Person:Israel Heald (3)
Israel Heald
b.30 Jul 1660 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.8 Sep 1738 Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1645
  1. Dorcas Heald1645 - 1650
  2. Gershom Heald1646/47 - 1717
  3. Dorothy Heald1649 - 1674
  4. _____ HealdEst 1653 - Aft 1662
  5. Isaac HealdEst 1657 - 1717
  6. Israel Heald1660 - 1738
Spouse and Children
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m. 1685
  1. Oliver Hale1686 - Bef 1755
  2. Israel Hale1687 - Bef 1734
  3. Joseph HealdAbt 1689 - 1724
  4. Dorothy HaleAbt 1692 - 1776
  5. Mary Heald1698 - 1758
  6. Benjamin HaleCal 1704 - 1776
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Facts and Events
Name[1][6] Israel Heald
Alt Name[6] Israel Held
Alt Name[6] Israel Hale
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 30 Jul 1660 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 1685 Concord, Middlesex, MAto Martha Wright
Will[5] 7 Sep 1738
Occupation[1] Blacksmith, farmer.
Death[1] 8 Sep 1738 Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[3][4] Lower Village Cemetery, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[5] 6 Nov 1738

Blacksmith and farmer.

Israel is buried at Stow, Mass., Old Cemetery with wife Martha under the name of Heald, while his son Benjamin right beside him bears the name "Hale".[4]

Home first in Concord, then March 13 1680/81, received a grant of land in Stow, Massachusetts, and settled there about 1682. He was taxed in Stow in 1688 under Gov. Andros (as Israel Heale) (NEHGR, p. 32:81).

He took part in the Expedition to Canada 1688. May 21,1691, The MA Gen Court voted that "the several persons here under named lately employed as Seaman and Soldiers in their Majisties Service against the French and Indian Enemy, who were wounded, and maimed in said services. That a yearly stipend be allowed then as Followth, until this court of Governour, and Council take further Order." Israel Heale appears on the list of wounded, he received 40 shillings per year.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 John Heald, in Threlfall, John B. Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & their Origins. (Madison, Wisconsin: J.B. Threlfall, 1990)
    201.

    Israel (Heald), b 30 July 1660; … wounded in 1690 expedition to Canada; … he was a blacksmith, farmer; d 8 Sept. 1738 ae 78 - g.s.

  2. ↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
    9.

    Isarel Sonne of John held and Dority his wife borne. 30: July 1660.

  3. ↑ Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund, 1911)
    249.

    Heald, Israel, h. Martha, Sept. 8, 1738. [a. abt. 78, (grave record, from Old Cemetery at "Stow Lower Village"].

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Israel Heald, in Find A Grave.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Film 397091 Files 11036-11125, in Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
    File 11051: Israel Haeld 1738.

    Will of "Israel Haeld of Stow ... Blacksmith", dated 7 Sep 1738, proved 6 Nov 1738, "allready having Disposed of ye Most of My Estate in my Life to my Several Children who have been Ever Dutifull to me", names wife Martha; eldest son Oliver [executor]; Grand Son Joseph Davis a Son [of] my Daughter Dorothy; "as for my other children I hope and advise them to be content with what I have given y'm In ye Day".
    6 Nov 1738: Bond of Oliver Heald Yeoman of Stow as executor.

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The surname "Heald" was variously spelled (e.g., "Held" in the early Concord Vital Records, "Heale" in Stow records, Haild, etc.) in the first several generations. Then, at least in the Connecticut Valley branch, it soon morphed into "Hale".
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