Person:Robert Hale (17)

Carpenter. Member #18 of the Boston church in the fall of 1630, then one of hte founding members of the Charlestown church 2 Nov 1632. ^[3] He was a deacon at Charlestown, as well as a selectman and lotlayer over the years.^[4]

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Robert Hale, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

   Origin: Unknown Migration: 1630. Boston, then Charlestown 1632
   Birth: By about 1607 based on estimated date of marriage
   Death:Charlestown 16 Jul 1659

2.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   2:330.

   ROBERT, Charlestown, came prob. in the fleet with Winthrop 1630, and was of the earliest mem. of Boston ch. being No. 18, and with his w. Joanna among those who formed the Charlestown ch. 14 Oct. 1632, of wh. he was one of the first two deac. freem. 14 May 1634, ar. co. 1644, ensign and a selectman 11 yrs. d. 16 July 1659; had, beside John, b. 3, bapt. 5 June 1636, H. C. 1657, bef. ment.; Mary, 17, bapt. 19 May 1639; Zechary, 3 Apr. 1641, who d. at two yrs.; Samuel, 9 Apr. 1644; and Joanna. His wid. m. Richard Jacob of Ipswich, and d. a 1679. Joanna m. 9 Nov. 1664, John Larkin; and Mary m. Edward Wilson.

3. ↑ Great Migration, citing BChR 13 and ChChR 7.
4. ↑ Great Migration, citing Charlestown Town Records