Martha Hale (1765–) • FamilySearch

Martha Hale

25 April 1765–
Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America

The Life of Martha

When Martha Hale was born on 25 April 1765, in Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Hale, was 36 and her mother, Abigail Smith, was 43. She married William Thompson on 29 November 1787, in New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

William Thompson

1763–

Martha Hale

1765–

Marriage: 29 November 1787

William Thompson

1789–

Sally Thompson

1796–

Nancy Thompson

1800–

Electra Thompson

1802–1882

Calvin Thompson

1804–

Theoda Thompson

1806–

David Thompson

1791–

Rhoda Thompson

1797–1872

Spouse and Children

William Thompson

Male1763–Male

Martha Hale

Female1765–Female

MARRIAGE
29 November 1787
New Hampshire, United States

children

(8)

William Thompson

Male1789–Male

David Thompson

Male1791–Male

Sally Thompson

Female1796–Female

Rhoda Thompson

Female1797–1872Female

Nancy Thompson

Female1800–Female

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Parents and Siblings

Joseph Hale

Male1729–1814Male

Abigail Smith

Female1722–1808Female

siblings

(6)

Hannah Hale

Female1752–1802Female

Male1754–1827Male

Male1758–1822Male

Female1760–Female

Male1762–Male

+1 More Child

Name Meaning

Hale

Martha

1 English (also well established in South Wales): topographic name for someone who lived in a nook or hollow, from Old English and Middle English hale, dative of h(e)alh ‘nook’, ‘hollow’. In northern England the word often has a specialized meaning, denoting a piece of flat alluvial land by the side of a river, typically one deposited in a bend. In southeastern England it often referred to a patch of dry land in a fen. In some cases the surname may be a habitational name from any of the several places in England named with this fossilized inflected form, which would originally have been preceded by a preposition, e.g. in the hale or at the hale.2 English: from a Middle English personal name derived from either of two Old English bynames, Hæle ‘hero’ or Hægel, which is probably akin to Germanic Hagano ‘hawthorn’ ( see Hain 2).3 Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Céile ( see McHale ).

Possible Related Names

Hain

McHale

Halle

Earnshaw

Haile

Hales

Hallam

Halling

Hallows

Heal

Sources (3)

Mary Hale in entry for Electa Kemland, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
Martha Hale, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
Martha Thomson in entry for William Thompson, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"

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