Ancestry of
John Steinbeck

Author of The Grapes of Wrath

Ezekiel Hale Jr.

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of John Steinbeck — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 94 
  • Father:
  • Ezekiel Hale 
  • Mother:
  • Ruth Emery   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Jul 1725 
  • Birth Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Aug 1789 
  • Death Location:
  • Dracut, Middlesex, Massacusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Sargent
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Jan 1755 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Abigail Hale (Ahnentafel No:47 )

  Moses Hale

• Additional marriages for Ezekiel Hale Jr.

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Moody
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Sep 1743
  • Marriage Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Sargent
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 13 Apr 1750
  • Marriage Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

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  • Spouse:
  • Hannah Balch
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Apr 1752
  • Marriage Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

• Sources for Ezekiel Hale Jr.

  • ¹ Essex Antiquarian, 1897, Vol. 1, p. 118.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newbury, Vol. 2, p. 215, Marriage record for Ezekiel Hale and Abigail Sargent at Methuen.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newbury, Vol. 2, p. 214, Marriage intention for Ezekiel Hale and Mary Sargeant.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newbury, Vol. 2, p. 215, Marriage intention for Ezekiel Hale and Hannah Balch.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newbury, Vol. 2, p. 214, Marriage record for Ezekiel Hale and Mary Moodey.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newbury, Vol. 1, p. 203, Birth record for daughter Abigail Hale.
  • ⁷ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1926, Vol. 80, p. 96.
  • ⁸ Balch, Galusha B., Genealogy of the Balch Families in America, Salem, Massachusetts: Eben Putnam, Publisher (1897), 55.
  • ⁹ Jackson, James R., ed., History of Littleton, New Hampshire, Vol. 3, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The University Press (1905), 242.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#66 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: New England Ancestors of Depression-Era Novelist John Steinbeck", (accessed 10/16/2014).