"3. Thomas3 Hale (Timothy2), born at Windsor, Conn., 26 Aug. 1672, died at Springfield [Longmeadow], Mass., 9 May 1750, aged 78 (gravestone); married first, at Springfield, 15 Feb. 1704/5, Experience Burt, … daughter of Nathaniel2 and Rebecca (Sikes) Burt; married second, at Springfield, 3 June 1724, Abigail (Warner) Ferry, … daughter of Mark and Abigail (Montague) Warner, and widow of Charles Ferry, Jr.
He requested the Town of Springfield to grant him meadow land at the head of the 'Norther Branch of Longmedow Brooke,' 12 Mar. 1699/1700, and it was granted 11 Mar. 1700/1, at which time he asked for 10 acres more. He was chosen a fence viewer, 9 Mar. 1702/3, for Longmeadow, also 12 Mar. 1705/6, hayward (or field driver), 11 Mar. 1706/7, fence viewer and hayward, 8 Mar. 1708/9, and fence viewer, 10 Mar. 1729/30; a surveyor for highways, 9 Mar. 1707/8, 14 Mar. 1720/1, and 12 Mar. 1733/4; a tithing-man, 13 Mar. 1715/16; and Constable, 11 Mar. 1717/18."