man‎Thomas Hale‏‎, son of Benjamin Haile and Unknown (Haile)‏.
Born ‎ 1758 Virginia, died ‎ 1842 Virginia‎, age 83 or 84 years
[Hale.FTW]s of Virginia. The seven children of John Haile were born while the family lived in Virginia. Hannah, the oldest, was born about 1748, Robert in 1750, William, who served in Rev. War with Thomas, was born in 1752, and Thomas in 1758. Other children of John Haile were Sarah, John and Mary. Sometimes around 1759 John Haile moved his family to Rowan County, North Carolina. Thomas and William Hale went to school with Lawrence Thompson, son of Captain John Thompson. At the time of the Rev. War, Lawrence Thompson was a Lieutenant under whom Thomas and William Hale enlisted. Thomas and William enlisted in Orange County, NC, a neighboring county where John Haile (their father) had later moved, following his second marriage in Feb. 1775. Thomas Hale was seventeen when he left home to fight in the Rev. War. According to his military service record, he was enlisted in September, 1775 as a private in Orange County, NC by Lawrence Thompson, a Lieutenant in Captain Alfred Moore's Company and 1st Regiment of Provincial Troops. His military service is detailed in the book "The Hale Family of Virginia" by Esther V. Bartlett, which was taken from his own testimony from a court schedule of 22 October, 1823, in Franklin Co., VA. The military service record of Thomas Hale is preserved in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. under Rev. War Pensions, File Number S-37,975, Certificate Number 6857. Thomas's brother, William Hale, also made application for a Rev. War Pension, his file number is S-1522.ned a tract of land containing ninety acres more or less valued at ninety-six dollars., NC from 1780 to 1800. He and Rachel were the parents of two sons, William and Francis. They name their sons for Thomas's older brother, William, and for their wealthy uncle, Francis Haile, of Bedford Co., VA. Thomas's wife, Rachel Sheridan, died in Rowan County, NC, and he married on 6 Nov 1801, Nancy Wood in Rowan Co., NC. Shortly after their marriage, Thomas and Nancy moved to Southwest VA. He selected a tract of land on Runnet Bag Creek in Franklin Co. From a land transaction recorded in Franklin Co., (Rocky Mount) VA, Deed Book No. 4, p. 576, proof is established that Thomas Hale and his two sons, William and Francis, each bought 96 acres of land on Runnet Bag Creek on 10 Mar 1804, from John Via, Jr.. All three deed were witnessed by Dennis Sheridan (probable brother of Rachel Sheridan). Thomas Hale and his second wife, Nancy Wood, were parents of eight children, five sons and three daughters. They were born on the family farm on Runnet Bag Creek, Franklin Co., VA.d on the family page. Their names are unknown at this time, but his court statement when seeking Rev. War pension tells of these sons.lmer Mossarolina units. In late 1776, he was a sergeant under Capt. James Conyer and Col. Isaac Huger, and was in two engagements at Savannah. Next, he was under Capt. Thomas Gadsden and Col. Pinckney and was in the siege of Charleston. He was discharged on 12 May 1780. (Moved to Va.) A.A.3228A; Y1052; N.A.246; N.A.853.785, with first child, James being born ca 1786. [Ken Anderson, 2000]

Married to:

womanRachel Sheridan‏ PRIVACY FILTER

Children:

1.
man‎William Hale‏‎ PRIVACY FILTER

2.
manFrancis Marion Hale‏
Born ‎± 1780 North Carolina, died ‎after 1860 Franklin Co., VA‎
[Hale.FTW]ckett. Elizabeth B. Hale and Sarah Hale probably are their children, but their is no proof at this time (1998). It is possible that Sarah Pickett may have died in childbirth.******************d unto Ralph Gorrel, Esq as chairman of Guilford County Court in the sum of five hundred pounds which payment will and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs, exec and admdr severally and firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 10th day of August 1802.d Francis Hale hath this day obtained a license for a marriage to be celebrated between him and wife Sarah Pickett---now if nothing shall hereafter appear to obstruct the said marriage lawfully, then the above obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue--signed sealed and delivered in presents of [can't make out names of witnesses].an 1808), Thomas Logins, Thomas C. Burch and Jesse Johns & John East are held and firmly bound to his Excellency Benjamin Williams, Esq., governor, captain-general and commander in chief and to his successors in office in the final sum of five hundred pounds current money of North Carolina, for the true payment thereof we bind ourselves jointly by these presents, sealed with our seals and dated this 15th day of January 1808.ound Francis Hail both prayed and obtained a licence to solemnize the rites of matrimony between him and Pricilla Lamb. Now if there shall not hereafter appear any just cause to obstruct the marriage, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force in law.R 1804, PROVED 3 APR 1804; (DEEDS ON SAME DAYS FOR SAME AMOUNTS FROM JOHN VIA TO THOMAS HALE AND WILLIAM HALE)e thousand eight hundred and four between John Via __of Franklin County of the one part and Francis Hale of the sd county of the other. Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of twenty pounds to him in hand paid by the sd Francis Hale, the receipt whereof the sd John Via doth hereby acknowledge, have bargained & sold, and by these presents doth frant, bargain, sell, and deliver and confirm unto the sd Francis Hale, his heirs and assigns a caertain tract or parcel of land containing ninety-six acres be the same more of less, situate, lying and being in Franklin County on the waters of Runnet Bag Creek, and bounded as followeth, to with: Beginning at a corner Spanish oak, the west side of the road, thence up a ridge bearing the south side ten poles to a dogwood on a branch, South fifty-nine degrees east of a southwest course to a white oak, thence along a line south ten degrees, eaast twenty-six poles to Pointers, south eighty-two degrees, East forty-two poles to a white oak, south fourteen degrees, west twenty-eight poles to a white oak, thence new ling East strate course to Spanish oak on the sd Road, thence with the sd road to the Beginning. To have and to hold the above granted land and premises with all appurtenances and priveleges thereunto belonging to the siad Francis Hale, his heirs and assigns, and the said John Via and his heirs doth warrant and forever defend the above granted land and promist unto the said Francis Hale his heirs and assigns forever.is seal the day and year above written.pril 1804d Francis Hale of the other part, was proved by the oath of Thomas Hale, William Hale, and Dennis Sheridan, the witnesses hereto and ordered to be recorded.



2nd marriage
man‎Thomas Hale‏‎, son of Benjamin Haile and Unknown (Haile)‏.

Married to:

womanNancy Wood‏ PRIVACY FILTER

Children:

1.
manJames Hale‏
Born ‎± 1783, died ‎before 1860‎

2.
manWilliam Hale‏
Born ‎± 1792‎

3.
womanPolly Hale‏
Born ‎± 1795, died ‎after 1870‎

4.
womanRuth Hale‏
Born ‎± 1800‎

5.
manJonathan Hale‏
Born ‎ May 28, 1805 Franklin Co., VA‎

6.
manDennis Sheridan Hale‏
Born ‎ 1808, died ‎ Nov 14, 1894 Roane Co., WVA‎, age 85 or 86 years

7.
manPeter Wood Hale‏
Born ‎ Aug 21, 1809 Franklin Co., VA, died ‎ May 11, 1881 McLeansboro, IL‎, age 71 years
[Hale.FTW]ty) TN. There \he married a young girl, Sarah Manning, who had also moved to TN from Franklin Co. VA. (Sarah Manning possibly was sister to husband of Elizabeth Hale, who was sister of Peter W. Hale. Elizabeth Hale and her husband, Samuel Manning, also moved from Frankling Co., VA to White Co., TN, then to Illinois as same time as Peter W. Hale and his wife, Sarah Manning.)

8.
womanElizabeth Hale‏
Born ‎ Oct 27, 1812 Franklin Co., VA, Runnet Bag Creek, died ‎ May 1, 1859 McLeansboro, Illinois‎, age 46 years