[20121107 Note: link is dead. Commentary below is from User:Persisto ]
Nicholas Haile (ca. 1620-before 1670) & Mary (-1672)
Married May 5, 1654? between 1642-48?
Nicholas Haile, of York County, planter, gave power of attorney to Dr. Thomas Roots in Lancaster County in 1654. That we know. What about the rest....?
Here is what one source says (which I can't find at the moment) : Nicholas was born in England. He was the son of Nicholas Heale (1575-, matriculated at Magdalen Hall at Oxford in 1590) and the grandson of Robert Heale of Wotton-on-Edge, Gloucestershire. He came to Elizabeth City Co in 1645. He purchased 100 acres in York Co VA in 1648, then moved to Lancaster Co. VA in 1654, purchasing around 1500 acres, including 500 acres on Corrotoman Run in 1657.
However, here's a more likely line of descent:
Nicholas was born in 1628 near Elizabeth City VA. His father was George Hale who sailed from Bristol Eng. in 1620 on the Supply and is listed as "George Hale, a drummer, age 18 years." He landed at Elizabeth City in the fall and lived with Sir Wyatt Governor of the colony. George was born in 1601 at Kings Walden, Hertfordshire,England at the Hale Manor House (which they owned 1575-1898). His father was William, son of Richard (1536-1620), whose father was Thomas of Codicote , whose father was Edward Hales, whose father was Gilbert Hales, whose father was Henry Hales , whose father was Thomas Hales , whose father was Nicholas Hales, whose father was Nicholas Hales of Hales Place Halden in the County of Kent, England. [hmmm--there had to be some mothers in there too!] George Haile's wife was named Elizabeth. They had three sons; Francis, Nicholas and Thomas. Francis was the father of Capt. Richard Haile of his majesty's Dragoons and his wife was named Jane; Richard m. Mary, fathered John Haiale of South Farnham Parrish in Essex County. The children of John Haile and Mary Fullerton are john, Francis (--d. Bedford, 1780, m. Adara Meador), Thomas, Benjamin, Mary, and Susanna. [buffalojwh@@aol.com].
And yet another! Bridget Champernon (daughter of Henry Champernon) married Thomas Hele/Haile, and their son was Nicholas Haile. [wmarshburn@@aol.com]
Proof on the heritage of Nicholas would be gratefully accepted and acknowledged!
Children:
:George (1647-), John, Francis, Joseph, Richard (1650-)m. Mary Bullock, Mary, Nicholas (1656?-). According to the will, only George, Mary, and Nicholas were alive at the time of his death. Mary, born ca. 1652, married Henry King, then Charles Merryman. Nicholas, born ca. 1656, married Frances Garrett and died 1730 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
