1John Benjamin Nichols, Origin of the Sale (Searles) Family in New England, The American Genealogist Vol. 21, pp. 244-245 (1944).
"3. EDWARD SALE, son of Edward and Elizabeth Sale, baptized at Chesham December 24, 1609. Came to New England from London in April, 1635, in the Elizabeth and Ann; his age being given as 24 (sic) and his name, as printed in Hotten, Edward "Sall."
He settled first at Marblehead, and about 1636 married Margaret -------.
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Edward Sale had the following children:
EPHRAIM, baptized in Hingham in May, 1638; cooper; freeman 1672; lived in Boston; member and lieutenant of ther Artillery Company of Boston; occasional official and committeeman in Boston. By wives Alice and Mary had ten children born 1673-1689. Died December 2, 1690, leaving a considerable estate.
OBADIAH, born July 26, 1640, in Weymouth; freeman 1681. By wife Sarah had four children born 1680-1684 in Boston.
NATHANIEL; mentioned in his brother Ephraim's will; died December 14, 1714, in Weymouth.
REBECCA; married Jarrett Ingraham May 28, 1662, in Boston; had twelve children born 1663-1686, in Boston, Rehoboth, and Swansea; buried August 16, 1691.
MARIAN,(or Meriam), born 1645; married William Carpenter February 10, 1663/4, at Rehoboth.
JOHN.
ROBERT.
The Rehoboth town records note the death of the wife of Edward Sale simply as occurring on July 13, 1664, without giving her first name. It has been assumed that this was Margaret, the original wife. As a matter of fact, however, Edward Sale's wife who died July 13, 1664, at Rehoboth, committed suicide, by hanging; a record of the inquest is given in the New Plymouth Colony Records (volume IV, page 83), and in this her first name is specified as Rebeckah. Edward Sale therefore apparently had two wives, Margaret in 1637, and Rebecca in 1664; or the same wife may for personal reasons have changed her forename.
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Edward Sale died at Weymouth in 1693 (inventory dated April 13, 1693).".