Dr. Robert Hale

Dr. Robert Hale

• Birth: 3 Nov 1668, Beverly, Essex Co., MA
• Death: 12 Jan 1719 Age: 50 Beverly, Essex Co., MA
• Father: Rev. John Hale (1636-1700)
• Mother: Rebecca Byles Byley (1638-)

Dr. Robert and Elizabeth (Clarke) Hale had three children; Rebecca, named for his grandmother and mother, who married in 1719 Rev. John Chipman, the pastor of the church in North Beverly; Robert, whose marriage with his step-sister, Elizabeth Gilman, we have noticed earlier; and Henry, who, ten years younger than his brother, was his ward. Henry married in 1735, Anna Ober of Beverly, and died before 1740.

A family history in letters and documents, 1667-1837, concerning the forefathers of Winthrop Sargent Gilman, and his wife Abia Swift Lippincott – Emily Hoffman Gilman - page 27

from The Descendants of Nathaniel Clarke and His Wife Elizabeth Somerby of Newbury, Massachusetts: A History of Ten Generations, 1642-1902 (Google eBook). George Kuhn Clarke. Priv. print. [T. R. Marvin & Son], 1902 - Massachusetts - 468 pages. Page 29-31:

Dr. Robert Hale of Beverly, b. 3 Nov. 1668, bapt. 8th, Harvard College 1686, d. 12 Jan. 1718/19, justice of the peace, selectman, and representative in the General Court three years. He was son of Rev. John Hale, A. M., of Beverly, b. 3 June, 1636, Harvard College 1657, d. 15 May, 1700, and of Rebecca, dau. of Henry and Rebecca (Swayne) Byley of Sarum, Eng., who settled in Salisbury, Mass., 1640, and grandson of Robert Hale of Charlestown, Mass., who was one of the first (two) deacons there, also ensign and selectman many years. Deacon Robert Hale became a Freeman in 1634, and a member of the Artillery Company in 1644, d. 16 July, 1659. For an account of Dr. Robert Hale, see the History of Beverly, by Stone, p. 155.

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• Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1906-07), 1:161. Hale, [Robert, C.R.1], s. Rev. John and Rebeckah, [born] Nov. 3, 1668.
• Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1906-07), 2:460 Hale, Robert, Esq. [Dr. C.R.1], s. Rev. John and Rebecca, Jan. 12, 1718-19, a. 50 y. abt. 2 m.
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