Thomas Hales (settler)
Thomas Hales (24 June 1610 – February 19, 1679) was a founding settler of Hartford, and Norwalk, Connecticut.[1][2] He was the son of Thomas Hale, born 1590 in Hertfordshire, England, and Joan Kirby Hale, born 1590, died 1640.
Thomas Hales | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 24, 1610 |
| Died | February 19, 1679 (aged 68) |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Lord (m. February 1639, Roxbury, Massachusetts), and Mary Nash (m. 14 December 1659, Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony) |
| Children | Thomas Hale (b. 1651), John Hale (b. 1665), Mary Hale (b. 1674) |
| Military career | |
| Battles/wars | Pequot War |
He was named a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony on May 14, 1634.[3] He came to Hartford with Thomas Hooker's congregation in 1636. He served in the Pequot War, along with his brother Samuel Hales, and was granted fifty acres for his service on October 12, 1671.[3] He married Jane Lord in 1639, in Boston with whom he had one son Thomas. He was a signer of the Ludlow agreement to settle Norwalk in June 1650.[3] He and his brother Samuel were settled there by February 1651.[3]
He married Mary Nash in 1659 in Boston with whom he had two children, John and Mary.
He is listed on the Founders Stone bearing the names of the founders of Hartford in the Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford, and he is also listed on the Founders Stone bearing the names of the founders of Norwalk in the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery.
References
- Nathaniel Bouton (1851). An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Ct., in 1651: Delivered in the First Congregational Church in Norwalk, July 9, 1851. S.W. Benedict. p. 18.
an historical discourse connecticut assembly.
- The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut: With a Plan of the Ancient Settlement, and of the Town in 1847. J. Mallory & Company. 1847. p. 17.
The ancient historical records of norwalk, connecticut.
- The Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
