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The Hales Newsletter Motto: United Force Is Stronger The Hales Newsletter Motto: United Force is Stronger Old Series May 1970 Vol. 1. No. 1. C O N T E N T News and Views 2 Sir James Hales – Justice of the Common Pleas 4 Reunions 5 Documents on File 5 British Museum Manuscripts 6 Queries 6 Returned Mail List 7 The Hales Directory 7 The Hales Newsletter contains current events, historical sketches and genealogical information pertaining to the Hales family. It is published by Kenneth Glyn Hales, secretary of The Hales Genealogical Society from 1970 through 1981 and The Hales Family History Society since 1995. The Hales Family History Society Kenneth Glyn Hales, Founder ([email protected]) 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. News and Views were Frank Hales and Eugenie Pettersson who died along with two of This section of our HALES Newsletter my brothers and one sister in a flaming contains the “happenings” that I am car accident in Nevada in 1954. I was made aware of between issues. One of born in Salt Lake City, Utah and have the many advantages of a society such two sisters and one brother living there. as this is that information can be My wife is the former Judy Larsen. published for all the HALES family to We have five sons: Kenneth Gregory see. Remember just one address – 1800 Hales; Jeffery Que Hales; Richard Don Ryan Road, Concord, California 94520 – Hales; Kelly Glyn Hales; and Terrence send your announcements of area Loel Hales. reunions, marriages, births, deaths) etc. I am currently on a one year second and they will be included in our shift (5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.) assignment Newsletter to all the HALES family. managing service representatives from Contributions of articles for the six IBM Branch Offices at San Francisco Newsletter are welcomed. Dig thru your which leaves me many hours during the records and send me anything of value day to expend my energy on this project. about your branch of the family. What I do not necessarily consider myself to be you may have might be the bit of an expert genealogist, but I do consider information another member of the myself to be a good manager. family is looking for. I will edit what I receive and add it to our growing file of Letters received as a result of the first information. letter I mailed earlier. Remember our HALES family motto, vis unita fortior – United force is We were enthused with your letter, and stronger. We as a family can unite. We with what you are doing. We feel you can build a strong family organization if have taken quite a responsibility on your we apply ourselves. Give me your own, and feel if people won't support support and I will get our organization you, they are certainly missing moving. something. Many letters I have received have asked Your HALES Genealogical circular was me to further-identify myself. I am a 36 received and appreciated. Also, the year old GG Grandson of Stephen Hales program that you seem to have in mind who married his cousin Mary Ann Hales. sounds good. We hope it turns out to be This Stephen Hales was born in successful . Stockbury, Kent, England and arrived in Canada in 1832.. Stephen Hales Your letter and background of the family descended from ancestors located near name of 'Hales' was most interesting and HALES Place, Boxley, Kent, England we thank you for your time and efforts. mentioned as the home of Sir Robert Austen in 1728. Sir Robert Austen was We were surprised and pleased to the GG Grandson of William Austen and receive your letter, as we have often Elizabeth Hales. There are many HALES wondered about the Hales family people that descend from this Stephen ancestry. Hales – we will explore his parentage later in another Newsletter. I am delighted to hear from another My great grandparents were George Hales who is interested in Hales and Sarah Ann Gregory. My genealogy and hope with all my heart grandparents were Charles Harmon that ours is the same family. Hales and Eva May Burgess. My parents -2- I have written to my grandfathers niece leave a good record for our descendants. – she is supposed to have about 18 The main objective of the HALES pedigree charts on the Hales line. When Genealogical Society at this time is to to she sends them I will make copies and gather enough information to make a send them to you. book of all HALES individuals world- wide. You will be interested to learn that one Don't be left out of the proposed book of my cousins compiled a Hales Family or our HALES Directory – return the record for us – starting with our great family sheet to me as soon as possible so grandfather. It was completed in 1966 that we may begin the next level. The and I am sending a copy to you under sheets do not have to be typed as I separate cover. am retyping all of them, but please make them as complete as possible (i.e. show There are many others who have written the maiden names of the wives and all to me. I have heard from a Minister in known dates). Kansas, an attorney in San Jose, a UPI For our book, after you have sent me newsman who could probably write this the family sheet of your family, please Newsletter better than me but I begin collecting the information to welcome his comments, and many complete a family sheet for your parents others. family. Begin thinking about writing a short About your letters, unless the history of yourself. This history should information requested by anyone contain things of importance to you – pertains to them only, I would prefer to what you remember, how you think. This answer letters in the Newsletter. history should be completed in less than This will help me to avoid duplication 1000 words. Mail the information to me and with the mailing list I am using of when you can. This information will be several hundred HALES families will used for future articles for our simplify the job I am trying to do. Please newsletter. feel free to write however, your letter will get an answer. Sir JAMES HALES – Justice of Thanks to all of you that have gone the Common Pleas an extra mile and sent me much unrequested data. I have begun the task In the reign of Henry VIII (1509 – 1574) of setting it all in order. the family of HALES made its first I hope that you are as enthused appearance among the Judges of about receiving this Newsletter as I am England. James Hales the eldest son of in composing it. If you have any John Hales and Isabel Harry of the suggestions about the format, please Dungeon near Canterbury was a send me your comments and member of Gray's Inn, where he was an suggestions. ancient in 1528, autumn reader in 1533, One of the reasons that contributes double Lent reader in 1537, and a triple to the difficulty in reconstructing Lent reader in 1540. James Hales was a family history is poor record keeping. created a knight of the Bath at the Many people do not realize how much coronation of Edward V, on February 20, value a good record of what is 1547. He married Margaret Hales happening will be to future generations. daughter of Thomas Hales of Henley-on I propose that we do not let any more Thames. On May 10, 1549 he was time pass without all of us spending appointed a judge of the common pleas. enough time to make certain that we Sir James Hales had the privilege of -3- keeping swans, a much sought after Sir James Hales was so disturbed grant from the crown, which allowed after his release that he finally drowned captivity on his own private waters of himself on August, 4 1554 in a shallow this royal bird. stream at Thanington near Canterbury. The birds were pinioned and marked This incident suggested to Shakespeare with his private marking illustrated the arguments which he put into the here. grave digger's mouth in Hamlet: – “If here lies the water, good: here stands the man, good: if the man goes to this water and drown himself, it is, will he, nil he, he goes, mark you that: but if the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himself: Argal, he that is not guilty of his own death shortens not his own life.” James HALES Born 1470 of Canterbury, Kent, England the son of John HALES and Isabella HARRY or HARRIS.
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