How old is reverend john hale in the crucible
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Reverend John Hale was a minister from Beverly best known for his role in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
Born in Charlestown in 1636 to local blacksmith Robert Hale, as a child Hale witnessed Massachusetts’ first execution of a convicted witch, in 1648, with the hanging of Margaret Jones of Charlestown.
Hale was later educated at Harvard, where he earned a theology degree in 1657, and worked as a teacher and tutor after graduation.
A few years later, Hale was invited to preach at the First Parish Church in Beverly and became the church’s first official pastor in 1667. For his service, the church awarded him 200 acres of pastureland on what is now modern day Hale street in Beverly.
John Hale House in Beverly, Mass
After his first wife, Rebecca Byles, passed away in 1683, Hale married Sarah Noyes a year later. He then went on to serve as a chaplain to the militia during the Massachusetts campaign to capture the fortress of Louisburg in Canada in 1690.
Rev. John Hale & the Salem Witch Trials:
A few years after returning from the war, Hale became involved in
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John Hale was born in Charlestown, MA in 1636 and came to Beverly to preach when it was still known as the "Bass River Side" of Salem.
John Hale served as the pastor at Beverly’s First Parish Church until his death in 1700; he was buried in the Abbot Street cemetery. Hale played a role in the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials and later wrote a book published posthumously, “A Modest Inquiry Into the Nature of Witchcraft,” in an effort to explain what had happened. That book was written at Hale Farm.
Owners of Hale Farm:
Rev. John Hale (1636-1700): 1692-1700
Dr. Robert Hale (1668- 1719): 1700-1719
Col. Robert Hale, Jr. (1702-1767): 1719-1767
Elizabeth Hale Ives (1725- 1767) and son Robert Hale Ives (1744-): 1767-1782
Thomas Poynton Ives, then his sister Elizabeth’s husband Thomas Bancroft: 1782-1845
Note: From 1782-1845 the property was rented to tenant farmers. Peter and Bridget Trainor, who lived nearby in 1852, may have farmed the property in the 1840s. In 1845, Thomas Poynton Bancroft (1799-?) began using the house as a summer residence.
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Reverend John Hale
Reverend John Hale
-In 1692, John Hale was 56 years old.
-His parish was in Beverly on what is now Cabot Street.
-His wife, Sarah Noyes Hale was a cousin of Nicholas Noyes, minister of the Salem Town church.
-In 1680, Hale had come to the defense of Bridget in the case in Boston regarding her bewitchment of Thomas Oliver.
-On March 11, 1692 Hale, with the Reverend Noyes, was asked by The Reverend Parris to observe the girl’s afflictions. Even though it appeared to them that the girls were bewitched, they suggested that Parris fast and pray and wait before crying out on anyone for witchcraft.
-Hale was the only eye-witness to the afflictions of the girls who recorded them in writing.
-Betty Parris later confessed to Hale that it was the fortune-telling the girls had participated in that began the trouble.
-In July, Hale testified against accused witch, Dorcas Hoar, with whom he had had many conversations about her fortune telling. Hale’s (now-dead) daughter had suspected that Hoar was trying to kill her—a fear which Hale had tried to assuag
Reverend John Hale
Reverend John Hale
-In 1692, John Hale was 56 years old.
-His parish was in Beverly on what is now Cabot Street.
-His wife, Sarah Noyes Hale was a cousin of Nicholas Noyes, minister of the Salem Town church.
-In 1680, Hale had come to the defense of Bridget in the case in Boston regarding her bewitchment of Thomas Oliver.
-On March 11, 1692 Hale, with the Reverend Noyes, was asked by The Reverend Parris to observe the girl’s afflictions. Even though it appeared to them that the girls were bewitched, they suggested that Parris fast and pray and wait before crying out on anyone for witchcraft.
-Hale was the only eye-witness to the afflictions of the girls who recorded them in writing.
-Betty Parris later confessed to Hale that it was the fortune-telling the girls had participated in that began the trouble.
-In July, Hale testified against accused witch, Dorcas Hoar, with whom he had had many conversations about her fortune telling. Hale’s (now-dead) daughter had suspected that Hoar was trying to kill her—a fear which Hale had tried to assuag
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