Nathan Hale was hung because he was a spy for the patriots and was out of uniform on the British side and was claimed as a spy. He was hung in manhattan.
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Nathan Hale was born in Connecticut Colony in 1755. He was hanged in the Province of New York in 1776.
Nathan Hale (who while serving as a Captain in Knowlton's Ranger's was captured and hanged as a spy on September 22, 1776) did not have any direct descendants...but indeed does have many, many descendants. Among those most notable, was Washington Hunt, who served a term as Governor of New York. He was Nathan's grandnephew. A nephew, Nathan Hale (who had a son he named Nathan Hale, Jr) was a writer who established the 1st daily newspaper in Boston.
Nathan Hale was a soilder of the American revolution
Nathan Hale had 11 brothers and sisters, of which we know only his brother Enoch.
It is estimated that Nathan Hale weighed approximately 150 pounds. Hale was born on June 6, 1755 in the Coventry, Connecticut Colony.
Unlikely. Alan Hale McKahan, Jr was the birthname of the latter.