Hale (surname)

Hale is a surname. Lords of Loddon-Hales, Hale or "De Halys" traces back to Lord Roger De Halys circa 1130, whose descendant Lord Roger De Halys married Alice Scrogins circa 1275 whose daughter Alice Hale married Thomas, Prince of England (Son of Edward I of England), those who were the ancestors of William Hale who married Rose Bond of Kingswaldenbury, their grandson George Hale (A Drummer) came to America on the ship "Supply" in 1620 where he lived with the governor Sir Frances Wyatt of Virginia. It is said that the Hales were related to Saint Edmund, King of East Anglia in which the Hales get their Arrows pointing downward in their coat of arms.[1][2]

Notable people with the surname

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References

  1. Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M. (1 December 1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3 ed.). London: Routledge. p. 1463. ISBN 9780415057370. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195081374. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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