Hale Family - Our branch of the Hale family trace back to about 1770 when William Hale was born. Nothing is known of his early life or his marriage to Elizabeth. In 1790's they were living in the Digswell/Welywn/Tewin area of Hertfordshire before moving to Hertford, possibly via North London in the early 1800's. By 1807 William had come to Hertford, as in the summer of 1807 William leased land in Hertford from Capt. John Townshend (see Documents), and started Market Gardening there. He died in 1828, and his Will and Codicil (see Documents) give much information about his family and his business. Elizabeth, his wife, died in 1835. Together they had 9 children, 4 sons and 5 daughters. Many of the children lived in Hertford or nearby, or moved to Islington in North London. To date 45 of William & Elizabeth's grand children have been found! (More detailed family history.). Robert's family ancestors

Le Cocq Family believed to be Hugonauts from Manche in northern France moving to Jersey by the late 1700's and settling in Trinity, Jersey by 1797 and then to St. Martins and St. Helier in Jersey, and the Maret/Marett family from Grouville and St. Saviours, Jersey, dating back to c. 1540

Hepher Family a large farming family from Swavesey area in northern Cambridgeshire during the 1700 and 1800's.

Oliver Family a large farming family from Westoning / Flitwick and surrounding villages in Bedfordshire during the 1700 and early 1800's. Thomas Oliver moved to Hatfield Hyde, Hertfordshire in the mid 1800's. Some of his children movied to Stoplsey (near Luton) in Bedfordshire in the late 1800's. Here they farmed Stoplsley and Wigmore farms. One of his sons, James Oliver, founded the business that became known as AT Olivers, still in the Luton area.

Other family names researched include Troup, Marshall, Kingham, Tinsley, Wright, Searing, Bunker, Fox, Foxon, Tilzey, Chance, Field, Oliver, Curtis, Higgs, Watkins, Brett, Scammell, Tinsley, Litten, Coe and Shoebridge.

Kings Walden Hale Family - a leading Hertfordshire family in the late 16th, 17th, 18th and first half of the 19th centuries. Robert Clutterbuck detailed their Pedigree in 1815 in his book 'History and Antiquities of Hertford'. They had estates across Hertfordshire, some of which it is believed the William Hale from our Hale family may have worked on in the late 1770's as the parishes where his children were christened all had Hale estates. Perhaps the two Hale families are linked? The Clutterbuck pedigree has been extended with additional data.