COL. NATHAN HALE was born in Hampstead, Rockingham Co., N. H. on the 23d day of September, 1743.

 

Col. Hale was by occupation a merchant. He came to Rindge in company with his brothers, Moses and Enoch, shortly after the flrst settlement of the place. On the 28th day of January, 1766, he was married to Abigail Grout, who was born in Lunenburgh, Mass., March 23d, 1745.

 

Col. Hale commanded the second of three battalions which were raised in New Hampshire in 1776, to serve for the period of three years. He was engaged in the battle of Hubbardton, and was taker prisoner there by the British. Col. Hale returned home on parole, but was eventually ordered to return to captivity by the British.  He died of illness, while a prisoner on Long Island, in the month of September, 1780, he being then thirty-seven years of age. He left, surviving him, his widow, four sons and two daughters.

 

Mrs. Hale was a woman of great resolution, and managed her affairs with remarkable success. She lived in Rindge for many years, and died in Chelsea Vt., on the 14th day of September, 1838, in the ninety-fourth year of her age.

 

The following are the names of Col. Hale's children, and the times of their birth and death

 

1. CHARLOTTE (Mrs. Lowe)...Born Dec. 30' 1766....Died May 5, 1841.

2. THOMAS …………………................ Sept. 6'  1769      "      Dec. 1, 1797.

3. NATHAN .. ...... ....……................July  1,  1771     "       Jan. 9, 1849.

4. A SON . …………………… ................July    1773    "   Same day.

5. ELIPHALET ……………………..........May 16, 1775     "        Sept. 26, 1852.

6. POLLY ……………………………..........April 26, 1778     "        Sept. 26'1795.

7. HARRY……………………………........... Feb. 10, 1780.   "         June 2' 1861.

 

 

 

(This biography was copied from Ebenezer Fletcher's Narrative published in the 19th Century)