Gershom (Heald) Hale

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notes Gershom HEALD

Surname: Heald Given Name: Gershom Sex: M Birth: 23 Mar 1646 in Concord, Middlesex, Ma Death: 13 May 1717 in Springfield, Hampshire (Hampden) Co., Ma Ancestral File #: 1BF1-JX _UID: E09F5D288548E643AC1C853DF7EBF8AE0CC8 Note: GERSHOM (HEALD) HALE (JOHN1 HEALD I) was born January 23, 1646/47 in Concord, Middlesex County, MA, and died 1717 in Stow, MA. He married ANN VINTON May 6, 1673 in Concord, Middlesex County, MA, daughter of JOHN VINTON and ANN. She was born April 4, 1656 in Lynn, MA, and died September 4, 1698 in Springfield, MA

Notes for GERSHOM (HEALD) HALE:

It is uncertain when Gershom and Ann Hale left Concord, but was likely soon after the birth of Gershom, Jr., in 1684. Their daughter Ruth was born in Stow, December 19, 1687, where Gershom and brothers, Isreal and Isaac were taxed in 1688. A deed of transfer of land at Stow bears his signature as "Held". His brother, Deacon Thomas Hale of Hadley and Enfield, signed a deed in 1678 as "Haile", writing it frequently as "Heal" and "Hele".

In 1698 a son was born to Gershom and Ann Hale at Springfield. Ann died.

At a meeting of the town of Springfield, 3/11/1700/01, he moved to the town to grant him 29 acres of land on the South side of Agawam, upon the feeding hill below Isaac Frost's land.

this was confirmed to him 3/10/1710, 3 years after land was granted to him and his sone, Gershom, at West Springfield/ In the latter record their names are spelled "Hail", so it seems a member of this family may have a wide choice.

A document bearing the day the West Springfield grant was made, 8/7/1707, of every male person there is in the twenty first year of his age, contains the names of the two Gershoms and a John Hail. In a division of land same day, the name is recorded "Haill".

A document bearing date of 4/19/1720, recording a meeting of the inhabitants, again includes Gershom, Sr and Gershom, Jr and John. Of the same day is a list of people who had more recently moved to West Springfield, which contains the name of Benjamin Hale. Another division of land in West Springfield, 1720, contains the name of Gershom Hale, Sr. An historian, speaking of the marriage of Ruth Haile to Nathaniel Bancroft, in 1708, says she was the daughter of "Gershom Haile, who on 11/2/1728, sold to Nathaniel Bancroft, of Springfield, 4 acres of land west of the Conn River and south of the Agawam River. Mention is made of these transfers, because of the fact that some writers state that Gershom Hale died in Springfield in 1717. Since the record of 1720 land division speaks of both Sr and Jr, it must have referred to this father and son, because the son himself, born 1684, was at that time but 36 , hardly old enough to have had a son sharing in the division of land in 1720. Gershom Sr was about 73 at the time. Taken from pg 294/295 from "ANCESTRY AND POSTERITY OF JOSEPH SMITH AND EMMA HALE"

See also, pg 9 of CA Torrey's manuscript, JOHN HEALD AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 1 2 Change Date: 25 Aug 2005 at 14:23:08

Father: John HEALD b: 1619 in England c: 23 Jan 1619/1620 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England Mother: Dorothy ROYLE b: ABT 1612 in of, Alderley, Cheshire, England

Sources: Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA

Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998

Gershom Hale II. Gershom HEALD, born at Concord, Massachusetts, 23 March 1647 [21], was married there on 6 May 1673 [22], to Ann, daughter of John and Ann Eleanor Moore, immigrants to Lynn, Massachusetts. She was born 4 April 1656, at Lynn [23], and died at Springfield, Massachusetts, 4 September 1698, soon after the birth of her son Benjamin [24]. Just when Gershom and Ann Hale left Concord is uncertain, but it was likely soon after the birth of Gershom, Jr., in 1684. Their daughter Ruth was born in Stow, 19 December 1687 [25], where Gershom and brothers were taxed the following year. A deed of transfer of land at Stow bears his signature as "Held." His brother, Deacon Thomas Hale of Hadley and Enfield, signed a deed in 1678 as "Haile," writing it also frequently as "Heal" and "Hele." In 1698, a son was born to Gershom and Ann Hale at Springfield [26], Massachusetts, and the mother died. At a meeting of the town of Springfield, 11 March 1700, he "moved to the town to grant him 20 acres of land on the South side of Agawam, upon the feeding bill below Isaac ffrost's Land." [27] This was confirmed to him 10 March 1710, three years after land was granted to him and to his son Gershom, at West Springfield. [28] In the latter record their names are spelled "Hail," so it seems a member of this family may have a wide choice. A list, made on the day the West Springfield grant was made, 7 August 1707, of "every male person there is in the twenty ist year of his age," contains the names of the two Gershoms and a John Hail. In a division of land same day, the name is recorded "Haill." A document bearing date of 19 April 1720, recording a meeting of the inhabitants, again includes Gershom, sen., and Gershom, jr., and John. [29] Of the same date is a list of people who bad more recently moved to West Springfield, which contains the name of Benjamin Hale. Another division of land in West Springfield, 1720, contains the name of Gershom Hale, sr. [30] An historian, speaking of the marriage of Ruth Haile to Nathaniel Bancroft, in 1708, says she was the daughter of "Gershom Haile who on November 1, 1728, sold to Nathaniel Bancroft, of Springfield, 4 acres of land west of the Connecticut River and south of the Agawam River." [31] Mention is made of these transfers, because of the fact that some writers state that Gershom Hale died in Springfield in 1717. Since the record of 1720 land division speaks of both senior and junior, it must have referred to this father and son, because the son himself, born 1684, was at that time but thirty six years old, hardly old enough to have bad a son sharing in the division of land in 1720. Gershom, senior, was about seventy three years of age at the time. CHILDREN:

Dorothy, born at Concord, 9 March 1673/4; died young. [32] John, born 24 March 1675 [33] ; married (1) Elizabeth Whitmore Clark; married (2) Thankful Jones. [34] Hannah, born 10 October 1676; married 1702 Joseph Smith. Dorcas, born 14 April 1679 [35] ; married 22 January 1702, Obadiah Cooley, jr. Ann, born 11 May 1681. Gershom, born at Concord 5 February 1684; married Mercy, "probably Mercy Holland." Ruth, born at Stow, 19 December 1687; married [36] Nathaniel Bancroft, her name being spelled "Haile" in the record. Nathaniel was born at Enfield, Connecticut, 24 October 1683. They lived at Springfield, Massachusetts, where the births of their seven children were recorded, and where he died "about the Christmas time" 1752. [37] SAMUEL; married Judith HODGE. Benjamin, born at Springfield, 17 August 1698.

Samuel HALE