils from bed by a dose of cold water. Hales also held the professorship of oriental languages in the university.

William Hales’ first published work was Sonorum doctrina rationalis et experimentalis, London, 1778, a vindication and confirmation from recent experiments of Newton’s theory of sounds. In 1782 he published De motibus Planetarum dissertation, Dublin, on the motions of the planets in eccentric orbits, according to the Newtonian theory. In 1784 he printed at his own expense Analysis Aequationum, Dublin, His friend, Baron Maseres, inserted it in his Scriptores Logarithmici, and printed 250 separate copies. La Grange sent Hales a complimentary letter from Berlin on the Analysis.

In 1788 Hales, who had already taken orders, resigned his professorship for the rectory of Killeshandra, County Cavan, where he lived in retirement for the remainder of his life. From about 1812 he also held the chancellorship of the diocese of Emly. In 1798 he procured from the government some troops who tranquillized the country round Killeshandra.

Hales was a good parish priest, "equally pleasing," says his biographer, "to the gentry and the lower orders." He was a kind-hearted, well informed man, who told anecdotes well. He rose at six and spent the day in learned studies. In the evening he told his children stories from the Arabian Nights, or played with them the game of "wild horses."

Until 1819 Hales was constantly engaged in writing for publication. His best-known work, A New Analysis of Chronology, occupied him twenty years. It was published by subscription in 1809-12, 3 volumes, London. A second edition appeared in 1830, 4 vols., London. Hales, noting the great discordance of previous chronologists, "Laid it down as a rule to see with mine own eyes" (Letter to Bishop Percy, 6 June 1796), and investigated the original sources. He gives the apparatus for chronological computation (measures of time, eclipses, eras, etc.). Hales’ work deals with the chronology of the whole Bible, and gives a portion of the early history of the world.

In 1801 Hales suffered from "a most malignant yellow fever," caught during a kind visit to a stranger beggar-woman. He recovered, but from about 1820 or earlier he suffered from melancholy, and his mind seems to have become disordered. He died on 30 January 1831, in his eighty-fourth year.

William Hales married, about the middle of the 1790s, Mary, the second daughter of Archdeacon Whi... They had two sons and two daughters.

Hales was the publisher of twenty-two works, including the Essay on the Origin and Purity of the Primitive Church of the British Isle. He related the effect of electrical fluid on himself in a violent fever in his Analysis Fluxionum. He wrote Methodism Inspected in two parts and Dissertations on the Principal Prophecies respecting Christ. His last publication (Essays, above) lists all of his works.

George Willard Hales, or "Will" as he was known, was the oldest child of George Elon and Dasalina Belle "Lina" Rosa Hales. This sketch is taken from a book compiled by Paul and Arline Hales.

Born in the original log cabin on land formerly owned by his grandfather, William Hales, who probably built it, Will Hales arrived in Henrietta Township, Lorain County, Ohio on December 18,1874.

Will was educated at the Oberlin Academy, attending in 1896 and 1897, and taught school in Birmingham one year. While managing a grist mill (flour milling) in Venice Ohio, he was selected and encouraged by his father’s brother, his Uncle Burton F. Hales, to come to Chicago

to join him in the grain business. He moved there in 1900 to build a malting plant for his Uncle Burton and become general manager of it. This was the start of his successful career as a grain commissions merchant.

Will became president of Kasofa Elevator; he was president of Hales & Hunter, and eventually became president of Northwestern Malt & Grain Company where his Uncle Burton had previously been president. It continued under that name until 1957. Will and Miss Grace M. Merchant (his sister-in-law), treasurer, developed other related businesses including elevators, brewer companies, malt making processing, feed division, grain division which traded and stored grain, etc. Will was also involved with the Interstate Malt Company of Waterloo, Wisconsin, which Burton F. Hales started and Dewey Hales re-habilitated. There was a succession of company names from Loomis & Sayder, Loomis & Edwards, Hales & Edwards, to Hales & Hunter. An interesting story was that in 1914 there was strong anti-German feeling, so the partner who had a very German surname, C. William Hohehadl, changed his name to Hunter. After the repeal of Prohibition, stock was purchased by Hales & Hunter in malt companies.

Because of his knowledge of the distribution of food, he served with Herbert Hoover’s War Production Board and made frequent trips to Washington, D.C. during World War I.

According to his obituary, Will was chairman of the board of Hales & Hunter Company, feed manufacturers; president and director of the Avenue State Bank of Oak Park; and had served as a director on the Chicago Board of Trade. He was a former Oak Park city trustee. He was honorary chairman of the Board of the Chicago Theological Seminary, where he had served on the Board since 1941, and was a member of the First Congregational Church in Oak Park, Illinois. He was pictured in a Life Magazine article about the Chicago Board of Trade in about 1948. According to the 1941 Who’s Who in the Midwest, he also had been general chairman of the Oak Park and River Forest Community Chest from 1934 – 1939; and a member of the American Board for Foreign Missions. The article mentioned he belonged to a club, Union League, and listed his office as 141 West Jackson Boulevard in Chicago. He was a Republican.

Will and Carrie Parker Merchant were married in Saint Joseph, Michigan on July 30, 1902. His wife was one of three sisters, Eunice, Grace and Carrie Merchant, who came from Saint Joseph, Michigan, to Chicago to work. Grace was secretary to Uncle Burton Hales. They also had a brother, Leonard Eugene Merchant. Carrie was born May 26, 1878 in Saint Joseph to Leonard Johnson Merchant of Litchfield City, Connecticut and Caroline E. Kay, his wife. Her mother, Caroline E. Kay, was born in New Haven, Connecticut. Carrie was described as a great manager, brilliant, very proper and a perfectionist. Her son, William, adds that she had a good sense of humor. Carrie died February 21, 1949 in Oak Park.

Will was a hearty, happy person who lived a comfortable life with his family in a large home, at 724 North Oak Park Avenue, and included an extra lot on which to raise vegetables. He especially loved fresh corn on the cob, which he grew and which he distributed generously to his neighbors. He also grew many of his favorite flowers – hollyhocks. Paul Hales was fascinated to observe that the call button for the maid was concealed on the floor under the dining room table. Will and Carrie Hales had three children: Burton Willard Hales, born July 1, 1906; William Merchant Hales, born November 13, 1907; and Caroline Hales, born July 25, 1914.

Some time after Carrie’s death Will met Marie Cole Powell through the association of the Congregational church leaders at national meetings of the Board of Missions. The originally had been acquainted when both were active teachers in the First Congregational Church Sunday School of Oak Park, but Marie had moved east when she married Mr. Powell. She was a widow of a minister and a retired associate professor of religious education at Boston University where she had taught 15 years, retiring in 1950. She was the author of several textbooks used in religious education and wrote magazine stories for children. Will and Marie were married September 12, 1950 in Concord, Massachusetts, but lived in Oak Park, Illinois.

Will died of leukemia, after being ill for only two months, on August 14, 1954, at the age of 79. He was cremated and his ashes buried at Pleasant Valley Farm, Woodstock, Illinois. Pleasant Valley Farm is a social service agency sponsored by the Chicago Congregational Union, now called Community Renewal Society, of which he was president for many years. It is a facility for year-round social programs in Chicago neighborhoods.

Marie died in Oak Park January 8, 1959 at the age of 76, and was buried in Concord, Massachusetts, after a funeral at the First Congregational Church of Oak Park. Apparently she did not have children of her own as her obituary lists her two sisters and two brothers named Cole, along with the listing of her stepchildren, Mrs. Hales Bailey and William M. Hales.

For dating purposes

This list was generated using Encyclopedia Britannica. Some old records use the year of the reign of the monarch as the year of the event. It is difficult at times to know when the event occurred without this reference. Hence the need for this table.

1027-1087 aged 60.

1056-1100 aged 44.

1068-1135 aged 67.

1133-1189 aged 56.

1157-1199 aged 42.

1167-1216 aged 49.

1207-1272 aged 65.

1239-1307 aged 68.

1284-1327 aged 43.

1312-1377 aged 65.

1367-1400 aged 33.

1367-1413 aged 46.

1387-1422 aged 35.

1421-1471 aged 50.

1442-1483 aged 41.

1421-1471 aged 50.

1442-1483 aged 41.

1457-1485 aged 28.

1457-1509 aged 52.

1491-1547 aged 56.

1537-1553 aged 16.

1516-1558 aged 42.

1533-1603 aged 70.

1566-1625 aged 59.

1600-1649 aged 49.

Oliver Cromwell period.

1630-1685 aged 55.

1633-1701 aged 68.

1622-1694 aged 32.

1650-1702 aged 52.

HALS [Hales] was held by Alestan, a thegn of Harold’s, T.R.E.; 1 ploughland and 40 acres; then as now 9 borders and 2 ploughs on the demesne and 1 plough belonging to the men, and 5 acres of meadow; wood(land) for 3 swine. Then 1 rouncey, now 2. Then 1 beast, now 2. Then 14 swine, now 27. Then 10 sheep. And 13 freemen in the soke of the fold and commendation (with) 40 acres. Then it was worth 20 shillings, now 40. This Alestan commended himself to Alwin of Thetford in the time of King William, and (Alwin) was seised of him when King William gave his (Alwin’s) land to Roger [Roger Bigot]; but the hundred has not seen (any) grant (breve) or feoffor (deliberatorem) that gave (him) to Aluin. The whole of Hals [Hales] is 15 furlongs and 13 perches (in length) and 6 furlongs in breadth, and pays 8 pence for geld.

Many countries have their own naming customs. While not always used the British

had a very highly developed system of naming children. When it is used the naming customs often assist in developing a pedigree. The British naming custom is shown below. Be careful – a variation of the naming custom might have been used.

For the sons –

1. The eldest son after the paternal grandfather.
2. The second son after the maternal grandfather.
3. The third son after the father.

For the daughters –

1. The eldest daughter after the maternal grandmother.
2. The second daughter after the paternal grandmother.
3. The third daughter after the mother.

Subsequent children would be named after still earlier forebears, but generally the naming pattern in their cases would be less structured.

All of this is great if all of the children have been found. But if children have been missed it can be very misleading.

Most of the family information in England before 1837 comes from Anglican Parish Registers. Generally these registers or transcripts of them can be found dating from the mid-1500s and copies on microfilms can be obtained and used to discover early Hales families. Microfilms of the original Parish Registers, and Bishop’s Transcripts, and Archdeacon’s Transcripts can be obtained through the circulation program of the various Family History Centers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – the Mormons. They are not easy to read – the old script takes time. Also, there are problems with these records, some of which are:

The government was supposed to do a National Registration beginning in 1812. Like most government programs it didn’t get started until much later – the 1^st of July in 1837. Since the churches expected the government to do this task, sometimes the records are sketchy between 1812 and 1837. Thanks for the census records beginning in 1841 that help us to bridge between these dates – at least for people living after 1841.

There was unrest in England between 1640 and 1660 which is referred to as the Oliver Cromwell period or the English Civil War. During this period of unrest the gentry were deposed. Land owners, those having money, and those with connections to the ruling class were protective about their family roots. Information is missing. There is a gap in the church records during this period. If your ancestors were christened, married, or buried in England between 1640 and 1660 it is difficult or most likely impossible to find them.

For example: Those looking for ancestors in the Boxley, Kent, England area would be very interested in one Mathew Hales, whose will was proved at Boxley in 1680. Since he wasn’t buried there, it is curious why his will was proved there. Was it because he had relatives in Boxley?

Hales wills can be found in Boxley as early as the late 1400s starting with William (1467), Henry (1477), and John (1488), indicating that Hales families had been in Boxley for about 200 years. Mathew’s will indicates a son named John and daughters Elizabeth and Mary. A connection to Maidstone is also made.

In looking at the early Maidstone records there is a John Heale christened 27 June 1633 the son of Mathew. No burial for this John is in the records. There are also two sons of Mathew and his wife Johane – this time spelled Hales – Thomas christened 10 July 1636 and William christened 5 August 1637. Both of these sons died early – Thomas buried 20 July 1636 and William buried 8 August 1637. There is no christening information for daughters.

Using the probate and parish information the family would appear as:

Born about 1608 of Maidstone, and Boxley, Kent, England. Married before 1636 Johane ... (she is mother to at least two of the children – Thomas and William). She was born about 1611 of Maidstone, Kent, England. She was buried 6 NOV 1680 at Maidstone, Kent, England. Will proved 1680 at Boxley, Kent, England mentions children:

Children:

Because of the gap in the records between 1640 and 1660 it is not possible to determine if other children were born to this family or when other events or dates occurred. Since John married Ann Fuller when he was nearly 42, he may have been married before to someone else, perhaps during the 1650s, and had a family by her. We may never know more than what is shown on the family grouping trial sheet described above any more details of this family – or the details of any family that developed during the English Civil War.

This list contains the Parish Registers, in Kent, England, including the dates, that I have extracted – in addition to those that were detailed in the Hales Newsletter of the Summer of 1997 (Volume 3. Number 2.). It takes from 3 to 5 hours to go through one of these Parish Registers – the problem being deciphering the ancient scripts. This list is my research activity record to keep track of what I have looked at in our quest for gathering Hales information in addition to that cited earlier.

Keys to the below chart:

1. Parish – the parish churches by name in Kent, England
2. Available – the dates of known extant Parish Registers, Bishops Transcripts or Archdeacons Transcripts. Some are in the Kent Record Office, some are at the Society of Genealogists, some are at other locations, and some can be ordered through the Family History Library microfilm circulation program.
3. Y/N – This is an indicator of whether Hales individuals or families have been found in this parish during the time period searched.
4. Hales Chronicles – This is the dates of the parish that have been extracted and which are in the Hales Newsletter or Hales Chronicles. The extractions appear first in the Hales Newsletter before they are added to the Hales Chronicles.

Parish Name, Available Records, Y/N, Hales Chronicles

Bicknor 1564-1812 Y 1564-1812

Bilsington 1563-1813 N 1563-1813

Bishopsbourne 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Borden 1563-1883 Y 1555-1839

Boughton Aluph 1740-1813 N 1740-1813

Boughton Malherbe 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Boughton Monchelsea 1560-1812 Y 1560-1812

Boxley 1558-1858 Y 1558-1858

Bredgar 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Brenzett 1563-1813 Y 1563-1813

Bridge 1560-1812 N 1560-1813

Brook 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Frinstead 1560-1790 Y 1560-1790

Langley 1565-1941 Y 1560-1812

Lenham 1610-1818 Y 1610-1818

Littlebourne 1559-1812 Y 1559-1812

Lympne 1583-1812 Y 1583-1812

Lynsted 1611-1812 Y 1611-1812

Maidstone 1564-1812 Y 1564-1812

Milstead 1564-1813 Y 1564-1813

Milton (Sittingbourne) 1538-1812 Y 1538-1812

Molash 1557-1812 Y 1557-1812

Northbourne -1812 N 1787-1812

Norton 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Oare 1560-1812 Y 1560-1812

Orelestone 1562-1812 N 1562-1812

Ospringe 1564-1812 Y 1564-1812

Otham 1563-1803 Y 1563-1803

Shepherdswell (or Sibertswold) 1564-1812 N 1564-1812

Sholden 1560-1812 N 1560-1812

Sittingbourne 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Smarden 1560-1812 Y 1560-1812

Stowing 1558-1812 Y 1558-1812

Sturry 1560-1812 Y 1560-1812

Sutton by Dover 1558-1812 N 1558-1812

Sutton East 1562-1812 Y 1562-1812

Sutton Valence 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Teynham 1560-1812 Y 1560-1812

Thanington 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Throwley 1563-1812 N 1563-1812

Thurnham 1562-1812 N 1562-1812

Tilmanstone 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Tonge 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Tunstall 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Woodnesborough 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Wootton 1563-1812 N 1563-1812

Wormshill 1563-1812 Y 1563-1812

Wychling 1563-1812 N 1563-1812

Wye 1563-1813 Y 1563-1813

Yalding 1559-1812 Y 1559-1812

I have had to skip over the years during the Civil War of 1640 to 1660 when there were essentially no entries made in Parish Registers.

Lympne, Kent, England (1583-1812)

24 AUG 1658 Thomas Mentpace and Christian Hale (Susanna erased)

8 OCT 1583 Jone wife of Richard Hales

Lynsted, Kent, England (1611– 1812)

21 FEB 1708 Charles Hales from Teynham

Maidstone, Kent, England (1564– 1790)

27 SEP 1628 Susanna baseborn daughter of Sara Hale and Francis Kippe

27 JUN 1633 John son of Mathew Heale

10 JUL 1636 Thomas son of Mathew Hales and Johane

5 AUG 1637 William son of Mathew Hales and Johane

21 AUG 1698 Mary daughter of John Hale

3 MAY 1675 John Hales and Ann Fuller both of Maidstone

11 OCT 1675 Mary Hales and Edward Savery both of Maidstone

1 NOV 1698 Samuel Elfick and Elizabeth Haile

15 JUN 1701 Joan Hales and Thomas Day

6 NOV 1778 Charles Eves batchelor and Mary Hales spinster both of this parish

8 JAN 1786 Thomas Hales batchelor and Nancy Randall spinster both of this parish by banns

20 JUN 1786 George Buckhurst bachelor of this parish and Margaret Hales of Stockbury spinster by banns

19 MAR 1788 Samuel Seggers batchelor and Ann Hails spinster both of this parish by banns

23 JAN 1627 John Hale

20 JUL 1636 Thomas son of Mathew Hales

8 AUG 1637 William son of Mathew Hales

6 NOV 1680 Joanna wife of Matthew Hales

16 JUN 1700 Hannah Haile

3 OCT 1705 John Hales

10 APR 1735 George Hales, prisoner

31 OCT 1757 Judith wife of George Hall or Hale

Shepherdswell, Kent, England (1564– 1812)

No Hales Entries

Sholden, Kent, England (1560– 1812)

No Hales Entries

Sittingbourne, Kent, England (1563– 1812)

4 NOV 1707 George Gordon and Ann Hale both Faversham

6 NOV 1790 James Dodge of Teynham and Mary Hales of this parish

16 AUG 1800 John Bennet of Milton and Ann Hales of this parish

28 OCT 1811 Robert Trice and Susannah Hales both of this parish

Smarden, Kent, England (1560– 1812)

19 JUL 1618 Philip son of Ralfe Hales

1672 John Hales