BiographyEltruda Hale was born 24 December 1801 in Glastonbury, Connecticut, the daughter of Thomas Hale and Lucretia House Hale. She married Francis Ely (23 January 1796 in West Springfield, Massachusetts - 26 May 1880 in Tarrytown, New York) on 15 March 1824. Her daughter, Lucy Sturges Ely (1845-1929), married Edgar Waterman (1822-1897).