Col. George HALE

1759 - 1803  (44 years)

• Name	George HALE
  Title	Col.
  Birth	24 Jul 1759
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Aug 1803	Catskill, Greene County, NY
  Burial	16 Aug 1803	Catskill, Greene County, NY
  Notes	(1) Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Waterman, Edgar Francis, Hale, House and Related Families [Reprint], Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001, pp. 87-88: Col. GEORGE HALE . . . , born [say 1756], buried at Catskill, N. Y., 16 Aug. 1803, aged 45; married at Glastonbury, 4 Jan. 1787, HOPEFUL MOSELEY, born at Glastonbury, Conn., 5 July 1764, died after 1803, daughter of Capt. Joseph and Hopeful (Robbins) Moseley. In 1789 he was associated with the Pitkin family in setting up a glass factory in East Hartford, and they were granted a lottery to raise funds. In Oct. 1790 he was made Lieutenant of the 6th Troop, 1st Regt., of Light Horse. In the 1790 Census he was at Glastonbury with a family of three females and a slave. On 10 Oct. 1793, a regiment of Militia was organized in the town of Catskill, then in Albany County, of which George Hale was appointed second Major, and in 1798 he became Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of this regiment. After Greene County was set up in 1800, he is mentioned as still in command, but a successor was appointed for him 27 March 1862, after he was appointed Sheriff. George Hale of Glastonbury, for ??50, conveyed 3 Apr. 1792 to Capt. Elisha Hale of Glastonbury, 4 acres 3 rods. Of Catskill, Albany Co., N. Y., he sold 4 Apr. 1795, for ??300, to Joseph Moseley of Glastonbury, 87 acres. Administration on his estate was granted, 25 Oct. 1803 to his widow Hopy and Thomas Hale, and Joseph Moseley and Dorrance Kirkland signed the bond with them. Children of Col. George and Hopeful (Moseley) Hale: i. SOPHIA, m. COL. ELISHA CAMP, son of Elisha and Keziah (Durkee) Camp. ii. A daughter. iii. A daughter. (2) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011: Name: Colonel George Hale SAR Membership: 88500 Birth Date: 24 Jul 1759 Death Date: 15 Aug 1803 Father: Jonathan Hale Mother: Elizabeth Welles Spouse: Hopy Moseley Children: Sophia Hale
  Person ID	I28548	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jonathan HALE,   b. 1 Feb 1720, Glastonbury, Hartford County, CT d. 7 Mar 1776, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, MA (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth WELLES,   b. 15 Nov 1722, Glastonbury, Hartford County, CT d. 23 Mar 1804, Glastonbury, Hartford County, CT (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1744	Glastonbury, Hartford County, CT
  Family ID	F12391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hopeful MOSELEY,   b. 5 Jul 1764, Glastonbury, Hartford County, CT d. Aft 15 Aug 1803 (Age > 39 years)
  Marriage	4 Jan 1787	Glastonbury, Hartford County, CT
  Family ID	F12436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024