CS 71 .H177 11902 Copy 2 *>^.^€^f / /Z- JOHN HALL OF WALLINGFORD, CONN. A MONOGRAPH BY JAMES SIIEPAED. New Britain, Conn. 1902. RECORD PRESS / n K. JOHN HALL, OF WALLINGFORD, CONN. John Hall, of New Haven and Wallingford, was one of the after signers to the New Haven Planters' covenant, June 4, 1639, but the exact date of his signature thereto is not known. His autograph with that of the other after signers may be seen on page 3, first book of the New Haven Cok^ny records, and is the twenty-third autograph there given. The original agreement and names of the first signers are recorded in a uniform hand. This is followed by numerous autographs. From this fact it is thought that the original agreement when first signed, June 4, 1639, was on a loose sheet of paper and that the agreement and the names of the first signers were after- wards transcribed in the book by the clerk wlio left a blank space for subsequent signers. No date is given for any of these later signers. John Hall was in New Haven before Jan. 17, 1641, when he received land on Mill River at a meeting held on that date for the purpose of distributing land to the inhabitants by casting lots. He was a soldier in the Pequot war. May and June, 1637, as is shown by a grant of fifty acres of land fiom the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut, at the October session in 1698, to his son Thomas Hall of Wallingford, ''in consideration of his father's service in the Pequott warre." (C. R. Vol. 4, 276.) From 1641 until his death, 1676, his record is clear and free from doubt, but with the single exception of the fact that he was in the Pequot war of 1637, all records prior to his signing the New Haven Covenant are liable to be confounded with those of some other John Hall, which was by no means an uncommon name. In the Hartford division of land of 1639, (so called) one John Hall had six acres of land given him by court- esie of the town. This fact in connection with the grant of hiini iVoiii the Colony lor services in tlic Peqnol war, woiiUl be ounclusive that Jolm M:ill of New Haven was tlic ori},Mnal settler of Hartford Ki.'UJ, who had land in the distribution of ](>.'{'.), and that lie went to the war from Hartford witii Captain Mason, were it not for the fact that the Jiev. David B. Hall in his Halls of Xew En<,dand, 1S8.'{, (and others following- him), assei't that John Hall of iNIiddletown, Conn., was the original settler of Hart- ford, while others have published the supposition that John Hall of New Haven went to tlie Pecpiot war with Geni'ral tStoughton's men from Massachusetts (Genealogical notes by Theo. Parsons Hall, 1886, and Hall Ancestry, by Charles S. Hall, 1890.) Two questions are therefore laised. which can only be answei-ed by a full review of all the facts in connection with the history of the early settlers of Hartford, inst, did John Hall live at Hartford or Mass., at the time of his going to the Pequot war, and sec(^nd, was John Hall of New Haven, or John Hall of Middletown, the original settler of Hartford, to whom six acres of laud was granted iu the division of 1G39? One John Hall was made a freeman at Boston, May 14, KJ.Sl. Pope's Pioneers of Mass. says this was John Hall of Charlestown and so also does Savage. Charles S. Hall, Esqr., thinks this was John Hall of New Haven. John Hall of Charlestown signed the Church covenant there Aug. 25, 1630. The list of Freemen at Boston, begins with Oct. 19, 16.S0. It is not ])robable that any one would have waited four years after being a resident and a church member, before being made a freeman, and notwithstanding the statement of Pope and Savage, the pi-obability is that this John Hall of Charlestown was made a freeman before 1631, although no record is now found of the same. Eev. Messrs. Hooker and Stone were also made voters on this day, and thej" came to New England only the September before. In the same list we find the Tianies of IMr. William Brenton, Thomas Hubbard and John Walker and others who were afterwards known to have been friends or associates of John Hall of New Haven and we may assume that his right to be made a freeman accrued about the same time as that of his com- panions, whereas the rights of John Hall of Charlestown, to be made freenum had accrue(l three or more j'cars before. In the first record of the division of lands in Hartford 1639, we find also the name of John Hall, Messrs. Hooker and Stone and others who were made voters on that same 14th of May in 1034, and the presumption is that this same John Hall belonged either to the Hooker party who came over in 1(332, or the later party who came in 1633. In the absence of any record or proof to the contrary we would presume that the Pequot soldier of 1037, to whose son the colony of Connecticut gave land in com- pensation for this service, enlisted from Connecticut, and the original settler of Hartford is where we would naturally expect to find the John Hall of the Hooker party. If he was not from Hartford we may suppose almost with certainty, that he enlisted either from Windsor, Wethersfield, or Saybrook, the only other settlements in the state at that time. Tliere were about twenty men who went to this war from Saybrook, and 130 from the other three towns. In the Colonial records, we find grants of land to only thirty-five persons besides John Hall, for services in the Pequot war, less than one third of the whole number of Connecticut men. Of these thirty-five, all but one are known to have been residents of Connecticut in 1037. That one is Captain Nathaniel Merriman, whose first known location in this Country was New Haven, 1039. No one has ever suggested, so far as we know, that he did not enlist from Connecticut and we firmly believe that he was living in Connecticut before 1037, although we cannot say where. If Hall did not enlist from Connecticut the foregoing record of grants shows that the Hall grant was a notable exception to the general rule. In fact the presumption created by this grant, that he lived in Connecticut in 1037, is so strong that it would be accepted as conclusive, were it not for the suppositions before referred to that he enlisted from Massachusetts. It has also been supposed that he resided at or near Boston from the time he was made a freeman 1634, until we find him in New Haven 1039 or 40 ; not because any record of him has been found in Boston, but, we suppose, because no record has been found elswhere that was thought to belong to him. If the Colony of Connecticut granted land for the service of this John Hall under such different circumstances from that of the other grants, tlic piesiiiiipluii is lluil suinelliing ^V()nld liave appearcMl in the record of that jijrant to show some reason lor departinj; from the usual custom of giving Connecticut land only to Connecticut soldiers. If he was living in Connecticut in l(i37, what .Fohn Hall can establish a better right to be considered as the oiiginal settler of Hartford, than John Hall of New Haven who is positively known to have been a Pef|Uot soldier in 1()37, and pro- itabl}' a resident of Hartford as early as Hi'Mi '. There are no muster rolls of tlie Pequot soldiers of either Connecticut or .Massachusetts excepting that there is a list of the Plymouth men who enlisted but did not get ready to go until after the war was over. The quota for fourteen towns of Massachusetts is given in Savage's Wintliroi), p. Ii(j5, note, but so far as we can learn no list of the men from Massachusetts has ever been compiled and there is no complete list of the Connecticut men. Several persons have made and ])ublished lists from certain towns as taken from land records, Colonial reports, and other sources, but nothing like a complete list has ever been made, and i)roV)ably the list already made, besides being incomplete, may include some who did not serve. All of the Connecticut men, as found in these various lists, have been compiled and arranged alphabetic- ally by the present writer, together with the authority or authorities from which each name was taken. From all of these sources we tind the names of only 89 men out of the 150 who went from Connecticut. The most exhaustive list and the most comprehensive paper ever compiled as to the Hartford men is "The Soldiers Field," by Francis H. Parker of Hartford, (U. S. District Attorney for Connecticut) read before the Connecticut Historical Society of Hartford, Jan. 4. 1887. and the sup[)lcincnt thereto dated Feb. 5, 1880. The manuscript is now in the Library of the society. In this paper Mr. Parker puts down John Hall of Xew Haven and Walling- ford, as "one of the early settlei's of Hai'tford whose land was forfurted by removal fiom town." In conversation he stated that this was done with lull knowledge of the claim that John Hall of Middletown was. one of the early settlers of Hartfoi'd, but tliat he and the late Sherman W. Adam.s, caiefully considered the matter and they found evidence conclusive to both of them, that John Hall of New Haven, instead of John Hall of Middletown, Avas the early settler to whom land was granted by the town. In 1838 to 40, Wm. S. Porter, Surveyor and Anti- quarian, made a map of Hartford as it was in l(j40, and in 1842 he published his Historical notices of Hartford. The map was made from an exhaustive study of the land records, such as no other person has ever given. On this map the name of John Hall appears on only two lots. A lot south of present Asylum Street, and west of the rail road is marked ''John Hall to Wm. Spencer,'' and a lot on what is now Bushnell park is marked "Wm. Gibbons bot of John Freind, John Hale bot of Blumfield." The first lot is numbered 88 and the second 93 on Henry F. Smith's reproduction of Porter's 1640 map. Lot iSTo. 88 has a house on it, lot 93 has no house. Porter did not number the lots on his map, but in his notes he gave numbers for convenience of description. The Hall to Spencer lot he designated as No. 77. He also says "The original proprietors who did not settle on their respec- tive lots or who deceased or removed from town before 1640, are included in brackets." Opposite No. 77, he puts John Hall in brackets in a list of "first settlers who were not original proprietors."' It will thus be seen that while lot No. 77 of Porter, Smith's No. 88, had once been the home lot of one John Hall, there is no lot on that map with a house on it standing in the name of John Hall. A few facts about the early settlers of Hartford and their land, will be useful in considering the question of John Hall's Hartford land. With the exception of one entry, Hartford has no record of any kind of a date prior to Feb., 1639. That record is published in Hartford Town Votes page 1, and begins as follows: "Hartford 1635. Its ordered that whos- ever hath A lott granted in this Towne and Remoues from the same to dwell wi*^in ffower years after the granting of such lotts: then the sd lott or Lotts is to returne vnto the hands of the Towne agayne" &c. The prefatory note to the printed edition says that this "record could not have been made at that date, nearly two years before Hartford was named. The conditions, however, upon 8 wliicli lands wore <;rautoil may have hct-ii llius established at tlie bo.<;iiiiiiiii:; of the settleiueiit." The name M'as changed from Newtowne to * 'Hartford Towne" Feb. 21, 1().')(>. Th<; list of oi-iginal proprietors by ])urcliase and by eoiulesie, is dated UHV.K It is called the division of 1G39 because it bears that date and there is no record of any earlier division. There must however have been some kind of allotment or division before tliat date as shown by the i)rior vote :us to forlfciluie of lotts granted. Those who came to Hartford in ItJS.") and 1036 did not wait until lG3i) before they knew what land they could have to build on. They undouljtedly had land at the start and although no division w;is recorded until 1G39. that divisi£)n gave them the laud that they first occupied, and theii- right to it was the same as if the division had been made when they iii'st settled on it. In other words the division of 1<).39 made formal the divisions which had been informally made before that date. It is a common error to suppose that those who liad land by courtesie were later comers. The 1(539 list includes those that were there iis early as ir)35 and the list of the original proprie- tors by purchase, ;ind land owners by courtesie "were both entered at the same time, so that one kind of settler was there Just as early as the other. We know certainly that sev^eral of these owning land by courtesie were Hartford soldiers in the Pequot war in the spring of 1637. They were all original settlers and Porter calls them all "first settlers." The only diirerence between them was, that the origin ul proprietors put money into the general fund for the purchase of the land and what Porter calls the ''first settlers who were not original proprietors" decliiu'd to put money into the general fund. While the land by courtesie of the town was in the form of a gift to those who had no legal claim, it was not a gift without consideration. The recii)ients were in some way a l)enefit to the town. Is was a benelit to the town to even add one unol)jeetional person to the pioneer settlement and if that persoji was an artizan, or a teacher, the benelit was still greater. No d«jubt some of the original proprietors may not havesettled in Hartford until -.ilter 1636, and the same is true of those who had land by courtesie of • the town, but the great majority of both classes were at Hartford in 163<). If there is ;uiy ditfei-once in t nu\ the jirobabilty is that those who put in money as original proprietors may have been admitted of a later date than the last of those who were given land by eourtesie. To merely add one person or family to their number was a greater benefit in 1G36 than it was in 1G31>, and thei-efore if an ordinary person received land by eourtesie of the town, it is more than probable that he was there about 1636. Only those of unusual importance would be likely to receive land by eourtesie as late as 1639, and men of such importance would probably l)e r.\en of sufficient means to subscribe to the common fnnds and become original proprietors. In fact, after 1636 the ''emigration grew less and less until 1638, and though large numbers came to Massachusetts that year (1636) very few seem to have come to Connect- icut," (Andrew's "Eiver Towns of Conn." p. 139.) The probabilities are that John Hall who received six acres of land by eourtesie of the town in the so called division of 1639 was in Hartford as early as 1636. Turning now to the records : in the Connecticut Historieal Society Collections, Vol. VI, Hartford Towne votes, page 20, in the list of inhabitants having lotts at "The townes Courtesie" we find the name of John Hall. On page 24 of the same book we find that there were six acres of land in such "lotts." In Hartford land records, Copy of Distributions, 1639 to 1688, page 386, .(original p. 382) under the date 1610, Land belonging to William Spencer is recorded as follows — ' 'One parcell on which his dwelling house now standeth with other out houses yards and gardines tharein being Contayning by estimation two acres more or less wch he bought of John Halles abutting on the little river on the south and on the hyway leading from the mill into the Contre on the East and on the North and on the old pasture on the west." This was John Hall's home lot on Lord's Hill, now Asylum hill, south of Asylum Street and west of the railway. A^so page 387, "One parcell lying in the Pyne field 4 acres wch he bought of John Halles." 10 This was outside hiiul, north ul' Asvlum JSt. iiiul south of All):iny Ave. The liouie lot of 2 acres and this outside piece of 4 acres, make six acres, and as no other deeds show anowncrshiji or sale l)y John Hall of six acres, it is safe to assume that this is the land granted by courtesie of the town. This is further evidenced by the tiict that it M'as custonuiry to give these grants in two pieces, one a home lot in town of two acres and the balance in another piece outside of the porton set oil' for home h)ts. P. 410 original p. 405. No date but supposed to be the laud owned in Feb., 1639. "Land belonging to John Halles Sinor. viz. One psell on which his dwelling house standeth with other out houses. Yards, gardines tharein being contain by estimation one acre be it more or less which he bought of William PloUtten abutting on a highway on the East and on the west and on the North and on Pall Pecks land on the South. One psell of land wich he bought of William Blum- filld and was a psill of his house lot contain by estima one acre be it more or less, abutting on Ralph Keelers lott or land on the West and on William Bloumtilldes land on the East and Joseph Migattes land on the south and on the highway leading to the old mill on the north." The first piece, the house lot, cannot be definitely located. There is no record of Holton's land that is Itounded on three sides V)y a highway and no i-ecord of his land bounde'.l south l)y Paul Peck except his home lot on Washington street which was certainly not this lot, and there is no record of any other lot of Paul Peck's bounded north l)y William Hollen. Holten owned land west ot" Washington Street and this land was jjrobabiy there. It was outside of tlu- limits covered by the Porter 1640 Map. The land he bought of Blumfield was on what is now Bushnell park. p. 584, original 567, 1680. "Land belonging to John Hale." 11 One parcell of land on the East side of tlic great river which he bonght of John Dix with a liouse standing there- on, &c. This was in East Hartford. p. 242, original 238, Feb. 1G39. "Land belonging to James Ensign One pcell on which his dwelling house now standeth con by estima two acres be it more or les part whareof he bonght of John Halles and another he bonght of widow Richards abutting on the highway leading towed Farm- ington on the East and on a highway leading to John Beddelles land on the west and on Pall Pecks land and on Benjamin Harbordtts land on the south." This land was probably near Park st. west of Lafayette Street. p. 283, original 275, Feb. 1639, Land of William Holten. "One pcell land by Hockanum river 30 acres, part whereof he bought of John Moda and another pt. of John Halles" &c. This was in East Hartford. p. 322, original 322, No date. "Land in Hartford morgaged to Edmond Angermower latt of Cambridg in N'ew England by William Edwards for the paying of forty & five bush of wheat and twenty bushell of pease at several payments the last whereof is in May One thousand six hundred and fifty. One parsell one pt. whereof he bought of John Halles and another part of William Bloumfield with two tenements standing thereon containing by estima two acres be it more or less abutting on the highway leding to John Willcockes on the East and North and ou John Willcock land on the West and on his own land on ye south." This includes the land, p. 410, that "John Hall, Sinor" bought of William Blumfield, but no record is found of the deed convejdng this land to William Edwards. 12 p. 475, oii;;in;il VJ'S, Oct 2S, 1G53. ''Land bclong- iug to Thomas Catling. One pcell of land wcli liee l)Ouglit of John Hall Senior contaying by estiinatioii three acres be it more or less lying Jieer the wolf pound abutting upon the highway on the east and on the rivei-et on the west and upon the land of John Bernard upon the south and Arthur Smith upon the north." The west end of this lot must of been in the north part of Pope park, between Park Street and Capitol Ave. The foregoing includes c\ery ])i»'ce of land on record prior to 1().S8 in connection with which the name of John llall, or Hale, or similar name, appears as either grantor or grantee. On page 42, same book of distributions, Feb. 1639, Raljdi Keeler enters his house lot as bounded on the east by John Hall's land. p. 311, 163!>, William Rlumfield enters his house lot as bounded on the west by John Hall's land. p. 230, Xo date. John Wileox enters one piece of land boumled on "John Halles land Senior on the south." This land was outside the limits of Porters map, some- where west of Lafayette Street. p. 519, Oct. IS, 1655, the above land sold by Wilcox to John Bidwell and bounded "on land belonging to Thomas P>unce or John Hall Senr of Midleton South." The above entries by Keeler and IJlumfield Feb. 1639, show that John Hall senior owned the land on Bushncll park on or before Feb. 1()39. This land was originally laid out to John Freind (or at least one-half of it,) who forfeited it by removal from town, although he first illegally sold it to William (Jibbons. In Hart fold Town Votes p. 15. under date 14 Jan. 1639, the town agree "that Gibbons .shall enjoy the same as given him from the Towne but because he brake an order in Buying same he shall pay" a fine. Xo record is found wherein Gibbons sold his land to Bluiiifield. who sold it to John Hall Senior, but by this vote and the Keeler 13 and Blnmfield entries we fiud that John Hall senior did not bny this land until sometime after Jan. 14, 1G31), and before the last of Feb. 1639. There is nothing to show- that he ever owned any land in Hartford before Feb., 1639, and while no date appears in the entry of his land, p. 410, it appears to be entered as land that he owned in Feb., 1639. January and February 1639, under the present style of dating would be 1640, and the earliest possible record in Hartford that any one can claim for John Hall senior is after Jan. 14, 1639-40. All of the first entries in the book of distribution, unless dated subsequently to Feb. 1639, are supposed to be land that the respective owners had at that date. There are a few entries, like the Spencer laud, page 386, bearing date 1640, sandwiched in between those dated Feb., 1639, but all in the same style of writing and same kind of ink. It thus appears that these entries dated Feb. 1639, were not all of them recorded until sometime in 1640, but they all were records of land owned on or before Feb. 1639, no matter when they were recorded. Blank spaces were left in which insertions have since been made, but these insertions are easily distinguished in the original book. The six early entries immediately preceding that of John Hall's land, page 405, of the original book, are each dated Feb., 1639, and the date preceding these six entries is 1640. The first date in the same style of writing after page 405, is Mar., 1644, on page 407. Page 410 is evidently a subsquent insertion and here forty pages are lacking, the next page after 410 being 451. The book has been rebound so that it does not show a gap at the missing pages, but as the date on page 451 is 1645, and no earlier date follows it, we judge that 40 pages containing all records for about one year have been removed and that no mistake was made in numbering the pages. This may account for the fact that certain transfers as to the land we are considering are not found of record. As the book now stands this land of John Hall Senior's on page 405, clearly appears to be the record of the land which he owned in Feb., 1639, and also the very last one of the records of that date. This is certainly correct as to the date of the Blumfield lot on Bushnell park and probably correct as to the date of the home lot which was outside of the thickly settled x^ortion of the town. 14 John Hall Senior is easily followed in various records from Feb., 1G39, when his land was entered in Hartford, until Ort. IS, 1G55, after lie had removed to Middletown, Conneetient and therefore it is abscjlutely certain that all records in ilaitford of "John Hall Senioi" refer to John Hall (»f .Middletown. Assuming that one John Hall had a house in llain John Hall while the land which John Hall of MiddU'town purchased Avithin al)out a month of the same time, is entered under the name of John Hall Senior. This furthei- implies that John Hall tilt' original settler and John llall who ])urchased land at llaitl'ord in 1G39, were two different persons. 15 Savage and D. B. Hall both agree that John Hall oi Middletown, came from Roxbury, Mass. The Report of the Record Commissioners, in their Roxbury record p. 4, under date between 1G3G and 1640, gives a list of the inhabitants of Roxbury in which is the name of John Hall, having 12 acres of land and 4 persons in the family. His name also appears with the prefix Mr. in Elliott's church records of Roxbury. Ellis's History of Roxbury gives the date of the list of Roxbury inhabitants as certainly after 1638 and before 1640, Memorial History of Boston p. 407, gives the date for this list as 1639. We thus find that John Hall of Miklletowu was Mr. John Hall of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1638, with no affix, but when he reached Hartford in the same year he was John Senior. He must have had some reason for thus changing his name and the most probable reason is that when he arrived in Hartford, he was for the first time obliged in some way to distinguish himself from a prior inhabitant of the same name. It is true that he had a son John, but this son was only 20 years old in 1639, was not a land holder, and there was no reason why he should take the title Senior to distinguish himself from his son, rather than having his son take the title Junior. These facts clearly point to John Hall of New Haven as the original settler of Hartford rather than John Hall of Middletown, who was evidently a later settler. Furthermore whatever the date of recording the land of John Hall Senior may have been, it is a record of the laud he owned in Feb. 1639. The six acres given by the town were not sold until some time after March 25, 1640, and before March 26, 1641 present style of dating. If he had owned these six acres in 1639 they would have been included in his land of 1639. He would have done this to make the record complete even if his land record was not entered until after the six acres had been sold. The fact therefore that the entry of the land belonging to John Hall Senior in 1639, does not include the six acres sold in 1640, is conclusive evidence that John Hall of Middletown never owned the six acres granted by court- esie of the town. 16 While Mr. Francis II. Parker is no doubt correct in his conchisioii dial John Hall of New Haven was the original settler of Hartford and therefore went from that place to the Pequot war, he appears to be in error in assuming that he forfeited the said land by removal from town. ^Ir. Parker did not find any record of such forfeiture but assumed the same under the general rules. Under the first rules of IG.Jo, land was forfeited if the owner removed from the land within lour years after it was granted. H"the date of the giant .should be considered as l(!o!>, the record date of the first division, then ]\Ir. Parker would be right in supposing that John Hall forfeited this land under tliat rule. On the othei- hand if the date of the grant be considered as 1G35 or 36 when first occupied, tlieu one Mho had land in Hartford at the start would have a right to sell in 164(» without forfeiture, and this six acres of land was not sold until sometime in 1640. In Hartford tOMU votes, p. 41, under date of Feb. 18, 1640, find this vote, "Its ordered yt euery man yt hath beene an Inhabitant foure years shall haue power to sell all the Lands tliat he is possessed of." Under this rule, no matter when the land was granted, John Hall of Xew Haven would have had full right to sell his land without forfeiture, any time after Feb. IS, 1640, provided he came to Hartford as we suppose he did in lO.S") or 6. John Hall of Middletown however, re- mained in Roxbury, Massachusetts so late tliat he could not have sold land in Hartford under either rule in the year 1640. Again the date of this sale points to John Hall of New Haven rather than of Middletown. It is true that John of Middletown sold land in 1639, but it was not a sale of his home lot, nor a sale of all his land in Hartford. On the contrary the six acres sold in 1640 includes not only the home lot, but all the land of record in Hartford that John Hall of New Haven is sui^posed to have ever owned. The date also appears to be so nearly the date of his appearance in New Haven, as to clearly indicate a change of residence from Hartford to New Haven, about the time of selling the Hartford land. The clearing out or removal sale of John Hall of Middletown does not appear to liave taken place until about 16.j3. 17 Jolin Hall of Middletown was a Carpenter and if he had not remained at lioxbury so hite we would lind in his trade, a benefit to the town such as might be compensat- ed by a courteous grant of hmd, but it is extremely doubtful that any one who resided at Roxbury, Mas- sachusetts in 1639, sliould also have been given land in Hartford in that year by courtesie of the town even if lie was a desirable artizan. Again he appears to have been a man of some means and to have bought considerable land. He was just such a man as we would expect to find in the list of original purchasers or proprietors, rather than one seeking courtesie, provided he was in Hartford early enough, but the probability is that he came to Hartford too late to be included in the division of 1C39 under either head. On the other hand, John Hall of New Haven is not known to have resided in any jjlace other than Hartford between 1030 and 40, excepting as he may have resided temjiorarily at Wethersfield; he was a young man just starting in life, and all he could expect to do in Hartford was to add one accei^table person to rlie pioneer settlement. He was in fact, if one of the first comers, the ideal person to receive land by courtesie of the town rather than by purchase. We know that he was a soldier in the Pequot war and probably enlisted from Hartford. From the foregoing facts, the question as to which of the two John Halls was the original settler of Hartford, can only be answered in favor of John Hall of Kew Haven, This necessarily answers the other question that he resided at Hartford in 1637, when he enlisted as a soldier in the Pequot war. The only testimony that can be found showing John Hall of Middletown to have been the original settler of Hartford, is that in Rev. David B. Hall's book, and others who have erroneously adopted his views. Savage, as keen as he was, does not place him in Hartford until 1044, and that with no reference whatever to the original settlers. Savage ]nust have known that one John Hall was early in Hartford, but he did not even so much as venture one of his shrewd guesses as to which John Hall it was, and we find nothing in Rev. David B. Hall's book to indicate that he had any more light on the matter than Savage had. 18 In order to show how unreliable the testinit»n> of the Kev. Hall is, on this point, we will review some of the statements in his book bearin^: thereon. On pa^e 1, he says witli reference to John Hall of ]\H(hlletown, that he was Freeman, Boston 1G35, probably ''Joined the Hooker and Stone colony and went to Hail ford soon after, but did not remove his family until IGIJO." \Ve do not iind the sliuhtest tiling- to indicate that he came to llartfoi'd in ailvance of his family, or tliat he ever had any connection of any kind whatever with the Hooker and Stone party. This statement is i)robably a conjecture based on the fact that one John Hall was in the division of 1G.3!> and knowing;- that the family of John Hall of ]\Hddle- town was in Roxbury until lOSJ), and if he was with them he would have been too late in lemoving to Hartford to be included in the division of 1G30, it was necessary to invent the theoi-y of his coming in advance of the family, or some other theory, in order to lay a basis for the claim that he was one of the original settlei'S of Hartford. By saying this, Mr. Hall practically admits what we have herein before claimed, that John Hall of Middletown did uot actually remove from Koxbury early enough to be considered an original settler of Hartford. Again he says on the same page ''Mi-. Hall drew the home lot No. 77 of six acres on the brow of Lord's hill in IGoi). He also bought lands the same year of Wm. Hooker and \Vm. Bloomlield." There was no such thing in 1G39 as lot No. 77, nor any other iiuiid)er. This number was given the lot iu question l)y ^\'m. S. Porter two liundied years after John Hall sold it. I). B. Hall must have taken this lot number from Porter's notes, and these notes tell him ])lainly that the lot that .Tohn Hall drew was not designated by any number. Furthermore the only place in Porter's notes where this number appears in connection with the name of John Hall, has that name in brackets to indicate that the said lot No. 77 was not John HalTs home lot iu ]t)tO, because the said John Hall had not settled on the lot, or was dead, or had remo\ed from town. Thus we see that the very source from which he took the lot nund)er told hini that it was not John HalTs home lot in iGtO. If he had looked at the records, he would have found out that this lot was a two-acre home lot 11) aud not a six-acre home lot. As a general rule, the home lots were limited to two acres or less. The ''Wm. Hooker" land is a clerical or tyj^ograpliieal error for Wm. Ilolten, aud had Mr. Hall read the record of this land he would have discovered that this Holten lot, instead of lot No. 77, was John Hall's home lot ''on which his dwelling house standeth." His statement that John Hall was a ''surveyor of highways in Ilaitford in 1640 " should read 1644. (Hart- ford town votes page 75.) Again lie savs "In 1650 having sold his house aud home lot to Wm. Spencer he removed with his family to Middletown." The lot before referred to in Hall's book as the home lot, was sold iu 1640 iustead of 1650 as here implied, aud from this error in the Rev. D. B. Hall's book, many descendeuts of John Hall of Middletown have put it iu their family' record that the said John Hall lived for ten years on a lot that he never owned, and for ten years after any one by the name of Hall had ever owned that lot. There is no record to show that John Hall of Middletown ever sold a home lot iu Hartford, or a lot that had a house on it. Aside from the question of a house or home lot, there is no record of the sale of any laud iu Hartford by any one bearing the name of John Hall, between 1640 and Oct. 28, 1653, when John Hall, Senior, sold laud to Thomas Catting, and thus it does not appear that he sold any land iu 1650. This review of these state- ments shows conclusively that the unsupported statements of the author of this book cannot be depended upon iu the least, and yet it is believed that all tlie statements ever published to the effect that John Hall of jMiddletown was one of the original settlers of Hartford, originated with the apparent errors of the first page of this book. The only fact that could lead any one to suppose that John Hall of Middletown was an original settler of Hartford, is that he was living there from about 1640 to about 1650. This fact is more than offsett in favor of John Hall of New Haven, by the grant of 50 acres of land by the Colony of Connecti- cut, to the son of John Hall of New Haven and Wal ling- ford, in consideration of his father's services in the Pequot war of 1637. 20 The saino pajjo of "Tho TTalls of Now Eiif^land,'' says^ "Sep. 4, Ui'.i'.y, Joliu Hall, John Oldham and tAvo otliers started for the Connecticut river, where they were reported to be in October/' From the context, D. B. Hall is under- stood as claimin<; John Hall of Middletown for tlie companion of Oldham. Charles S. Hall, Esqr., argues Mith much force that Oldham's companion was John Hall »if New Haven. The additional fact not then known, that John Hall of Xew Haven was the original "first settler" of Hartford, points to him rather than Jdhn of Middletown, as the companion of Oldham, They undoubtedly saw "SWthersficld on this first expedition and we liave one authority besides D. B. Hall as to John Hall being of this party. We may reasonably suppose that the lirst John Hall to be identified as residing at Ilartford is the one who was at Ilartford and Wethersfield in the fall of l(i;i3. and, perhaps, again at AVethersfield with Oldham in the fall of 16.'34, and we have before shown that John Hall of New Haven was the first of the name to reside at Hartford. "The Eiver Towns of Connecticut," by Charles M. Andrews, joages 10 and 11, says "John Oldham who l"or many years was a thorn in the flesh for the strait-laced colonists, came from England in the Anne in ](iL*.3, ■'^'- '<- ^. In 1G31 he became a freeman of the colony, the j^rivilege onlv of church members, and in 1632 owned a house in Watertowii. This was the man who, early in September, 1633, started out from the Bay M-ith John Hall and two other companions to trade in Connecticut. Plunging boldly into the wilderness, so soon to be made historic by a more famous emigration, they pursued a winding itinerary in order to take advantage of Indian Tillages where they might lodge at night." "That Oldham and his companions penetrated as far south as the then unoeeupied sites of Hart fold and Windsor is undoubted, and that lie was the first white explorer of the lands still farther south, in the present Wethersfield township, further evidence gives good reason to believe. * * * For a month after Oldham's return the bark Bless- ing, built at Mystic in 1631, explored the coavSts of Connecti- cut and Long Island, entered the mouth of the river, and 21 appeared at the Dutch Settlement on the Hudson. But if the reports of Oldhaui and the sailors of the 'Blessing' were favorable to their purpose, those of Hall, who with a few others made a second exploration of the valley shortly after, must have proved somewhat discouraging." Page 13, of the same work, says : ''There has long been a tradition that a few Watertown people came in 1634 to Connecticut and passed a hard winter in hastily erected log huts at Pyquag, the Indian name of Wethersfield." The colonial records as to the settlement of Mr. Oldham's estate, show that he was one of these early adventurers at Wethersfield, and there is no other record of this fiict. If his companion, John Hall, had also been one of these adventurers, there would be no record to show it, provided he sold his interest at Wethers- field and removed early to Hartford. We have been unable to find any early historian that gives the name of John Hall as one of Oldham's campan- ions, or as an early explorer. Andrews is considered an excellent authority, but it is to be regretted that he did not cite his authority as to the name John Hall. Winthrop and Hubbard appear to be the source from which most writers liave drawn their information, but the facts, as given by these two historians, as to the early expeditions to Con- necticut, have been very confusedly mixed. Savage's Winthrop, 1853, pp 128-132, under date Sep. 4, 1633, says : '' The Grifiin, a ship of three hundred tons, arrived. '-!<** The said 4th of September came in also the ship called the Bird. ^' * * About ten days before this time a bark was set forth to Connecticut and those i^arts to trade. John Oldham and three with him went over- land to Connecticut to trade. The sachem used them kindly, and gave them some beaver. ' They brought of the hemp, which grows there in great abundance, and is much better than the English, He accounted it to be about one hund- red and sixty miles. He brought some black lead, where- of the Indians told him there was a whole rock. He lodged at Indian towns all the way." 22 The reference to what they brought back shows that this account was written after their return. Being under the date of Sep. 4, we should consider tliat as the date the expedition started, were it not for the otlier statements under the same date. The(jrifiin no doubt arrived on that day, and it is specitieally stated tliat the Bird arrived ''The said Itli of Rei)t('iii]»«'r,"' while the bark sailed about ten days before. Tlien follows the account of the Oldham expedition without stating any specific date. We therefore consider the date indefinite. Sep. 4 may have been the date of staiting, or of the return, and perhaps "SVinthrop only knew the facts without knowing the exact dates. It is probable, liowever, that Sep. 4 was the starting date, as nearly as Winthrop could determine. On page 14G of the same book, under date Jan. 20, 1633, (1634 new style,) we find the following : ''Hall and the two others, who went to Connecticut Nov. 3, come now home, having lost themselves and endured much misery. They inlbrmed us that the smallpox was gone as far as any Indian plantation was known to the west, and much people dead of it, by reason whereof they could have no trade. J) There is no reference to this expedition in Winthroi^ in his account of the previous November. These two ex- tracts cleai'ly relate to two diiferent expeditions, and the one of Nov. 3 is undoul)tedly the second expedition, referred to by Andrews as discouraging. Andrews' book is the first, and with the exception of "Hall ancestry," page 88, the only work we have found that treats these accounts as two distinct expeditions. Most writers errone- ously consolidate the facts from both accounts into a single expedition. The dates as to the two accounts are different, the names and number of the persons are differ- ent, one tells of trade and no small-pox, the other of much small-pox and no trade ; in short, aside from going over- land, not a single fact in either account corresponds with anything stated as to the other. That the second expedition was over-land may be inferred, although it is not so stated. Hul)bard's History of New England, as printed in the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. V. Second series, pp 169-170, says: '*In the begining of Septem- 23 ber, 1633, when the ship Griffin arrived here * * * some were by special providence directed to travel an hundred miles westward into the country as far as the river Con- necticut, * ^ * by name John Oldham * * * and Sam- uel Hall, who died lately about Maiden in Essex, scil. about the year 1680, with two others who taking a view of the country discovered many very desirable places upon the same river fit to receive many hundred inhabitants." The will of this Samuel Hall is published in the IST. E. H. & G. Register, Vol. XLVII, p 508, with a note show- ing that he lived for a time at Ipswich, Mass. Hubbard was the minister at Ipswich, and no doubt identified Samuel Hall as one of the explorers of 1633, by tradition. His account says nothing about the date of return, while the date given for the expedition, and placing Oldham as the leader, clearly points to the first expedition, noted by Winthrop as the one to which this Samuel Hall belonged. Hubbard has been called a careless writer, and may not have applied his tradition properly to the facts, but it is believed that all subsequent accounts that name Samuel Hall as an explorer of Connecticut have been based upon Hubbard. At the same time some of them contradict Hubbad. Savage's Dictionory Vol. 2, p. 337, clearly places Samuel Hall in the second expedition, while the note to his will by the editor of the Register says he went with Oldham and returned Jan. 20, 1633-4, thereby consolidat- ing the two expeditions in one. Numerous other authorities have the same matter more or less confused. In Savage's Winthrop, p 210, under Jan., 1635, there is an account of one person going by land to Connecticut and returning safely, thus making three over-land expedi- tions to Connecticut before the Hooker party. All accounts agree that John Oldham and others went over-land to Connecticut early in the fall of 1633. Hub- bard says one of these ''others" was Samuel Hall. Andrews says one was John Hall. If both of these Halls were of the party there would, according to Winthrop, still be one more whose name is unknown, while one Hall and two others went on the second expedition to Connecticut late in the fall of 1633. Hubbard, by assigning Samuel 24 Hall to the Oklhain expedition, excludes him from the second expedition, althon^h late writers ha\'e ]»laoed him theic, Andrews clearly recoj^nizes the account of the two differ- ent expeditions of 1G33 as j^iven by "\\'inthrop, and places John Hall in the first expedition, his reference to "Hall" and others in the second exjiedition, in this connection, implies that the same John jiall was in that expedition also. Everything points to John Hall of New Haven, rather than John Hall of Middletown, as the explorer of 1G.)3. A i)ait of the Hooker Company arrived at Cam- bridge in H)'.V2, and some who came then were, with John Hall, made freemen at Boston, May 14, 1634. A large uuml)er of the ])assengers of the Griffin and the Bird were also made freemen the sanu' i'l'\v Haven for a lime after ha\'ing- arran<;ed, in l«i70, for his removal to WallineUeve it. Samuel. )japt. May 21, 1648, m. Mav, 1668, Hannah Walker. Thomas, bapt. March 25, 1649, m. June 5, 1673, Grace Watson. Jonathan, b. April .5, 1651. David, b. March 18, 1652, m. Dec. 24, 1676, Sarah Eock- well. 8. vii. Mary, b. about 1654, m. Henry Cook. '. John- Hall, (John,'^ ) b. about 1644, bapt. Aug. 9, 1646, d. Sept. 2, 1721, m. Dec. 6, 1666, Maiy, dau. of Edward and Elizabeth (Wid. Potter,) Parker of New Haven, Conn., bapt. Aug. 27, 1648. She d. Sept. 22, 1725. He became the first deacon of the church of Wallingford ; was selectman in 1675 ; and was deputy to the General Court held in Hartford, 1687. His occupation is repeatedly given in the land records as ^'Turner" while his brother Samuel is called "Disturner" and his brother David * 'Turner," "Disturner" and "Dishturner" meaning a lathe-worker in wood. One of the descendants of John Hall has a silver spoon marked ''John and Mary Hall." There is no probate record of his estate, but an agreement between his heirs is record- ed on Wallingford Land Eecords, Book 3, p. 526. "Daniel Hall, Nathi Hall & John Hall, Elizabeth, 38 Maiy, lidea & estor, Natli' Judd, Gcorj^e Pafje & l)('ii()iiy Adkiiis, cdiildien ; li'^atccs to ye estate of Deaeon John Hall, late of ^\'al]ingloI■d, deceased. Do agree yt. as to the settlement of sd estate : our irononi'ed father ha\ing in his life time gi\(-n all his lands, his eloath & his tools to his sons, namely Daniel, Nath" & John Halls.'- the four daughters are to have the remaining movables except certain movables ''shall be left with oui- honoi-ed mother * * * during her life time." dated Feb. 24, 1722, and signed by Daniel Hall, Nathaniel flail, Jdhn Hall, George Page, Nathaniel Judd, Benony Adkins & Elizabeth Ifall. Children from Xew Haven & Wallingford towu records. i. a child/' b. 1667. ii. Ei.izAHETii, b. Awr. 11, 1670, d. 1735, unmarried in Feb., 1722. ])ut after that in. a Mr. Ferris. Adni. "estate of Elizabeth Ferris, alias Hall, Late of Wallingfonl Deed granted to Daniel Hall of sd Wallingford brother to ye sd deceased" AuL^ 7, 1735. (New Haven Probate, Vol. 6, p. 170.) 9. iii. Daxiki., h. Feb 26, 1672. ni. March 15, 1693, Thankful Lyman. iv. i\L\RY, b. June 28, 1675, ni. George Page. 10. V. Natii.vxiel, b. Feb. 8, 1677, ni. May 11, 1699, Elizabeth Curtiss. 11. vi. John, 1). :\Larch 14, 1681, m. June 2S, 1707, Elizabeth Ko\se. vii. Lyo"[a, }). Jan. 21, 1683, ni. .March 24, 1708, Nathaniel Judd: viii. Samuel, b. Dec. 24, 1686, d. Nov. 1, 1689. ix. EsTiiKK, b. Aug. 30, 1693, ni. Aug. 20, 1715, Benoni Adkins, son of Thomas, b. 1690. 3. Sar.\h'- Hall, (John,'^ ) \y<\\)t. at New Haven, Aug. 9, 1646, m. Dec , 1664, Wingle Johnson of New Haven, supposed to have been the son of Thomas, who Avas drowned in New Haven harbor 1640. He was also known as William, although called "Wingle" in the New Haven records of births, &c., and sometimes in the land record.s. He was one of the oiiginal proprietors of Walliiigford, Conn., but nevei' lived there. He sold his land there ''with ye consent of Sarah" his ''wife" to Isaac Curtiss, Jan. 20, 1694, both signing the deed by 30 their niai-k. (Walling ford Land, Book 1, p. 282.) This is the last record we have of lier. Hon. Kalph Smyth gives him a second wife, Abigal, l)ut his first wife was the mother of all his childi-en. Both wives probably died before he made his will which does not mention any wife. His will was filed Aug. 6, 1716, (New Haven Probate, Vol. 4, p. 450.) and names sons William, Isaac, John, Samuel, Ebenezer, and Jacob ; daughters, Mary Bishop, Abigal Lines, Sarah Horton, Lydia Andrews, and p]lizabeth Hotchkiss. Inventory recorded on same page, taken Jan. 7, 17L6-17. Amt. £70. IS. 2. Children. i. LiEX'T. WiLLi.\.M,3 b, Sept. 5, 1665, d. in 174:.', leaving willow Sarah, four ?on8 and three married daughters. (New Haven Probate, Vol. 6, p. 446.) ii. Joiix, ]>. July 20, 1667, d. 1744, ni. Abigail, dau. Daniel and Abiah (Street. ) Sherman, b. Aug. 5, 1667. Three children, (Street Family, p. 15.) iii. ABKAiTAjr, b. 1668-9. Not named in his father's will. iv. Abig.\l, 1). Dec. 6, 1670, m. March 30, 1692, Joseph Lines, son of Ralph, b. Jan., 1657. V. IsA.'ic, of Woodlmdge, Conn., b. Oct. 27, 1672, m. April 25, 1699, Abitral, (tau. of John and Marv (Tomiison,) Cooper, b. Oct. 3, 1679. vi. Jacob, b. Sept. 25, 1674, d. July 17, 1749, m. Dec. 14r 1693, Abigal, dau. of John & Abigal (Merriman, ) Hitch- cock. His descendants are given bv F. C. Johnson, M. D., in the N. E. H. & G. Register for Oct., 1901. vii. Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1676, m. Samuel Horton. She was a widow with Ave children, April 5, 1742. (New Haven Probate, Vol. 6, p. 406. ) viii. Samuel, 1). Sept. 3, 1678, m. Anna Hotchkiss, dau. of Thomas. (New Haven Land, Vol. 10, p. 243.) ix. Mary, b. April ], 1680, m. Samuel Bishop, Jr., b. July 27, 1671. X. Lydia, b. July 7, 1681, m. about 1699, Gideon Andrews, son of Nathan and Phebe (Gibbard, ) Andrews, b. March 7, 1679-80. Adm. estate of Mrs. Lydia Andrews, late of New Haven, deceased, granted to David Gilbert, Junior, of New Haven, Feb., 1767. (New Haven Probate, Vol. 10, p. 373. ) xi. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1683, d. Feb. 27, 1683. xii. Hope, b. May 10, 1685, d. May 25, 1685. xiii. Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1685, twin with Hope, m. Abraham Hotchkiss, son of Thomas. XIV 40 ]-:i!i;xi:zEK, b. Aj.ril 15. Um, d. at Cheshire, Conn., April 18, 1/32, m. Lv(ha Ilotchki.ss dan. of Thonia.«. 8he ni (2) Sept. 15, 173(>, Nathaniel Hall of Wallinjjforfl. The proof (.f parentage of the two Ih.tclikis.^ <.'irl.«, Anna, who ni. .Samuel Johnson, and Lvdia, who ni. Ebenezer John- pon, .«i.«ters of Abraham Hotchkis.« who m. Elizabeth Johnson, No. xni, is found in the New Haven lan.l reoonls. Vol. 10, p. 243, where Joseph and Sarah Turner Samuel and Anna Johnson, all of New Haven, Nathaniel Hall and Lydia Hall, both of Wallin^ford, to Joseph Sperry, Jr., "right in estate of our Honored father Thomas Hotchkiss deed." 4.. S-\MUEL'-^ IlALL, {JoJm,' ) bapt. at Xow Haven, :\ray 21, 16-tG. d. at Wallinfjlbnl, :\Iaicli 5, 1725. aged 77, m. May, 1688, Hannali. dan. of Jolin and Grace Walkor ; she d. Dee. 20, 1728, and was probably b. Sept. 20, 1646. Removed to Wallintrford, Conn., in 1670, where he beeaine deacon oi" the church' (Hall Ancestry, pages 180-186.) His occupation is given in the land records in 1713, as ''Disturner.^' His grandson Caleb Doolittle, son of his dau. Hannah Doolittle, was living witl\ him Marcli 23, 1823-4, and was to serve him until he was '>l' (Wall. Land, Book 4, p. 304.) :N'o probate record.' Children. 12. i. JoHN,3 b. Dec. 26, 1670, m. Dec. S, 1692, Marv Lvman. ii. Haxxau b. March 11, 1(173-4, m. April 6, 1697, Ebenezer Doolittle. iii. Sarah, b. June 20, 1677, d. :\Iarcli 18, 1712. 13. iv. Samuel, b. Dec. 10, 1680, m. May 2, 1704, Love Rovce. V. TiiEopiTiLus, b. Feb. 5, 1686. vi. Elizabeth, b. March 6, 1690, m. Feb. 25, 1708, John Moss. 5. Thomas-' Hall, (John,-^ ) bapt. New Haven, March 25, 1649. Sergt. Thomas Hall, d. Sept. 17, 1711, 60th year. (Wallingford records. ) He m. June 5 1673, Grace, dau. of Edward and Grace Watson! Mis. Watson was formerly the wife of John Walker, and her dau. Grace Watson was therefore half sister to Hannah ^^'alke^, who married Samuel Hall, brother of Thomas. She was b. 1653, d. May 1, 1731. Thomas Hall's marriage is the first to be re- corded at Wallingford, but the name of the wife is 41 not given. llis occupation is given in tlie land records as "Carpenter." His estate was probated first Monday of Jan., 1711-12. Adm. to his widow Grace, and son Daniel. Distribution, April 10, 1722. Children's names and ages ai)pended to the inventory is as follows: "Thomas, Mary, Jona- than, Joseph, Daniell, Eebecca, arrived to full age, Israeli Hall, fifteen yeai-s old." (New Haven Pro- bate, Vol. 3, p. 311.' Distribution, Vol. 5, p. 164.) The surviving children as given below, convey interest in his estate to "our brother Jonathan Hall," Feb. 20, 1729, and to "our brother Joseph Hall," March 14, 1743-4. (Wallingford Land, Book 6, p. 274, and Book 10, p. 20.) Children. Abigal,3 b. Jan. 7, 1674, m. Jan. 14, 1694, John Tyler, who received a share, in right of his wife, in the distri- bution of Thomas Hall's estate. Thomas, b. July 17, 1676, m. April 26, 1710, Abigal Atwater. Maby, b. Nov. 12, 1677, d. unmarried, 1752. (New Haven Probate, Vol. 8, pp. 119 & 134.) Jonathan, b. July 25, 1679, m. May 12, 1703, Dinah Andrews. Joseph, b, July 8, 1681, m. Nov. 13, 1706, Bathia Terrel. d. before 1752, leaving son, Ephraim. Esther, b. Feb. 23, 1682, d. before 1712. Benjamin, b. April 19, 1694, d. before 1712. Peter, b. Dec. 28, 1686, d. before 1712. Daniel, b. Jan. 27, 1689, m. April 20, 1721, Martha Doolittle. Rebecca, 1). .Tan. 6, 1691, m. March 2, 1716, Daniel, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (French,) Holt, b. Oct. 6, 1687. Israel, b. Oct. 8, 1696, m. April 4, 1721, Abigal Powell. 6. Jonathan'^ Hall, ( John,^ ) b. April 5, 1651. He was living with his parents at New Haven Oct. 4, 1670. There is no further record of him found at New Haven. He exchanged his "house & home Lot" at New Haven for a "Dwelling house & home Lott containing by Estimation an acre" at New London with John Stevens "of New London now resident at New Haven," March 10, 1676-7, Ack. March 10, 16S6. (New London Land, Book 5, p. 92.) Savage gives the baptism of three children of 14. ii. iii. 15. iv. 16. V. vi. vii. viii 17. ix. X. 18. xi. 42 Jonathan Hall at Xew London, 1670 to 1680. These are also o;iven in I)i'. Blake's L;i1« r Tlisloi y of tlie first eluneli uf Christ, New Loudon, to which is added ''Mrs. Hannah HalPs child, bapt. Oct. 30, 16!>2," no name. From the fact that liis first dau. was Hannah and there Avere no other Halls in New Jjondon, this Hannah Hall is thoui^ht to have been the wife of Jonathan Hall. On May 23, 1682, Jonathan Hall of New London appointed his "Broth- er Jno Hall of Walling ford" ■ his attorney to answer for him in an action for debt bronght by Major Tho. Clarke, of Boston, at the County Court of New Haven, but no record of the trial is there found, i)resnmably because the case was settled out of court. The home lot of one acre, at New London, was bounded on the front and rear, or east and west, by "a cove," and a warrantee deed of the same was given by Daniel Hall to Nathan Morrow, Feb. 11, 1734, nothing being of record to show how Daniel Hall became the owner. A part of the early Pro- bate records of New London were ])uined during the Revolutionary war. This deed from Stevens shows that Jonathan Hall owned a house and home lot at New Haven, in 1670-7. but there are practically no land records covering that })eriod. We find, however, that this John Stevens, on Feb. 8, 1098-9, sold a house and home lot, at New Haven, of one acre, the same size as the New London lot, and, presunmbly, this was the lot he bought of Jojiathan Hall. The New London home lot was bounded on two sides by a cove, and the New Haven home lot on the "south by the sea," both of them being just such a lot as a raarriner would be likely to own. On May 21, 1724, Daniel Hall, Hannah Lester, widow, and Elizabeth Hall of New London, deed to John Hall the third, of Wallingford, their ''whole right, laid out, divided or unlaid out," in land "whici! descend to us from our Grandfather John Hall of Wallingford dec,d." {Wallingford Land, Book 4, p. 397.) Daniel Hall m. 1710, Elizabeth Mayhew. It is Hionght that widow Hannah Lesler named in tlie abo\ e deed was the dau. Hannah l)apt. 1083, and that Elizabeth Hall was the wife of the .said Daniel. This, taken in 43 connection witli tlio sale of Jonathan IlalTs home lot by Daniel Hall, leads ns to believe that the said Daniel was the son of the said Jonathan, and the Wallingford deed above named was the said Jonathan's share of land from his fatlicr's estate. No son of Johu^ Hall, except Jonathan, is snpposed to have had both a son Daniel, and a dan. Hannah. The fact that Daniel, alone, sold the only real estate of record to Jonathan Hall, is believed to show that this Daniel was, in 17.34, the sole snrviving heir of Jonathan Hall. Another distinct family of Halls appear later on the New London records, but no record of any desfendents of Jonathan is found of a later date than the sale (f the home lot, in 1734. One Jonathan Hall of Saybrook was tin«'d abNew London, July 27, 1G90, for setting s sil on the Sab- bath, and in the warfare on the northern frontier, 1697, Jonathan Hall was paid for "himself and sloop for ye gunns £3." (History New London, pp. 253 and 258.) No record of any Jonathan Hall is found iu the town records of Saybrook, Drior to 1700. Children. i. JoxATirAX,^ bapt. Oct. 18, 1677. ii. Peter, bapt. Oct. 17, 1680. ill. Hanxah, bapt. June 17, 1683, was AVidow Lester in 1724. iv. Daniel, m. April 24, 1716, Elizabeth INIayhew, dan. of John and Johanna (Christopherp, ) Mavhew, b. Feb. 8, 1683-4, (Historv of New London, p. 336.) had 1. Eliz- abeth, bapt. July 3, 1720. 2. Daniel bapt. Feb. 4, 1721. No other record of his children, and the last record of him is the deed of 1734. V. A Child, bapt. Oct, 30, 1692. David2 Hall, (t/o7m,i ) b. March 18, 1652 (New Haven town records,) d. July 7, 1727, aged 76; he resided at Wallingford, m. Dec. 24, 1676, Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah (Ensign) Eockwell, b. May 12. 1653, d. Nov. 3, 1732. David Hall was a "Dishturner" (Wallingford land. Book 3, p. 371.) ; deeded land to his "cusen Capt. John Hall" (nephew), also to his sous in law and daughters John Mattune, Theophilus Doolittle, and Nathaniel 44 Mt'irinian, Inisbands to Jeinslia, Thankful and Mabel. ( Wallin^ford land, Book 2, pp. 740 and 317, Book 1, p. 521, and Book 4, p. 187.) Hi.s estate was probated Sei)t. 4, 1727, Distribution April 1, 1728. (Xcm- Haven Probate, Vol. o, pp. 393 and 429. ) Cliildrcii. i. Joii.N/' 1). :\Iay 9, 1(578. Not included in the distribution of his father's estate. ii. TiiANivii'L, b. Dec. 29, 1079, m. Jan 5, 1698-9, Theophilus Dnohttle, son of Abraham, b. .Jnlv 28, 1078, d. .Tune 2, 171o, and he ni. (2) Elizal)eth Howe. (Tuttle Family, p. ().^2. ) iii. Sakam, 1). Dec. 28, ItiSl, m. April H, lti97. Nathaniel ( 'urtis, and d. Sept. 17, 1700, witliuut i.ssue. lli' m. (2) July 9, 1702, Sarah liow. iv. Ri-rii, b. Nov. 10, 1687, d. before 1727. V. Jeiu-siia, b. Oct. 28, 1(587, m. Oct. 20, 170(1 Jolm rVlatoon. vi. Mahei., b. Aug. 15, 1791. Afterwards called Mehitable. m. Nathaniel, son of Samuel and Annah Merriman, b. i\Iav 27, 1687. vii. David, b. Dec. 1, 1693, d. before 1727. Mary2 Hall, ( John} ) b. al)out 1654, m Henry Cook, son of Henry and Judith (Birdsale) Cook of Salem, Mass., born Dee. 30, 1652 She was living at Wallingford with her father- and mother when John Hall spoke to her and others his la.st will in 1676, and was married, probably, at Salem, Sept. 30, 1678. "Henry Cooke marryed to Mary Hale ye last of the 7th mo. 1678." (Salem reeords, from Collections Essex Institute, Vol. 2, 43.) Facts hereinafter given show that "Hale" in the fore- going marriage record was intended for Hall. In olden times Hall was spelled "Halle," so that the omission of only a single letter renders the name Hale and we find this done in the Hartford land records before considered, where we know that "Hale" was meant for Hall. One Mary Cook, age 39, died Sept. 4, 1695 (Wallingford records), and as she is not accounted for, some have suggested that she was this Mary Hale, the first wife of Henry Cook, and that Mary Hall was his second wife. Henry, son of Henry and Mary, was born 12 years before the death of this Mary Cook, so that he would 45 not have been the son of a second Mary, but in the probate records of t lie estate of widow Mary Cook, 1718, he is called "her eldest son." This same son Henry quit-claims to his brother Isaac, his light in the ''homestead which was our mother's Mary Cook's, deed, of Wallingford" Aug. 10, 1720. (Wallingford land, Book 4. 188.) That the first, second, fifth, and eighth of his children were grand- daughters of John Hall, and married respectively, Jeremiah How, Joseph Preston, Timothy Beach, and Adam Mott, is shown by the following : We, Jeremiah How ye 2^^ & Mary his wife, formerly Cook, both of Wallingford, to Daniel Hall, Jr., land that ' 'comes to us on the right of our honored grandfather, Mr, John Hall the first of Walling- ford & on the right of our honored father Henry Cook, late of Wallingford, decsd.", dated March 19, 1729. (Wallingford land, Book 6, p. 95.) "Joseph Preston & Jane my wife, of Wallingford" to Daniel Hall, Junior, land "which came by our ancestors as yet not layed out" dated Jan. 28, 1724, (Wallingford Land, Book 4, p. 520.) Timothy Beach & Hannah Beach, both of Wall- ingford to our brother Isaac Cook of Wallingford, "all our right that we should or might have in or to the seventh division of land * * * that shall or may accrue to us on our grandfather Hall's right & our father Henry Cook's right ; " dated May 24, 1734. (Wallingford Land, Book 7, p. 141.) Adam Mott & Elizabeth Mott, wife to Adam Mott of^ Wallingford, to Samuel Hall, "in right of my wife Elizabeth" laud that "descends to us from our father Henry Cook of sd Wallingford & half an acre from our honored grandfather John Hall, Deed;" dated Oct. 19, 1724. (Wallingford Land, Book 4, p. 454. ) These facts prove that Mary Hall was Henry Cook's first and only wife. She named her first daughter "Mary" for herself, her second daughter "Jane" for her mother, her first son "Henry" for her husband, and her second son "John" for her tiither. Elizabeth, Jonathan, and David also ap pear to have been named for the Halls, 4G The inventory of the estate of Henry Cook, £G57. 9. 7., with the names and ages of his children, was filed third Tuesday in Maich, 1705, Adin. granted same day to Mary Cook, widow, and Henry Cook, son of the deed. (New IJaven County Court records. Vol. 2, 211.) Final distribution of the estate, Mar. 2. 171S-lf>. (New Haven Probate, Vol. 4, 5G1.) The widow Mary Cook, d. May ;}1, 1718. Adm. was granted on the estate of "Mary Cook late of Wallingfoid, widow : to her eldest son Henry Cook.'^ Dec 9, 1718. (New Haven Probate, Vol. 4, 553.) Children. i. Makv,-'' 1). July 15, l(i78, tit Salem. :\rass., m. .July 7, 1708, Jeremiah lluw, at Wallingfunl, Conn. They removed to Brooklield, N. H., before March 4, 1722-.3, but were living at Wallingford again Mareh 19, 1729, at which time he is called ''Jeremiah How ye 2d." ii. Jam:, li. about ItiSl, m. July 7, 1708, Joseph, son of Eliasaph and Elizal)eth (Beach,) Preston, b. March 10, UiSl. iii. Hexkv, 1). al)out 1683; m. 1st. Experience Lvman, dau. of Robert, of Nortlilield, Mass. She d. Oct" 8, 1709. He m. 2nd., Feb. 13, 1710, Mary, dan. of John and Mercy (Paine,) Frost, of New Haven, Conn., and widow of John AVeadon of Branford, Conn. She died ^lay 31, 1718, and he m. 3d., Sarah, dau. of Samuel Towner and widow of Samuel Frost of Branford. Henry Cook re- moved about 1729 to that part of Waterl)ury which is now Plymouth, Conn., locating where the upi)er portion of the village of Thomaston is l)uilt. He is ai'credited as the first settler of Plymouth, and was called "the soldier of the wilderness." "We have found him to be a man of courage, enterprise, and a spirit that withstood in- justice, was one of the foi-emost jiromotors of the established church * * * but the next year went over ti) the Church of England." His grandson Lemuel (son of his son Henry,) is believed the last survivor of the soldiers of the Revohitionarv war and died ]Mav 20, 18()t), aged 102. (New History \Vaterl)ury. Voi. 1, 315.) iv. Jonx, b. about 1685, m. Dec. 12, 1710, Abiy:al Johnson V. Hannah, b. aliout IHOO, m. Nov. 26, 1713, Timothv, son of Thomas Beach, b. .Tan. 11, 1689. vi. Isaac, b. alxnit 1692, m. Hannah, dau. of Luke Hill. Demetrius Cook of Branford, Conn., .son of Isaac, in a deed dated Oct. 13, 1739, names his "honored irran, d. Sept. 30, 1735. He m. (2) Sept. 15, 1736, Lydia, dau. of Thomas Hotchkiss and widow of Ebenezer Johnson of Cheshire, Conn. (New Haven Land, Vol. lU, p. 243.) On March 12, 1749-50, Nathaniel Hall and Lydia his wife, sell to Joseph Hall of Wallin.^lord, interest in the farm on "which Ebenezer Johnson late of said town deceased last dwelt." (Walling- ford Land, Book 11, p. 587.) Thomas Curtis, Senr., of Wallingford, deeds land "to my grandson Nathaniel Hall son of Nathaniel Hall" of W ailing- ford, "teeth drawer" who was living with the said Curtis, March 8, 1723. (Wallingford Land, Book 4, p. 11.) The children nani*^d below, except Margaret and Nathaniel, convey interest in the estate of their "hononrod grandfathei* Ensign Thomas Curtis, late of Wallingford deed.", April 13, 1742. (Wallingford Land, Book 8, p. 572.) Children. i. Amos,+ b. Jan. 24. 1700, d. Nov. 30, 1752, ni. Jnne 8, 1720, Kuth, dan. of Robert and Marv (Porter,) Rovs, b. Sept., 1701. She d. Feb. 2, 1775. His will dated Jnly 1, 1752, proliated Jan. 15, 1753, names wife Rnth, sons Renben, Amos, and Muses, and danghters Knniee, wife of Abner Averd, and Lois, wife of Caleb Culver. (New Haven Prol)ate, Vol. 9, ]). 213.) ii. M.\HG.\KKrrA, 1). Dee. 21, 1701, d. Oct. 30, 1707. ill. Cai.kh, b. Jan. 5, 1703, d. Mav 11, 1766. m. Mav 11. 1726, p:sther Umberlield. His will dated Jan. 11, 1766, Pro- liated Jnne, 1767, appoints Elisha A\'hittlesey Exr.>; calls himself "in the 62nd year of his ajje", and names wife Esther, sons Nathaniel, Calel), Titus, and Jonah ; dan()5. ) V. Mary, b, Oct. 80, 1707, ni. April 2, 17S2, Joshua Austin. vi. Nathaniel, b. April 17, 1711, d. Dec. 18, 1727. vii. James, b. April 23, 171.S, m. Hept. 15, 17;-{5, Hannah Cook. viii. P^i.iZABETii, 1). Sej>t. 22, 1715, ni. David Fowler of Durham. ix. Desire, b. June 19, 1719, m. Timothy Shattuck of Middletown. X. Harmon, b. Oct. 17, 1720. 11. JOHN^ Hali., (John,- John, ^ ) b. March 14, 1681, residence, Wallingfoid, d. April 27, 1766, age 85, m. June 25, 1707, Elizabeth, dan. of Nathaniel and Sarah (Lothrop) Eoyce, b. Dec. 28, 1689, d. Sept. 2, 1755, age 6(). "Nathaniel Eoys" calls this John Hall "Deacon" Jan. 18, 1720. (Wallingford Land, Book S, p. 414.) On Feb. 25, 1727-8, John Hall of Wallingford, with the consent of his "wife Elizabeth Hall, Alias Royce, Daughter of Ensign Nathaniel Eoyce of sd Wallingford Deed, his wife Sarah Eoyce, Alias Lothrop, daughter of Mr. Samuel Lothrop of Norwich," conveys interests that came in ^ 'right of our Hon*^ mother the said Mrs. Sarah Eoyce, dec^ and her part or share of sd Father Mr. Samuel Lothrop." (New London Land, Book 11, p, 31.) Children. i, Peter,3 b. July 22, 1708, d. Sept. 25, 1798, m. Oct. 29, 1732, Rebecca Bartholomew, ii. John, 1). Dec. 29, 1712. iii. Abel, (Wallingford Land, Book 6, p. 695.) iv. AsAHEL, b. Jan. 19, 1717. V. RoYCE, b. Dec. 26, 1718 ; grad. Yale 1735, d. May 29, 1752. vi. Abigail, b. ]\Iarch 7, 1723. vii. Elizabeth, b. Julv 9, 1725. viii. Benjamin, b. April 4, 1728, d. Dec. 11, 1806, m. Phebe Hall, ix. Elisha, b. Sept. 15, 1730. X. Sarah, b. Aug. 25, 1732, no 12. John3 Hall, {Samuel;- John, '^ ) b. Dec. 23, 1670, d. Ai)ril 20, 1730, u<;v 00. His funeral seniioii, ]tieacli- ed by liev. Miv Whilllesey, "was pi'iiited. He iii. Dec. 8, 1692, Mary, dan. of John and Dorcas (Phinibe,) Lyman, Miiod. Ort. 10, 1740. Perhai)S this John -was the n-picscntatix e and called Hon. John Hall. One John Hall was in 1715 called Capt. .John Hall "Gentleman". (Wallinj^ford Land. Book 2, p. 050.) The Avill of "John Hall Esqr." was dated March 2«), 1730, tiled An"-. 10, 1730. Sous John and Kev. Samuel, Executors. The other sons were Caleb, Benjamin, Eliakiui and Elihn. Wife, Mary, and dan. Eunice Law. (Js'eAv Havtii Probate, Vol. 0. p. 14.) Adm. estate of Mrs. Mary Hall was granted to Benjamin Hall, lii'st Monday (if Nov., 1749. (New Haven Probate. Vol. 7, p. 150.) See also Hall Ancestry, pp. 220 to 233. Children. 19. i. .ToiiN, ' b. Sei)t. 15, 169o, in. ^Mairh o, 171(5, Mary Street. 20. ii. Khv. Hamiki., 1). Oct. 4, 1695, m. Jan 12, 1725, "Ann Law. iii. Cai.kh, ]). Si'i.t. 14, l(i97, d. July 27, 1749, m. :\Iay 15, 1721, Daniaris, (lau. of Jonathan and Knth (Peck,) At- water, b. Oct. 9, 1698. She d. July 29, 1762. (Dickennan Genealogy, p. 117.) On June o, 1766, Thomas Potwine and Lydia his wife, of Windsor, Stephen Hall and Tim- othy Hall of Wallinranlord, deed land to Caleb Hall, 2n(l, that came to them "in the right of our mother Hamaris Hall, late of Walliiifrford dec'd." (Wallingford land. Bonk IH, p. 331.) These grantors were the children of Oaleb and Daniaris Hall, and probably the grantee was their brother. iv. ErxicK, b. ?*larcli 7, 1700, m. (1) Sanmel Andrew, son of Prest. of Yale (2) Oov. Jonathan Law, (3) Col. Joseph Pitkin of Hartford. V. Bkn.iamin, b. Aug. 28, 1702, d. in infancy. vi. Bknma.mix, b. Dec. 17, 1704, m. Feb. 20, 1727, Abiah Chauncey. vii. Sarah, b. April 15, 170(i. viii. EuAKiM, b. Aug. 9, 1711, m. Oct. 17, 1734, Ruth, dau. of Mrs. Mary Dickennan who was the dau. of Jonathan Atwater. " (New Haven Land, Vol. 20, p. 1.) Shed. Dec. 18, 1752, and he m. (2) Elizabeth Day. (Dicker- man Genealogy, {>. 309. ) 21. ix. Eluiu, b. Feb. \1, 1714, m. Jan. 2, 1734, Lois Whittlesey. 51 13. Samuel^* Hall, { Samuel;^ John, ^ ) b. Dec. 10, 1680, residence, Wallingtbi'd, d, June 15, 1770, age 90, m. May 2, 1704, Love, dan. of Natlianiel and Sarah (Lotlirop,) Eoyce, b. Jnly 29, 1687 ; sister to Eliza- bet li >y1io ui. John No. 11. "Nathaniel Koys" conveys land Sept. 14, 1714, "unto my two sons-in-law Samii & John Hall" both of Wallingford. (Land, Book 3, p. 56. ) "Nathaniel Roys, Senr.," to his "son- in-law Samuel Hall", Sept. 21, 1724, and to Samuel Hall "and my daughter Love Hall", Nov. 11, 1725. (Wallingford Land, Book 5, pp. 76 and 134.) He m. (2) Bridget. Children. i. TiiEOPiiiLrs, I 1). April 1, 1707. Rev. Theophihis Hall m. May 22, 1734, Mrs. Hannah Avery (James), ii. Sa.mi-el, b. June 8, 1709, d. Dec' 24, 1782, was Deacon. m. Dec. 27, 1732, Sarah Hull, iii. Hannah, b. July 15, 1711. One Hannah Hall ni. June 5, 1734, John Street of Wallinarford. iv. Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1713, m. Feb. 21, 1733, Samuel Ibill. V. Mehitable, 1). April 25, 1716. vi. Esther, b. Nov. 7, 1719. 14. Thomas^ Hall, ( lliomas,'^ John,^ ) b. July 17, 1676, d. Aug. 27, 1741, m. April 26, 1710, Abigail, dau. of John and Abigail (Mansfield, ) Atwater, b. Oct. 17, 1685. They resided at Wallingford. Children. i. Thomas, -i b. March 10, 1712, m. April 24, 1734, Lydia Curtis. ii. Phineas, b, April 12, 1715, m. Anna, iii. Abigail, b. April 12, 1719, d. Jan. 12, 1737. iv. Joshua, b. May 23, 1722, m. Hamiah. 15. Jonathan^ Hall, ( Thornas,'^ JoJm,^ ) b. July 25, 1679, d. Jan. 15, 1760, age 80, m. May 12, 1703, Dinah, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Andrews, b. July 25, 1684, d. Oct. 24, 1763 ; residence, Wall- ingford. 52 Children. i. Davio,-* b, Oct. Ifi, 1705, m. Sept. 23, 1730, Allie Case. Estate proV)ate(l first Mnntlay of Nov. 175.=), leaving wife AUip, sons David, lienajah, Anaph, Klkaiiah iN: Bate, & (lauf^hters, Phebe, Lois, ».'<: Luce. (New Haven Probate, Vol. S. p. 471.) ii. Jonathan, ]>. Jan. 13, 1708. Adm. on his estate to his brother David, July o, 1754. Inventory inckides fourth part of the sloop "Esther Burthen." (New Haven Pro- bate, Vol. 8, pp. 363 and 379.) iii. Joseph, b. May 31, 1710, m. Aj.ril 19, 173t), Hannah iScoficJil. iv. Anna, 1). Jan. 18, 1713. 22. V. L«iAAC, b. Julv 11, 1714. vi. PirEBE, b. Feb. 12, 1717, d. Mav 14, 1735. vii. EzEKiEL, }). May 12, 1719, ni. 'Oct. 29, 1763, Anna An- drews. viii. Ben.iamin, b. d. Aug. 8, 1722. i.x. Thankful, b. Sept. 30, 1722. X. Benjamin, b. Oct. 20, 1725. xi. Experience, b. April 16, 1727. 16. Joseph^Hall, { Thomas,'^ John,'^ ) b. July 8, 1681, d. Nov. 3, 1748, m. Nov. 13, 1706, Bathia Terrel, d. Bee. 28, 1753. Eesidence, Walliugford. Children. i. TEMPER.\NCE,-i b. Feb. 15, 1714, d. Dec. 7, 1717. ii. Joseph, h. Sept. 23, 1718, d. Sept. 6, 1737, m. June 16, 1737, Abigail Judd. iii. Epiikaim, b. April 25, 1723. 17. Daniel-^ Hall, ( Thomas,'- JoJm,'^ ) b. Jan. 27, 1689, residence, Wallingford, m. April 20, 1721, Martha, dan. Samuel Doolittle, b. April 6, 1698. Children. i. ABR.\.nAM,* b. June 27, 1722, m. Hannah. Adm. on his estate "granted to John Hall, (Hannah Hall the widow of sd. deed, desiring the same : )" first Monday of Jan., 1761. John Berry of Wallingfonl appointed guardian to Abraham and Josiah ; Daniel Hall, 2nd, guardian to Eufus ; and Hannah Hall to Mary and Sarah, all minor children of the said decased. (New Haven Probate, Vol. 9, pp. 451 &503.) ii. John, b. Jan. 29, 1724. iii. Hannah, b. Sejit. 11, 1725, m. Benajah Tyler. iv. Daniel, b. June 1, 1727, settled in Meriden. 53 V. Martha, h. June 14, 1729. vi. Samii;!., 1). May 5, 1731. vii. Mary, b. Sept. 17, M'.VA. viii. Abigail, b. April 27, 1739. 18. Israel^ Hall, ( Thomas,- John} ) b. Oct. 8. 1696, residence, Walliiigford, m. April 4, 1721, Abigail Powell. Children. i. Sarah,! |j. March 14, 1722. ii. Exos, b. March 30, 1726. iii. Israel, 1). Oct. 22, 1728. iv. Abigail, b. March 22, 1731, d. Aug. 5, 1733. V. JoTHAM, b. Fel). 6, 1737. vi. Abigail, 1). .July 5, 1744. vii. Mary, b. June 23, 1749. viii. Eunice, b. Feb. 6, 1751. 19. John* Hall, {John,'-^ Samuel,- John,^ ) b. Sept. 15, 1692 ; d. June 18, 1773, age 80, m. March 5, 1716, Mary, dan. of Eev. Samuel and Anna (Miles, ) Street, the first minister of Wallingford, and son of Rev. Nicholas Street of England, the first minister at Taunton, Mass., and after\Yards teacher and then pastor at Kew Haven until his death, 1674, He was the first pastor to die in the service of the church at Xew Haven. The Eev. Samuel was a graduate of Harvard, 1664, and an original pro- prietor of Wallingford. See Street Familv, K"umbers 1, 2, 21, 52, 53 and 55. John Hall represented the town at the General Court. He made a will which is not found of record (one of the first books of the Wallingford Probate records is lost) . This will is mentioned in the unique deed of Dr. Lyman Hall to his sisters as follows : — ^'To Mrs. Mary Foot, Dr. Dickinson & Eunice his wife, & Mr. Elnathan Street and Susa his wife Brothers by Marriage & Sisters by Blood to the sub- scriber Greeting — in consideration of which I here- by authorize you or a Majority of you, to take into your possession and Under your Care & Direction all that my Eeal & Movable Estate Bequeathed & 54 Divided to me by the Will & Testament of my Hon'i Father John Hall late of Wallingford deceas- ed * * -^ to pay the Yearly Rent of one Peper Corn yearly & every year on the lirst Day of Jan>' if the same shall be demanded on the same." Aug. 28^ 17 7(1. *'Eeeed to record Your afCeetionate Brother Oct. 2, 1702." ''LYMAN HALL." (Wallin^^ford Land, Book 27, p. 494.) The will of Mary (Street.) Hall is recorded in Vol. 1, Wallingford Probate, p. 1<>."). It is dated May 30, 1776, and names her daughters Hannah Hall, Mary Foot, Susannah Street and Eunice Dickinson. Dea. Samuel Street, Exr. The inven- tory was taken June 19, 1777. Children. i. Hannah,' h. Jan. 29, 1717. Was living unmarried in 1786. ii. John, b. d. April 2o, 1737. iii. Ei'NiCE, m. Dr. John Dickinson of ^liddletown, son of the Rev. jNIoses and Martha Dickinson of Norwalk, Conn., 1). Oct. 6, 1729. iv. STHKirr, b. Nov. 12, 1721, was a Colonel in the Revolu- tionary war, lu. June 30, 174S, Hannah, dau. of Josiah and Hannah (Baldwin,) Fowler, of Durham, b. April 12, 1725. 23. v. Lymax, b. April 12, 1724, m. Marv Osliorne. vi. SrsAN.NAH, 1). April 9, 1726, d. July .'5, 1797, m. Dec. 28, 1769, her first cousin, Elnathan Street, Jr., h. FeV). 20, 1732. Elnathan and Susannah Street were land owners in Wallinjiford from 1775 to 1788, or longer. (Walling- ford Eand, Book 16, p. 36, Book 24, p. 450, and Book 26, p. 194.) Some of this land was part of that jriven l)y "Doctor I.yinan Hall" to his three sisters, Mary Foote, Su.sannah Street, ami Eunice Dickinson. (Book 26, p. 270. ) From these facts the statement in ' 'Street Family" under No. 54, that this Susannah was at this time the wife of Elisha Whittlesev must be an error. vii. Gii.Ks, h. Feb IS, 1733,' d. March 17, 1TS9, m. Nov. 27, 1759, ^lartha Robinson who d. April 2, 1766, m. (2) Dec. 24, 1772, ^Irs. Thankful Merriman of AVallingford. viii. Rhoda, b. April 14, 1734, d. Aug. 23, 1751. ix. Mauy, b. 1718, d. at Branford, Conn., May 6, 1792, m. Isaac Foote, son of John and ]Marv Foote, b, Julv 6., 1717, d. at CJreenbush, N. Y., Oct.. 17"65. 55 30. Rev. Samuel^ ITall, (John,-^ Samuel,- John,^ ) b, Oct. 4, 1695, d. Feb. 26, 177(;, m. Jau. 12, 1725, Ann Law, dan. .lonathan Law, Governoi- of Conn., Grad. at Yale, 1716, and was tntor there from 1716 to 1718 ; became pastor of the church in Cheshire in 1724. (Hall Ancestry, pp. 255 to 272.) Children, all b. in Cheshire. i. SAMrEi.," b. July 23, 1727, "by wife Ann, dan. of IMr. Law of ^lilforil. In' his wife Ann, dau. of I\Ir Eliot of (-iuil- ford, by his wife Sarah, dau. of INlr. Win. Brenton of Road Island" (Wallingford, Conn., records.) d. Aug. 23, 1727. ii. JoxATiiAX, b. July 11, 1728, d. July 12, 1728. iii. Benoni, b. Nov. 4, 1729, d. Nov. 19, 1729. iv. Lrcv, 1>. Sept. 11, 1730, ni. June 13, 1751, Charles, son of Rev. Samuel and Ruth (Dudley,) Whittlesey, minister of Wallingford. V. Samuel, b: Jan. 11, 1731-2, d. Mav 19, 1732, of small pox. vi. Ann, b. May 10, 1733, m. Nov. 13, 1752, Rev. Warham, son of Rev. Stephen \Villiams, Fellow and Secretary of Yale CoUeire. vii. Samuel, b. May 31, 1734. Grad. at Yale. viii. Mary, b. Nov. 5, 1736, m. Dea. Samuel Beach of Cheshire, Yale 1757, a prominent attorney and a delegate to the convention which framed the Constitution of the U. S. 24. ix. Brextox', b. April 2, 1738, lirst representative from Meriden. X. Elisha, b. March 10, 1740. xi. Sarah, b. Aug. 8, 1742. xii. Joxatiiax, b. July 19, 1745. 25. xiii. Abigail, b. Dec. 17, 1748, m. Rev. John Foote. Their son Samuel A. was Governor of Conn, and IT. S. Senator. Their grandson was Admiral Andrew H. Foote. 31. Elihu^ Hall, ( John, '^ Samuel,- John,'^ ) b. Feb. 17, 1714, d. in London, Eng., 1784, age 70, m. Jan. 2, 1734, Lois, dan. of Rev. Samuel and Sarah (Chauucey,) Whittlesey ; b. Nov. 28, 1714, grad. at Yale and in 1750, was King's attorney and held the title of Colonel. In 1780 he removed to London. Was the wife of Ej^hraim John- Children. i. Lois,5 b. May 11, son in 1787. ' 1735. ii. Hezekiah, b. May 4, 1737, iii. Sarah, b. July 24, 1729. oo 56 iv. John, h. Jan. IS, 1739, ni. 177L', Marv JamcP, and had Nicholas .Street, b. Mar. 27, 1773. V. n.vMAKis, b. Oc-t. 6, 1741. Wa.s Daiuari.s Doolittle in 1787. vi. 1m. I III', b. An>r 13, 1744. vii. Kum-, b. March ].'), 174.'). viii. ErxiCE, b. March L', 1749. ix. LiTY, b. Nov. 14, 17nl. X. KiNicE, 1). AnS. iv. Lament, b. July 14, 1776. V. JOAB. 25. Abigail'^ Hall, {Samuel,'^ John;-^ Samuel:^ John,^ ) b. Dec. 7, 1748, d. K^ov. 19, 1788, ;ige 39, m. John Foote, b. April 5, 1742, d. Aug. 3], 1813. age 71. Grad. Yale, 1765, studied divinity with his wife's father and succeeded him as pastor of the (^heshire church. Children. i. AbigailG Sarah Hall, b. Jan. 2, 1769, d. Jan. 20, 1775 11. Mary Ann, b. >Sept. 21, 1770, in. Dr. Thomas T. Cornwall and was mother of Hon. Edward A. Corn wall, of Cheshire' iii. John Alfred, b. Jan. 2, 1774, d. Auo- 25 171)4 iv. Abigail, b. Sept. 16, 1776, d. Aiia. 9'; 1778. v. AViLLiAM Lambert, b. Oct. 10, 1778. vi. Samuel Augustu.s, b. Nov. 8, 1780. vii. Roderick, b. Dec. 15, 1782, d. May 16, 1791. viii. Matilda, b. 3Iay 6, 1785, d. Oct. 9, 1787. 26. Jonathan^ Hall, ( Isaac,^ lonathan,-' Thomas;^ /ohn,^ ) b. in Meriden, Dec. 11, 1757, d. June 6, 1832, m. May 14, 1777, Martha Collins, d. May, 1841, age 83. He was a physician and removed to N'ew Hartford, jST. Y,, in 1787. Children. i. Isaac," b. Feb. 22, 1778. ii. Keturah, b. Nov. 17, 1780. iii. Sylvia, b. Sept. 18, 1782. iv. Jonathan, b. Aug. 14. 1784. V. Eli, b. Mav 14, 1786. 28. vi. Ira, b. July 10, 1788. vii. Mary Moss, b. April 12, 1790. viii. Agnes Collins, b. Aug. 6, 1 793. ix. Amos Hull, b. Feb. 12, 1796. X. Jedediah Sanger, b. Nov. 2, 1797. xi. Sarah T., b. May 6, 1799. 58 27. William*' Brenton Hall, ( Brcnton,^ Samuel,^ John:^ Samuel,- John,^ ) b. May 31, 1704, d. at MiddU'town, July 29, 18(){», in, March 6, 17;)6, Meliitable Parsons, dan. of Major General Samuel llolden Parsons, of the Continental army. He was a prominent physician in Meridcn and a graduate of Yale, 17SG. Children. i. .Mkiiitaui.i:" Parsons, b. Dec. o, 1796, d. in live days. ii. Wii.i.iAM Bkicntox, b. Mav 17, 1798, d. Fch. 5, 1824, in. .Merry Hul)))ard, of Middletown, and hail William who (1. unmarried. 29. iii. Samiki. IIoi.DKN Parsons, 1). June 28, 1804. He removed to P)in>,'lianiton, N. Y., and was elected for two terms to the Senate of the State. 28 Ira^ Hall, {/onathan/^ Isaac,'^/o)uithan,^ Thomas,^ /ohn,' ) h. in New Hartford, K. Y., July 10. 1788, d. Jan. 19, 1860, age 71, m. (1) Kate Eose, who d. Oct. 3, 1814, m. (2) Marcia Rounds. He was a physician and practiced in Skeneateles, N. Y. Children. 30. i. Nathan- Kelsev, 1... March 28, 1810, d. March 2, 1874. ii. Ira V., b. Aug. 3, 1811. iii. Ira, b. Aug. 4, 1814. iv. (Catharine, b. Dec. 3, 1816. V. Mary, b. Sept. 17, 1819. vi. Eli Q., b. June 21, 1822. vii. SviAKSTER R., b. July 3, 1826. viii. Sarah, b. March 1, 1829. ix. Makcia, b. Sept. 29, 1831. Jane, b. April 4, 18.36. X. 29. Samuel^ Holden Parsons Hall, ( Wm. Brenton,^ Brenton,'^ Rev. Samuel,* /olni,^ Samuel,'^ /oh7i,^ ) h. at Middletown, Conn., June 23, 1804, d. at Bingham- ton, N. Y., March 5, 1877, m. May 14, 1826, Emeline Bulkeley of Rocky Hill, Conn. She was b. Nov. 6, 1798, d. Aug. 28, 1855, m. (2) May 20, 1857, Eluora Robbins, of New Hartford, N. Y., who was b. Dec. 11, 1812, d. June 4, 1879. After the death of his father in 1809 he lived with his uncle Enoch Parsons, Prest. of the Conn, branch ^ 59 of the United States Bank. In 1837 he removed to Binghamtou, N. Y. H(> was elected to the State Senate in 1846 from the sixtli district, composed of nine counties, for the term of lour years and re-elect- ed for a second term. His children were all by his first wife. Children. ' ^i"ot^^'''-rr '^^'^'^I,™'^ Hall, b. May 10, 1827; in. (1) Jan. 3, 1855, Mary Rebecca Harris of Ballston Spa, N Y b Sept. 6, 1834, d. Nov. 10, 1881. Their children were : — 1. Louise-' Harris, h. Mar. 17, 185S ; d. Sept. 4, 1858. 2. Charles Harris, h. Mar. 19. 1860; ni. April 16, 1885, Marion Musgrave ■\Vrip;ht, b. Aug. 16, 1863, and had, Fairfaxi" Hall, b. April 19, 1886. 3. Arnold Harris, h. May 5, 1863 ; d. April 9, 1885. 4. ,Samuel Hnlden Parsons, b. Oct. 10, 1868, ni. Nov. 1, 1888, Helen C. Chai.il)erlain, 1). .July 22, 1S71 and had Arnoldi<> Hall, b. March 2, 1901. Mr. C. S. Hall, m. (2) Oct 29, 1885, Annie Hastings Knowlton, b. Nov. 19, 1861, and had, 5. Li/man Knowlton Hall, b. Dec. 10, 1892 ; d. July 23, 1893. ^ William Brentox Hall, b .July 15, 1829 ; d. Jan. 27, 1856, m. March 18, 1851, Elizabeth S. J. Paddock, d. Dec. 15 18oo. iii. Josephine EmelixkMeiiitable Hall, b. March 17 1831- d. Jan. 12, 1857, m. May 17, 1853, Hugh Allen of Brook- lyn N. \ ., b. April 15, 1827, d. Jan." 24, 1881. They 1. Josephine'-' Annie Emeline, b. Dec. 24, 1856 • who m. June 19, 1884, Dr. Henry Hollirook Curtis of N. Y., and had, 1, Henryi" Holbrook Curtis b April 6, 1885, d. Jan. 25, 1888; 2, William Edniond Curtis, b. Jan. 4, 1890, d. Aug. 13, 1890 • 3 Marjone Curtis, b. Nov. 11, 1888. '''• '^I'l^^?."'?,'- Parsons Hall, b. Dee. 15, 1835 ; m. Jan. 11, 1860, Alexandrine Louise Codfroy of Detroit Mich b May 11, 1838. Their children were:- " 1. Marie^ Stella Holden, b. Dec. 26, 1860 ; m. Jan. 2 1880, AVilham Toone St. Auburn, b Mar ''>r>' 1852. , ..L.1I. -o, 2. Jospphine Emeline, b. June 5, 1863 ; m. Feb. 10, 1886, Major Robert James Crombie Irvine, U. S.' A. They had, 1, Josephinei" Navarre, b. Vlarcli 19, 1887, and 2, Beatrice, b. Aug. 17, 1888, d. Aug. 2n, 1899. 11. 60 3. Samuel Holden Parsons, )>. June 30, 1864 ; d. Dec. lo, 1864. 4. Natlialir Heloise, h. .Juin- 1, l.S()(); ni. Oct. 27, 1886, James Lee Scott, and had. Brentoni" Hall Scott, 1). Feb. 1, 18i»0. 5. C or inne Alexandrine, b. Feb 11, 1868 ; d. Feb. 2, 1869. 6. Alexandrine Eugenie, b. Dec 4, 1869; d. Feb. 17, 1892. 7. Marie Archange Navarre, ]>. Sei)t. 7, 1S72 ; ni. June 28, 1899, Captain Fre. Dec. 16, 1863 : m. Oct. 27, 1886, Cornelia Roi^s, b. Dec. IS, 1864, and had, Cornelia,'" b. .Se{)t. 5, 1887. Mr. R. H. Hall. ni. (2) Oct. 30, 1867, Kate Croswell, b. ^larch 14, 1S4(). 30. Nathan'^ Kklsey Hall, (Ira,'' Jonathan,'' Isaac,^ Jonathan-^ Thomas,'^ /ohn,^ ) h. in Skeneateles, X. Y., Marcli 28, 1810, d. Mareli 2, 3 874, in Bnftalo, N". Y., of angina pectoris; in. Nov. 16, 1832, Emily Payne, b. Aug. 5, 1811. He was appointed Post Master General by President Fillmore and subse- quently IT. S. District Judge for the Northern District of New York. Children. i. Natiia>;'< K., b. Oct. 13, 1833 ; d. Oct. 22, 183-^. ii. Frkdekk'K Ai'GUsTr.s, 1). Jan. 10, 1836 : d. at Andover, Mass., Jan. 7, 1852. iii. Emily A., b. Oct 9, 1838, m. {ieorire Gorhani, of Canan- daitrua. N. Y., Oct. 24, 1860, d. :Mav 29, 1863. iv. Fkank, b. .Tan. 7. 1845 ; d. at Washington. D. C, Mav 23, 1S4S. V. (Jh.vce, I). Max 16, 1850, m. Nov. 4, 1868, Josiah Jewett of Buffalo, N. Y. / SHEPARD-HALL LINEAGE. 1. John Hall and Jaue Wolleu. 2. Mary Hall and Henry Cook. 3. Henry Cook and Mary Frost. -i. Pbebe Cook and Zerubbabel Jerome. 5. Mary Jerome and Joseph Spencer. 6. Mamre Spencer and William Gaylord. 7. ^ncy Gaylord and Salmon Curtis. 8. William Gaylord Curtis and Lucy Preston. 9. 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