Chapter X

Ancestors And Descendants Of Nathan Hale's Parents

Robert Hale arrived in Massachusetts in 1632.
He was one of those sent from the first church in
Boston to form the first church in Charles town in
1632, and was a deacon of this church. He was a
blacksmith by trade. He also had a gift for practical
mathematics, being regularly employed by
the General Court of Massachusetts as a surveyor
of new plantations. His son John, of whom
mention has been made in connection with the witchcraft
delusion, was a graduate of Harvard in 1657.
Samuel, the fourth son of John, was the father of
Richard, father of Nathan Hale.

Elizabeth Strong, wife of Deacon Richard Hale
and mother of Nathan, came from a family more
notable than that of her husband. Her grandfather,
Joseph Strong, represented Coventry in
the General Assembly of Connecticut for sixty-five
sessions and presided over town-meeting in his
ninetieth year.

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