The Hales Newsletter

Motto: United Force is Stronger


NEW SERIES Winter 2002 Vol. 7. No. 4.

C O N T E N T

Membership

The Hales Chronicles on the internet

News and Views

Sir Christopher Hales, Master of the Rolls

Yalding, Kent, England

English Naming Conventions

In Memoriam

Caroline Emma "Cis" HAYLES

Judge James Henry Hales

Anna Eliza Lanier Hales

Hales MSS from the British Museum

Salt Lake City, Utah 1940 City Directory (Hailes and Hales Extracts only)

 


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 Hales Family History Society

Kenneth Glyn Hales, Founder (ken@hales.org)

5990 North Calle Kino

Tucson, Arizona 85704-1704

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.

MEMBERSHIP

This Hales Newsletter is the fourth and final issue of volume 7. Please note the expiration date on your mailing label. If it indicates VOL. 7. NO. 4. or earlier, this is the last issue you will receive unless you renew your subscription. I usually circle the last volume to be received in red on your mailing label to indicate your subscription has expired. There is no further notice of lapsed subscriptions.

The Hales Newsletters, both New Series and Old Series are now available on the Internet. The index for these newsletters should be read first to determine which newsletter contains information you desire to read. The index for the New Series is updated with the content of all New Series Newsletters and with new newsletters as they are published. Please check this index to determine the content of each newly-published newsletter.

You may not want to purchase a printed version. The on-line version is provided at no charge and contains all of the information and pictures of the printed version.

You can view the on-line newsletters by going to:

www.hales.org

Please let me know your suggestions about our Hales home-page on the internet.

Also, if you find an error in these on-line newsletters, or have a better picture, please send me the correction or picture as a jpeg file by email or the actual picture by regular mail.

A REQUEST – Let all of your Hales relatives know of our on-line Hales Newsletters. We need some word-of-mouth advertisement.

Also ask them to "talk it up." We need to get the message out so that we get more "News and Views" submissions for later newsletters.

Also ask them to review what is in The Hales Chronicles about their family. If additional or corrected information can be supplied, please send me a copy.

The Hales Chronicles on the internet

The internet version of the Hales Chronicles is the basis for the Third Edition to be printed in 2005. This on-line version is the master copy of the Hales Chronicles and it contains all information that I have and all corrections that have been made since the Second Edition. It is updated on a weekly basis. Many additions and changes have been made since the Second Edition was published. I work on these files weekly.

A copy of these internet files can be purchased on a CD (in Word for Windows HTML format) for a cost of $10 postpaid.

A copy of these internet files can be purchased on diskettes (in Word for Windows HTML format) for a cost of $20.

Both the CD version and the diskette version contains the latest information that is available.

If you find a mistake in these files, the index to these files, or if your family information is not there, please send me a copy of your records.

The method you use to send me the information is not important. I can receive any type of GEDCOM file, any text file from your word processor, or you can mail the information to me. However, please send the dates and the locations that the birth event, marriage event, or burial event took place.

NEWS AND VIEWS

At this time we only have 12 subscribers to the Hales Newsletter. Therefore, I only make 25 copies. I do mail to the libraries and my children and siblings, but I wonder if I should just concentrate on the internet version.

 

SIR CHRISTOPHER HALES

Master of the Rolls

Son of Thomas Hales, eldest son of Henry Hales of Hales Place, near Tenterden, Kent, by Elizabeth Carenton, was a member of Gray’s Inn, where he became an ancient in 1516 and was autumn reader in 1524.

Sir Christopher was an associate of Thomas Cromwell, who also lived near Tenterden and was a powerful local figure. His kinsman, James Hales, a lawyer, later a sergeant-at-law, was another powerful local figure, there.

An interesting event involving Sir Christopher Hales concerns the will of Henry Hatch. Hatch made the will on a Tuesday and he was buried on the following Saturday. Six months later, just before Michaelmas, Joan Hatch, widow of Henry, rode with her brother-in-law, John Goldfinch, and her servant Thomas Mitchell, to Canterbury to prove the will.

Joan said on one occasion, that it was the other executor, Richard Dryland, who persuaded her to have the will rewritten because it was blotted.

She said that Sir Christopher Hales, sent to her as he was riding up to London to the term after Easter, after she had proved the will. He wanted her to meet him as he came back from London at the King’s High Sumpter Way near Faversham leading from Sittingbourne to Canterbury.

He then told her that he understood she had proved her husband’s will at Canterbury, but he said it was not written in form of law but was erased or blotted. Therefore he advised her to come to his house at Canterbury, and to bring the will with her. He said, otherwise, she would be the first to repent it.

Accordingly, she carred the will to Canterbury, and there stayed at John Johnson’s house. John Johnson, alias Antony, was the Protestant servant of Cromwell’s who had written the will and was a key figure in the case. The next day she went with Johnson to Sir Christopher Hales house where she that day both dined and supped and at that time delivered the will to him. He earnestly urged her to marry his kinsman, Mr. James Hales, and told her that, if she would marry him, he would then see that her husband’s lands should remain to her and James Hales and to their heirs. James Hales also lodged there and spoke of marriage. She, not liking him, declared to Sir Christopher Hales that she never meant to marry again. At that time Johnson urged her to marry James Hales, but all this was in vain.

In the end, after she had stayed at Canterbury the space of six days and wanted to go home, she asked for the return of her husband’s will. Thereupon, Sir Christopher, not being able to persuade her to marry his kinsman, went into his study and brought out a will, which she then thought was the self-same will as she could neither read or write. It was, though sourly pointed out later by a lawyer in a scribbled aside that she went ‘with brother Goldfinch and man Mitchell who both could read.’ This suggests that the will produced by Sir Christopher was not the will of Henry Hatch.

Sometime after the demise of Henry Hatch, Joan married Henry Amcotts, a stockfishmonger, who became Lord Mayor of London, 1548-49, was knighted in 1548 and died in 1554.

One day Amcotts was looking in Joan’s wooden chest in her absence, and found the will in paper and compared it with the other will which he also found there under seal and discovered that they disagreed. When he was in his counting house, he called her to him and read the will in paper to her and said to her in the hearing of Goldfinch that he prayed God to forgive the people who had altered her husband’s will. She had never heard both of the wills read.

A Master Lewkenor said that it was Richard Dryland and others of Faversham, who first procured her to go to Hales in Canterbury, deceiving an honest, simple woman, who could neither read nor write. Master Lewkenor, who was then a suitor in marriage said nothing to her, which might have warned her.

There were many complicated lawsuits that stretched over many years, but they were defeated by Joan and her second husband, Sir Henry Amcotts.

Many years later a case was brought in Chancery by a relative, Edward Parker. The townsmen were always convinced that it was brought because they would not give a long lease to Goldfinch. Parker alleged that the proved will had been obtained by guile, when Hatch was speechless, and that he himself had the original will. Parker’s will was declared to be a forgery.

This story suggests that the reference citing "The Purse-proud Hales," from Sir Christopher to Sir Edward, did indeed accumulate wealth "Through Prudent Marriages" as did other men of this period.

The achievements of Sir Christopher Hales is well documented. In an undated letter conjecturally assigned to 1520, Prior Goldwell of Christ Church, Canterbury, wrote to the lord chancellor begging that ‘Master Xpher Hales’ might be appointed to adjudicate upon a case in which he was interested, in 1520-1.

Hales was counsel for the corporation of Canterbury, and in 1523 he was returned to parliament for that city.

On August 14, 1525 Hales was appointed solicitor-general, and he is mentioned as one of the counsel to the Princess Mary in the same year. He was also one of the commissioners of sewers for the Thames between Greenwich and Gravesend, and in 1525 was placed with Lord Sandes, Sir William Fitzwilliam and others, on a commission to frame ordinances for the better administration of the county of of Guisnes.

The commissioners met at Guisnes and promulgated on August 20, 1528 "A Book of Ordinances and Decrees for the County of Guisnes," relating chiefly to the tenure of land which will be found in Cotton. They also furnished Henry VIII with a report on the state of the fortification of Calias.

Hales was appointed attorney-general on June 8, 1529, and on October 30, following, preferred an indictment against Cardinal Welsey for having procured bulls from Clement VII to make himself legate, contrary to the statute of praemunire and for other offences.

Hales was on the commission of gael delivery for Canterbury Castle in June of 1530; was one of the commissioners appointed on July 14 following to make inquisitie into the estates held by Cardinal Welsey in Kent; and was placed on the commission of the peace for Essex on December 11 of the same year.

In 1532 Hales was one of the justices of assize for the home circuit; in 1533 he was actively engaged in investigating the case of the holy nun Elizabeth Barton, and in 1535 he conducted the proceedings against Sir Thomas More, Bishop Fisher, and Anne Boleyn.

Hales is mentioned as one of the commissioners of sewers for Kent in 1536, in which year he succeeded Thomas Cromwell on July 10 as master of the rolls. He was succeeded in this position at his death in 1541 by Sir Robert Southwell.

In 1537-8 the corporation of Canterbury presented Hales with a gallon of sack. This is doubtfully said to be the first recorded appearance of this wine in England.

Hales was one of those appointed to receive the Lady Anne of Cleves on her arrival at Dover on December 29, 1539.

In 1540 Sir Christopher Hales was associated with Cranmer, Lord-chancellor Rich, and other commissioners in the work of remodeling the foundation of Canterbury Cathedral, ousting the monks and supplying their place with secular clergy. He profited largely by the dissolution of the monistaries, obtaining many grants of land which had belonged to them in Kent.

He died the next year in June of 1541 at Hackington.

Christopher HALES

Born about 1482 of Canterbury, Kent, England the son of Thomas HALES and Elizabeth CARENTON. Married about 1517 Elizabeth CAUNTON. She was born about 1495 of London, England the daughter of John CAUNTON, Alderman of London. She predeceased him. Christopher HALES died JUN 1541 at Hackington, Kent, England.

Children:

M- John HALES; born about 1518 of Canterbury, Kent, England.

F- Mary HALES; born about 1520 of Canterbury, Kent, England;

married about 1542 John COLEPEPER.

F- Elizabeth HALES; born about 1522 of Canterbury, Kent, England;

married about 1544 John STOCKER.

F- Margaret HALES; born about 1524 of Canterbury, Kent, England;

married (1) about 1546 Lewis WEST; (2) about 1556 ... DODMAN,

(3) about 1566 William HORDEN.

 

YALDING, KENT, ENGLAND

(Based on articles by A.J.J. Parsons, J. Worley, Tony Kremer and Alan Smith)

The original Saxon settlement at Twyford (meaning Twin Ford) south and west of Maidstone may have ceased to exist after some serious flooding, and perhaps the survivors sought refuge on the higher land upstream at what we now know as Yalding. Pieces of pottery unearthed at Yalding were distinctive of this Saxon period.

Many of the Hales families found throughout the United States trace their earliest Hales ancestor to this village. This suggests that we should learn more about Yalding.

The village chartered here in 873 A.D. called "Gealding" (in medieval times GE = village and EALD = old, so that the village was known as "The Old Village" in Saxon times) and is located in the hundred of Twyford.

The rural village of Yalding involves the appreciation of a vast range of subjects.

Several local estates and freehold manors have their origins in the medieval period. This growth of small farms was to play an important part in the establishment of a rural trading center, when Yalding was granted the status of a market town in 1319.

The manor of Yalding was held by several notables from the 1300s including Hugh de Audley, Ralph Stafford – a Knight of the Garter, Humphrey Stafford, and Humphrey’s grandson Henry, Duke of Buckingham.

There were also several small manors in Yalding, which indicated that the population was far larger, at an early date, than that of surrounding parishes, but was to be kept in check by nature. Ravaged by the Black Death on more than one occasion, the population was contained. It is understood that in 1510 half of the inhabitants are thought to have perished.

With new sanitation and health improvements in the eighteenth century, as well as new agricultural methods there was a minor explosion in the erection of tenant farm cottages – the population of the parish doubled to two thousand. In the next quarter century almost another five hundred were added, then leveled off and has hardly increased since.

Yalding owes it existence to the confluence of the River Beult with the rivers Medway and Tiese near Twyford Bridge. From times immemorial, these rivers have overflowed their banks and deposited the rich alluvial silt brought down from the wooded weald, to make the soil at Yalding some of the finest agricultural land in Kent.

This fertile plain is all that a Yeoman Farmer could desire.

An old boast claims that Kent is the Garden of England and Yalding is the Garden of Kent.

The above map is a part of the Hundred Map of Twyford. Hundreds were subdivisions of some English and American Counties. Of interest on this map is that approximately 1 1/4 mile west of Yalding, in a village now known as East Peckham, is a street listed as Hail Street. (One source indicates both a Hale Place and Street). The people of the time (including the cartographer that made this map) were not consistent in their spellings. This street may have been Hail, Hale, Hails, Hales, or any other variant the cartographer wished to use. My guess is that there is some significance to the street name; most likely it leads to a house occupied by a Hail (or variant spelling) family. Also note that there is no church near this village. The people here most likely traveled the mile or so to a nearby church using local paths and bridges.

As early as 1207 Stephen Langton complained bitterly about the non-existent bridges across the Medway at Yalding. The present "Town Bridge" was built in the 15th century. However, the actual foundations were unearthed during an archaeological excavation in 1969 and date to a couple of centuries earlier.

In addition to the farming activity, Yalding became the transshipment port on the Medway at Hampstead Hamlet where the present Hampstead Lock is situated.

Many hundreds of iron cannons must have been man-handled on to the barges at Yalding during the Civil War (1642-48). The cannons, cast in the furnaces of the Weald, were shipped down the Medway to the Royal Navy at Chatham.

During the Second World War, (1939-1945 in England) a plan to flood parts of Kent, including Yalding, as a defense against a possible German invasion was proposed by Winston Churchill.

Fish caught in the Medway during a 42 year period include: Roach, 3 pounds; Dace, ˝ pound; Carp, 19 pounds; Bream, 7 ˝ pounds; Perch, 2 pounds, Chub 4 ˝ pounds, and Pike, 16 pounds.

This thatched house in Yalding was built in the 13th century, no later than 1290, which was about the latest period at which over-lapping joints were used. The house was originally a large hall, with small top rooms only on the north and south ends, where at one end the master and his lady would have slept and at the other end the servants. The original owner was probably a Yeoman. Certainly in the 17th century it must have been occupied by a Royalist family, as well hidden in the house were some Cavalier shoe buckles. Smoke holes were on both sides of the roof, and the fire would have been somewhere in the middle on the floor. Reed would probably have been laid on the floor of earth. The walls would have been of wattle and cow dung. The window frames are slotted for shutters, as glass for windows in houses was not usual until a much later date.

The field behind the house was known as Burnt Oak Meadow, and there was also close by land known as Burnt Oak Hop Garden. The house was on 6 ˝ acres of land.

The changes to this house over the years is diagramed.

"Burnt" is a word having its origins in Anglo-Saxon as indicating a division of land area, marked for example by a house, an oak, or a stream.

The Hales family, historically Yeoman Farmers, most likely lived in this type of house and within the three square miles shown above in the piece of the Twiford Hundred map. It is not known at this writing the occupation of our Jacob Hales of Yalding, but they were most likely farmers.

Today Yalding and mid-Kent is noted for a producing area for apples, pears, nuts and cherries. Water transport by the river Medway, brought the London markets within easy reach of the producer. On my visit to this area in 1981 I was impressed by the production of "hops" – an ingredient of the ail relished by the people of England.

How lovely it is to drive the country lanes near Yalding in the month of May. Though cherry blossom is over and gone and the flowers of cherry plum long forgotten, pear is past its prime and plum is pensioned off, apple blossom is at its best. Its scent fills the air and the buzz of honeybees delights the ear.

There was a church at Yalding before the Norman Conquest, and the lower tower was the oldest part of the present building dating dates from that time. The picture shown was taken on a very rainy day in May of 1981 when my wife and I visited Kent. This is the church where the Jacob Hales family attended and we found their records in the parish registers.

We stayed at a bed-and-breakfast in Tonbridge on the river Medway and drove the short distance to Yalding. The name of the river Medway in earlier times was Tunn, hence the name Tonbridge describes a bridge over the Medway. Because of the wet day, we did not walk the Yalding Footpaths, and we were unable to find a headstone due to their deteriorated and unreadable condition.

When you take your trip to Yalding, you might want to walk the Yalding Footpaths and understand what our Hales Ancestors might have experienced in this lush countryside and village.

 

ENGLISH NAMING CONVENTIONS.

Many countries have naming customs or naming conventions. While not always used, the British had a very highly developed system of naming children. When it is used the naming customs often assists in developing a pedigree. The British naming custom is shown below, but be careful – a variation of the naming custom might have been used or the naming custom might not have been used at all.

For the sons:

1. The eldest son is named after the paternal grandfather.

2. The second son is named after the maternal grandfather.

3. The third son is named after the father.

For the daughters:

1. The eldest daughter is named after the maternal grandmother.

2. The second daughter is named after the paternal grandmother.

3. The third daughter is named after the mother.

Subsequent children would be named after still earlier ancestors, 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.

An example follows of building a trial pedigree based on these naming conventions. Remember that at this time this trial pedigree is only a guess. It is not factual and should not be used on your pedigree chart at this stage – at least until facts are found that would change this pedigree or support the inferences made. Also note that East Malling is less than 3 miles northeast of Yalding.

The known information:

Jacob HALES

Born about 1667 of East Malling, Kent, and of Yalding, Kent, England. Married 10 JAN 1692 Elizabeth PENNY at East Malling, Kent, and of Yalding, Kent, England. She was christened 5 DEC 1675 at East Malling, Kent, England the daughter of Henry PENNY. She was buried 6 JUN 1752 at Yalding, Kent, England.

Children:

    1. John HALES; christened 25 MAR 1694 at Yalding, Kent, England;

married (1) 7 APR 1724 Mary FOSTER, (2) Sarah ...; died 29 JUL 1756.

    1. Elizabeth HALES; christened 30 MAR 1696 at Yalding, Kent, England;

married 7 NOV 1717 John DOVE.

    1. Jacob HALES; born 2 MAY 1699 and christened 28 MAY 1699 at

Yalding, Kent, England; married 12 NOV 1734 Mary BATCHELOR.

    1. Thomas HALES; born 2 MAR 1701 and christened 15 MAR 1701 at

Yalding, Kent, England; buried 19 SEP 1741.

    1. Stephen HALES; born 29 MAY 1703 and christened 4 JUN 1703 at

Yalding, Kent, England; married about 1733 Susan (or Susannah) ...

    1. Mary HALES; christened 20 APR 1707 at Yalding, Kent, England;

possibly the Mary HALE buried 21 SEP 1773.

    1. Robert HALES; born 12 JAN 1710/1711 and christened 21 FEB

1710/1711 at Yalding, Kent, England.

    1. Henry HALES; christened 20 DEC 1713 at Yalding, Kent, England;

buried 13 NOV 1761.

F- Ann HALES; born between 1692 and 1725; buried 24 JUN 1725.

Analysis of this family might indicate:

  1. The first son, John Hales, 1694, was possibly named after the grandfather.
  2. The first daughter, Elizabeth Hales, 1696, was possibly named after her mother or grandmother.
  3. The second son, Jacob Hales, 1699, was named after the father. This would indicate that naming children for ancestry did in fact occur in this family. Or at least a version of it might have been used.
  4. The third son, Thomas Hales, 1701, was possibly named after an earlier ancestor.
  5. The fourth son, Stephen Hales, 1704, was possibly named after an earlier ancestor.
  6. The second daughter, Mary Hales, 1707, was possibly named after her paternal grandmother.
  7. The fifth son, Robert Hales, 1710 was possibly named after an earlier ancestor or relative.
  8. The sixth son, Henry Hales, 1713, appears to have been named after the mother’s father.
  9. The third daughter, Ann Hales, about 1715, was possibly named after an earlier ancestor.

It is interesting to note that there are events in this part of Kent that might support some of these naming conventions.

John Hales, the eldest son of this Jacob Hales made his home at Boxley, Kent, England. There is a Mathew Hales of Maidstone, Kent, England who died at Maidstone and his will was proved at Boxley, Kent, England. (See NSV4N3 p. 49 for more on this Mathew Hales). Was there some reason that the will was proved at Boxley? Was it because he had descendants at Boxley?

This Mathew Hales had a son John Hales, who was christened 27 JUN 1633 at Maidstone. He married at least once on 3 May 1675 Ann Fuller at Maidstone. At this marriage he was 42 years old. It is possible that he had been married earlier to another woman during the civil war period when records are almost non-existent.

This John Hales is in the correct area, about 4 or 5 miles from Yalding. Is it possible that this is the John Hales that might be the father of our James or Jacob Hales? (Note that the name James is the same name as is Jacob – Jacob being the Latinized form of the name James).

At any rate, this is the methodology used to develop a trial pedigree. It is used as a starting point for trying to develop ancestry. But, remember that this trial pedigree needs to be proven.

 

IN MEMORIAM

Caroline Emma "Cis" HAYLES, (The Toronto Star). Peacefully, surrounded by family, on Thursday, September 12, 2002, at the Humber River Regional Hospital Church Site, in her 94th year. Beloved wife of the late John (Jack) Hayles. Loving mother of Carol and her late husband Clare Gingerich of Grand Bend, and John (Jack) and his wife Edna Hayles of Gravenhurst. Dear grandmother of Glenn and his wife Heidi, Doug and his wife Carol, Cheryl and her husband Scott, Rick and Jacqui and her husband Gord. Special great grandmother of Andrea, Christina, Genna, Geoff, Natalie, Hollie and Oakley. Sister of Albert (Barney) and his wife Ruth Lawrence. Predeceased by five brothers and sisters. Aunt Cis will be lovingly remembered by many nieces and nephews. Sincere appreciation to Mom's wonderful friends and neighbours for their compassionate care. Family and friends will be received at the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Rd. (north of Lawrence Ave.), Weston, on Monday from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Service in the Chapel at 2 p.m. Interment to follow at Glendale Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association or charity of your choice would be appreciated.

Judge James Henry Hales. (The Nashville Tennessean and The Nashville American, Wednesday Morning, July 26, 1916). James Henry Hales died at his home, corner Foster and North Second Street, at 7 o’clock Monday evening aged 79 years and 18 days. He was the oldest resident of Northeast Nashville and there are very few in the entire city who can claim longer residence here. He was married on his twentieth birthday, July 8, 1857, to Miss Ann Eliza Lanier, and they went to house keeping in the little brick house where he died, rearing nine children in manhood and womanhood. Judge Hales was always happy and he made others happier by contact with him. His wife preceded him to the grave only a few months, she having died on September 11, 1915, and the grief of the husband for her, with whom he had lived happily for more than 58 years was pitiful. Always an optimist, and loving life because he was happy, yet he at most completely gave down when his wife died, and did not care to live. He had been in failing health for about two years at that time and had continued to suffer from the infirmities of old age, to which was added the grief of a broken heart until the end came on Monday night.

Judge Hales was widely known and had large family connections. Of the nine children whom he reared, only one has preceded him to the grave. Susie (Mrs. J. D. Blankinship), who died on December 16, 1914. The following children survive him: William Gilford Hales (Lea Anna); Mollie M. "Mattie" Hales (John J. Clark); Cora Lee Hales (Madison "Matt" Braughton); James Luther Hales; Nancy "Nanny" Hales (George R. Hill); John E. Hales; Thomas W. Hales (Jenny Williams); and Robert L. Hales. His sister, Mrs. Elizabeth summers, who lived with him, also survives as well as a niece, Miss Daisy Lanier, whom he also reared as one of his own children.

Judge Hales was the oldest Red Man to the reservation of Tennessee. He became a member of the Tecumseh tribe in the early sixties, and when Cherokee tribe No. 21 was instituted. In January 1870 he was a charter member and was the first sachem and for 45 years had been a past sachem in good standing every minute of the time. He never missed a meeting of the tribe until the infirmities of old age prevented him from climbing the stairs to the wigwam. He was also a past great sachem of the great council of Tennessee and never missed a session of the great council for nearly fifty years. In loving remembrance of his great work for this noble order, the Red Men will conduct the services at the grave this afternoon at Spring Hill cemetery. The deceased was also a Mason, being a member of East Nashville Lodge No. 560, and for many years served as its treasurer. This lodge, many years ago, in token of the great love and esteem in which he was held by every member, presented him with a handsome and costly past master’s pin, which was greatly appreciated by the recipient and only worn on state occasions.

Anna Eliza Lanier Hales. Mrs. Anna Eliza Hales, 76 years old, died Saturday morning, September 11, 1915, at her home 301 Foster Street, after a long illness. She had been critically ill for the past two months, and her death has been expected for some time.

Mrs. Hales was a native of Davidson county, and was born a few miles from Nashville on the Brick church pike. She is survived by the following children: William Gilford Hales (Lea Anna); Mollie M. "Mattie" Hales (John J. Clark); Cora Lee Hales (Madison "Matt" Braughton); James Luther Hales; Nancy "Nanny" Hales (George R. Hill); John E. Hales; Thomas W. Hales (Jenny Williams); and Robert L. Hales.

Mrs. Hales was the daughter of William and Nancy B. Lanier, and was married to Judge Hales July 8, 1857. Nine children were born to this union all of whom are living except one daughter, Mrs. J. D. Blankenship, who died last December.

Mrs. Hales did a great deal of charity work in the city and never tired of relieving distress among the poor and unfortunate. She had been a member of the Christian church for forty-five years and took an active part in church work until illness prevented her.

The funeral services were held at the residence Monday afternoon at 1 o’clock, conducted by Elder E. G. Sewell. Interment was in the Spring Hill Cemetery.

 

Hales Manuscripts from the British Museum

 

MSS 1100 numbered 68V and 69

MSS (UNKNOWN NUMBER) numbered 36V and 37

 

SALT LAKE CITY 1940 DIRECTORY

 

The Hailes and Hales extracts from the Salt Lake City, Utah City Directory is as follows. Note that the content is abbreviated as it is found in this directory. I believe these abbreviations are self explanatory.

 

Hailes, Chas driver Hadley Trans & Stge Co r1084 California av

" Irene tchr Douglas Sch r1084 California av

" John C (Nellie) lab AS&RCo h1084 California av

" Warwick W driver Hadley Trans & Stge Co r1084 California av

Hales, Agnes tchr r150 N Main apt 91

" Alden r4904 Poplar (M)

" Arth (Cleo) converter AS&RCo h Magna

" Avon tel opr r1066 Windsor

" Bernell W (Elda) clk US Immigration Ser h 241W 3d No

" C Victor (Addie) eng B&GRR h1964 13th East

" Chas H (Eva M) carp h915 Gale

" Christine M (wid Roy R) h625 Grand Pl

" David E (Emma) eng D&RGW h30 Quayle av

" Delmar r4904 Poplar (M)

" Dona tchr Midvale Sch r New Ute Hotel

" Dora (Dora Lou Barbare & Bty Shop) r680 S West Temple

" E Glen (Ruth) carp h6281 S State

" Earl (Violet) electn h1156 Emerson Av

" Eliza A r175 E 21st So

" Ferron (Marguerite) mech Ut Trans Co h917 Gale

" Francis M Trackmn B&GRR r Magna

" Frank (Eugenie) driver Ut Trans Co h355 American Av

" Frank O (Emma R) slsmn Royalty Securities Co h1066 Windsor

" Gladys student r1964 13th East

" Glen C (Marie) driver SL Transptn h134 1st av apt 14

" Helen tchr Sandy Sch r150 N Main apt 91

" Howard F (Alice) groundmn MST&TCo h303 E 6th So apt 2

" Hugh L (Edith) h Hunter

" Hugh L Jr r Hunter

" John H (Luella P) electn h624 Warnock

" John H (Hazel M) opr UL&TCo h824 Belmont av

" Leah sten Internatl Smltg & RCo r132 1st av

" Lester J (Lillian L) reprmn Ut Copper Co h Magna

" Lois E student r 1066 Windsor

" Lynn (Eleanor) tchr So High Sch h1192 4th East

" Marie F Mrs sten Glens Falls Group Ins Co r134 1st av apt 14

" Mary (wid Richd) r528 S West Temple

" Mary A (wid R S) r50 Lincoln (Mid)

" Reuben A (Susannah) firemn D&RGW h1216 S 8th West

" Richd M (Jessica) h710 E So Temple apt 3

" Rich M (Elaine) drive Ut Trans Co h678 7th East apt 4

" Robt E (Zelma) opr Ut Copper Co h Magna

" Roy r 625 Grand Pl

" Russell student r1156 Emerson av

" Wildon A moved to Ogden

" Wm L moved to Los Angeles

" Wilson A (Annie L) linemn MST&TCo r632 W 2d No