Col. Nathan Hale

1743 - 1780  (37 years)

• Name	Nathan Hale
  Prefix	Col.
  Born	23 Sep 1743	Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Group	Veteran or Patriot of Revolutionary War
  	Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier.
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	27075856
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27075856
  Died	23 Sep 1780	New Utrecht, Kings County, New York
  Buried	Aft 23 Sep 1780	Old Chelsea Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont
  Person ID	I13617	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family	Abigail Grout,   b. 23 Mar 1744/45, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 14 Sep 1838, Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont  (Age 93 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1766	Rindge, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
  Children	1. Capt. Nathan Hale,   b. 1 Jul 1771, Rindge, Cheshire County, New Hampshire ,   d. 10 Jan 1849, Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F6778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Sep 1743 - Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Married - 28 Jan 1766 - Rindge, Cheshire County, New Hampshire Died - 23 Sep 1780 - New Utrecht, Kings County, New York Buried - Aft 23 Sep 1780 - Old Chelsea Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Badges

  Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: Revolutionary War officer. As a young man, he moved with his parents (Moses and Elizabeth (Wheeler)) from Hampstead, NH to Rindge, New Hampshire to seek land grants with his brothers Enoch and Moses and they worked together as farmers and merchants and town officials. During the Revolution Nathan Hale formed his own company of 50 men in Rindge in order to receive officer status as Captain, and was then called to the battle of Lexington to begin his military campaign in the Revolution. He was promoted on the battle field after Bunker/Breeds Hill and Winter Hill and later served the Colonel and Commander of the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment. He then was tasked under the command of General St. Clair to aid and fortify Fort Ticonderoga, New York. General St. Clair discovered that the British had installed cannon on nearby Mt. Defiance overlooking Ticonderoga and could, at any moment rain cannon fire into the fort. In hast Gen St Clair evacuated Ticonderoga giving the job of caring for many wounded and sick to Colonel Hale, thus making the exodus of sick and wounded an easy target for British and German hires. He was captured by the British at the Battle of Hubbardton in July, 1777 and returned home on parole, but in 1779 was ordered by the British to return to captivity. He did, and died while he was still a prisoner of war. Nathan's brother Enoch followed the same military path and became Colonel. The earliest grandfather here in Massachusetts was Thomas Hale who arrived here in 1637 from Watton-At-Stone, Hertfordshire, England and documented by the book "Descendants of Thomas Hale" by Robert Safford Hale and can be seen on the Web. Further that Patriot Colonel Nathan Hale's life in the Revolution and his dedication to family, country and of his belief in God and the Revolution to set us free is captured in military journals and can be found in Wikipedia under Nathan Hale (Col) - including the letter to his wife from the Battle of Breeds and Winter Hill and the death toll of the British.