The Hales Newsletter

Motto: United Force is Stronger

Old Series January 1971 Vol. 1. No. 5.

Editorial

Canterbury Marriage Licenses

Rochester Consistory Court, Wills and Administrations

Rochester Archdeaconry Court, Wills and Administrations

Parish Register Extracts

Some HALES Biographies: Charles Henry, Mary Isabella, Stephen, George and Harriet

The 1790 Census

Obituaries

The Hales Family History Society

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

5990 North Calle Kino

Tucson, Arizona 85704-1704

This is a reprint. The original was scanned and the text corrected for spellings, something that was very difficult in the original mimeograph process. There is also some minor editing. The Hales Manuscript pages being developed during the publication of the Old Series of The Hales Newsletter have been deleted because the content is now found in The Hales Chronicles, now in its second edition with the third edition planned for 2005.

The Hales Chronicles can be found on the Hales web-page at www.hales.org and 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 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).

Reprints of the Old Series of The Hales Newsletters are available at a cost of $3.00 each.

By way of explanation the reason the November Newsletter is late and is included with this issue can be laid to the mysteries of the U. S. Post Office Department. It seems that there is no way to transfer a bulk mailing permit from one city to another. There is also no way to pay the yearly fees in November without having to pay them again in January for the new year. In order to save our Society $45.00 I decided to simply wait till the new year and make this mailing a double issue.

Our new home is now completed and we have moved into it, so once again I can apply myself more completely to this project. Once again, the new address for the HALES Genealogical Society is: 4113 La Mirada Drive, Bakersfield, California 93309. Please use this address for all correspondence.

Due to the mail strike in England I have not heard from our English Genealogist for about a month. I have tried to mail a letter to him but the post office will not accept mail addressed to England. He still has adequate funds to work with so I am sure that he is still working in our behalf.

At my expense I have located and purchased a used offset printer. I am now in the process of reconditioning it and experimenting to determine the capabilities of it. Using this equipment along with my photography equipment should give me the capability to print magazine quality pictures. If any of you have historical pictures concerning the HALES family I would be interested in borrowing them long enough to copy them for our News1etter. All pictures will be returned.

Thanks again for all the support you are giving me. I appreciate all the material that I am receiving in the mail. As soon as I have a chance to sort through it and edit it somewhat it will find its way into our Newsletter.

If any of you have any suggestions or ideas please submit them to me. I welcome your comments.

1769

Lawrence Hales, Lab, Bond Boxley.

1776

John Hales, Chandler, Bond, St. Lawrence in Thanet.

23 Feb 1738

William Hales of St. Lawrence in Thanet.

29 Oct 1748

John Hales and Mary Rolph of Ulcombe.

16 Sep 1745

John Brond, widower and Sarah Hales, widow of Deal.

1 Dec 1725

John Hales of Halden widower and Sarah Watchers, Boughton Malherbe.

4 Jul 1709

Edward Hales, Corow, batchelor and Mary Wilson, widow, Both Deal.

11 Jul 1706

Robert Hales, Shipwright of Minster, Sheppey and Cath. Hodges.

17 Nov 1707

Mary Hales of St. Mary, Dover.

8 Aug 1709

Jane Hales of St. Mary, Dover.

12 May 1691

Martha Hales, Whitstable or Seasalter.

27 Dec 1680

Sarah Hales, Dover.

20 Jan 1691

Elizabeth Hales, St. Mary, Dover or St. Margaret, Cliffe.

11 Oct 1684

Edward Hales, St. M., Canterbury.

29 Sep 1681

Ann Hales of Newnham.

1 Jul 1700

Ann Hales of Margate.

1 Jan1678

William Hales of Dover.

30 Dec 1691

Robert Hales of Boughton Alphonse.

25 May 1695

John Hales of Rochester, Carpenter, and Jane Parker, of Birchington, at Hackington.

23 Apr 1678

Charles Hales of St. Andrew, Canterbury, Mariner and Eliz. Allen at Hackington or St. B. Canterbury.

Admin 1694 Samuel Hales, Chatham

Admin 1703 Thomas Hales, Rochester

Admin 1703 Sarah Hales, Rochester

Will 1703 Jacob Hales, Rochester

Admin 1703/4 John Hales, Chatham

Will 1704 John Hales, Rochester

Admin 1705 Thomas Hales, Rochester

Admin 1715 John Hales, Deptford

Admin 1718 George Hales, Hoo

Admin 1722 Jacob Hales, Chatham

Admin 1728 Jacob Hales, Chatham

Will 1730 Elizabeth Hales, Chatham

Will 1745 Wright Hales, Chatham, Mariner

Admin 1746 Anne Hales, Rochester

Admin 1762 Henry Hales, Yalding

Admin 1763 Richard Hales, Snodland

Will 1730 John Hales, Rochester

Admin 1731 Sarah Hales, Stoke

3 Jan 1702/3 Sarah daughter of James Hales, Alderman

3 Apr 1703 Thomas Hales, Flyman

15 Aug 1704 James Hales, Alderman

13 Dec 1704 John Hailes, Lighterman

6 Jan 1705/6 Mary and Catherine daughters of James Hails, Jr.

28 Feb 1710 John Hails, Tailor

6 Jun 1719 Jane Hales, widow

13 Apr 1713 Parker Hails

13 May 1714 George Hailes, a child

11 Sep 1718 George Hai1es

28 Apr 1719 Jane Hailes

3 Jul 1722 Thomas Hailes.

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Bur: 22 Feb 1784 George Hales a Pauper.

Marr: 3 Oct 1752 William Wright, batchelor and Elizabeth Hale, both of Rochester

Marr: 13 Nov 1705 Thomas Berry, Sr. of Cliffe, widower and Susan Hales, widow of St. Nicholas, Rochester license.

Marr: l6 Nov 1630 Thomas Usher and Elizabeth Hale

Marr: 20 Oct 1630 Thomas Hallard and Mary Hale

Bap: 21 Apr 1782 Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Amy Hales, born 31 Mar 1782

Bap: 20 Mar 1785 Bernard, son of Joseph and Amy Hales, born 28 Feb 1785

Bap: 24 Aug 1788 Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Amy Hales, born 26 Jul 1788

Bap: 30 Oct 1791 Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Amy Hales, born 24 Sep 1791

Bur: 18 Dec 1781 Samuel, son of Joseph and Amy Hales, aged 3

Marr: 23 Oct 1775 Joseph Hales and Amy Dukes -Banns

Marr: 15 Nov 1785 William Martin and Hannah Hales -Banns

Marr: 15 Nov 1788 John Constant and Phillis Hales -Banns

Following Parishes searched BAPTISMS only 1675 to 1710

Gillingham, Stockbury, Hollingbourne, Wormshill, Thurnham, Hucking, Detling, Hartlip, Newington, Borden, Bredgar, Frinsted

-No Hales entries.

No Hales found during this period.

Marr: 7 Apr 1724 John Hales of Boxley and Mary Foster of Frinsted

Bap: 1 Oct 1620 Maria, daughter of Rudolph Hale

Bap: 7 Sep 1623 Alice, daughter of Rudolph Hale

Marr: 7 Dec 1761 William Hale and Elizabeth Hills -Banns

Bap: 1 Jan 1797 Sophia, daughter of Ann Hales

Bap: 25 Aug 1811 Hannah, daughter of Hannah Hales

Marr: 25 Nov 1805 Robert Warner, batchelor and Hannah Hales, spinster by Banns

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East Peckham: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1558 to 1812

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Bur: 1 Nov 1812 Martha Hales aged 58 years.

Bap: 1783 Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Ann Hale

Bur: 6 Nov 1714 Joseph Hail

Bap: 7 Sep 1766 Mary, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Hales

Bur: 18 Mar 1748 Richard, son of Richard Hales.

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Bap: 23 Feb 1763 Barbara, daughter of Sir Edward Hales, Baronet and Lady Barbara his wife, born: 21 Feb 1763.

Bap: 9 Aug 1757 Edward Henry Joseph, son of Sir Edward Hales, Baronet and Lady Barbara his wife, born: 7 Aug 1757

Bap: 18 Feb 1754 Frances, daughter of Sir Edward Hales, Baronet at whose request this entry is made.

Bap: 8 May 1681 Mary, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Hales

Bap: 6 Nov 1684 Samuel, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Hales

Bap: 10 Jun 1689 William, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Hales

Bap: 24 Dec 1694 Edward, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Hales

Bap: 4 May 1701 Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Hales

Bap: 4 Jul 1703 Mary, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Hales

Bap: 16 Dec 1704/5 Catherine, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Hales

Bap: 12 Jan 1706/7 James, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Hales

Bap: 1 Jun 1709 Ann, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Hales

Marr: 22 Dec 1709 Samuel Hales and Pricilla Goward

Marr: 25 Oct 1698 Joseph Hales and Jane Goodwin, widow

Bap: 28 Jul 1676 Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 29 Nov 1676 James, son of James and Ann Hales

Bap: 13 Mar 1677 Dorothy, daughter of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 21 Sep 1679 Anthony, son of James and Elizabeth Hales

Bap: 7 Mar 1680 Anne, daughter of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 3 Oct 1680 Sarah, daughter of James and Elizabeth Hales

Bap: 19 Nov 1681 Henry, son of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 30 Jan 1683 Anthony, son of James and Elizabeth Hales

Bap: 17 Aug 1684 John, son of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 13 Nov 1685 Dorothy, daughter of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 22 Apr 1688 Mary, daughter of Walter and Mary Hales

Bap: 12 Dec 1689 Ann, daughter of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 18 Apr 1696 Thomas, son of John and Jane Hales

Bap: 5 Jan 1698 James, son of John and Jane Hales

Bap: 25 Jul 1700 John, son of John and Jane Hales

Bap: 26 Jul 1702 Jane, daughter of John Hales, Joiner and Jane his wife, born 8 Jul 1702

Bap: 9 Apr 1704 Elizabeth, daughter of John Hales, Joiner and Jane his wife, born: 23 Mar 1704

Bap: 25 May 1708 Mary, daughter of John Hales, Cheesemonger and Jane his wife

Bap: 17 Jul 1709 Sarah, daughter of John Hales by Jane his wife

Bap: 24 Dec 1710 Mary, daughter of George Hails, taylor by Dorothy his wife

Bap: 9 Feb 1755 William, son of Stephen and Ann Hales

Bap: 30 Oct 1757 John, son of Stephen and Ann Hales

Bap: 21 Dec 1760 Ann, daughter of Stephen and Ann Hales

Bap: 7 Aug 1763 Stephen, son of Stephen and Ann Hales

Bur: 1 Oct 1765 Ann Hales wife of Stephen Hales

Marr: 6 May 1766 Stephen Hales and Sarah Wells by Banns

Bap: 10 Apr 1768 Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen and Sarah Hales

Bap: 22 Jan 1770 Lawrence, son of Stephen and Sarah Hales

Bur: 28 Jan 1770 Lawrence, son of Stephen and Sarah Hales

Bap: 27 Jan 1771 Lawrence, son of Stephen and Sarah Hales

Bap: 13 Dec 1772 Henry, son of Stephen and Sarah Hales

Bap: 21 May 1775 Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen and Sarah Hales

Bur: 14 May 1777 Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen and Sarah Hales

Bap: 19Jan 1778 James, son of Stephen and Sarah Hales

Bur: 27 Oct 1780 James, son of Stephen and Sarah Hales

Marr: 14 Apr 1782 William Hales and Mary Wills by Banns

Marr: 28 Jan 1783 John Hales and Ann Syflet by Banns

Bap: 16 Nov 1783 William, son of William and Mary Hales

Bur: 25 Apr 1783 Stephen Hales

Marr: 21 Dec 1754 Stephen Hales and Ann Clinch by Banns

Bap: 9 Feb 1755 William son of Stephen and Ann Hales

Bap: 3 Mar 1725/6 Thomas, son of John and Mary Hales

Bap: 31 Dec 1727 Richard, son of John and Mary Hales

Bap: 1 May 1729 Stephen, son of John and Mary Hales

Bap: 9 Jul 1732 Henry, son of John and Mary Hales

Bap: 24 Feb 1734/5 El1zabeth, daughter of John and Mary Hales

Bur: 15 Mar 1734/5 Elizabeth Hales

Bur: 5 Jun 1734/5 Henry Hales

Marr: 12 Nov 1734 Jacob Hales and Mary Batchelor

Bap: 30 Nov 1736 Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Mary Hales

-- there are others --

Bur: 4 Jul 1737 Mary Hales

Bur: 24 Sep 1742 Robert Hales

Bur: 12 Oct 1754 Sarah Hales

Bur: 2 Jul 1756 John Hales

Marr: 16 Oct 1716 John Hales and Mildred Scot by Banns

Bur: 18 Jan 1686 an infant child of Benjamin Hales?

Marr: 28 Feb 1675 Gerard Gore of London Gent. And Thomasine Halles

Marr: 25 Dec 1691 William Glanville, Esq. of London and Mrs. Frances Hales

Bur: 9 Jan 1696 Edward Hales, Esq. of Tunstall

Bur: 2 Mar 1744 Mary Hales

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Large Parish and registers poor

Bap: 7 Oct 1725 James, son of James and Susanna Hales, born 15 Sep 1725

Bur: 12 Nov 1729 Susanna, daughter of Mr. James Hales and Susanna his wife, born 26 Oct 1729

Bur: 5 Dec 1750 Mr. James Hales, son of Rev. James Hales and Susanna his wife

Bur: 29 Dec 1743 Susanna, wife of Rev. James Hales, Minor Canon

Bur: 18 Nov 1731 Susanna, daughter of James and Susanna Hales

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Bap: 27 Jun 1602 Edmund, son of Michael Hales

Bap: 20 Jan 1622 Ellen, daughter of Thomas Hales

Bap: 22 Oct 1598 Richard, son of Michael Hales

Bur: 18 Jun 1604, Edmund son of Michael Hales

Bur: 20 Mar 1622 Thomas Hales

Bur: 13 Oct 1626 ...? Hales, daughter of widow Hales

Bap: 19 Sep 1712 Mercy, daughter of Henry and Mary Hales

Bap: 2 Dec 1803 Mary Anne, daughter of William and Susanna Hales

Bap: 24 Nov 1809 Eliza, daughter of William and Susanna Hales

Bur: 27 Feb 1713 Mercy, daughter of Henry Hales

Bur: 5 Jan 1719 Nicholas Hales, a poor infant

Marr: Oct 1726 Edward Hales of Chatham and Hannah Helby of St. Marys Rochester

Bur: 6 Mar 1750 Sarah Hales from Snodland

Bur: 16 Sep 1762 Richard Hales from Snodland

Marr: 20 Jan 1731 William Haler, batchelor and Elizabeth Brewer, spinster both of Chatham

Marr: 8 Oct 1665 James Nordidge and Joane Hale

Marr: 23 Jul 1757 Richard Hals and Elizabeth Falike by License

Marr: 10 Sep 1581 Gervise Haler and Luce Gregory

Bap: 8 Aug 1585 Helen, daughter of Gervis and Myller Haler

Bur: 15 Jan 1578 Margaret, wife of Gervise Haler

Marr: 14 Nov 1614 Nycholas Hale, and Margaratt Brapson, widow

Marr: 10 Jan 1692 Jacob Hales and Elizabeth Penny

Marr: 7 Oct 1707 Richard Hale and Lydia Cromp

Bur: 30 Apr 1807 Mary Hales aged 79

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Bap: 25 Mar 1693/4 John, son of Jacob Hales

Bap: 30 Mar 1696 Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Hales

Bap: 28 May 1699 Jacob, son of Jacob Hales

Bap: 15 Mar 1701 Thomas, son of Jacob Hales

Bap: 4 Jun 1704 Stephen, son of Jacob Hales

Bap: 20 Apr 1707 Mary, daughter of Jacob Hales

Bap: 21 Feb 1710 Robert, son of Jacob Hales

Bap: 20 Dec 1713 Henry Hales

Bur: 24 Jun 1725 Ann, daughter of Jacob Hales

Bur 19 Sep 1741 Thomas Hales

Bur: 4 Nov 1741 Jacob Hales

Bur: 21 Oct 1746 Jacob Hales

Bur: 6 Jun 1752 Elizabeth Hales, widow

Bur: 13 Nov 1761 Henry Hales

Bur: 21 Sep 1773 Mary Hale from Mr. Millers

Marr: 7 Nov 1717 John Dove and Elizabeth Hales

Marr: 18 Oct 1765 John Ha1es of East Farleigh, bachelor and Mary Foreman, spinster of this parish

Marr: 14 Mar 1809 George Austin, bachelor and Ann Hale, spinster by Banns

Marr: 1 Mar 1658 Roger Hale and Mary Hyland

Marr: 23 Dec 1683 William Casbrooke and Katherine Hales

Marr: 12 Sep 1686 John Hales and Elizabeth Moody

Bap: 17 Jan 1687 Ann, daughter of John Hales

Bap: 5 Aug 1715 Thomas, son of John Hales

Bap: 10 Jan 1719 William, son of John Hales

Bap: 22 May 1737 Anne, daughter of John Hales

Bap: 1 Jul 1739 John, son of John Hales

Bap: 24 Jan 1741 Thomas, son of John Hales

Bur: 30 Aug 1743 William, son of William Hales

Bur: 5 Feb 1719 William, son of John Hales

Bap: 7 Oct 1743 William, son of John Hales

Bap: 20 Apr 1746, Mary, daughter of John Hales

Bap: 11 Oct 1747 Louisa, daughter of John Hales

Bap: 2 Jul 1749 Sarah, daughter of William Hale

Bap: 11 Aug 1751 William, son of John Hales

Bap: 18 Feb 1756 Martha, daughter of William Hale

Bap: 23 Jul 1760 William, son of William Hale

Bap: 20 Apr 1765 Mary, daughter of John Hales

Bap: 18 Jan 1769 Sarah, daughter of John Hales

Bap: 20 Sep 1772 Isabela, daughter of Thomas Hales

Bap: 6 Mar 1774 Joseph, son of Thomas Hales

Bap: 7 Jan 1776 John, son of Thomas Hales

Bap: 25 Apr 1777 Ann, daughter of John Hales

Bap: 9 Feb 1780 Lucy, daughter of John and Elizabeth Hales

Bap: 4 Jul 1790 Sarah Ann, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Hale

Bap: 22 Jun 1745 Richard, son of William Hales

Bap: 21 Dec 1746 …?, son of William Hales

Bap: 19 Mar 1748 Ann, daughter of John Hales

Bap: 13 Jan 1750 John, son of William Hale

Bap: 2 Mar 1753 Richard, son of John Hales

Bap: 27 Apr 1757 Richard, son of John Hales

Bap: 13 Mar 1763 Charlotte, daughter of William Hales

Bap: 1 Sep 1765 Samuel, son of John Hales

Bap: 17 Mar 1771 Sarah, daughter of John Hales

Bap: 24 Dec 1772 John and Thomas, twins sons of John Hales

Bap: 7 Sep 1774 Robert, son of John Hales, Jr.

Bap: 6 Mar 1776 Ebenezer, son of John Hales

Marr: 11 Jun 1742 William Hale and Martha Cooper

Bur: 19 Mar 1743 William son of John Hales

Bur: 16 Dec 1745 Richard, son of William Hales

Bur: 27 Mar 1753 Richard, son of John Hales

Bur: 22 Jan 1754 Thomas Hales

Bur: 16 Jun 1757 Richard, son of John Hales

Bur: 9 Jul 1765 Anne Hales, widow

Bur: 5 Apr 1777 Ebenezer, son of John Hales

Bur: 19 May 1778 Thomas, son of John Hales

Bur: 21 May 1797 Isabella Hales

Bur: 30 Jan 1789 Lucy Hales, widow

Bur: 24 Mar 1743 Anne, daughter of Thomas Hales

Bur: 4 Apr 1752 John, son of William Hale

Bur: 31 May 1753 Sarah, daughter of William Hales

Bur: 24 Oct 1756 Martha, daughter of William Hale

Bur: 28 Jul 1760 William, son of William Hale

Bur: 20 Mar 1763 Charles, son of William Hales

Bur: 25 Mar 1770 Sarah Hales

Bur: 4 Jun 1787 John Hales

Bur: 5 Feb 1788 Hester Hales

Bur: 6 Nov 1797 Sarah, daughter of Joseph Hales

Bap: 29 Jun 1803 Mary, daughter of John and Mary Hales

Bap: 1 May 1505 Thomas, son of John and Mary Hales

Bap: 12 Apr 1807 Emma Prudence, daughter of John and Mary Hales

Bap: 1 Apr 1812 Laurence James, son of John and Mary Hales

Bur: 13 Nov 1801 William Hales, a marine

Bur: 4 Jul 1810 Joseph Hales

Marr: 3 Dec 1758 William Barnes, widower and Anne Hales, spinster by license

Marr: 7 Aug 1769 Daniel Lambeth, batchelor and Anne Hales, spinster, both of this parish

Marr: 30 Aug 1802 John Hales, batchelor of this parish and Mary Eyles of Milton with consent license

Bur: 3 Sep 1691 William Hales a soldier

Bur: 17 Jul 1724 John Hales

Marr: 17 Jan 1722 James Hailes and Susan Maplesden

Bap: 21 Aug 1698 Mary, daughter of John Hale

Marr: 1 Nov 1698 Samuel Elfick and Elizabeth Haile

Bur: 16 Jun 1700 Hannah Haile

Marr: 15 Jun 1701 Thomas Day and Jane Hales

Marr: 3 May 1675 John Hales and Ann Fuller

Marr: 11 Oct 1675 Edward Savery and Mary Hales

No Hales entries -- 1640 to 1661 missing

Marr: 27 Apr 1663 Stephen Bassock and Elizabeth Hales of Maidstone

1699 to 1700 incomplete

1707 to 1708 missing

gap 1645 to 1661, missing 1640/41, 1667/68, 1697/98 and 1703/4

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Marr: 20 Jun 1692 John Hale and Ann Brice, widow of Faversham

Marr: 5 Jun 1679 Samuel Haile of Boxley and Ann Lane of Loose

Bur: 17 Dec 1704 William Hayles

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Bur: 30 Dec 1574 Alice, wife of William Hale

Bur: 8 Feb 1575 William Hale

Bur: 8 Oct 1758 Mrs. Jane Hale from London

No Hales entries

Marr: 25 Dec 1713 John Hayel of Plaston-Brom1et and Mary Danay by license

Bur: 6 Jan 1795 Thomas Hale

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Bap: 20 Sep 1734 George, son of Stephen and Susan Hales

Bap: 17 Mar 1737 Stephen, son of Stephen and Susan Hales

Bap: 17 Oct 1738 Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Susan Hales

Bur: 28 Oct 1743 Susannah, wife of Stephen Hales

Marr: 15 Apr 1787 Samuel Seager of Maidstone and Ann Hales of this parish by banns

Bap: 19 Nov 1619 Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Hales, Esq.

Bap: 14 Mar 1626 Frances, daughter of Thomas Hales, Esq.

Bap: 19 Apr 1646 William, son of Robert and Katharine Hales

Bap: 20 Feb 1651 Robert, son of Robert and Katharine Hales

Bap: 25 Feb 1655 Mary, daughter of Robert and Katharine Hales

Bap: 16 Jun 1657 Robert, son of Robert and Katharine Hales

Bap: 1 May 1659 Charles, son of Sir Robert Hales and Katherine his wife.

Bap: 4 Jan 1664 Robert, son of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 1 Mar 1665 Thomas, son of Thomas Hales, Jr. and Mary

Bap: 17 Sep 1667 Charles, son of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 1 Jan 1668 Mary, daughter of Thomas Hales, Jr. and Mary

Bap: 8 Jun 1670 Katherine, daughter of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 15 Jan 1671 Anne, daughter of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 13 Jun 1673 Margaret, daughter of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 16 Sep 1674 Robert, son of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 9 Mar 1675 William, son of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 20 Sep 1677 Stephen, son of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 23 May 1679 Elizabcth, son of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 19 Oct 1683 James, son of Thomas and Mary Hales

Bap: 19 Sep 1697 Charles, son of Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet and Dame Mary

Bap: 1 Aug 1699 Robert, son of Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet and Dame Mary

Bap: 3 Mar 1700 Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet and Dame Mary

Bap: 5 Sep 1702 Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet and Dame Mary

Bap: 12 Apr 1704 Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet and Dame Mary

Bap: 15 Jul 1706 William, son of Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet and Dame Mary

Bap: 25 Jul 1708 Charles, son of Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet and Dame Mary

Bap: 15 Nov 1711 Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet and Dame Mary

Bap: 2 Sep 1765 Marianne, daughter of Sir Thomas Pym Hales, Baronet and Mary his wife

Bap: l Dec1766 Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Pym Hales, Baronet and Mary his wife

Bap: 6 Dec 1770 Harriot, daughter of Sir Thomas Pym Hales, Baronet and Mary his wife

Bap: 9 Jun 1772 Caroline, daughter of Sir Thomas Pym Hales, Baronet and Mary his wife

Bap: 24 Aug 1769 Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Pym Hales, Baronet and Mary his wife

Marr: 21 May 1632 Robert Hale and Elizabeth Pollen

Marr: 9 Jun 1662 Thomas Hales of this parish and Mrs. Mary Wood of Guddeston

Marr: 23 Nov 1665 Thomas Took of Atcham and Madam Katherin Hales

Marr: 1 Apr 1672 Edward Scot of Canterbury and Mrs. Ann Hales

Marr: 19 Sep 1723 Sir Brook Bridges of Goodnestone, bachelor and Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales of Beakesbourne, Baronet

Marr: 23 May 1735 Edward Coke Esq. of Inner Temple, London, and Miss Katherine Hales of Beakesbourne

Marr: 28 Aug 1760 Rev. Dr. Charles Moss of St. Georges, Hanover Square, and Miss Mary Hales

Bur: 8 Jan 1562 Roger Hale

Bur: 31 Dec 1658 Robert son of Sir Robert Hales

Bur: 6 Oct 1659 Charles, son of Sir Robert Hales

Bur: 2 Jun 1671 Robert, son of Thomas Hales

Bur: 19 Feb 1673 Margaret, daughter of Thomas Hales

Bur: 13 Jun 1687 Mary, wife of Thomas Hales

Bur: 20 Jan 1690 Mr. Charles Hales

Bur: 1 Mar 1691 Thomas Hales, Esq.

Bur: 27 Dec 1693 Sir Robert Hales

Bur: 5 May 1706 Charles, son of Sir Thomas Hales and Dame Mary

Bur: 10 Jun 1707 Ann, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales and Dame Mary

Bur: 25 Jul 1715 Pym Hales, eldest son of Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet

Bur: 29 Sep 1715 Mr. William Hales, son of Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet

Bur: 1 Mar 1720 Charles, son of Sir Thomas Hales and Dame Mary

Bur: 20 May 1723 Robert, son of Sir Thomas Hales and Dame Mary

Bur: 15 Jul 1725 Mary, daughter of Thomas Hales, Esq.

Bur: 7 Dec 1729 Dame Mary, wife of Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet

Memorial: 14 Aug 1746 Robert, son of Thomas Hales, Esq. died at sea

Memorial: 5 Aug 1746 Charles, son of Thomas Hales, Esq. died and buried at Flushing

Bur: 13 Jan 1747 Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet aged 82 years

Bur: 16 Mar 1754 John Hales, Esq. son of Sir Thomas Hales by Dame Mary

Bur: 11 Dec 1749 Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales by Dame Mary

Bur: 6 Jun 1761 Caroline, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales by Dame Mary

Bur: 11 Oct 1762 Sir Thomas Hales, Baronet

Bur: 11 Aug 1769 Dame Mary, Relict of Sir Thomas Hales aged 72 years

Bur: 26 Mar 1773 Sir Thomas Pym Hales, Baronet

Bur: 18 Apr 1804 Catherine Hales

Bur: 3 Jan 1623 Mercy, daughter of Gilbert Hall (Gilburd Hale)

Bap: 21 Nov 1624 Richard, son of Gilbert Hall (Halle)

Bur: 22 Mar l626 Widow Hall (Hale)

Bap: 24 Aug 1626 James, son of Gilbert Hall (Gilburd Hale)

Bap: 6 Apr 1628 Samuel, son of Gilbert Hall (Gilburd Hale)

Bap: 13 Feb 1629 Thomas and Anne, son and daughter of Gilbert Hall (Gilburd Hale plus buried another child, all 3 born at one birth-Hale)

Bap: 17 Apr 1631 Elizabeth, daughter of Gilbert Hall (Gilbert Hale)

Bap: 2 Apr 1633 Jane, daughter of Gilbert Hall (Gilbert Hale)

Bur: 21 Jan 1638 Sylvester, son of Gilbert Hall (Gilbert Hale)

Bur: 21 Feb 1638 Fridswid (Friswith), wife of Gilbert Hall (Gilbert Hale)

Bur: 28 Feb 1638 Susannah, daughter of Gilbert Hall (Gilbert Hale)

Bur: 16 Mar 1638 John, son of Gilbert Hall (Gilbert Hale)

Bur: 27 Oct 1629 Mary Halles, widow and daughter of Bishop Horne, Bishop of Winchester

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Bap: 14 Sep 1723 John, son of Edward Hales Esq. and Anne his wife

Bap: 28 May 1631 Katherine, daughter of Edward Hales, Esq. and Frances his wife

Bap: 21 Feb 1679 Jane and Elizabeth, twin daughters of Edward Hales Esq. and Frances his wife

Marr: 25 May 1695 John Hales and Jane Parker

Bap: 27 Dec 1663 John son of William and Margaret Hales

Marr: 14 Nov 1676 Edward Hales and Elizabeth Lettis

Bap: 6 Mar 1678 Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Hales and Elizabeth his wife

Bap: 23 Apr 1682 Edward, son of Edward Hales and Elizabeth his wife

Bur: 10 Feb 1684 Edward, infant son of Edward Hales

Bap: 23 Nov 1684 William and Mary, son and daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Hales

Bur: 1685/6 Mary, daughter of Edward Hales, Gentleman

Bur: 1686/7 William, son of Edward Hales, Gentleman

Bur: 15 Dec 1689 Edward, son of Edward Hales, Gentleman

Bur: 13 Feb 1692 Widow Hales, poor

Bur: 19 May 1703 Elizabeth, wife of Edward Hales

I, Charles Henry Hales, was born in the Parish of Rainham, County of Kent, England on the 17th of June 1817.

I was educated and raised under the doctrines of the Church of England. I was baptized in infancy and had Godfathers and Godmothers to stand responsible for my conduct until I arrived at the age of fourteen. At this age they were no longer held responsible, since those being confirmed take the responsibility upon themselves. I did not receive this ordinance myself, since I was not quite old enough to when the Bishop visited our parish for confirmation.

It was established by law that the Bishop should visit each parish twice in seven years. At this time all those who had arrived at the age of fourteen were confirmed while the remainder waited for the next term. I was one that had to wait on account of age, but before the next term my father with his family emigrated to upper Canada in North America. This was in the year of 1832.

My father was a boot and shoemaker by trade and he taught me the same business until I was fifteen years of age. I was somewhat adverse to this trade, and when we came to Canada I was permitted to follow any occupation I chose. Accordingly I chose to follow farming which I did until after the time I embraced the everlasting gospel.

My father was a professor of religion. He was called a Wesleyan Methodist when we came to Canada and continued in the same faith until Elder Parley P. Pratt came into the Province of Upper Canada and proclaimed the everlasting gospel. I had never embraced any of the systems of the present age, but had been greatly addicted to reading the old and new testament. I was subject to many serious reflections and wonderings as to why we had not apostles and prophets on the earth at the present age as was true in former ages. Since I was destitute of the priesthood I could not understand the scriptures. I always endeavored to be honest in my dealings with my fellow men. I had been trained to observe the Sabbath very strictly and to be upright and honest in all things; principles which I always endeavored to inculcate and practice according to the knowledge we had of right and wrong.

I embraced the everlasting gospel in the month of June 1836. I was baptized by Parley P. Pratt and confirmed by Elder Orson Hyde and Parley P. Pratt in the fall of the same year.

After embracing the truth I went on a visit to Kirtland, Ohio where the church as a body was located. Here I first became acquainted with Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the last dispensation. I also became acquainted with his father Joseph Smith, Sr., the Patriarch of the Church from whom I received my Patriarchal Blessing. I stayed in Kirtland till spring and then returned to Canada. I was well pleased with my visit, and had heard many good instructions in the House of the Lord.

The same year I left Kirtland, I was ordained a priest in the Aaronic Priesthood at a conference held in Scarborough Township in December 1837. I was then sent out to preach with Brother Eli Maginn who had been ordained a priest at the same conference.

We continued to preach till spring at which time the word of the Lord through his servant Joseph Smith was for the saints to sell their farms and remove to the state of Missouri. Accordingly, we gathered a small company together, and after selling our plains, started our journey on the twentieth of March 1838.

We had a very tiresome journey since we started just as the roads were breaking up in the spring. We arrived in the State of Missouri in the early part of June, coming to a place called Huntsville. We stayed a short time, since we found quite a big branch of the church there. Some of the company concluded to buy and settle there which they did. I stayed with my father, and went to work for a few months.

I first became acquainted with Julia Ann Lockwood at this place. She was the daughter of Joseph and Annis Lockwood, and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Sometime in the month of September I started for Far West, but on coming to DeWitt I was requested to stay by George M. Hinkle who was President of the Branch in company with Elder John Murdock. I was asked to assist them in defending the place as they were threatened with the mob. I did so although the first time the mob came to make an attack upon us we were but 25 in number while they numbered from 150 to 175. I stayed in DeWitt until the brethren were counseled to leave. Joseph Smith, Hyrum, his brother, and many other brethren came to assist us from Far West. I did not leave DeWitt quite as soon as the rest of the brethren as I stayed behind to assist one of my Canadian brothers, who was not quite ready when the rest were. We, however, calculated to overtake them soon, but one of his horses gave out, and he was compelled to stay.

I was then under the necessity of going to Far West on foot, and alone since he, himself, gave up the idea of going. The first day I lost my way as I crossed the prairie of the Big Mound. I continued traveling till night, not knowing but that I was on the right road. On coming to a cultivated field I found a man putting up corn. I inquired if I could stay with him for the night. He made no replay, but asked me if I was a Mormon. I replied in the affirmative. He then told me that I could not stay with him, and further told me that I was greatly out of my way for Far West. I then told him that I was a perfect stranger in the county, that I had lost my way, that my feet were much torn by my boots, and that it was now sunset, and I could not go any further. He then said, as a reason for not keeping me, that during our difficulties in DeWitt, he had himself entertained seventeen of the mob, and that he had sworn never to keep a Mormon. He did, however, tell me where I could stay for the night.

In the morning I started again for Far West, and arrive there in October. I arrived just a few hours before the Crooked River Battle. I was one of the company engaged in that affair, although I was lame and tired. I borrowed a horse and a gun, (for I had neither) and went to defend my brethren. I saw Brother O'Bannon when he fell. Soon after the battle the Governors troops came to Far West and demanded every man that was engaged in the Crooked River battle. At this time we were under the necessity of having our houses and grain burnt and our cattle driven off, or else if we stood up for our rights and defended ourselves like men and saints of the Most High we must be hunted by and authorized mob and be driven from our homes and families, or be killed, just as they pleased. As soon as we learned their intentions were to take every man that was in the Crooked River battle we all started for Illinois, going by way of Diahman, since we were surrounded on every other side.

Before we arrived at Diahman my horse gave out so the brethren counseled me to stay in Diahman as I was not known by any of the mob in that county. Accordingly I stayed till the arms were given up and the brethren returned again to Far West. I then went to Fort Leavenworth and worked until spring. Then I left the Fort and came to Quincy, Illinois. Here I married Julia Ann Lockwood on the last day of October 1839.

On the following year on the 27th of November my eldest daughter was born which we called Eliza Ann. The next April I left Quincy and went on a mission in company with Elder Andrew Hamilton to the southern part of the State of Illinois. We baptized some and left quite a number believing.

After I came back I continued to live in Quincy till next spring when I moved with my family to the city of Nauvoo. As soon as I arrived in Nauvoo I joined the brass band and continued to play with them at every public festival. We played for the Nauvoo Legion, for the dedication of the Seventies Hall, and for they laying of the capstone of the Lord's House. The first summer after I arrived at Nauvoo, in the month of June, my second daughter was born which we named Julia Ardena. This was June 1842 and in the month of March 1844 my wife delivered of a son which we called George. In the fall following at the October conference I was ordained one of the Seventies and was organized in the Second Quorum. On the 23rd of December 1845 we were called to go into the temple to receive our endowments. We were fully satisfied that the present organization of the church is as it should be, and that the priesthood is again restored to man on the earth with all its attendant gifts and blessings as in ancient days, that all men must sooner or later bow to that priesthood, held by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We knew that Joseph Smith was the instrument in the hands of God in bringing forth the fullness of the gospel and that he lived and died a prophet of the Most High God, sealing his testimony with his blood as did the ancient prophets and apostles.

I am Charles Henry Hales, the first son of Stephen and Mary Ann Hales, the daughter of Henry and Hannah Hales.

My father was of the Methodist faith, but my mother attended the Church of England. As I was religiously inclined, I attended the Methodist Church with my father, who was faithful in the performance of his religious duties, although he never became a very enthusiastic Methodist.

In the year 1832, when I was in my thirteenth year, there was great excitement in the town where I lived, over the favorable reports that were sent from Van Diahman's land, and the great inducements held out to those who would go to that country. My father and mother caught the spirit of going, and began to make preparations for leaving England. Before arrangements had been completed for us to go, however, letters were received from Upper Canada, picturing, in glowing terms, the advantages of that country. My father changed his mind immediately and made arrangements to emigrate to the town of York, afterwards called Toronto. Accordingly, on the sixteenth day of April, 1832, our family, consisting of my parents, five sons, myself and a younger sister, bade adieu to England. We had a tedious voyage of six weeks across the ocean, and my mother was sick during the entire voyage. During the passage across there were three deaths on board -- one of the three being my brother Elias, whom we sorrowfully consigned to a watery grave.

Our ship anchored at Quebec in May, and after a tedious passage up the St. Lawrence by steamer, we landed in safety at the town of York, June 16, thankful that we were at our journey's end. Here we were in a strange land. And to our dismay, we found that the cholera was raging fearfully in that region; but through all of those trying scenes the Lord preserved us in health.

In the spring of 1833 we removed into the country about eight miles, to a place located in the township of York, and in the spring of 1834 I attended a Methodist camp-meeting in that neighborhood, where I formed the acquaintance of Mr. Joseph Horne, who is now my husband.

The most of the time for the next two years I lived in service in the city of Toronto, going once in three months to visit my parents.

On the ninth day of May, 1836, I was married to Mr. Horne. He owned a farm about one mile from my father's house, and I removed to his residence soon after our marriage. I now felt that I was settled in life, and, although I had not been used to farm work, I milked cows, fed pigs and chickens, and made myself at home in my new situation, seeking to make my home pleasant for my husband, and working to advance his interests.

About the first of June, of that year, report came to us that a man professing to be sent of God to preach to the people would hold a meeting about a mile from our house. My husband decided that we should go and hear him. We accordingly went, and there first heard Elder Orson Pratt. We were very much pleased with his sermon. Another meeting was appointed for the following week, and Elder Pratt told us that business called him away, but his brother, Parley P. Pratt, would be with us and preach in his stead. I invited my father to go with us to hear him, and the appointed evening found all of his family at the "Mormon" meeting. Elder Pratt told us that God was an unchangeable being -- the same yesterday, today, and forever -- and taught us the gospel in its purity; they showed from the bible that the gospel was the same in all ages of the world; but many had wandered from God and the true gospel, and that the Lord had sent an angel to Joseph Smith, restoring to him the pure gospel with its gifts and blessings. My father was so delighted with the sermon that he left the Methodist Church and attended the "Mormon" meetings altogether; and in a short time every member of his family had received and obeyed the gospel. This made quite a stir among the Methodists. One of the class-leaders came to converse with us, and used every argument he could to convince us that Mormonism was false, but without avail. "Well," said he, finally, "there are none but children and fools who join them," and left us to our fate. In July (1836) I was baptized by Orson Hyde, and ever after that our house was open for meetings, and became a home for many of the elders.

In the latter part of the summer of 1837 I had the great pleasure of being introduced to, and entertaining, the beloved prophet, Joseph Smith, with Sidney Rigdon and T. B. Marsh. I said to myself, "O Lord, I thank thee for granting the desire of my girlish heart, in permitting me to associate with prophets and apostles." On shaking hands with Joseph Smith, I received the Holy Spirit in such great abundance that I felt it thrill my whole system, from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet. I thought I had never beheld so lovely a countenance. Nobility and goodness were in every feature.

The saints in Kirtland removed in the following spring to Missouri. We started from Canada in March, 1838 with a small company of saints. The roads were very bad, as the frost was coming out of the ground, consequently I had to drive the team during a great portion of the journey, while my husband walked.

On arriving at Huntsville, one hundred miles from Far West, we found several families of saints, and tarried a short time with them. There I was introduced to the parents of the prophet, and also to his cousin, George A. Smith. At a meeting held in that place I received a Patriarchal Blessing from Joseph Smith Sr. He told me that I had to pass through a great deal of sickness, sorrow and tribulation, but "The Lord will bring you through six troubles, and in the seventh He will not leave you;" all of which has verily been fulfilled.

Mary Isabella Hales Horne, with her husband and family, reached Far West in August of that year, and received their full share of the privations incident to the settlement of that city, and also a full share of exposure, sickness and peril incident to the expulsion of the saints from Missouri. Finally thereafter they gathered to Nauvoo.

I, Stephen, son of Stephen and Mary Ann Hales was born in England, Rainham parish, county of Kent, in the year of our Lord 1820. My father was a professor of religion. When I was eleven years old, my father removed to America, with all his family. We located in Canada.

We all tarried there five or six years when Parley P. Pratt came and preached to the people where my father resided. In a short time my father and mother united themselves with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and removed to the place of gathering in Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri. At the age of eighteen I was baptized by Elder Hunter in Daviess County, Missouri.

(Note: Stephen Hales was caught up in the activities of the saints to protect themselves from the spirit of mob-fever that was rampant in Missouri during these trying times. No doubt Governor Bogg's "extermination of the Mormons" order caused some of this activity. The Haun Mill massacre where wives and children of many of the saints were killed also led to protective feelings among the saints. Stephen's story continues.).

A number of the brethren started off on an expedition, and I with the rest, to search out the designs of the mob. We came to the place where they had camped the night before where they had buried a cannon. I found the cannon and some powder and balls. And, from there we returned home to our city.

In a short time, I heard the mob was letting the brethren's fences down and turning the cattle into the corn fields. A small number of the brethren including myself went in search of them. We left our homes about the twelfth hour of the night. About the break of day we found the mob, encamped on a small stream called the Crooked River. We marched down in battle array. Their guard shot one of our men and a number of our men shot their guns at him. The mob fired on us and we returned the compliments. We returned home with three killed and six wounded and a short time later left our homes as exiles and came to Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. We resided there four years and came to Nauvoo in the twenty-fourth year of my age.

I was ordained into the Quorum of Seventies under the hands of President Joseph Young and Isaiah Butterfield. I was united to the Second Quorum of Seventies and by the assisting grace of God, I shall try to stand in my lot and station as long as I live on the earth. And, when I leave this world of trouble, I hope to meet my brethren in the next better world and praise God through all eternity.

Stephen Hales married first Eveline Lydia Carter, daughter of Simeon Doget Carter and Lydia Kenyon Carter at Nauvoo, Illinois on October 16, 1842. He married second Henrietta Keyes, daughter of Samuel Keyes and Nancy Ann Delgarn Keyes, on December 23, 1851. Stephen was the father of fourteen children by his two wives. He and his wives are buried in the Bountiful, Utah cemetery.

Apostle Robert Dean Hales, current member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints descends from this Stephen Hales.

The fourth and fifth children of Stephen and Mary Ann Hales were twins. George and William were born at Rainham, Kent, England on October 30, 1822. William lived only a few years and died in 1825.

In the spring of 1832 when George was in his tenth year, his parents and family emigrated to Canada, settling in Scarborough. Scarborough was located approximately ten miles northeast of Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario. In later years George told of gathering cranberries in the marshes of Canada with others of his family. While in Canada in 1836 his parents joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints along with some of their children.

In March of 1838 while in his sixteenth year the Hales family left Canada to join the saints at Far West, Missouri. The following spring they were driven from the state, along with the rest of the saints, by mob violence. The Hales family removed to Quincy, Illinois.

In the autumn of 1839 George began to learn the printing trade as an apprentice in the office of the Quincy Whig. He worked there three years with board and clothes his only remuneration.

While in Quincy, George was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 19, 1840 by Elder Orson Hyde.

In January 1843 he went from Quincy to Nauvoo and worked for several months in the Times and Seasons office. He left this job to cut stone for the Nauvoo Temple. On the thirtieth of November of that same year he returned to Quincy, Illinois and married Sarah Ann Gregory. The following spring he went with her to visit her family in Cincinnati, Ohio where they remained about a year and where their first child was born. On his return to Nauvoo he worked again in the Times and Seasons office, and while there printed the first copy of the Nauvoo Neighbor.

Sarah Ann Gregory was born on January 26, 1823 in Burns, Allegheny County, New York. She was the first child born to William and Electa Ann Fellows Gregory. When she was about a year old her parents moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where her eleven brothers and sisters were born. Of this large family only one sister and two brothers grew to maturity and married. William Gregory was a Methodist minister and a very religious and humble man. One wonders what his reaction was when his twenty year old daughter was baptized into the Mormon Church in July of 1843.

George Hales continued to work on the Temple at Nauvoo and he and his wife received their endowments there on December 23, 1845. There are some who claim that this temple was never completed, but George and Sarah Ann as well as others in this Newsletter provide testimony to the fact that ordinance work was done there prior to the time the saints left Nauvoo.

When the saints were driven from Nauvoo early in 1846, George was with the first company to leave for the west, and tells of crossing the Mississippi in his wagon on the ice. On March 26, 1846 he was made clerk of the fourth fifty in William Clayton's company when it was organized into fifties.

George and Sarah Ann went as far as Garden Grove, Iowa, where they remained until 1850. In July 1846, while in Garden Grove, George and two of his brothers, Charles Henry and Stephen, were sent to Council Bluffs by President Young to go as musicians with the Mormon Battalion. They left their families to look after themselves as best they could, took a change of clothes, and started alone and on foot to travel the 150 miles to join the Battalion. Arriving there, they learned that Captain Allen was not entitled to a brass band. After waiting a few days under order of President Young to see if they were needed to fill a company, they were released to rejoin the main company of saints. In the spring of 1848, he was sent to St. Louis with John Henderson on a mission (from Garden Grove) to secure aid for the saints.

By early 1850 George and Sarah Ann and their three daughters were ready to leave Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Iowa to make the long trek to Utah. Aunt Vera remembers that they were in the Edward Hunter company consisting of 261 pioneers in 67 wagons. This company left on July fourth and arrived in Salt Lake City on October 13, 1850.

Upon his arrival he was engaged to work in the office of the Deseret Evening News where he struck off the first edition. At the time of his death the Deseret News paid the following tribute in its issue of September 21, 1907.

In the spring of 1852 George was made foreman of the office, a position he filled for about a year.

On the seventeenth of October in 1852, George married a second wife, Louisa Ann Eddins. they were married by Dr. Willard Richards. She was born on May 10, 1834 at Cradley, Hereford, England and was the daughter of George and Ann Smith Eddins.

In 1855 while the state capitol was at Fillmore, George went south with the legislature to do the official printing for the session. Later in 1858 when Johnson's army was approaching, the "News" plant was divided and part of it set up in Fillmore and part left in Salt Lake, with the issues alternating from the two towns. George Hales was with the Fillmore plant, with George Q. Cannon, editor. In the fall he returned to Salt Lake and spent that winter as foreman in the Valley Tan office, a gentile paper, and remained over a year until the paper was discontinued.

Called to help settle the southern part of the state, he left Salt Lake in the spring of 1861 and moved to Spanish Fork where he remained until the fall of 1862. That autumn he moved to Beaver where he spent the remainder of his life except for one year, 1869-1870, when at the request of Angus M. Cannon, he returned to work in the Deseret News office. His years at Beaver were spent in farming, shoemaking and printing. He was connected with several early southern Utah publications: Beaver Enterprise, Beaver Utonian, and Richfield Advocate. He was a member of the Beaver Brass Band, and of the ward choir.

The two families of George Hales lived next door to each other on a one acre lot in Beaver. Sarah Ann had a house on the south and Louisa Ann had a house on the north. The close proximity of the two families set the stage for some interesting situations. Aunt Vera tells this story, "On one occasion grandpa engaged a man to come and build a cellar for Louisa. The gentleman went to Grandma Sarah Ann and said, 'Where do you want your cellar built, Mrs. Hales?' Grandma said she hadn't ordered a cellar, but the man insisted. Of course grandma gladly told him where she wanted it. The truth soon came out, and grandpa hired the man to make Louisa a cellar, as there wasn't too much he could do about grandma."

My grandfather, Charles Harmon Hales, the last child of George Hales and Sarah Ann Gregory Hales, was born while the families lived in Beaver. He was born on March 26, 1865. He was seventeen years old when trouble started brewing for families that practiced plural marriage.

In 1882 the Edmunds-Tucker Act was passed into law by Congress after a short but heated debate. This law was a tool whereby marshals, judges and many others associated with politics, especially where related to Utah, were used in an attempt to crush the Mormon movement. The law is yet the subject of much controversy, but it is almost unanimously agreed that the act was aimed expressly at Mormonism.

The Edmunds-Tucker Act carried penalties for two types of offenses. If a man were already married to more than one wife with whom he then lived, his offense was designated as "unlawful cohabitation." If a man already had one wife after this law was passed, and then married another wife, the offense was designated as "polygamy."

On a cool evening in March 1885, George Hales knocked at the door of Thomas Scofield. Answering the knock, Thomas discovered several of his friends, armed and anxious. George addressed Thomas in behalf of the others, "Thomas, we have just learned that a deputy marshal and several of his men are on the way to Beaver to arrest us. They have warrants for you, myself, Brother Robinson, Brother Sudweeks, and even poor old Brother Farrer. We don't know how you stand on it, Thomas, but we don't aim to give up on our families and we don't aim to be taken in, either." The law meant that they would have to renounce one of their families and this they were not willing to do.

Richard Sudweeks volunteered that he had a brother in Circleville where he could stay for awhile and Thomas was a good friend of the Parker family there. Each of the brethren came to agree that Circleville would be a good place to go, for the arm of the law was not so long in that place.

Maximillian Parker lived there and his young son, Robert Leroy Parker, better known as Butch Cassidy, had recently hit the outlaw trail.

That summer and winter the men of Beaver hid themselves in places frequented by outlaws in their attempt to keep their families intact. They wondered at times if it was worth it; they were as much away from their families as if they had surrendered. George Hales wrote Thomas Scofield, who was in hiding at Robber's Roost, "I for one am going home." With that message the men began returning to Beaver.

In May 1886 the deputy U.S. Marshal and his assistants visited Beaver again. George Hales was arrested and swore to the judge to whom he was taken that if the court would release him until he could get his affairs in order, he would appear before the next term, ready to plead guilty. This pleased the judge and he was temporarily released.

The following three months were rather uneventful. An unknown correspondent (believed to have been George Hales writing under the name of Moonshee) kept the readers of the Deseret Evening News at Salt Lake City posted on events at Beaver in connection with the activities of the lawmen in that region.

The Deseret Evening News printed a column entitled For Conscience' Sake which was devoted to those faithful Latter-day Saints who were arrested and sentenced for transgressing the Edmunds-Tucker Law. On September 18, 1886, in this column appeared the following:

George Hales pleaded guilty on September 22, 1886 and sentence was passed on September 25th in the Second District Court at Beaver. He was in his sixty-fourth year and was sentenced to four months and $300.

The judge courteously asked the brethren if they intended to keep the law in the future, but they respectfully declined to make any promises. they will start at 2:30 p.m. for the pen, with Gleason and Cudihee in charge. Moonshee.

An introduction to prison life as George must have experienced it, is found in the journal of James Henry Moyle, who served his time beginning March 1, 1886, just six months ahead of George.

Henry Dinwoodey, imprisoned about the same time that George entered the penitentiary, also kept a detailed journal of his incarceration as follows:

On a hot day in July, Moyle recorded in his journal:

While George Hales was imprisoned in the penitentiary, he was joined by Wilford Woodruff, an Apostle of the Mormon Church and later President and Prophet.

"Free again. May 30, 1887 Brother Geo. Hales, James Farrer, Wm. Robinson and Thomas Scofield of Beaver, and Richard H. Sudweeks of Junction were released today," according to the report in the Deseret News.

Once again George traveled to Beaver to rejoin his family.

Eventually the children of George and Sarah Ann Hales sought companions. Harriet married William Fotheringham and moved to Syracuse, Davis County. George married Caroline Peterson and moved to Huntington. Clara married Thomas Scofield and also moved to Syracuse.

Aunt Vera relates, "Grandpa's oldest son, my Uncle George, who was always mindful of his mother, visited her as often as he could in Beaver. On one of these visits she seemed so alone that he persuaded her to sell her home and move to Huntington with him where he and his family could take better care of her. She did go with him and took along an Indian girl named "Lizzie" Crow (Diane Elizabeth Crow), whom she had raised. My father, Charles, spent a lot of time in Huntington with his brother, George, who was more like a father to him."

The public square built in the center of town in Huntington was the focal point of recreation for many years as were similar squares in other towns of this period. The white fence around the square in Huntington was built by pioneers including William Hunter, William Cordingly, George Hales Jr., and others. During the "outlaw period" of the late 1890s many of the Robber's Roost outlaws, such as Butch Cassidy, Elsa Lay and others, made Huntington one of their main hangouts. They pretended to be cowboys looking for saddle horses and often attended sports events on the square and dances in the Social Hall. On April 21, 1897, they robbed the Pleasant Valley payroll of $8,800 at Castle Gate and escaped to the San Rafael country.

While in Huntington the Hales family became acquainted with the Burgess family. Diane Elizabeth "Lizzie" Crow married James William Burgess and Charles Harmon Hales married Eva May Burgess, the cousin of James William.

George Hales attended church on September 8, 1907 at Beaver and died later that evening. He is buried in the Beaver cemetery. Louisa Ann preceded him in death, dying on April 17, 1906 at Beaver. She is also buried in the Beaver cemetery.

Sarah Ann Gregory Hales was happy and contented in Huntington where she spent her last days. She seemed to enjoy having her grandchildren with her. She passed peacefully away on December 27, 1908 at the age of eighty-five years and was lovingly laid to rest at the Huntington cemetery.

Harriet Hales was born in Kent, England, on June 10, 1824, the daughter of Stephen and Mary Ann Hales. In June of 1832 the family, then consisting of the parents; five boys, Charles, George, Stephen, Henry William and Elias, and two girls, Isabella and Harriet; emigrated to Canada. They sailed on a ship and the voyage took them eleven weeks. The subject of this sketch spent her eighth birthday anniversary on the ocean. She had the sad experience of seeing one of her brothers, Elias, buried at sea.

They settled in Toronto, Canada. Here the family joined the Mormon Church. When they were first invited to attend a Mormon Meeting the father agreed to go to the service, but he said that he would soon knock that into a cocked hat. However, before the service was over he knew that he had found the truth. Soon after this the whole family was baptized.

In the spring of 1838 they started by team to join the body of the saints at Far West, Missouri, arriving in the fall of the same year. While at Far West they endured the persecutions by the mobs with the rest of the saints. It was here they first met the Prophet Joseph Smith. After their expulsion from Missouri they moved to Quincy, Illinois. There, on October 31, 1839, Harriet married John Ellis, a native of Canada, who had joined the church and emigrated to Quincy.

Four children were born to Harriet and John Ellis while they lived in Quincy; namely, Mary Ann, Hannah Isabella, Stephen Hales and John Henry. In 1842 they moved to Nauvoo where they lived until the expulsion of the saints by the mob.

Harriet's father and mother joined them to commence the journey across the plains. One day the oxen strayed away, and Harriet's father went in search of them. He became fatigued, and reaching a spring of water, he drank from it. It was later learned that the water was poisoned, and it caused his death. His wife, Mary Ann, started the journey, but she also died while crossing the plains.

They started for the Rocky Mountains in the spring of 1851, and it is believed that they were in John Taylor's company. Harriet's younger brother, Henry, and his family were also in the same company. They arrived in Salt Lake Valley in September of 1851. Harriet's sister Isabella's two sons, Joseph and Henry Horne, met them in Parley's Canyon and took them to the Horne Home. Isabella and her family had come west with the second company of pioneers in 1847.

After resting a few days they went on to Bountiful where they proceeded to make a home. Four months after their arrival a baby girl was born to the family, and she was named Harriet Louisa. They built a one room log house in which they lived for a number of years. Later, in about 1867, they built a four room adobe house. It was located a quarter of a mile south of the Wood's Cross depot. It was quite a roomy house with a large attic, and was built on their homestead. Six more children were born to the family, Joseph Ezra, Sarah Ann, Elizabeth Jane, Laura Victoria, Charles William, George Franklin (who only lived one year), and James (who died at ten months).

The family engaged in stock raising. They kept a little flock of sheep to supply wool for clothing. The wool was prepared for use by the industrious mother. She sewed for her family by hand, even making trousers for her husband and sons. She also made them straw hats by braiding the straw and sewing the braids together. They made their own soap and candles. When the grain was ready for harvest it was cut and cradled by hand. During the harvest when the men worked hard Harriet prepared lunches and a cool drink and sent them to the fields during the morning and afternoon. They raised sugar cane and had a molasses mill on the bench land farm. This mill was one of the first in Bountiful. Youngsters came from miles around with their pails to get the skimmings to make candy.

The Ellis home was a hospitable one. The mother, and subject of this sketch, was a capable, refined woman, and her husband was a happy, jovial man who loved young people. Naturally their fireside was often the scene of social gatherings. These two often sang together for the entertainment of their family and friends. Singing school was often held in their home.

Tragedy struck the family when the father died, after a severe illness of several months duration. He left his widow and ten surviving children. Some of the cattle and property were sold to pay the doctor bills. The mother kept her family together, and in spite of her strenuous household duties, she always found time to take an active part in church affairs. She was a Sunday School teacher for twenty-five years, and when the Relief Society was organized she served as treasurer of the ward organization. She pieced several quilt tops for the Relief Society; she was a very fine needle woman.

She was matron at the Deseret Hospital for about two years. In 1897 she went to live with her youngest daughter, Laura, and she made her home there until her death on May 24, 1910, after having been a widow for thirty-nine years.

The records for the 1790 census are available for the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina and South Carolina. The other states in this census no longer have records that are useable.

There are listed 18 heads of families under the following spellings: Hailes, Hails, Hales, Hayles, and Hayls. I have extracted these as they are listed and the records follow.

The numbers document the number of males over 16, the number of males under 16, the number of females, and the number of slaves.

1. Nathaniel Hales 1 5 2 0

2. Joseph Hales 1 1 2 0

3. Mihitabel Hales 0 0 2 0

4. John Hales 3 1 5 6

5. Silas Hayles 2 4 2 0

6. Henry Hails 1 3 3 2

7 Isab Hails 1 0 2 0

8. Robert Hails 2 1 6 73

9. John Hales 1 1 2 0

10. John Hails 1 3 3 0

11. Josiah Hales 1 0 3 0

12. Chapman Hailes 1 1 4 0

13. John Hailes 1 2 1 3

14. John Hailes, Sr. 2 1 5 7

15. Robert Hailes 2 1 1 0 (2 other free people)

16. Joseph Hails 2 1 2 0

17. John Hayles 1 1 5 0

18. William Hayls 4 1 3 0

If the following spellings were also included -- Hale, Hael, Hail, Haile, Hayle and Heyl -- the following statistics would apply to this census.

There would be 402 heads of families with an average family size of 5.8 people. These 402 families would have 1,911 other members living with them.

The heads of families, would Live in the following states: 23 in Maine, 41 in New Hampshire, 21 in Vermont, 107 in Massachusetts, 8 in Rhode Island, 63 in Connecticut, 33 in New York, 15 in Pennsylvania, 22 in Maryland, 22 in Virginia, 34 in North Carolina, and 13 in South Carolina.

Lillian Leola Stone Hales died 25 Dec. 1970, at home. She was born Dec. 29, 1896, Trimble County, Kentucky, to James Barton and Josephine Annabelle Wright Stone. She married Lester J. Hales, Oct. 30, 1912 at the Salt Lake City Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He died March 30, 1962. Survivors: Sons, daughters; Arthur, Jimmie, both Magna, Utah; Leon, Salt Lake City; Ronald, U.S. Merchant Marines; Mrs. William F. (Blanche) Kaiser, Clinton, Michigan; Mrs. Wilbur (Helen) Pearson, West Jordan; Mrs. Lewis (Loa Jane) Anderson, Kearns; 27 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; brother, James W., Orem.

Theron Bernell Hales died 25 Dec. 1970. He was born 29 April, 1897 at Spanish Fork, Utah to James Lawrence and Sarah Ann Hodgson Hales. Farmer. Survivors: brother, Hodgson, Reno.

Orval W. Hales died 4 Dec. 1970. He was born 19 April, 1889 at Junction, Utah to Charles H. and Jemima Adair Hales. He married Mary Ann Jensen 20 July 1909 at Junction. The marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retired employee Southern Pacific Railroad. Former member Junction Ward bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Survivors: Widow, sons, daughters; Wendell V. Hales, Torrance, California; Orval V. Hales, Lindsay, California; Larry J. Hales, Pleasanton, California; Mrs. Fay (Wanda) Hammond, Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Lyle (Roene) Knight, Big Bear, California; 18 Grandchildren; 22 Great-grandchildren.