HALL FAMILY HISTORY
DESCENDANTS OF THE HALL FAMILY
OF BRADFORD-ON-AVON, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND
If you would like your name and email address added to the Hall group mailing list for periodic updates, or if you would like to be added to the list of Hall researchers as shown under the blue link below, contact Jeanie at wdegidio@cox.net. All additions and corrections to this website are encouraged and appreciated. Changes or corrections that differ from the published book are in red.
© 2005. 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Hall Family Name, all rights reserved, no reproduction or publication of this website, or its contents allowed without specific written permission from, Wanda "Jeanie" Ware DeGidio wdegidio@cox.net.
WANDA JEAN "JEANIE" WARE DEGIDIO
There
are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our
children.
One
of these is roots; the other is wings. Jonas Salk
IMPORTANT: The official Wiltshire website can be found at www.wiltshire.gov.uk, on this website you can see the HALL PEDIGREE as well as the ROGERS PEDIGREE as shown in the book, Bradford-on-Avon: history and description, by W.H. Jones, brought up to date by J. Beddoe. 1907, Book 16. The ancient Hall family of Bradford-ion Avon are discussed in Chapter 7.
The
arms of the Hall’s of Bradford on Avon can be seen at
Holy Trinity Church in Bradford on Avon on a wooden screen
on the north wall of the chancel, once used to separate the
south aisle from the body of the church.
A description of the Hall arms and crest, found on
the 1565 Hall Pedigree of the Herald's Visitation, is
carried back to Thomas Halle, or de la Sale, living at the
close of the 14th century.
The Hall motto is described in an article in The
Wiltshire Society’s Magazine, issue 268.
Arms:
Sable,
three poleaxes argent;
Crest:
An
arm embowed in armour Proper
(natural color), garnished Or (gold), holding
a poleaxe argent (silver);
Motto:
“Deo
et pauperibus,” meaning: “To
God and the Poor.”
The poleaxe symbolizes readiness for the ordeal of battle
and the defense of purpose through allegiance to the
sovereign; loyalty, conviction, and unconquerable will, a
staff weapon used by Knights, betoken on one of dignity and
repute. The blade was an axe-head, usually balanced by a
hammer-type head, and surmounted by a steel spike. Used from
the 15th century for foot combats. The shaft was of ash
other hardwood, mounted by an axe blade that had a forward
point for thrusting and a thin projection on the back for
piercing armor or pulling a horseman off balance. The
poleaxe and halberd were specialized weapons for fighting
armored men-at-arms and penetrating knightly armor.
Based
on the following information, the de Aulas of Bradford on
Avon are more than likely descendants of the Isle
of Wight de Aulas, who are often referred to as Normans.
An early deed shows that Henry Hall, b. c1440, son and heir
of Nicholas Hall and Margaret Besill who died early and
passed them on to his brother Thomas, held lands in
Bradford, Lye, Troll Parva, Slade, Ford, Wraxhall, Holt,
Broughton, Marlborough, Okebourn Meysey, Wilts, Freshford,
Iford, Mitford, Frome, Widcombe, Portishead, Fleete, as well
as other placed in Somerset.
The Battle Abbey Roll: With Some Account of the
Norman Lineages, states, "this family took its name
from Le Haulle in Normandy. Warin de Haulla is
mentioned in Somerset in 1154 and again in 1165, and held a
barony of eight fees in Devon. The de Aulas held St.
Lawrence, Stenbury and Yavesland in Isle of Wight."
Anne
Wroughton of Moores Court, Isle of Wight, daughter of Sir
Thomas Wroughton, married Lancelot Lisle and they had son
Thomas Lisle. Lancelot Lisle died and his manorial rights
passed to his widow Anne who then married Anthony Rogers,
son of Anthony Rogers and Dorothy Ernely, grandson of
William Rogers and Joan Horton and great grandson of Thomas
Rogers and Cecilia Besill. Cecilia's sister Margaret married
Nicholas Hall. Anthony Rogers and his wife Anne held courts
at Holt between 1544 and 1556; grandson Anthony Lisle, son
of Thomas Lisle, succeeded her. Dorothy Rogers b. c1540,
daughter and heir of Anthony Rogers of Bradford and Anne
Wroughton, married John Hall, son of Thomas Hall and
Elizabeth Mervyn.
The
Lisle's were from Wolton, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England,
and the Wroughton’s were from Moores Court, Isle Wight,
England. Eleanor de Gorges, heiress of Wraxhall, was
born c1307 in Knighton, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
and died c1376 in Wraxall, Long Ashton, Somerset, England.
She married Sir Theobald Russell of Kingston, son of
Sir William Russell of Kingston and Katherine de Aula.
TOTHILL
MANOR. The manor of Tothill was taken from Richard de Says
in late 1265. Thomas de Aula is mentioned as lord of Tothill
in 1267. By Nov 1274 King Edward I, granted it to John Ferre.
Eleanor Ferre, heiress of Tothill was alive in 1330 when she
was referred to as "Dame de Georges wife of Sir John
Peche" and William Russell, Eleanor's grandson,
described her as a "grasping, avaricious, tyrannical
woman." Ralph de Gorges m. Eleanor in 1301 and
died 1323. His widow was granted as dower the manor of
Wraxhall and one-third of the manor of Braunton, she then
married before 1326 John Peche (1st Lord Peche), and was
still living by 1334.
HOLT
MANOR - Walter de Aula is mentioned in a very early deed as
owner of Ford Farm in Holt, his father Reginald de Aula is
described as his predecessor in a charter of Abbess Mary
according to, Chartus and Custumals of Shaftesbury Abbey
1089-1216 by N. E. Stacy.
BRIDDLESFORD - Domesday shows it being held by Nigel,
son of William, son of Azor, and Yaverland, passing to the
de Aula Family. By
1204
- Briddlesford was returned to the overlord, Thomas de
Aula, Lord of Yaverland. He was the son of Roger de
aula, and grandson of Warin de aula, one of the founders of
St. Nicholas Chapel in Carisbrooke Castle. The tenant,
William de Bridlesford, had forfeited the land due to a
felony. By the end of the 13th century, it was in the
hands of the Lisle family of Wootton. The manor of
Briddlesford eventually passed to Thomas Lisle, stepson of
Anthony Rogers, of Bradford on Avon, in the right of Thomas'
mother Anne Wroughton Lisle Rogers.
RAIINHAM MANOR - Rainham manor, which formed part of the
honor of Bampton, descended from Walter of Douai who died
c1107 to his son Robert of Bampton and to Robert's daughter
Gillian who married 1) William Paynel and 2) Warin Haule (d.
1176).
MORTON
MANOR - Morton manor, Brading, Isle of Wight, formed part of
the estate of the family of Aula, being held of Thomas de
Aula's manor of Tothill in 1267-8, and passed to his
descendants, the Russell’s of Yaverland. Morton Manor,
believed to be built in 1249, is situated on the original
site of residence of the Norman de Aula family.
YAVERLAND
MANOR - Thomas de Aula is mentioned in a deed of 1228, and
in 1254 his son Roger de Aula obtained a grant at Yaverland,
Isle of Wight. Before the end of the century the manor
passed to William Russell by his marriage with the daughter
of Thomas de Aula.
KERN
MANOR was held before the Conquest by Earl Harold, and in
1086 by the king. It seems afterwards to have passed to the
Aula family, and Roger de Aula gave part to the Knights
Templar. His gift was confirmed by Ralph Mackerell and augmented
by Robert Russell.
SPAN
MANOR – Span originally belonged to the de Aula family,
but was held near the end of the 13th century by William
Russell, Lord of Yaverland.
STENBURY
MANOR According to Worley's "Isle of Wight" (1781)
pg. 220, "the manor of Stenbury was held by the family
of de Aula from after the Norman conquest, from whom it
descended to that of Heyno who enjoyed it for more than two
centuries, and lived at the manor house, which was
surrounded by a moat."
In
1700, John Hall, builder of the Alms-Houses in Bradford on
Avon, ordered the Hall coat of arms, crest
and inscription “Deo et pauperibus,” be cut in stone and
placed on the front of the building, which can still be
seen.
In Heraldry, the poleaxe, a staff weapon used by Knights,
was conferred to those of dignity, good reputation,
conviction, loyalty, and readiness for action.
A heraldic artist was able to recreate the Hall coat
of arms based on the above description.
Before the invasion in 1066, William the Conqueror
imported soldiers from surrounding provinces to improve the
fighting abilities of his army. These knights were quickly
assimilated into the Norman aristocracy and many stood by
William’s side at Hastings, and subsequently became
prominent among Anglo-Norman baronial families in England.
It is known that William asked men from Poitou, Burgundy,
Brittany, Flanders, Germany, Denmark and Italy to join his
army. In exchange for their services, William promised them
a share of the land and wealth of England.
Whether
or not the Hall’s of Bradford on Avon arrived with William
the Conqueror is unknown. We do know the first mention of the “de
Aula’s of Bradford” is found in, Charters and
Custumals of Shaftesbury Abbey, 1089-1216, By N. E.
Stacy, wherein Reginaldus de Aula “of Bradford” is
mentioned. It
also describes a charter of Abbess Mary, which names
Reginald de Aula as the predecessor of Walter de Aula.
These early documents used the French, or Norman,
version of the Hall surname. Records of Holy Trinity Parish,
built by the Norman’s in Bradford on Avon following the
conquest, show the de Aula’s as members from an early
date. These records indicate the de Aula’s were a family
of consequent, wealth and power as lords of the manor.
Mary
(c1150-1216), Abbess of Shaftesbury, believed to be the
daughter of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and Maine,
Duke of Normandy, and half-sister of Henry II, exacted her
rights, as Lady of the Manor, of wardship and marriage over
their minor children from the representatives of Reginald de
Aula upon his death. Agnes, widow of Reginald de Aula, paid
twenty-five marks and Mary agreed to cede her rights.
In feudal law, the right of wardship allowed the abbess to
take control of a minor heir until the heir came of age. The
right of marriage allowed them to have some say as to whom
the daughter or widow of a vassal would marry and both
rights brought increased revenue.
As
owner of Halus Manor, an estate known to be held by the
Abbess of Shaftesbury as part of her manor of Bradford,
Reginald de Aula had attained a status of quality and wealth
while living in Bradford on Avon, possibly acquiring the
manor as his father’s eldest son and heir.
The
various spelling of this family name include Hall, Halle,
Haule, Haul, Hal, Hale, De Aule, De la Sale, De la Salle, De
Sale, De Salle, De la S’aula and others, the Latin version
of the name being Aula, and the French version being Salle.
In Leland’s Itinerary he states, “Halle, alias De
la Sale, dwellith in a pretty stone house at the east end of
the town, on the right bank of Avon, a man of 100 pounds of
land by the year; an ancient gentleman since the time of
Edward I.”
The Domesday
Book of 1086 was a survey similar to those done today. It
was ordered by William the Conqueror and contained records
for 13,418 English settlements. The
main purpose of the survey was to find out who owned what so
they could be taxed on it, and the judgment of the
assessors was final, whatever the book said about who owned
the property, or what it was worth, was the law, with no
appeal. It
recorded the manor of Bradford as consisting of about 5,000
acres, and as being held by the Abbey of Shaftesbury.
Following the Norman Conquest, records indicate there was
very little change in this area, except for the construction
of a large Norman church and renovation of the town bridge.
This Norman church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is
located near the town center by the river, and is believed
built over the remains of an older church.
During Saxon times the town bridge was wooden, but
during Norman times it was replaced with high quality stone.
The original slim design,
built without parapets, was so dangerous people kept falling
into the river, which led to the construction of another
bridge alongside it, effectively doubling the width. Two
ribbed and pointed arches of the original Norman
construction can still be seen on the eastern side, and if
you look under the bridge you can clearly see the joint. On
the bridge is a small building, originally a chapel, and the
fish on the weather vane is a Gudgeon, an early Christian
symbol. In later years, the chapel was used as a small
prison where local drunks and troublemakers were sometimes
confined overnight.
BRADFORD ON AVON TOWN BRIDGE
In
1206 the Pipe Roll of 6 John shows Thomas de Aula, “paid
40 marks and a palfrey to get what he ought to have had for
nothing, namely the lands escheated to him through his
tenant’s felony.” The
legal rights of the Crown were already extended beyond their
legal limits, but King John decided to extend them even
further. Once he obtained a firm footing in the felon’s
land, he then refused to surrender it to the rightful lord
after the year and day had expired, causing great anger
among the Barons. The Magna Carta, an English charter issued
in 1215, was written to end such abuses. Records show Gilbert
de Aula signed his name as a witness to the signing of the
Magna Carta, which later influenced the United States
Constitution and Bill of Rights, and is considered one of
the most important legal documents in the history of
democracy.
Thomas
Hall, spouse of Alice Bower, was summoned before the
King’s Justices with reference to a debt of £100 owning
to Sir John Turberville, Knight. He failed to make his
appearance and was charged with something similar to
"contempt of Court."
The penalty of 'outlawry' soon followed. He soon
surrendered himself to justice, and for a time was an inmate
of Fleet prison. Among
the deeds and other documents found at the Hall during the
process of repairs was one dated 18 Henry VII, and contained
a "Royal Pardon and Revocation of Outlawry for Thomas
Hall, lately of Bradford, Co. Wilts, Gentleman, now in the
Fleet Prison." It does not appear from the document
that the debt was paid at the time of his release; the
condition of his release being that he should appear in
Court "if the said John should desire to speak with him
touching the debt above mentioned.”
The
outlawed man was outside the pale of society; anyone might
slay him at pleasure; in the grim phrase of the day, he bore
“a wolf’s head” and might be hunted like a noxious
beast. A reward of two marks was offered for each outlaw’s
head brought to Westminster. Two barons showed their
knowledge of John’s suspicions by withdrawing secretly
from his Court and taking to flight. The King caused them to
be outlawed in their absence, and thereafter seized their
estates and demolished their castles.
In
1273 William de Aula de Bradford is mentioned among
Wiltshire gentlemen witnessing documents during the reign of
King Edward (1273-1307).
In the Hundred Rolls, (7 Edw. I, 1279), Reginald de
Aula and Adam de Mokesham appear as Jurors for the Hundred
of Melksham. William de Aula, b. c1238, was a minor at
the time of his father’s death, and in 1295 he was
appointed to the high office of Coroner. In a deed of that
time, he is referred to as, “Coronator Domini Regis,”
suggesting both wealth and worldly station. Other documents
from 1284-1330 mention William de Aula, his wife Katherine,
and son Thomas. It is thought the recessed tomb located on
the south side of the Chancel of Holy Trinity Church belongs
to William de Aula.
The position of county Coroner was instituted in 1194
assuming duties, which had been previously assigned to the
sheriff. This was a position appointed by freeholders who
assembled in the county court.
Along with other minor functions, his main duties
were to guard royal interests, and keep the royal pleas. He
received formal accusations, took sureties, and made
preliminary investigations to examine the size and nature of
the victim’s wounds in a charge of mayhem; and to keep an
eye on royal windfalls. He also appraised the value of
chattels forfeited to the King. When felons took refuge in
sanctuary, it was the coroner who arranged for their leaving
the country on forfeiting all that they had. They kept a
record of those who had been outlawed, and received
“appeals” of criminal charges.
From
the visitation of 1565, we can establish that the Hall’s
of Bradford on Avon intermarried with others of wealth and
status, while maintaining continuous ownership of Hall
Manor, also known as “The Hall.” In 1851, a series of deeds were found in
the flooring during extensive repairs containing a vast
amount of information on this family and other families
throughout the area. These deeds gave a description of
property held by the Hall family in this and the neighboring
hundreds, and extending from a very early period to the 13th
year of Henry VII. All of the deeds were written by
the same hand, which indicates they were copied from the
originals. It
is thought they were likely deposited under the flooring for
safe keeping during those most unsettling times. An
elaborate Spanish steel court sword was also found hidden
among the deeds.
Wiltshire
Community History states, "At the end of the 16th
century The Hall, the finest building in the town, was built
by the Hall family, who had been prominent local landowners
from at least the mid 13th century. The new building
replaced a medieval house which Leland had noted as 'a
pretty stone house at the east end of the town." Pevsner
described The Hall as, "the one nationally major
mansion in Bradford, not a town house but a country house in
character." In 1320, Thomas at Halle, of
Bradford, witnessed a deed, now at Lacock Abbey.
In 1324,
Reynold de le Sale of Bradford, was granted land by charter,
referred to a brother Thomas, Rector of Portishead,
Somerset, he married Isabella.
In 1350, John Hall's son, William, was presented to
the chapel of Barley in Bradford parish, and between 1357
and 1361 Thomas at Halle of Bradford is mentioned in
numerous deeds.
THE HALL
From
the Herald's Visitations, we find the Hall pedigree carried
back to Thomas Halle, or De la Sale, living at the close of
the 14th century. From
deeds we know that Thomas descended from Reginald de Aula
and Alice, daughter and, upon the death of her brother
Peter, sole heir of Thomas Atte Forde, also written Atford,
from whom, he obtained Ford Farm. Alice Atte Forde was the
heiress of Nicholas Langridge of Bradford through her
mother. Thomas Halle of Bradford in the County of Wiltes,
Esq., married Alice, sister and heir of Peter Atford, both
heirs of Thomas At Forde of Bradford, and Edith his wife.
Edith was the daughter and heir of Roger and Alice his wife,
and Alice was daughter of Nicholas Langridge of Bradford.
Roger was the son of Roger and Joan, his wife, daughter of
Thomas Lyttleton of Bradford, son and heir of Peter. From
this, we know the property belonging to Peter Lyttleton (or
Littleton) prior to the commencement of the 13th century,
and came to Alice At Ford, which she brought to the Hall
family.
Lying
just within the western edge of Wiltshire about eight miles
southeast of the city of Bath in Somerset, the historical
town of Bradford on Avon, is home of architectural buildings
from Saxon, Roman and Norman times. Bradford on Avon is a
small picturesque English town among the rolling hills on
the banks of the river Avon. The town bridge, dating from
Norman times, crosses what’s referred to as the ‘broad
ford’ on the Avon, and is thought to be the origin of the
town’s name. Bradford
on Avon is close to some of the oldest manmade stone
structures known, older than the Great Pyramid of Egypt, and
25 miles away from one of the wonders of the world,
Stonehenge. The
earliest trace of ancient Britons in the town was over 2,500
years ago with a small settlement just above the area known
as Troy.
King
Aethered II gave the estate of Bradford to Shaftesbury Abbey
in 1001, and suggested relocating the bones of King Edward,
nicknamed the Martyr, to Bradford on Avon, for safety
reasons during the early part of the 11th century
due to increasingly frequent Viking raids. The relocation
never happened, but it is believed the present Saxon church
was built to accommodate the relics.
St. Olave’s Street, now Woolley Street, runs
parallel with the river Avon along its northern bank. The
name St. Olave commemorated a church dedicated to a
Scandinavian saint, indicating Viking influence, and
possible settlement, in this area during the 11th century.
In 1532 Bradford on Avon witnessed the barbaric spectacle of a public burning at the stake of one of its own. Thomas Tropnell, of Wiltshire, denied the doctrine of transubstantiation, the fact that the bread and wine taken at the eucharist literally were the body and blood of Christ, and was burned to death in the market place at the bottom of Market Street. The Hall’s of Bradford were connected to the Tropnell family by way of William Hall, son of Thomas Hall, after his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Tropnell of Chalfield. Christoper Tropnell was the spouse of Anne Carew, coheir of her brother's estate and daughter of Nicholas Carew IV, of Beddington, Nutfield and Carshalton, co. Surrey, Sulham, Berkshire, and Delamars, Hertfordshire. She was born 1436, or "aged 22" at the death of her father in 1466.
Mentioned
previously, The Wiltshire Society’s Magazine,
published an engraving of a shield taken from a tracing of a
carved oak quartering located over the chimney-piece at the
Hall, which show several quarterings recording the various
early alliances made by members of the Hall family. Among
those quartered are those of Besill and Atford, two others,
'A bend between three leopard or lions heads erased, the
other, and an eagle sable, preying on a fish azure,' are
possibly those of Littleton and Langridge.
However, since the shield contains the quartering of
Besill, it may also include that of the mother of Nicholas
Hall who married Margaret Besill, whose name and family are
yet unknown.
HALL QUARTERED ARMS
By
the fourteenth century, Wiltshire had become a county of
importance and great wealth through the exclusive
manufacturing of white undyed broadcloth. Gloucester,
Somerset, and Oxford soon followed Wiltshire in the
manufacturing of white undyed broadcloth. In
1540, John Leland, upon visited the town, wrote 'All the
town of Bradford standith by clothmaking'.
These
English "clothiers" soon became a close-knit
group. Pedigrees show these families intermarried and were
linked by the Clothier Guild. These clothiers became a very
wealthy and powerful guild because the weaving and
distribution of cloth was so vastly important to the English
economy. Most of these family businesses were closely
held and passed down through either bloodlines or by
marriage, with few outsiders. It stands to reason then that
the influence of this Guild would extend from all areas and
well into London with close family connections.
For
more than six centuries Bradford on Avon was a center of
cloth weaving. During this time, most of the buildings along
the hillside to the river were spinners and weavers cottages
with the woolen mills lining the bank of the river Avon.
By the mid sixteenth century the clothiers of Wiltshire, and
the Hall’s in particular, became an important family in
the cloth trade. This prosperity continued until a
devastating outbreak of plague in 1609.
This outbreak coupled with Wiltshire’s
unwillingness to change from the old white undyed broadcloth
to the new lighter colored broadcloths, resulted in a sharp
and immediate decline in the manufacturing of broadcloth in
Wiltshire. This
decline, and the rise of religious unrest led many
Wiltshire’s residents down a path leading to America.
THOMAS
DE LA SALE
BIRTH:
c1340 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
DEATH: Aft. 1352 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
FATHER: William
de Aula, Coronator Regis
MOTHER: Catherine LNU
WIFE: Edith LNU
MARRIED: c1361 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
DESCENDING SON: Thomas Atte Halle
CHILDREN:
1. Thomas Atte Halle b. c1364
THOMAS ATTE HALLE
BIRTH:
c1364 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
DEATH: c1430 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
FATHER: Thomas
de la Salle
MOTHER: Edith LNU
WIFE: Alice Atford d. 1426/27
W. FATHER: Thomas Atte Ford
W. MOTHER: Edith
MARRIED: c1385 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
DESCENDING SON: Thomas Halle
CHILDREN:
1. Reginald Halle, b. c1386 d. Bfr. 1427, eldest son, he endowed a charity in the parish church of Bradford in 1420. He died prior to his mother as she named her heir as son Thomas. Reginald married Matilda, and their son William died in infancy
2. Edith Halle,
b. c1388,
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
3. Isabel Halle, b. c1390, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
5. Thom
4. John
Halle, b. c1398 Bradford on Avon, d. c1417 Bradford on Avon
6. Richard
Halle, b. c1400, descendants are name in the pedigree of
Gore of Aldrington
Thomas, the first-named in the ordinary pedigrees, is said to have descended from Reginald de Aula, and married, about the year 1390, Alice, daughter and, by the death of her brother Peter, sole heir of 'Thomas Atte-Forde. Documents dated 1408 state, "Alice, relict of Thomas Halle, who died 1427, was holding land in Bradford Leigh and South Wraxall of the Abbess of Shaftesbury." Alice Atford Hall survived her husband, dying in the year 1427. Reginald, the eldest son, died before 1427 without surviving issue, therefore her second son Thomas, aged thirty at the time of her death, became heir of her estate. Before his death, Reginald de Halle, the eldest son, endowed a "chaplain to serve at the altar at St. Nicholas" in the Parish Church.
THOMAS HALLE
BIRTH:
1397 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
DEATH: Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
FATHER: Thomas
Atte Halle
MOTHER: Alice Atford d. c1427
WIFE: Unknown
MARRIED: c1425 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
DESCENDING SON: Nicholas Hall
CHILDREN:
1. Nicholas Hall, son/heir, b. c1429 Bradford on Avon, m. Margaret, daughter and coheir of William Besill or Besyll who died in 1479
NICHOLAS HALL
BIRTH:
c1429 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
DEATH: Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
FATHER: Thomas
Halle
WIFE: Margaret Besill or Besyll
W. FATHER: William Besill or Besyll
MARRIED: c1451 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
DESCENDING SON: Thomas Hall
CHILDREN:
1.
Henry Hall, son/heir, b. c1452 Bradford on Avon, died soon
after father
2. Thomas Hall, b. c1460, m. Alice,
daughter of William Norton of Wilton, alias William Bowyer
Nicholas Hall substantially increased the wealth of
the family by marrying Margaret one of the daughters and
co-heiresses of William Besill II of Bradford; Cecilia, the
other co-heiress, married Anthony Rogers, b. c1438, of
Bradford on Avon. In a commission dated 4 Apr 1403,
Margaret’s grandfather, William Besill I, was notified by Westminster,
after the deaths of Sir William Asthorpe and King Richard
II, with Humphrey de Stafford, knight, William Stourton,
Thomas Bonham, and the sheriff of co. Wilts. to, “inquire
concerning the information that much waste, ruin,
dilapidation and destruction has many times been committed
as well in the castle and barton or manor of Marlborough.
The Inquisition was held before Thomas Bonham and William
Besiles, Salisbury,
Thursday before St. Thomas the apostle, 1403: The said
castle has been injured and wasted in many ways in the time
of Robert Power, William Asthorp and William Scrop, late
constables, to what amount the jurors do not know.”
Nicholas died leaving to his son and heir, Henry, lands, houses, and mills in Bradford held of the Abbess of Shaftesbury. Henry died soon after his father, without heirs, being omitted from the 1565 pedigree in the Herald's Visitation. The estates passed to Thomas, his brother, who died 1515 seized of Hall's Manor of Bradford. At the end of the 15th century a deed dated 21st Edward IV, states Henry Hall of this family had lands in Bradford, Lye, Troll Parva, Slade, Ford, Wraxhall, Holt, Broughton, Marlborough, Okebourn Meysey, Wilts, Freshford, Iford, Mitford, Frome, Fleete, Widcombe, Portishead and other placed in Somerset.
THOMAS HALL
BIRTH:
c1460 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
DEATH: Aft. 1515 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
FATHER: Nicholas
Hall
MOTHER: Margaret Besill or Besyll
WIFE: Alice Norton
W. FATHER: William
Norton, alias Bowyer of Wilton
MARRIED: c1481
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
DESCENDING SON: William
Hall
CHILDREN:
1.
William
Hall, b. c1482 m. Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher
Tropenell of Chalfield
2. Arthur Hall, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
3. Osmond Hall,
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
4. Alice Hall, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire m. John
Torney of Wolverton
5. Edith Hall,
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire m. Edmond Chatterton
6. Thomas Hall,
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
Thomas Hall, spouse of Alice Bower, daughter of
William Norton of Wilton alias Bowyer, was summoned before
the King’s Justices with reference to a debt of £100
owning to Sir John Turberville, Knight. He failed to make
his appearance and was charged with something similar to
"contempt of Court."
The penalty of 'outlawry' soon followed.
An
outlawed man was outside the pale of society; anyone might
slay him at pleasure; in the grim phrase of the day, he bore
“a wolf’s head” and might be hunted like a noxious
beast. A reward of two marks was offered for each outlaw’s
head brought to Westminster. Two barons showed their
knowledge of John’s suspicions by withdrawing secretly
from his Court and taking to flight. The King caused them to
be outlawed in their absence, and thereafter seized their
estates and demolished their castles. Thomas soon
surrendered himself to justice, and for a time was an inmate
of Fleet prison.
Among the deeds and other documents found at the Hall during the process of repairs was one dated 18 Henry VII (1504), and contained a "Royal Pardon and Revocation of Outlawry for Thomas Hall, lately of Bradford, Co. Wilts, Gentleman, now in the Fleet Prison." It does not appear from the document that the debt was paid at the time of his release; the condition of his release being that he should appear in Court "if the said John should desire to speak with him touching the debt above mentioned.”
WILLIAM HALL
BIRTH:
c1492 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
DEATH: c1545 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
FATHER: Thomas
Hall
MOTHER: Alice
Norton, alias Bowyer of Wilton
WIFE: Elizabeth Tropenell
W. FATHER: Christopher
Tropenell
MARRIED: c1514
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
DESCENDING SON: Thomas
Hall
CHILDREN:
1.
Thomas
Hall, son/heir b. c1515 Bradford on Avon m. Elizabeth d/o
John Mervyn of Fonthill
2.
Paul Hall, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
3.
William Hall, Bradford
on Avon, Wiltshire, England
4.
Margaret Hall, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England m.
Freeman Jarvis
5.
Jane Hall, Bradford
on Avon, Wiltshire, England
m. John Gunter of Hullavington
6.
George Hall, Bradford
on Avon, Wiltshire, England
TROPENELL ARMS
William married Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher
Tropenell, and granddaughter of Thomas Tropenell and Agnes
Ludlow. Agnes
was the fourth daughter of William Ludlow, Lord of Hill
Deverel.
In 1542, Leland, wrote that William Hall lived 'in a
pretty stone house at the east end of the town' and that he
was “a man of £100 lands by the year.”
Christopher Tropenell
was the spouse of Anne Carew, coheir of her brother's estate
and daughter of Nicholas Carew IV, of Beddington, Nutfield
and Carshalton, co. Surrey, Sulham, Berkshire and Dalamars,
Hertfordshire. She was born 1436, or "aged
22" at the death of her father in 1466. The
estate of Nicholas Carew passed to his daughter Anne,
“wife of Christopher Tropenell.” Anne was
succeeded by Thomas Tropenell, her son, who died at Sulham
in 1548, leaving all his goods to his wife Eleanor for the
education of their children. The property eventually
passed to Thomas Tropnell's great-granddaughter Ann who
married John Eyre in 1550.
Christopher’s father, Thomas Tropenell,
(1402-1488), was responsible for the recovery of Great
Chalfield. After much litigation, he was able to effectively
convince the courts that he was heir to the Percy’s
through a female, the male line having become extinct.
The
estate was recorded in the Domesday Book as the property of
Ernulf de Hesding, Comte de Perche.
The arms of Tropenell
impaling Ludow are displayed in the roof of the hall and
also on their tomb. The manor, now owned by the
National Trust, is surrounded by a moat and gatehouse and
has beautiful oriel windows and a great hall.
The Lady Chapel in the Parish Church of St. Bartholomew,
Corsham, Wiltshire, was re-built between 1465 and 1480 by
Thomas Tropenell, of Neston and Great Chalfield, and is
dominated by the Tropenell's magnificent altar tomb, built
to receive the remains of himself and his wife. He
endowed the chapel with a charge of ten marks on his estate,
two oxen, and two cows. These charges were willed on
19 Dec 1514 by Anne, widow of Christopher Tropenell, son of
Thomas, to be maintained by her executors. A smaller tomb in
the chapel is that of her son, Christopher Tropenell.
Another Thomas Tropnell, of Wiltshire, an unknown member of this family, denied the doctrine of transubstantiation, the fact that the bread and wine taken at the eucharist literally were the body and blood of Christ, and was burned to death in the market place at the bottom of Market Street.
THOMAS HALL
BIRTH:
c1515 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
DEATH: Bfr. 1575 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
FATHER: William
Hall
MOTHER: Elizabeth
Tropenell
WIFE: Elizabeth
Mervyn
W. FATHER: John
Mervyn
W. MOTHER: Joan
Hungerford
MARRIED: c1539
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
DESCENDING SON: John
Hall I
CHILDREN:
1.
John
Hall, son/heir b. c1540-1597 of Forde, m. c1562 Dorothy
Rogers daughter and heiress of Anthony Rogers
2. Robert Hall, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
3. Jane Hall, Bradford
on Avon, Wiltshire, England
4. Dorothy Hall, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
5. Ann Hall, Bradford
on Avon, Wiltshire, England
6. Thomas Hall,
Bradford
on Avon, Wiltshire, England
Thomas
Hall married Elizabeth Marvyn, daughter of John Mervyn of
Fonthill. Of
the various families of this name mentioned in the
"Visitations of Wilts," Somerset, and others,
among the most prominent was that of Sir John Marvin, of
Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, grandson of Richard Marvyn, who
died in the seventeenth year of the reign of Henry VI.
Marvins held the fine estate of Fonthill Abbey, in the
parish of Hindon, for more than two centuries. The ancestors
of Reinold Marvin were all "Yeomen," owning the
lands hey occupied or inherited. Many derived incomes from
the tenants who held under them, but none of them appear to
have used armorial device but intermarried with
"armorial families."
John Mervyn was of Pertwood and Fonthill Abbey, he
married Joan, daughter of Lord Hungerford. William Fletcher, owner of Pertwood
Manor, in right of his wife Joan, daughter of John Brother
of Pertwood, died early in the 16th century, leaving as his
heirs Agnes, wife of John Maton, and Margaret, wife of John
Ingram. Margaret married, as a second husband, William
Mervyn and her share of the manor passed to her son John
Mervyn. The moiety belonging to Agnes Maton subsequently
passed to George Ludlow, who sold it in 1553 to John Mervyn,
thus possessing the both portions of the property.
Thomas
acquired his father's estates and is said to be the builder
of a small Chantry Chapel twelve and a half feet in width
and sixteen in length at the southeast angle of the Nave. It
was previously thought William Hall, who married Elizabeth
Tropenell, of Chalfield, was the builder of the Chantry
Chapel, also called, “The Kingston Aisle" or
sometimes referred to as “The Dukes House.” It was
renamed Kingston Aisle after eventually passing from the
Hall family to the Dukes of Kingston.
The Dukes of Kingston acquired the property after the
estates devolved onto Rachel Baynton in 1708.
She was from the neighboring Little Chalfield Manor.
Rachel married soon after her inheritance the 1st
Duke of Kingston, William Pierrepont.
Unfortunately, the marriage was short-lived when
William died of smallpox leaving Rachel a widow with two
small children. Her
descendant, Evelyn Pierrepont eventually succeeded as the
2nd Duke of Kingston and his daughter, Frances, married into
the Medows family who were eventually ennobled as Earl
Manvers. After
Evelyn died leaving no male heirs, the Hall and Pierrepont
fortunes fell to Frances's son and the future Earl Manvers.
In consequence the name changed to the "Kingston
Aisle,” but has since reverted to being called, "The
Hall."
A 1575 lawsuit states, “Thomas Hall Esq. deceased is, and his ancestors have for a long time, been seized of water mills and other lands' in the manor of Bradford, held by the abbey of Shaftesbury.”
JOHN HALL I
BIRTH:
c1540 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
DEATH: 1597 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
FATHER: Thomas
Hall
MOTHER: Elizabeth Mervyn
WIFE: Dorothy Rogers
W. FATHER: Anthony Rogers
W. MOTHER: Ann
b. 1507, daughter of Sir William Wroughton
MARRIED: c1569
Bradford on Avon
DESCENDING SON: John
Hall II
CHILDREN:
1.
Thomas Hall, b. c1566-c1600, eldest son.
2. John Hall II b. c 1570 d. 1631 m.
Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Brune of Athelhampton co.
Dorset.
After succeeding male heirs of Hall family of
Bradford on Avon intermarried with the families of Bower of
Wilton, Tropenell of Chalfield, and Mervyn of Fonthill, we
find John Hall, the next heir of this family, described as
'of Forde,' married to Dorothy, daughter and sole heiress of
Anthony Rogers who died in 1583.
Anthony Rogers was the last male representative of
this branch of the Rogers family in Bradford on Avon.
By this pairing, the Besill estate was once again
under one roof. She
also brought into the marriage her own patrimony, part of
which was located at Holt. Her mother was Anne daughter of
Sir Thomas Wroughton. The
tomb of Sir William Wroughton, who died in 1559, has a
canopy and inscription in a fine strapwork cartouche, can be
seen at the Bradford-on-Avon, Holy Trinity Church.
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
John
Hall, builder of ‘The Hall’, often described as a
wealthy clothier and as such, was a member of the powerful
Clothier’s Guild. In a 1611 Wiltshire document
states. "The Abbey house and lands passed from Fulk
Morley to John Hall, a wealthy clothier of
Bradford-on-Avon." Another Wiltshire
article states, "The building was built in 1610 by John
Hall, a Wiltshire clothier; in 1847 it became the home of
the Moulton family, who founded the rubber manufacturing
business.”
John,
the second son of John Hall and Dorothy Rogers, succeeded as
heir, after the decease of his older brother Thomas. He
married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Brune of Athelhampton,
Co. Dorset, and is more than likely the builder of the
mansion described, by Aubrey, as "the best built house
for the quality of a gentleman in Wilts," often
referred to as the “Duke’s House” or "Kingston
House." From Leland’s mid 1500 description, we know
an older house stood on the same site as he describes it as
"a pratie stone house at the este ende of the toune on
the right bank of Avon." In volume 1 of the Wiltshire
Society Magazine, a detailed description of the house is
given, as well as one in C. J. Richardson’s "Observations
on the Architecture of England during the reigns of Queen
Elizabeth and King James I," and details are
described and illustrated by G. Vivian in "Illustrations
of Claverton and the Duke's House." The present
owner has completed renovations of the house, which has
adhered to its original plan as much as possible.
JOHN
HALL II
BIRTH:
c1570 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
DEATH: 1631 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
FATHER: John
Hall I
MOTHER: Dorothy Rogers
WIFE: Elizabeth Brune c1572-1/12/1633
W. FATHER: Henry Brune
W. MOTHER: Unknown
MARRIED: c1592 in Puddletown, Dorset
DESCENDING SON: John Hall III
CHILDREN:
1. Brune
Hall, Bp 1593 Holy Trinity Ch, Wiltshire d. 1593 Wiltshire.
2. Elizabeth Hall, Bp 1594 Holy
Trinity Ch. m
1620 John Cottrell s/o John of Wingfield.
3. Edward Hall,
Bp 1598 Holy
Trinity Ch, Wiltshire, d.
1601 Wiltshire.
4. Thomas Hall, son/heir, Bp 1600
Holy
Trinity Ch, Wiltshire, m.
c1621 Catherine d/o Sir Edward Seymour.
5.
Jane Hall,
Bp 1601 Holy
Trinity Ch, Wiltshire, unmarried
1631 (father’s will).
6. Mary Hall,
Bp 1604
7. John Hall, Bp 1605 Holy
Trinity Ch, Wiltshire, m. possibly Elizabeth
Rogers.
8. Dorothy
Hall, Bp 1608 Holy
Trinity Ch, Wiltshire, unmarried
1631 (father’s will).
9. Nicholas
Hall, Bp 1609 Holy
Trinity Ch, Wiltshire, d.
1610
10. Anne Hall, Bp Holy Trinity Ch 1612, unmarried 1631
(father’s will).
11. Henry Hall, Bp Holy Trinity Ch 1614, d. 1614 Wiltshire.
12. William Hall, b. c1613, not on Holy Trinity Ch bp
records, but listed on John’s 1631 will as his son.
It is believed he was adopted after infant death of two
sons.
The following are several connections between the
Halls of Rhode Island and the Halls of Bradford on Avon:
1.
William and John Hall are shown as sons of John and
Elizabeth (Brune) Hall on the Bradford on Avon Hall
pedigree, and both are named as sons in his will. William
and John Hall disappear from Bradford on Avon records
following the death of their father in 1631. In 1637,
William and John Hall appear in early records during the
early formation of Newport, Rhode Island.
2.
William Hall was the only child named in his father's
will who was not listed in the baptism records of Holy
Trinity Church. In 1663, William Hall of Newport, Rhode
Island stated in court he is "50 years or
thereabouts," or born in 1613. William Hall of
Bradford on Avon was born after 1614, as he would not
"fit" into the family otherwise.
3.
Sons Brune, Edward, Henry, and Nicholas baptized
1593, 1598, 1609 and 1614 consecutively, all died young.
The overwhelming grief resulting from the loss of
four young sons may have been the driving force behind the
adoption of William.
4.
Elizabeth Brune, born 1572, was the first child born
after the marriage of her parents who married in 1571.
She married John Hall in 1592 and their first child,
Brune Hall, was baptized in 1593; their last child was
baptized in 1614. The birth of her children covered 21
years, therefore Elizabeth would have been age 42 when Henry
was born; well beyond the average for most women
5.
It appears extremely unlikely William Hall was the
natural son of John and Elizabeth (Brune) Hall, therefore,
unlikely his yDNA would match that of John Hall, their
natural child. Results
from descendants recent yDNA tests have proven this to be
true.
6.
The Pedigree of
the Hall's of Bradford on Avon show the marriage of John
Hall to Dorothy Rogers and Elizabeth Hall to John Cottrell.
Rhode Island records show the Hall's, Cottrell's and Rogers
were closely associated in early Rhode Island.
7.
Henry Hall is shown as a weaver in several early
Rhode Island documents and the Hall's of Bradford,
manufactured undyed broadcloth for many generations.
8.
Mary Hall, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Brune)
Hall, married Christopher Bailey. Robert Bayley, of
Wingfield, Wiltshire, married Christian Arnold of
Hertfordshire, they were the parents of Christopher Bayly.
John Bailey of Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, married Eleanor
Knight, daughter of William Knight and Jane Langburne, she
was born 1612 in Wiltshire. Their son John Bailey, Jr.
married Eleanor Emery who was born in Romsey, Hampshire,
England. Richard Knight, chr. 14 Jan 1602 in Romsey,
Hampshire, England married Sarah Rogers of Newport, Rhode
Island.
9.
On Jan 19, 1663/4, Richard Knight made, in
partnership with Henry, son of John Hall, the great purchase
of lands at Chippachog, in Westerly and Kingston afterwards
known as the Hall and Knight Purchase. Nicholas Cottrell was
also a signer of the Misquamicut (Westerly) Purchase with
Henry and Richard.
10.
John Dyer of Bratton, Somerset, England married
Jane Ernley, daughter of John Erneley of Bishops Cannings
and Lucie Cooke, daughter of Thomas Cooke of Salisbury.
They were the parents of William Dyer, born 1580 in London,
England, father of William Dyer (9 Sep 1609 London,
England-18 Apr 1672 Newport, Newport Co. RI) who married
Mary, also known as Mary Dyer in, “Biography of a Rebel
Quaker”, by Ruth Plimpton. Dorothea Erneley
married Anthony Rogers of Bradford on Avon, she was the
sister of John Erneley who married Lucie Cooke.
Upon
researching the Holy Trinity Church records, a Wiltshire
genealogist discovered eleven children of John and Elizabeth
(Brune) Hall. From these records we learn the names of four
additional sons who died at a young age, Brune, Edward,
Henry and Nicholas. Nicholas
is suspected to be the name of the eldest son of
Elizabeth Hall and John Cottrell of Bradford on Avon, and
the Rhode Island Nicholas Cottrell was closely associated
with the Hall family of early Rhode Island.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry
Brune and Elizabeth Martyn. A
beautiful Memorial Brass dated 1595 is dedicated to Nicholas
Martyn and is located at St Mary's Church in Puddletown,
Dorset. This 16th Century brass depicts Nicholas Martyn,
bareheaded, in armour, kneeling before an altar on which is
an open book. Behind him are his three sons, who all
predeceased him. Sir
William Martyn was a wealthy merchant and Lord Mayor of
London in 1492. He built his estate of Athelhampton sometime
after 1485. Sir Nicholas Martyn was the last male heir
of the Martyne line. He was buried in 1595 in Athelhampton
Aisle. Nicholas Martyn's four daughters were given equal
shares to the estate; his eldest daughter married Henry
Brune. To his
right is his wife, Margaret, daughter of John Wadham, whose
brother Nicholas Wadham, in 1613, founded Wadham College,
Oxford. Behind her are their seven daughters. Above them are
the arms of Martyn, Arg. two bars gules, impaling Wadham,
Gules a chevron between three roses arg.,: above is the
Martyn crest, a Martyn (ape) proper, chained to a stump of a
tree or, sejant, holding in his paw a mirror azure. Nicholas
was the last of the Martyns and died without male issue in
1595. His estate was divided amongst his four surviving
daughters, of whom Elizabeth, the eldest, married Henry
Brune; and their son, as heir to his mother, lived at
Athelhampton Hall. A tablet in memory of a member of the
Martyn family with the same crest is on the East Wall of the
South transept at Crewkerne. It's through the
Brune lineage that one of several connections is made to the
royal family.
The
Brune family has a long history, the Manor of Rowner was
granted by a grateful King Edward I to Sir William le Brun
in 1277, a record of this is kept in the Hampshire County
Archives at Winchester with the family papers. Two Brune
sons, Philip and Nicholas, were given the office of Rector
between 1292 and 1306.
Sir
John Brune, grandfather of Elizabeth Brune, died in 1559 and
left his estates, including Grange farm, to his son Henry.
As a minor he had to wait for his inheritance to be bought
back for him from the Ward of Courts when he attained his
majority. In 1571 he married Elizabeth Martyn, the eldest
daughter of Nicholas Martyn of Athelhampton. His son John
was baptized in 1577 in St. Mary Magdalene, Piddleton,
together with his six sisters. Henry died in 1594 leaving
Grange farm in trust to provide for his five surviving
daughters. The
rare solid limestone sepulcher tomb in the Chantry is to Sir
John Brune, Lord Chancellor of England, who died in 1559,
and is one of two such structures in the country. Its
escutcheons reveal the careful marrying that went on to
secure the family’s mighty wealth, linking with de la
Rokele, Bamfilde, Ticheborne and Knowles. Sir John had left
money in his will for the tomb’s construction, and
provided for his wife to live at The Grange as a dower
house. That house still stands today, and is part of Gosport
Borough Council’s Grange Farm complex.
Henry
III and Edmund Crouchback married women with European royal
descent. In addition to the Norman English kings,
royal ancestors include the Capetian kings of France,
Charlemagne, Frederick III Barbarossa of Germany, Saxons
such as Alfred the Great of England, Kings of Scotland and
Spain, and monarchs, princesses and dukes from central and
eastern Europe.
Lineage
from King Henry III to Elizabeth Brune, spouse of John Hall:
Henry
III, King of England married Eleanor of Province
Edmund
“Crouchback,” Earl of Lancaster and Leicester, married
Blanche of Artois
Henry
Plantagenet, Earl of Leicester, married Maud Chaworth
Eleanor
Plantagenet married Sir John de Beaumont
Maud
de Beaumont married Sir Hugh Courtenay I
Sir
Hugh Courtenay II married Margaret Carminow
Elizabeth
Courtenay married Sir John Trethurffe
Jane
Trethurffe married John Tregarthen
Joan
Tregarthen married Sir John Wadham of Merryfield
Margaret
Wadham married Sir Nicholas Martyn
Elizabeth
Martyn married Sir Henry Brune of Athelhampton
Elizabeth
Brune married John Hall of Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
1620 Apr 29 Groom John Cotterell aged 27 occupation
gent residing at Long Ashton, Somerset, Bride Elizabeth HALL
aged 22 residing at Bradford, Wilts, dau of John Esq
Bondsmen; Source: Wiltshire Wills and Administration.
John Cotterell from Long Ashton, Somerset, April 29, 1620
Salisbury, Wilts, Marriage License, Gent, AGE 27; &
Elizabeth d/o John Hall of Bradford, Age 22 Reference
Salisbury Mar. Lic.
The Cottrell family first settled in Flanders after
arriving with William the Conqueror and was referred to as
"Cottrell the Norman"; his son was John Cottrell,
the grandfather of Ralph. John Cottrell in 1357 was
Comptroller of the King's works. Thomas Coterell
represented the Southrepps, co. Norfolk branch of the family
in 1540 and married Mary, daughter and heiress of Sir John
Inglos. Their son Robert married Anne, dau. of Nicholas
Bohun, son of Francis Bohun of Westhall and Elizabeth
Knyvett, and Audrey (Ethelreda) Coke, and had Sir Clement,
Margaret, and Nicholas. Sir Clement (1585-1631) was of
Wylsford co. Linc. married Anne Alleyen (Allen).
William Coggeshall, son of William Coggishall, was Chr. on
24 Dec 1620 in Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, England.
1622 Jun 14 Groom Christopher Bayly aged 23
occupation Gent residing at Wingfield, WIL Bride Mary Haulle
aged 18 residing at Bradford, status spouse, dau. of John,
Bradford Bondsmen to be married at Bradford. Christopher
Bayly and Mary Haulle obtained marriage license 17 May 1622
Bradford On Avon. Wiltshire Wills and Administration. Mary
was the daughter of John Hall (c1570 Wiltshire-1631
Wiltshire). One of the witnesses for John Hall’s
will was Christopher Bayly (Bailey).
In
the early 16th century Thomas Bayley of Trowbridge,
Wiltshire, married Agnes Cleveland, and they were the
parents of William, who left two sons, William, the eldest,
died without issue, and Christopher. Christopher
married into the Filioll family and was the father by her of
William, John, Christopher, and Robert. Only Robert Bayley
“of Wingfield”, Wiltshire, left issue. He married
Christian Arnold of Hertfordshire, daughter of Richard, and
was the father of Christopher Bayly, son and heir.
Source: Descendants of William Bailey of Newport, RI,
Bailey Family Genealogy, pg 255.
John Bailey of Bradford-on-Avon,
Wiltshire, married Eleanor, daughter of William Knight and
Jane Langburne, born about 1612 in Chippenham Co. Wiltshire.
Their son John Bailey, Jr. was born 1613 in
England, and died 1691 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA.
William Bailey of Newport, RI purchased
land from Gabriel Hicks on 14 Jun 1655, “land bounded
partly by the sea.” On 5 Mar 1656, William Bailey, Sr.
with Gabriel Hicks sold Joshua Coggeshall of Portsmouth 21
acres in Newport, RI. Family tradition states he was a
weaver of silk. He married Grace Parsons, daughter of Hugh
and Elizabeth Parson, after arriving in Rhode Island and
died before 20 Jul 1670. Hugh Parsons (1613-1684) and wife
Elizabeth, widow of William England, sold 18 acres to
William Wood on 3 Jul 1662. After Hugh's death, about the
year 1677, Elizabeth married Thomas Lawson. On 20
Apr 1677, Hugh Parsons, Jr. leased a dwelling house,
land and orchard from his stepfather Thomas Lawton of
Portsmouth and agreed to pay 3 pounds a year to Elizabeth
Sherman, daughter of Thomas Lawton. Source: Records
of the Bailey Family Descendants of William Bailey of
Newport, RI.
CONDENSED
WILL OF JOHN HALL OF BRADFORD-ON-AVON
10 Oct 1630, I John Hall of Bradford in the countie of Wilks and diocese of Sarum, Esquire, do make this my last will and testament. Item - Elizabeth Hall my wife lands at the Abbey house countie of Somerset, with furniture. Daughter Elizabeth Cottrell the some of one hundred pounds, daughter Mary one hundred pounds paid to Christopher Baylie gentleman her husband, grandson John Baylie tenne pounds, unmarried daughters Jane, Dorothie and Anne nine hunderd pounds. My two sons John and William the yearly some of fifteen pounds a piece, to double after wife's death. Executor Thomas Hall, my son and heir. Overseers - John Brewin (Brune), Knight, William Eyre (Ayer), Esquire, my kinsman, and John Andry, Theophilus Clarke. Witnesses: John Andry, Sr., Christopher Bayly (Bailey) and Charles Taylor.
Thomas Hall succeeded his father, and his son John Hall built the almshouse in Bradford on Avon in 1700, which still accommodates four elderly men. The arms of the Halls are carved over the door. John Hall was the last of the Halls in Bradford on Avon, and by his will dated 10 Sep 1708, he devised all his lands in Wilts, Somerset and elsewhere to Denzill Onslow, Esq., Edward Lisle, Esq., Frances Goddard, Esq., and Robert Eyre, Esq., trustees; upon trust after the marriage of Rachel, daughter of Thomas Baynton of Bradford, Wilts, for the said Rachel Baynton during her life. Tthe letters K and M with coronets above them are carved on the almshouse chimneys and refer to the Dukes of Kingston and Earls Manvers.
ALMSHOUSE OF BRADFORD ON AVON
FIREPLACE AT "THE HALL" - BRADFORD ON AVON
HALLS
OF RHODE ISLAND
JOHN
HALL III
BIRTH:
Bap. 1605 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
DEATH: Aft. 1665 Newport, Rhode Island
FATHER: John
Hall II
MOTHER: Elizabeth Brune
WIFE: Elizabeth Rogers?
W. FATHER: James
Rogers ?
W. MOTHER: Unknown
MARRIED: c1635
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
DESCENDING SON: Henry Hall
CHILDREN:
1.
Henry Hall b. c1637, MA Bay Colony
2. James Hall b. c1639 MA Bay Colony m. Margaret (divorced
early in RI according to court documents)
The manner in which John and William Hall arrived in
New England is cloudy, but they likely arrived on the
Griffin in 1633 with William and Anne Hutchinson, who
settled in Boston in a home across from Gov. Winthrop. Gov.
Winthrop's journal dated 18 Sep 1634 states, "The
Griffin and another ship now arriving with about 200
passengers. Mr. Lathrop and Mr. Sims, two godly ministers
coming in the same ship". The names of the 200
passengers on the Griffin is unknown, but approximately
one-quarter of the passenger list has been reconstructed
using early documents in which they mention having arrived
in Boston with the Hutchinson family.
It's believed John Hall was labeled an "antinomian",
and was exiled to Exeter, NH due to his association with the
Hutchinson's. In Rhode Island Anne preached meetings
from her home that each person should follow their own inner
light and not depend on ministers for their salvation.
A large number of the passengers on the Griffin in 1633
settled in Rhode Island after being expelled from Boston
with the Hutchinson family.
In 1636, Anne Hutchinson's brother-in-law, Rev. John
Wheelwright, preached a sermon in favor of a "covenant
of grace" and startled everyone by saying that those
who practiced a "covenant of works" were
"enemies of Christ." Before a closed court
he was accused of contempt and sedition, and was given two
weeks to leave MA Bay Colony during the winter of 1636/37.
Anne Hutchinson's “antinomians”
met
in fury over the fate of her brother-in-law. William
Aspinwall drew up a petition suggesting that Wheelwright was
not guilty of contempt or sedition, and recommended that the
hearings be open to the public. Sixty freemen,
consisting of the majority of the Boston Church, signed the
petition. Most of those who signed the petition were
also banished and left immediately with the Rev. Wheelwright
for Exeter, New Hampshire.
The
trial of Anne Hutchinson followed Wheelwright’s, and they
were also asked to leave the MA Bay Colony, but Winthrop
held the Hutchinson family over until spring weather to
oblige their survival. Roger Williams advised them to
purchase Aquidneck Island, in Rhode Island. The
Hutchinson’s, as well as several other families banished
by the Great and General Court, started a settlement at
Portsmouth, RI in 1638. A total of 58 citizens from
Boston, and 17 others from nearby towns, were eventually
disenfranchised or banished.
ANNE HUTCHINSON
Mary
Dyer sided with Anne Hutchinson in the Antinomian heresy in
1630s Massachusetts, for which Dyer and her husband, William
Dyer, were banished with the Hutchinson's. The Dyers then
settled in Providence, Rhode Island. In the 1650s the
Dyers accompanied Roger Williams and John Clarke to England,
where Mary Dyer became a Quaker, influenced by George Fox.
Returning to Boston, she was arrested and expelled under a
new law outlawing Quakers, her husband, who had not become a
Quaker, was not arrested. Mary Dyer was arrested a
year later for preaching Quakerism in New Haven.
Ignoring friends and family, Mary returned to Massachusetts
to visit two English Quakers held in the jail, and was
arrested there. After being warned repeatedly, she
arrived with other Quakers to defy the law, and was
arrested. Two of her comrades were hanged, but she received
a last-minute reprieve as authorities. Authorities
knew hanging a woman would cause further disturbance among
the Quaker community, and cause the non-Quaker community to
join in her cause. Mary returned to Rhode Island, and then
traveled to Long Island, but finally in 1660 returned to
Massachusetts to again defy the anti-Quaker law. This time,
her sentence was carried out the day after her conviction,
and on June 1, 1660, Mary Dyer was hanged for being a Quaker
in Massachusetts. Dyer is now honored with a statue at
The State House in Boston.
MARY DYER
The
following was transcribed from a document dated 17 February
1670, and located at the Free Public Library in New Bedford,
MA. It gives an idea of what it was like for those who
were banished from Boston during this time period: The
library states they have no further information on the
original owner, nor any information about when its copy was
made from the six-piece discolored and folded original.
"The Relation of John the said John Tripp
concerning the plases (places) of his aboad (abode) first I
was born in Horstow (Horkstow) in Lincolnshire 3 miles from
Barton hambar [Barton-upon-Humber] and my father name was
John Tripp and my mother name was Isabel moses before she
marryed my father when she was a maid and they had about 12
Children and much kindred we had and when I grew in years I
was put an apprentice to a shaft (ships) carpender whose
name was John baats (Bates) of thorsbey (Thoresby) 3 miles
of from alsand (Alford) in Linconeshire (Lincolnshire)
aforesaid where I served 7 yeare and sometime after wrought
with him and after that I bound my self to one Frances East
for 4 pounds a year for 4 years who sould (sold) me after I
had served him and his asins (assigns) for about a year and
a half hee sould me to Robert Jafra (Jeffrey) then Liveng in
boston and boston Church members persacuting som to the
ofending of others my master Came to Rhode Island with the
said parsacuted people and I with him and his wife being
sickly and they could not git their maid to come to Rhode
Island with them because boston members Cried out against
Rhode Island people whom the said members had exppeled from
them therefore my master was forced to sel me to Randal
Houlding (Holding) of porthmouth one (on) Rhode Island and I
served a while and after bought out the rest of time of him
and after a while I married a wife whose maden (maiden) name
was mary paine & being about thirty or twenty eight
years old or there about and the Lord hathe given us Eleven
Children of which one is ded (dead) the Eldest Is 29 years
old and upward this 17th the second month 1670 prased
(Praise) be the (thee) our Rock who hath been help and unto
his (own) at all times give what thou pleseth (pleases) it
is mercy from the (thee) to Receive anything for the Earth
and See (sea) is all thine and the fulness thereof."
John
Briggs, "came to Boston, and was driven from there with
Anne Hutchinson’s party," and later settled in
Newport. On 24 Aug 1646, John Briggs bought a house
and lot of John Hall of Portsmouth, "being at the head
of the Mil Swamp and bordered in part by the Newport path,
all his house and lot, etc. without molestation, only if I
(John Hall) abide upon this land, I do have the use of the
dwelling house for the use of me or mine, for the space of
one year."
Samuel Wildbore came to MA before 1633 with his wife
and several children. In 1633 Samuel was made a freeman in
Boston, and by 20 Nov 1637 he was one of several disarmed
"in consequence of having been seduced and led into
dangerous error by the opinions and revelations of Mr.
Wheelwright and Mrs. Hutchinson," and given license to
depart from the colony. Shortly thereafter he removed to
Rhode Island, where he is next recorded in Portsmouth, on
March 7, 1638.
The list of inhabitants of the "Towne of Nieu-Port,"
20 May 1638 shows the names of many who were known to leave
with the Rev. John Wheelwright for Exeter. Mr. Edmund
Littlefield of Exeter, Devon, England left with the Rev.
Wheelwright and settled in Exeter, NH with his family and
servants John Knight and Hugh Durdall. Hugh is shown on the
list of inhabitants admitted at the Town of Newport with
John Hall. The name of James Rogers also appears on this
list, whose daughter Sarah married Richard Knight. On
Aug 4, 1640, an agreement was made between the town of
Hampton, NH and Richard Knight regarding his building and
keeping a mill at the landing there. On Sep 9, 1645,
Joseph Armetage was ordered by the Court to hold all the
goods in his hands of Richard Knight "late of Hampton,
now of Rhode Island." (Essex Quarterly Court Files, Vol
1, Pg 88, and History of Hampton.)
A
deed from, R. I. Colonial Records, Extracts from Rhode
Island Colonial Records, Vol. 1, p. 49, states,
“Whereas according to certain orders, &c.
Be it known, therefore, that John Hall, of
Portsmouth, having exhibited his bill under the
treasurer’s hand, wherein appears full satisfaction to be
given for the number of sixty-seven acres of land, lying
within such bounds as the committee, by order appointed, did
bound it with all, viz: The number of sixty acres for a
great lot, lying eight score rods in length and three score
rods in breadth, bounded one end next the town due north,
and butts upon the head of the two mills swamp, and the
southerly side upon, the east lies along by the new wayside
that goes to Newport, and the other side thereof is bounded
by a brook, which is the westerly side upon the north,
adjoining to the land of George Barber; which parcel of
land, so butted and bounded, containing the aforesaid number
of sixty acres, more or less, with seven acres adjoining to
his house. Both
which parcels of land, containing the full proportion of
sixty-seven acres of land, more or less, is hereby
impropriated to the said John Hall, his heirs, assigns
forever.
John
Hall's wife is thought to be Elizabeth Rogers, sister of
James Rogers II. of Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Island. On
Jan 16, 1647/8, land at Newport was conveyed to Richard
Knight by James Rogers, whose daughter Sarah he married at
this time. On Jan 19, 1663/4, Richard Knight made, in
partnership with Henry, son of John Hall, the great purchase
of lands at Chippachog, in Westerly and Kingston, from the
Indians, which was afterwards known as the Hall and Knight
Purchase.
Henry
Hall is described in several documents as being a weaver.
He was closely association with the Rogerenes, a sect formed
by the James Rogers II. The Rogerenes were similar to
the Quakers in that they abandoned long formal prayers,
practiced faith healing, and were pacifists. The Rev. John
Crandall of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Westerly,
Rhode Island baptized Sarah’s brother, James Rogers III.
Jane, daughter of John Crandall, married Job Babcock, and
their daughter Sarah, married James Hall, son of Henry. The
Rogerene Church was at one time, an affiliation of the
Seventh Day Baptist Church.
An ancestor of James Rogers was Thomas Rogers born
about 1540 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, (a
short distance from Bradford-Upon-Avon). He built the
Harvard House, which is a tourist attraction at
Stratford-Upon-Avon. Thomas Rogers was the Bailiff during
Shakespeare's time and lived in the same area. The bailiff
was the chief executive officer, who presided over council
meetings, and also in the local law-court, the court of
record, for which purpose he was to act as Justice of the
Peace. John Hall, II was the son of John Hall and
Dorothy Rogers, daughter of Anthony Rogers of
Stratford-Upon-Avon, although a connection to the family of
Anthony Rogers has not yet been established.
Elizabeth
Hall, daughter of John Hall II, married John Cottrell c1619,
and were likely the parents of Nicholas Cottrell b. c1622 of
Newport, RI. Nicholas Cottrell is mentioned in list of
inhabitants of Newport, RI on May 20, 1638 along with John
Hall. Nicholas was also a signer of the Misquamicut
(Westerly) Purchase Contract with Henry Hall. The Cottrell's
were closely associated with descendants of John Hall of RI,
and the Seventh Day Baptist Church, and their descendants
frequently intermarried.
"Edward Robinson off Newport, yeoman,...to my
two Children Edward and Francis Robinson which I had by
Margrett Hall. doe give...my said Children all that my
mansion House and Land In the Towneship of Newport...
bounded Northerly by the Land of Jno: Parker & John
Allen, Easterly by the common, Southerly by the Land of John
Wood and Westerly by the common or highway... Eighteenth day
of may 1686." Margaret Hall was the wife of James
Hall, son of John Hall, who filed suit again her husband
claiming he abused their children. James was found not
guilty, and Margaret was denied a divorce, she never
returned home.
From, "Ancestry of John Wood “Mariner” by
Larry Crandall Wood, and Bertha W. Clark, "John Wood of
Rhode Island, and his early descendants on the
mainland", John Wood, was a mariner who settled in
Portsmouth, RI and died there in 1655. Research also
reveals strong family ties to the Wilbore, Sherman, and Wood
Clothiers of London. He was a member of the town
council of Portsmouth by 10 Jan 1648. He married
Margaret Sherman, and according to his will, his second wife
was Elizabeth, whom Bertha Clark believes was a Hall.
Larry Crandall Wood states, "The Wilbores of
Essex England (aka Wilbur, Wilber) were wealthy merchants,
wool drapers and Clothworkers who had dealings with the
Dedham Shermans." Research by B. F. Wilbore,
states the Sherman family are known to have moved from
Dedham, England to Portsmouth, RI, and intermarried with the
Rhode Island Wilbore family. Larry Crandall Wood
writes, "The Downing, Sherman and Winthrop families
were powerful associations and we have long known John Wood
was well respected by them, placing him in the close circle
of the influential people of the time. I attribute this
association primarily to the intermarriage of the Wood
family with these other families.
"John
Wood of Nuport bought and purchased of Robert Jeoffreys a
parcel of land about fifty acres more or less for a valuable
consideration given and received, and is laid forth at the
Hermitage alias Middletown, bounded on the eastern and by
land of Mr. Sanford's on the northern side, by Edward
Robinson on the western, and by the highway 5 acres granted
by the towne added thereto at the western end and on the
southern side by land granted to John Vaughan, also a parcel
of land of 3 acres bordering upon Mr. Hutchinson's land is
by the town consigned to the sd. John Wood, being number 58
and is the proper inheritance of the said John and his heirs
forever." signed William Dyre, recorder. An early
Portsmouth map shows Henry Hall, son of John Hall, was
assigned properly number 55.
John Ayer b. c1582, son of Thomas Ayer of New Sarum
and Elizabeth Rogers, settled in Salisbury, MA about 1636,
his son Robert m. Elizabeth Palmer. Elizabeth Rogers was the
daughter of John Rogers of Poole, Dorset, England, and she
d. 24 Dec 1612 in St. Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
In the will of John Hall d. 1631, son of John Hall and
Dorothy Rogers, he mentions his kinsman, William Eyre, (b. 6
Nov 1585); he was also the son of Thomas Ayer and Elizabeth
Rogers. Robert Ayer, the eldest son, settled at Salisbury as
a merchant. He purchased land and houses at Castle Street in
that city from Sir Henry Long, Knt., in the 33rd year of
Henry VIII. He was M.P. for Salisbury or New Sarum in 1557,
and Mayor in 1559. He married Jane, widow of George Tourney
of New Sarum, and left one son, Thomas Eyre of New Sarum,
who held lands in Wimborne, Dorset, 2lst Elizabeth, was,
like his father, Mayor of Salisbury in 1587, and married
Elizabeth, dr. of John Rogers of Poole, of the family of
Brianston, Dorset. He died 1628, and was buried at S.
Thomas, Salisbury, Sep. 10.
John
Dyer (c1560 Bratton, Summerset, England) m. Jane
Ernley (c1560 Somerset, England-c1580), daughter of John
Erneley of Bishops Cannings d. 1556 and Lucie Cooke (dau of
Thomas Cooke of Salisbury). They were the parents of
William Dyer (1580 London, England), father of William Dyer
(9 Sep 1609 London, England-18 Apr 1672 Newport, Newport Co.
RI) m. Mary Stewart (1612 London, England-1 Jun 1660 Boston,
Suffolk, MA). Mary was Mary Dyer in the Biography of a Rebel
Quaker by Ruth Plimpton. Dorothea Erneley m. Anthony
Rogers of Bradford on Avon, Dorothea was the sister of John
Erneley who married Lucie Cooke.
Richard
Knight; b. Norfolk, England, Chr. 14 Jan 1602 Romsey,
Hampshire, England, died 4 Aug 1683 at RI m. 1) at Romsey,
Hampshire, England Agnes Coffey 2) Sarah Rogers (c1615 d,
c1685 RI) on Jan 1648 at Newport, RI. Rhode Island
Land Evidences, Vol. 1, 1648-1696, Originally Published,
Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI 1921, pg. 6.
Page 5 is a Land Evidence Record for the sale of land with
James Rogers and Richard Knight. Page 6 & 7 is land
evidence of the Henry Hall & Richard Knight purchase
from the Indian Chief Cogamaquoant of the Narragansetts.
Descendants
of Nicholas Cottrell of Newport and Westerly, Rhode Island.
Cottrell Family Genealogy; Authored by Cottrell, Ellen R.,
1952, 164 page(s). Nicholas Cottrell is first mentioned in
the list of inhabitants of Newport, Rhode Island on May 20,
1638. He was admitted a freeman in 1655. He represented the
Town of Westerly in the Colonial Assembly in 1670. He is one
of the signers of the Misquamicut (Westerly) Purchase
Contract. He afterwards bought a tract of 700 acres of
Plymouth Colony in that part of Taunton now called Freetown,
MA. Here he died in 1680. He left a will probated in Taunton
in which he mentions 8 children. His son Jabez was executor.
The fact that he married after arriving in Rhode Island
indicates that he arrived there as a young man.
The
"Colonial Records of Rhode Island", by Bartlett,
Vol. 1, 1636-1663, "Inhabitants admitted at the towne
of Nieu-Port since the 20th of the 3d, 1638. (May 20,
1638) were: Marmaduke Ward, Robert Field, Thomas
Stafford, Job Tyler, Thomas Sauorie, Hugh Durdall, William
Baker, John Layton (Lawton?), Mr. William Foster, John Hall,
Toby Knight, John Peckum, Michell Williamson, Mr. Robert
Lintell, Richard Smith, James Rogers, John Smith, William
Parker, John Grinman, Edward Rero, John Macummore, Robert
Root, Ezekiah Meritt, James Burt, John Bartlett, Edward
____, Sampson Salter, Nicholas Cotterell, John Vaughan, John
Smith, John Merchant, Jeremy Gould, Enoch Hunt, Nathaniel
Adams, Samuel Allen, George Allen, Ralph Allen, Mr. Thomas
Burton, Henry Bishop, John Hicks, Edward Browce, Mathew
Gridell."
Descendants
of Nicholas Cottrell:
Nicholas Cottrell was b. 1622 in England, and d. 1680 in Taunton, Plymouth, MA. He married Martha LNU in Newport, Newport Co, RI, she died Aft. 1680.
Children of Nicholas Cottrell and Martha LNU are:
1.
Nicholas Cottrell, b. 1648, Westerly, Washington Co, RI; d.
1716, Westerly, Washington Co, RI.
2. John Cottrell.
3. Gershom Cottrell, b. c1652, Of Stonington, New
London, CT; d. 1711, North Kingston, Washington Co, Rhode
Island.
4. Eleazer Cottrell, b. 1654.
5. Mary Cottrell, b. c1656, Of Newport, Newport
Co, RI; m. FNU Crowder.
6. Hannah Cottrell, b. c1658, Of Newport, Newport Co,
Rhode Island.
7. Jabez Cottrell, b. c1660, Of Newport, Newport Co,
RI; m. Ann Peabody.
8. James
Cottrell, b. c1660, Of Newport, Newport Co, RI.
The partial destruction of the records of early
Newport, Rhode Island leaves only gleanings concerning the
lives of the early settlers, here are a few more:
Robert
Potter came from Coventry in England in 1634, and admitted a
freeman of MA, 3 Sep 1634. He is briefly mentioned as a
farmer in Lynn, MA, but soon moved to Roxbury. In Roxbury,
he became a follower of Samuel Gorton, and in 1637, he was
one of those summoned before the general court for not
conforming to the dictation of the church and other
authorities. Potter and others of Roxbury were
excommunicated for supporting Mrs. Hutchinson. Potter was
admitted an inhabitant of Aquidneck (Portsmouth), RI, on
1638; and on April 30, 1639, he signed the compact, on which
the civil government of the town rested.
Mr.
William Brenton arrived in Boston on the ship
"Griffin". Gov. Winthrop's journal dated 18
Sep 1634 states, "The Griffin and another ship now
arriving with about 200 passengers. Mr. Lathrop and Mr.
Sims, two godly ministers coming in the same ship". The
200 passengers on the Griffin are unknown, but a list has
been partially reconstructed from early documents. It
is known that the Rev. John Cotton and the Hutchinson's were
on board. Anne Marbury moved with her family from
Alford to London and at the age of 21 married William
Hutchinson, a prosperous cloth merchant. They returned to
Alford, and considered themselves to be part of the Puritan
movement, following the teachings of the Rev. John Cotton,
their religious mentor.
Nicholas Brown was b. c1615 in England, John Browne, Weaver of Bradford, Wiltshire whose will is dated 25 Nov 1598, is believed to be his father.
The following is a timeline for Nicholas Brown:
1635
arrived in the MA Bay Colony;
1637
was among the dissenters of Roger Williams and Anne
Hutchinson and left with them for RI;
1638
admitted an inhabitant of Aquidneck, RI;
1639,
Apr 30. He was one of 29 who joined to create themselves
into a "civill body politicke," at Portsmouth;
1640-42.
Nochilas Brown, of Aquidnecke, recepts for all money due him
for sale of land to John Wickes adj Mr. Samuel Hutchinson's
house lot. He signed by his mark;
1646,
Feb 4. Nicholas Brown received 20 acres adjoining his other
20;
1655
He was made a freeman of Portsmouth, RI;
1656,
Feb 6. Nicholas Browne, Portsmouth, to Thomas Wood, of the
same place, land.
1657
1 Jun. Thomas Wood sold to Richard Tew of Newport, 40 acres
in Newport, given by the townsmen of Newport to John Wood of
Portsmouth, lately deceased, who died intestate, land was
given by Town Council of Portsmouth, to his son Thomas Wood.
The original purchase of land in Portsmouth by John Wood was
from Nicholas Browne within the bounds of Portsmouth, near
Newport line.
1656,
Nicholas Browne of Portsmouth, bought 20a of George Parker
in Portsmouth;
1657,
Dec 10. Nicholas Brown was granted, with others, six acres
in Portsmouth;
1659,
May 14. Nicholas Brown, of Portsmouth, for a consideration
sold to Alexander Enos, one acre of land, in Portsmouth;
1680. He was taxed 6s. 4d.
1693/4,
Mar 15. He paid the town treasurer 29s for 20 acres of land,
which he bought of the said town Feb. 3, 1693/4 in
Portsmouth;
1694,
Mar 1. He sold to John Woode, Sr., of Portsmouth, a parcell
of land, "granted to me by the towne, in Portsmouth,
near Newport line." And signed by his mark;
1694
Nov 16, Will of Nicholas Brown husbandman, proved 27 Dec 27,
1694: Eldest son Nicholas Brown, received 5 shillings.
Son, Abraham Brown, received 5 shillings daughter, Jane
Babcock, received L10. Granddaughters Martha and Jane,
children of son William Brown, deceased, each L10 and a bed
and blankets. Grandson, Tobias Brown, son of William,
deceased, the residue of his estate and creates him
executor. His mark.
Thomas
Lawton - From the will of William Hall b. c1613 it states,
"my will is that my three sons, Zurill, William and
Benjamin, shall have all my land in the Narragansett which I
purchased of Thomas Lawton, to be equally divided between
them." The will of Thomas Lawton states:
"ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth
Sherman her heirs and assigns forever all that pasture of
mine in Portsmouth aforesaid that is commonly called and
known by he name of Fifty Acres as the same is lying and
being betwixt the land of William Hall and the land of
Thomas Wood.
Roger
Williams was born in London, circa 1603, the son of James
and Alice (Pemberton) Williams. James, the son of Mark and
Agnes (Audley) Williams was a "merchant Tailor"
(an importer and trader) and probably a man of some
importance. His will, proved 19 November 1621, left, in
addition to bequests to his "loving wife, Alice,"
to his sons, Sydrach, Roger and Robert, and to his daughter
Catherine, money and bread to the poor in various sections
of London.
The
"Colonial Records of Rhode Island", by
Bartlett, Vol. 1, 1636-1663 shows John Hall arrived in
Newport, shortly after its formation on 28 Apr 1639, and was
admitted as an inhabitant, it states, “Inhabitants
admitted at the towne of Nieu-Port since the 20th of the 3d,
1638. (5/20/1638) were: Marmaduke Ward, Robert
Field, Thomas Stafford, Job Tyler, Thomas Sauorie, Hugh
Durdall, William Baker, John Layton, Mr. William Foster,
John Hall, Toby Knight, John Peckum, Michell Williamson, Mr.
Robert Lintell, Richard Smith, James Rogers, John Smith,
William Parker, John Grinman, Edward Rero, John Macummore,
Robert Root, Ezekiah Meritt, James Burt, John Bartlett,
Edward ?, Sampson Salter, Nicholas Cotterell, John Vaughan,
John Smith, John Merchant, Jeremy Gould, Enoch Hunt,
Nathaniel Adams, Samuel Allen, George Allen, Ralph Allen,
Mr. Thomas Burton, Henry Bishop, John Hicks, Edward Browce,
Mathew Gridell.”
In
1644 the second reference to John Hall is made in the Town
of Portsmouth at a publicke Towne meeting of freemen on the
23d of December, 1644, which states: "It is further
ordered by a mutual consent, that no more landes shall be
layed out within the boundes of the commons; as namely, the
commons soe called; and from John Brigg to the further
brooke on the southeast side; so from the brooke to the
great swamp; that is to say, the willow swamp footpath; so
to John Tripp's; and from Robert Ballow's to John Hall's;
and all the common about the Towne undisposed of at this
day, so to remaine to the Town forever." This land was
sold 24 Aug 1646 to John Brig(g)s as mentioned above.
John
Hall is shown as a resident and freeman of Newport in 1655
on the, "roll of the freemen of the colony of every
towne," although this does not show the actual date he
became a freeman of the colony, this was his third and final
reference.
John Hall was a member of the first Baptist church in the
colonies, which was destined to become the principal source
of the great Baptist family of churches in the United
States. Foremost among the names of the men who carried
these movements to success stands that of Roger Williams,
Samuel Hubbard, John Clarke, Thomas Clarke, Joseph Clarke
and Elder John Crandall - and a number of others, some of
whose names have become a household word in many Baptist
homes to the present day.
HENRY
HALL
BIRTH:
c1637 Probably MA Bay Colony
DEATH: 5 Nov 1705 Westerly, Rhode Island
FATHER: John
Hall III
MOTHER: Elizabeth
Rogers ?
WIFE: Honor LNU
MARRIED: Abt.
1660 Rhode Island
DESCENDING SON: James
Hall
CHILDREN:
1.
Henry Hall m. Constant Maxson
2. Edward Hall m. Mary Ball
3. James Hall m. Sarah Babcock
4. John Hall m. Elizabeth Ball
5. Mary Hall m. Thomas Stevens
6. Honor Hall m. James Adams
7. Elizabeth Hall m. Edward Larkin
In
1664, Mr. Stephen Mumford, a member of the Bell Lane
Seventh-Day Baptist Church in London, came to Rhode Island
and finding no church of his faith, he affiliated with the
Baptist church in Newport. During the next few years,
a number of the members of that church embraced his views on
the Sabbath and the perpetuity of the Ten Commandments.
It was not their intention to sever their connection with
the Baptist Church, for they thought surely a people who had
suffered as the Baptists had done for Bible baptism would
fellowship those who observed and defended the Bible
Sabbath.
They
soon discovered, however, that even in the church of Roger
Williams, liberty of conscience meant liberty to believe and
practice according to established dogmas and decrees.
Elder John Clark, Mark Luker, and Obadiah Holmes, leaders in
the church, began to preach against the practice of the
Sabbath-keepers and to denounce them as heretics and
schismatic. They were eventually brought to an open
trial. They were cited to appear before the church and
show cause why they had denied Christ not only in going to
Moses for the law, but denying him by refusing the emblems
of his body and blood.
They soon discovered that the purpose of the meeting
was to point out to them their “error” and to compel
them to abandon it. When they proposed that William
Hiscox speak for the company, in which they were all agreed,
the church persistently refused to hear him. After a
long controversy in which feelings, on both sides, grew more
intense, the accused came to consider themselves the same
way as that in which they, together with those who are now
opposing them, had defended the cause of the Baptists in the
Puritan controversy. They also bore grateful testimony
to the joy they found in keeping God’s Holy Sabbath.
Failing to obtain any relief from the strain of the
situation, and becoming convinced that they could not keep
the Sabbath and walk in fellowship with the church, the
faithful five formally withdrew December 7, 1671, and the
group entered into solemn covenant with each other as the
First Seventh-Day Baptist Church of Newport. Early
records shows that Henry Hall was a member of the early
Seventh Day Baptist Church in America, as were his
descendants.
Names
known as being members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church,
and associated with the Hall family were: Crandall,
Babcock, Hiscox, Hubbard, Langworthy, Burdick, Cottrell,
Lamphear, Ross, Worden, Maxson, Wilbur, Mumford, Brown,
Wilcox, Tanner, Reynolds, Fuller, Thornton, Rogers, Beebe,
Jewell, Larkin, Adams, Shelley and Foster, among others.
Many of their children intermarried as a result of their
solemn covenant with each other, and due to their forced
separation from the Baptist Church.
It was during this time that the New World became a lively
scene, with the execution of Quakers in the MA Bay Colony,
the exile of Roger Williams, and such lesser-known
proceedings as the trial and imprisonment of John Rogers in
Connecticut because "he reviled tenets, clergymen, and
sacraments of the prevailing religion." In 1695, he
"was taken from prison, tied to a cannon, and flogged
seventy-six times with a whip that had knots at its end as
large as walnuts. He was then thrown in his cell without bed
or bedding, not even straw, and chained to the wall."
Altogether, Rogers spent eighteen years locked up. The
Rogerene's lasted until World War One.
On
17 Sep 1679, Henry took the oath of allegiance in Newport,
in 1687 he served on the grand jury, and in 1691 he was a
deputy. He was a weaver by trade, as was his son
Henry. It is speculated that his wife’s first name
was Honor, as his son James named his first daughter Sarah
after his wife, his second daughter Jane after his wife’s
mother, and his third daughter Honor, presumably after his
mother.
Jan. 19, 1664, Richard Knight made in partnership
with Henry Hall (most likely with the assistance of Job
Babcock who was an Indian interpreter), the great purchase
from the Indians, of lands at Chippachog, in Westerly, which
they called Westerly Manor. This area was known as
Misquamicut, and Kingston, which was afterwards known as the
Hall and Knight Purchase. Job was the new son-in-law, as of
1662, of the Elder John Crandall and Mary Opp, and would be
thirty years later the father-in-law of Henry's son, James.
The abstracts from vol. 1 of, Rhode Island Land
Evidences, in the State Archives, pg 3, “Narragansetts
in the Collony of Rhod-Island ... have for. Tenn pownds in
peage Eight the peny in hand by me the aforesaid
Cogamaquoant Received from Richard Knight & Henry Hall
both of the Towne of Newport wherwith I the sayd
Cogamaqucant doe discharg the said Richard Knight and Henry
Halls of all debts. I doe. . .sell. . unto the said Richard
Knight & Henry Halls their heires.... a certain percell
of Land Scittuate and lyinge in the aforesaid Narraganse-tts
Cuntry neere or adjoininge unto the Land Formerly Sould by
me unto Mr. John Porter and Mr Samll Wilbore &c at
pettacomscutt and is by Esteemation two Miles Square be it
more or less being butted and bounded as Followeth Vizt. on
the Eastside from a place called in Indian Qumatumpick,
southward to a place called chippachuat and soe westerly to
a place called Quowachauck and from thence northward to
place called Winatompick and so to extand from thence upon a
straight line unto the first boundery to be Houlden of our
Royall Soverraigne lord Charles the Second not in Capett nor
by Knights service but in comon Soccage after the manner of
East Greenwich in the County of Kent. Further I the said
Cogamoquant doe bind myself in the sum or Bond of Five
hundred pounds Starl of good and lawfnl mony of England or
to the vallew therofthat the land mentioned in this deed is
a good Reall and firme Estate unto the said Richard Knight
and Henry Halls and that the said land is ceere and free
from all intailments deeds of sale leases mortgages and all
other alienation of what nature or kinds whatsoever.and to
deere and remove or cause to be removed at or before the
first of march next after the date hereof Every Indian or
Indians Inhabiting there on and not to suffer or the future
any Indian to dwell or plant upon the aforesaid Tract. .
.this 19th day of January and in the yeare of our Iord god
one Thousand Six hundred Sixty and fower... in pressence of
John Archer, The marke of Alse Archer, Richard Bulgar, the
marke of Cogamagooant, the marke of Wotomer, an Indian
Cobsounk, his mark, an Indian.”
Roger
Williams and his diplomatic skill kept the powerful
Narragansett Indians on friendly terms with the settlers;
they were even persuaded to assist the colonists during
their fight against the Connecticut warlike Pequots Indians.
For 50 years while Massasoit was chief, peace prevailed, but
his sons did not trust the English. Massasoit was so fond of
the English, he ask the General Court in Plymouth to give
his sons English names. His son Wamsutta was named
Alexander, and son Metacom was named Philip, after ancient
kings of Greece. After Massasoit's death, things soon got
out of hand. Troops captured the new chief, Wamsutta -
Alexander, and forced him to Plymouth, threatened him in a
show of superiority, and upon his return home he became ill
and died. Matacom Philip, the new chief, blamed the white
man and wanted revenge for the death of his brother.
From
1675 to 1676 King Philip's War was fought, and during the
Great Swamp Fight, over 700 Indian men, women and children
perished. The following spring, Providence was burned to the
ground, while Rogers Williams watched in disbelief. Both
sides were incredibly brutal, 600 colonist died and over
3,000 Indians. Metacom was finally captured and beheaded,
which effectively ended the war. His head was displayed on a
fort at Plymouth for 25 years. In 1676, Henry Hall and
John Knight rendered service to the Colony in King Philip's
War, and on Oct 31, 1677, they were granted land in East
Greenwich for service in that war. Each grantee received 100
acres. Henry was about 38 during King Philip's War and John
Knight was most likely about age 58, which is based on the
fact that he had been married prior to his arrival in MA
about 1637.
In "Halls of New England", by David
Brainard Hall, Henry Hall is mentioned as the son of John
Hall of Newport, Rhode Island.
He states, “Henry Hall, Sr., weaver, and Henry
Hall, Jr., took the oath of fidelity Sept. 17, 1679, and
also James Hall was a free inhabitant of Westerly, 1680.”
Henry Hall and four others, purchased on 2 May 1710, 3200
acres of land north of Pawtucket River and west by Wood
River. Among the grantees of land near the last purchase in
1710-11, were John Hall, Edward Hall, Henry Hall, and Joseph
Hall in 1709. Henry Hall, Jr., m. Constant. He made his will
on Nov. 1, 1716, in which he mentioned his sons William,
Elisha, Henry, James, John, Edward, and daughters Susannah,
Lydia, Elizabeth Button, Cherry (or Mercy) Cottrel stating
that Mary and Martha were not of age. (See New England
Historical. Genealogy Register, volume 15).
On 28 Sep. 1705, Henry Hall's will, proved 5 Nov
1705, executor not named, so the Town Council appointed his
son Edward to that office. To wife, a third of all estate
real and personal, at her disposal, and son Edward to take
care of her. To son Edward, a third of all land and
movables. To all children, a third of estate divided
equally. To eldest son Henry, 5 shillings. The children all
to take care of my wife, their aged mother. Codicil gives to
son Henry, half of certain tract of land. Inventory 204
pounds, 4 shillings, viz. 15 sheep 10 lambs, 2 oxen, 10
pigs, 7 swine, 2 mares, 35 loads of hay, 1 loom, 2 guns, a
cutlass, 5 cows, 2 calves, 6 horses, 4 mares, also 12 mares
and horses, 4 colts, a pair of oxen, a bull, 13 steers, 2
heifers, warming pan, &c.
The
appointment of his son Edward as executor was asked for by
following brothers and brothers-in-law, viz.: Henry, James
and John Hall, Thomas Stevens, and James Adams. In 1706, in
this and following year receipts were given to executor by
brothers and brothers-in-law as follows, viz.: Henry, John,
and James Hall, Thomas Stevens, James Adams, and Edward
Larkin. Oath was also made by John Hall and William
Wilkinson, that widow had received her portion.
JAMES
HALL
BIRTH:
c1671 Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
DEATH: 17 Apr 1734 Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
FATHER: Henry
Hall
MOTHER: Honor LNU
WIFE: Sarah Babcock
W. FATHER: Job
Babcock
W. MOTHER: Sarah
Jane Crandall
MARRIED: c1691
Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
DESCENDING SON: Joseph Hall
CHILDREN:
1. Sarah
Hall b. 12/25/1693, Westerly,
Washington Co., Rhode Island
2. Jane Hall b. 8/29/1695, Westerly,
Washington Co., Rhode Island
3. Honor Hall b. 8/14/1697, Westerly,
Washington Co., Rhode Island
4. Elizabeth Hall b. 8/23/1699, Westerly,
Washington Co., Rhode Island
5. James Hall b. 9/17/1701, Westerly,
Washington Co., Rhode Island
6. Joseph Hall b. 2/8/1703,
Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
7. Mary Hall b. 11/10/1705, Westerly,
Washington Co., Rhode Island
8. Benjamin Hall b. 11/19/1707, Westerly,
Washington Co., Rhode Island
9. Amey Hall b. 9/26/1709, Westerly,
Washington Co., Rhode Island
10. Jonathan Hall b. 11/18/1711, Westerly,
Washington Co., Rhode Island
Little
is known about James’ life, except that he was most likely
a weaver as his estate showed he owned 3 linen wheels.
Also, by the sizable amount shown inventoried in his estate,
one can assume he was quite successful.
Sarah's
father was Job Babcock, born 1646; he was an Indian
Interpreter, as well as a blacksmith and was also called a
miller. Job assisted William Hall who was on a
committee to treat with the Indians about drunken- ness;
"Seriously to consult and agree of some way to prevent
the extreme excess of the Indians' drunkenness." Job
was also a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church.
Sarah's
mother was Jane Crandall, daughter of Elder John Crandall
and Mary Opp. John Crandall was persecuted for his religious
opinions and after his imprisonment in Boston, he sought
safety in Newport. He is one of the six purchasers of
Westerly, RI in 1661, and builds his homestead there on
Pound Road c1665. He was perhaps the first Baptist Elder in
America, later converting to the Seventh Day Baptist faith,
holding meetings at his home in Westerly, RI. He returned to
Newport because of the dangers of the King Philip Wars in
1676, and, while there, he died. He is buried in the family
burial ground on the Homestead (Historical Cemetery #15).
On 17 Apr 1734 will, proved 29 Apr 1745 executor son
Benjamin. To wife Sarah, a third of all estate real and
personal for life, use of best room in the house; and two
milk cows and a riding beast forever. To grandson Benjamin
Hall, son of James, deceased, 5 shillings. To son Joseph,
eastward part of homestead, 80 acres. To son Benjamin, rest
of homestead, house, &c., 120 acres, he paying my
daughter Mary Hall 10 pounds. To daughters Sarah Hall, Honor
Hall, Elizabeth Mackson (Maxson) and Mary Hall, all personal
equally. Inventory 394 pounds, 18 shillings, viz: apparel,
24 pounds, 15 shillings, pair of compasses, 3 linen wheels,
pair of cards, pewter, a yoke of oxen, pair of steers, 3
cows, 2 heifers, 2 yearlings, mare, 18 sheep, 6 lambs,
breeding sow, 6 pigs, &c.
JOSEPH
HALL
BIRTH:
8 Feb 1703 Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
DEATH: 5 Dec 1755 Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
FATHER: James
Hall
MOTHER: Sarah Babcock
WIFE: Susan
W. FATHER: Benjamin
Shelley
W. MOTHER: Jane
Wilcox
MARRIED: c1723
Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
DESCENDING SON: Benajah Hall
CHILDREN:
1. Ezekial Hall b. c1730 Westerly,
Washington Co., RI
2. Joseph Hall b. c1732 Westerly,
Washington Co., RI d. Jamestown, Newport Co., RI m. Tamzon
Wilcox 12/18/1758
3. Ebenezer Hall b. c1734 Westerly,
Washington Co., RI m. Elizabeth Warren on 4/21/1754 Newport
Trinity Church Newport, RI
4. Hezekiah Hall b. 1736 Westerly,
Washington co., RI d. 8/22/1789 Stephentown Rensselaer Co.,
NY m. Dorcas Peckman 10/11/1759
5. Benajah Hall b. c1738 Westerly,
Washington Co., RI
6. Susannah Hall b. c1740 Westerly,
Washington Co., RI
Joseph Hall was willed the eastward part of his
fathers homestead, plus 80 acres in Westerly, and continued
to live there until his death in 1755 at the age of 52.
Joseph married Susannah Shelley, daughter of Benjamin
Shelley and Jane Wilcox. Jane and Benjamin Shelley,
had the following children: Sarah who married William
Worden, Jane who married John Tanner, Benjamin, Samuel, Mary
who married ? Warren and Susannah Shelley who married Joseph
Hall. John Tanner was the son of William Tanner and Mary
Babcock, and grandson of Job Babcock and Jane Crandall.
The Shelley name is a very rare name in the New
England records, and is found very early in the records in
Plymouth Co. It appears the Shelley's removed early to New
London, Co., CT. Robert Shelley was born about 1610 and died
9/6/1692, and he was located in Scituate as early as 1636,
when he had lands granted to him. On 14 May 1637, he became
a member of the church in Scituate, was made a freeman of
Plymouth Co. in 1638, and in 1640 he removed to Barnstable,
MA. Robert Shelley married Judith Garnett of Boston on
9/26/1636 and they had: Hannah 7/2/1637, Mary 10/2/1639, and
John 7/31/1642. John Shelley married Susannah and they
had Benjamin, Samuel, Mary, Elizabeth, and Sarah. Benjamin
Shelley married Jane Wilcox, parents of Susannah Shelley.
Benjamin Burdick...his widow Jane, whose will was proven Nov
28, 1748, left children by her first husband (Shelley) and
named daughters, Sarah Worden, Jane Tanner, Mary Warren,
Susannah Hall, wife of Joseph, and she mentions her deceased
sons, Benjamin and Samuel.
From Vol. 12 Abstracts of Westerly Wills:
Joseph Hall of Westerly, yeoman, will dated 14 Oct 1755
proved on 27 Dec 1755, pages 469-470, mentions wife Susannah
Hall, sons Ezekiel Hall, Joseph Hall, Ebenezer Hall,
Hekeziah Hall and Benajah Hall, under 21. Daughter
Susannah Hall under 18. witnessed by Ephraim Hall,
Jonathan Hall and Daniel McCoon.
In Westerly, RI deeds, Vol. 7 the following deeds are
found:
Pages 76-7, Joseph Hall & wife Susanna to John Brown,
Taylor, May 26, 1748
Pages 90-1, Joseph Babcock & Susanna his wife to John
Crandall, son to Peter, Oct. 6, 1747. Witnesses: Elias
Thompson, W. Babcock, Stephen Babcock and Anna Babcock.
Page 280, John Richmond & Mary his wife to Joseph Hall,
32 acres in Westerly bounded by Thomas Mumford, Joseph Odel,
Joseph Maxson and Josiah Hill, Feb. 26, 1739/40. Witnesses:
Stephen Wilbour and Stephen Babcock.
HALLS OF NEW YORK
BENAJAH
HALL
BIRTH:
1738 Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
DEATH: 17 J
FATHER: Joseph
Hall
MOTHER: Susannah Shelley
WIFE: Sarah Crandall?
W. FATHER: FNU
Crandall?
MARRIED: c1758
Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
DESCENDING SON: Jesse Hall
CHILDREN:
1. Asa Hall b. c1758 Westerly, Washington Co.,
Rhode Island m. Sarah Adams
2. Jesse Hall b. 22 Mar 1760 Westerly, Washington
Co., Rhode Island d. 2 Oct 1848 Montgomery Co., Virginia m.
Phebe Wilbur b. 13 Jul 1761
3. Benajah Hall, Jr. b. 1762 Westerly, Washington
Co., Rhode Island m. Hepsibah “Sarah” Brown
The name Benajah was most likely derived from the
biblical Benaiah, warrior of David; who proclaimed Solomon
King. Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada of Kebzeel, who
had performed mighty deeds, and was made a guard of King
David.
Benajah Hall may have married Sarah Crandall, d/o Samuel
Crandall and Sarah Worden, and brother of Azariah Crandall,
Sr.
One connection Benajah Hall, Sr. had between
Westerly, RI, Stonington, CT, Dutchess Co., NY and
Montgomery Co., VA is Azariah Crandall, Sr., an original
settler of the Beekman Patent. Azariah, born 18 May 1739 in
Stonington, CT, m. Rebecca Reynolds, daughter of James
Reynolds and Rebecca Burdick of Westerly, RI. Rebecca
was the daughter of Robert Burdick and Rebecca Foster, and
Robert Burdick's parents were Robert Burdick and Ruth
Hubbard. After Ruth Hubbard's death, Robert married the
widow Mrs. Jane (Wilcox) Shelley whose daughter Susannah
Shelley married Joseph Hall, Benajah's parents.
"The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County,
NY, by Frank J. Doherty", states that Azariah Crandall
[Jr.] born ca. 1769 and a number of Pawling men went to
Virginia, it also states, "Nathan Crandall, [son of
Azariah of Beekman] went to Montgomery Co., Virginia with
friends from the Beekman area, and died in Montgomery Co.,
VA."
"The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess
County, NY" shows Azariah located in Pawling by June
1766 (the date he was first taxed), he was assessed in the
Beekman and Pawling Precincts from June 1767 through June
1779. He was in the third Regiment of the DC militia
in the Revolution, and was granted Land Bounty Rights for
his service.
Azariah
was a Deacon of the Baptist Church in Pawling from 1785
until his death on 11 Feb. 1808, and was buried in the
Beekman Cemetery in Poughquaq, NY. Simeon Crandall b.
15 Jan 1724 (son of Joseph Crandall and Ann Langworthy, and
grandson of Rev. Joseph Crandall and Deborah Hubbard
Burdick) named three of his sons Jesse, Asa, and Isaac, as
did Benajah, Sr, indicating these were Crandall family
names.
Descendants
of Samuel Crandall and Sarah Worden, who married in 1731,
share a newly recognized royal descent from Peter Worden,
the Immigrant. According to Worden genealogy, Sarah
Worden was the daughter of Thomas, son of Samuel, son of
Peter Worden, the younger. The Crandall children born
1733-1751 include Sarah, Eunice (Tupper), Azariah,
Nathaniel, Desire (Wilcox), Thomas, Samuel and Gurdon.
The Peter Worden line goes back to William the Lion of
Scotland whose ancestry goes to earlier, famous royals
(including the earliest French and English Kings).
Abstracts
of Richmond, RI, Land Evidences by Nellie M. C. Beaman: Page
231-232 Joseph Kinyon, Jr. of Rhode Island yeoman, and
Catharine Kinyon his wife, and Joseph Kinyon the father of
the aforementioned, Joseph Kinyon to Jonathan Potter of
Rhode Island yeoman, dated March 27, 1764 ack. 27 September
1764. Witnessed: Benajah Hall, and John Webster. This
indicates Benajah Hall, Sr. was still living in Richmond,
Washington Co., RI as of 1764, and all children born before
1764 would have been born in RI, and most likely his
marriage occurred in Rhode Island as well.
Richmond,
Washington Co., RI, originally belonged to the town of
Westerly, but was incorporated as a separate and distinct
township in 1747. Hopkinton, Washington Co., RI, was formed
from Westerly, RI, in 1757. Many deeds are recorded as
partly in Westerly and partly in Stonington (now
Connecticut), thus land transferred may have been in what is
now Hopkinton, RI, and/or right on and across the border
with Connecticut.
Military
documents and pension records show Benajah Hall, Jr., Asa
Hall, Isaac Hall and Jesse Hall all enlisted in Dutchess
County, New York. Documents state they were born in Rhode
Island, and Benajah Hall, Jr.'s state that Richmond, Rhode
Island was his hometown. At the present time, Isaac
Hall's military records have not been researched.
Documents Relating to The Colonial History of the State of
NY Vol. XV. State Archives,
Volume
I Albany New York.
Name and Rank, Regiment and Company
Hall, Isaac, private Willet Livingston
Hall, Asa, private Graham Vail
Hall, Benajah, corporal Willet Fonda
Hall, Benajah, private Field Dyckman
Hall, Jesse, private Field Dyckman
Hall, Jesse, private Graham Vail
From
the "Bottskill Baptist Church of Greenwich, NY Early
Settlers" 175th Anniversary Nov 1942 History and
program. The date shows when the following Hall’s
joined the church, these were all the Hall members.
Sylvester Hall, Benajah Hall 1782, Sabra Hall 1782, Ruth
Hall 1790, Susannah Hall, Elias Hall 1802, Ebenezer Hall
1803, Hannah Hall 1803, Rhoda Hall, D. Hall before 1816.
Records also show a Benajah Hall, Jr. as minister of the
church. This Sylvester Hall was with a Benajah Hall, Jr. in
the 9th Regiment, NY Militia under Van Ness.
January 15th 1783 at a conference held at the home of
David Petteys: Opened the meeting with singing and prayer to
God. Brought forward a matter of complaint of Silvester Hall
against brother Benajah Hall first of promising him to give
him security. The said Silvester Hall for signing a note
with him as security to John Millar and afterward denying of
it. And this article appears to be true by brother Whaleys
evidence. Second article that brother Hall said that he
wished said Millar was dead and that he was to salt him up
in the kettle he hired of said Millar. To which brother Hall
saith he did say that he would not care if Millar was dead
and salted in it. Article the third said Silvester chargeth
him of swearing profanity. And brother Benajah Hall
acknowledgeth he did profanely swear. The Brethern is
of the mind that he is guilty in each article of the above
complaint and for these things and the other matters before
against him.
Church
Records: To act on matters of Difficulty existing between
Joseph Reynolds and Benajah Hall December ye 21st 1782. At
meeting of Conference held at the dwelling house of brother
Elisha Coon. Opened the meeting by singing & prayer to
God. Brother Joseph Reynolds proceeded to open his matter of
difficulty with brother Benajah Hall wherein he accused said
Hall of being guilty of the Heinous Sin of Lying in the
first article of complaint. 2nd said Reynolds charges him ye
said Hall of speaking slanderously of him. These matters
being diligently searched into by the Church this body
in General finds Brother Hall guilty of the Charges Laid
against him. Brother Robert Kinyon & Brother Theophilus
Whaley are appointed as messengers to request Sarah Robins
& Mary Whaley to attend our next Conference to be three
weeks from the Date here of at this house.
To attend a counsel at Saratoga on the first Tuesday
in June next to be held at Robert Kinyons house. At a
worshiping meeting held May ye 11th 1782 at the Dwelling
house of Capt. Forster Entred as Members with us Rebecca
Burdick and Susannah Hall. May ye 12th 1782 at a meeting of
worshiping meeting at the house of William Stewards a number
of candidates was baptized by Rev. Lemuel Powers.
Administrators Benajah Hall, Benjamin Worden, Sabra Hall,
Mary Ross, Delight Worden, Deborah Fuller, Elizabeth
Thornton, Anna Reynolds, Mary Reynolds, Rebecca Burdick,
Susannah Hall, and Mary Whaley joined Covenant. April
27th 1782 at a meeting of worship held at Elisha Coons
entered Covenant with us Benajah Hall, Sabra Hall and Mary
Ross.
On 5 Dec 1806 in Sempronius, Cayuga, New York,
Amaziah and Catherine Rust sold to Benajah and Sarah (Sary)
Hall, Lot 11 Cayuga Co. according to Cayuga Co., Deed book
H, p. 233. Benajah and Sarah Hall signed a mortgage deed to
Amaziah Rust for the lot. The Sheriff sold this same land on 14 Nov
1811 to Daniel Kellogg for $88.00 in unpaid taxes. It was a
ferry lot on both side of the lake. The western part was in
Niles, while the eastern part was in Spafford, Onondaga,
Co., NY according to Cayuga Co., Deed Book I, p 233.
On
16 Dec 1809, Mayfield, Montgomery, New York Land Deals -
Rubin and Polly Davis sold land to Benajah Hall, which was
recorded in Fonda Court House Deed book 12, p. 126, 23 Dec,
1809 Sempronius, Cayuga, New York.
On
17 Jul 1819, Benajah Hall wills land to wife Sary, 147 acres
of Land on Lot 7, which would, upon her death, revert to
their sons in the following manner: 1/4 Benajah, 1/4 to
Jesse, 1/4 to Asa, and 1/4 to Isaac. Asa and Isaac sold
their land in 1826 indicating Sary may have died about 1825.
Benajah Hall, Sr. (c1738-1819), died at age 81 and Sarah
"Sary" LNU (c1738-c1825), died at age 87.
No
date, Hall, cost $22. 7 acres, 78 rods, land adj. Sary Hall
and Silas Cogswell on north, Benajah Hall on east, Joel
Mudger on south, and Highway on west, upon her death land
reverts 1/4 to Benager, 1/4 Jesse, 1/4 to Asa, and 1/4 to
Isaac. This deed was not recorded but contained in the
papers of Charles H. Abbott born 1855, son of Chauncey
Milton Abbott and Adeline Oakley.
It
is said Benajah Hall was a great scout and upon one
occasion he traveled on foot from Dutchess County, NY to
Montgomery Co., Va. to see his sons, Asa and Jesse, and then
returned home. Another descendant writes, “My Asa's
father walked all the way from New York to pay Asa and his
brother, Jesse a visit, he stayed through the winter and
walked back in the spring.” Glenn Hall says he wore
a hunting coat and coon skin cap 'made of great stoof' (she
was Irish). Benajah would have been close to 60 at
that time.
A Mr. Luther Waite, 82 yrs. old in l936, said Benajah came
home from the army without his pay and 2 years later he went
to Washington to collect it. He returned after a long
period "but his mind was affected by this, so
that he could not give any coherent account of his journey, or
whether he collected his money or not." A
Phoebe J. Blythe, of Orleans, NY, and great grand daughter
of Benajah said the same about Benajah's trip to Washington,
except that, "he got the money in gold pieces and
strewed them on the way behind him and when he returned home
he didn't know his family.” Benajah was "feeble
in mind at least 10 years before he died". This
Benajah died in 1840 according to his physician as stated in
his pension application, and was undoubtedly Benajah Hall,
Jr
Benajah
Hall, Jr. continued to live in New York until his death in
1840. He served in the Revolutionary War according to
the following documents: (1) Col Peter Van Ness Regiment of
Albany Co (24 Jun 1780). Undated service. Benajah listed as
5 feet 9 inches with light complexion and 17 years of age.
He is slim and straight built. Born in "Ridgeman
Town", Rhode Island. Last place of residence was New
Concord, Albany County, NY. (2) Benajah Hall, fifer
Muster Roll from 25 Jul 1780 to at least 25 Oct 1780.
Colonel Graham's NY Levies (Pawling), 3rd Regiment, Captain
John Heermanse's Company. (3) The Levies (Pawling) New
York in the Revolution as Colony and State - Hall, Benijah,
Jr. as an enlisted man, the name of Michael Dyckman is shown
on this as a Capt. under Col. Albert Pawling. (4) A
return and pay for Benaijah Hall, undated from 1780 Fields,
Dutchess County Regiment, NY Militia, Capt. Joshua Dykman's
Co. (West Point 8 days) paid 16'-8".
Extracts
from Pension Claim of Children of Benajah Hall, furnished by
the National Archives, Washington, D.C. from the Records of
the U.S. Veteran's Administration Revolutionary War S-22814
Benajah Hall: Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of
the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832. State of New York
County of Cayuga .
On
the 23rd day of September 1846 personally appeared before
the court then in Session holden at Auburn in and for said
County Chloe Powers of Spafford in the County of Onondaga
and State aforesaid aged fifty-two years, who being duly
sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That
this deponant is a daughter of the late Benajah Hall late a
fifer in the War of the Revolution and who resided at the
time of his performing the Service in Dutchess County, New
York; that the said Benajah Hall died on the 4th day of
November (1840) eighteen hundred and forty leavng no widow
and that at his death he left the following children him
surviving and that each of them is of the age of twenty-one
years and upwards, to wit: Isaac B. Hall of Crawford County,
Pa., Phebe Gurnee of Wayne County, New York, Chloe Powers of
Onondaga County, New York , and Nancy Williams of Cayuga
County, New York.
This Declaration and application is made for the purpose of
obtaining for the surviving children of the said
Benajah Hall the pension due to him at his decease under the
Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and that the reason the
said That he had too much property to be allowed a Pension
under the act of March 18th 1818 and that before the passage
of Act of June 7th 1832 he became insane and fancied himself
very wealthy and still retained the impression that he was
not entitled to a Pension unless by reason of his reduced
circumstances in life he should be in need of assistance
from his Country for support and that the said Benajah Hall
continued in that insane state of mind until he died and for
that reason he could not be prevailed upon by his friends to
make application for a pension. Chloe Powers Subscribed and
sworn to before the Court of Common Pleas in open Court the
day and date last within written before J.L Richardson First
Judge of Cayuga. The Court certify that the within
named Chloe Powers is a respectable person and her statement
entitled to full credit. J. L. Richardson First Judge of
Cayuga. The affidavit of William F. Cooper of Niles,
Cayuga County, N.Y. aged 45 years, sworn to October 8, 1846
allows that he was a practicing physician in 1840, and that
he attended Benajah Hall during his last illness, his last
visit being made November 3, 1840, and that said Benajah
Hall died Nov. 4, 1840. [note: according to the descendants
of this Benajah Hall's son, Benajah Hall, he was also a
surviving child but not named in the pension claim. It is
thought he may have been estranged from the family and/or
had no contact with his siblings].
According
to Sharon Goff Garrett, Howie Moore has a copy of Seventh
Day Baptist Church records showing Hepsibah Brown as the
wife of Benajah Hall, Jr. (m. 29 Mar 1780). Atwater
Sempronius Cemetery in Sempronius, NY lists Mrs. Hepsibah
Hall died Dec 2, 1832 ae 67y [born c1765]. Hepsibah Brown
was christened on 29 Mar 1761 in Windsor; Hartford, CT
Wintonbury church records Stiles, v. 2, p. 120, d. 1832
Kellogsville, Cayuga Co., NY. It is believed Benajah Hall,
Jr. is buried in the unmarked grave next to her; a grave
marker was recently placed there by his descendants.
Hepsibah's grandparents were John Hoskins and Thankful Evans
of Windsor, Hartford, CT, and her parents were Ezra Brown,
of Poquonock, and Chloe Hoskins (b. 5 Mar 1739), m. 13 Oct
1757 by Rev. Hezekiah Bissell. Marriages - Windsor-
Bloomfield Congregational Church, Hartford Co., CT. Early
Connecticut Marriages As found on Ancient Church Records
Prior to 1800, Vol. 4, Rev. Frederick W. Bailey, 1898.
Asa fought in the Revolutionary War, as did his
brother Jesse Hall. According to his pension application, he
enlisted in the army in Dutchess County, NY March 3, 1776,
enlisted again July 1, 1777 and served until December 15,
1777. He married Sarah Adams in New York and had ten
children. He came to Montgomery County, VA about 1795,
preceded by his brother Jesse. Sarah died in Virginia about
1800. Asa then married Mary Vanover, daughter of Henry
Vanover. They had three daughters, Martha, Mary and
Christina. Asa and his brother Jesse acquired land of North
Fork of Roanoke by purchase and by grant. Two land grants
found for Asa for service in the Revolutionary War were:
October 17, 1803, 150 acres in Montgomery Co., VA; and April
1, 1815, 25 acres Montgomery Co., VA. Asa Hall sold to
Thomas Jewell 89 acres of land on October 7, 1800 as
recorded in the Montgomery County, VA deed book. The land
was located on the heads of Keeneys Run, a branch of North
Fork of Roanoke River for $600.00. On January 3, 1831
Asa Hall applied for his Revolutionary War pension. Asa was
72 years old.
The
following is taken from a declaration by Asa Hall, Sr. in
Montgomery County on that date: Asa Hall enlisted on the 3rd
of March 1776 in the county of Dutchess and the state of New
York and was commanded by Captain Nathan Pearce, who having
shortly retired from service, he was put under the command
of Captain Palding in the regiment commanded by Colonel
Richmore….I served but nine months and five days up to the
8th of December…On the 1st of July 1777 enlisted under
Captain Salisbury(sic) for three months in the regiment
commanded by Colonel Forass (he thinks) When after the
taking of Burgoyne he was discharged from a service of five
rather than three months. that his discharge is lost and
that he has a living brother Jesse Hall the only witness in
his knowledge to corroborate his statement….Nor have I any
income at all, but that is derived by my labor on a poor bit
land on and amid steep mountains, which at sale, but for
improvements of houses, fences…of my own labor as
affording shelter, and inferior grassland enclosed, and
would scarcely command more than fifty or seventy dollars,
that my age and property is such that my services me to the
provisions of the aforesaid Acts of Congress I shall add the
following schedule of my personal property and throw myself
on the justice of my country for my future support at this
time altogether insufficient for my comfortable subsistence.
Schedule of the personal estate of Asa Hall is as follows to
wit: one mare and colt $55, 3 cows and 2 calfs $24, seven
head of sheep $5, seven head of hogs $5, in the aggregate is
$89." Certified…said Asa Hall. It is the
opinion of the court … amount of personal property is $89.
After many affidavits, Asa Hall was awarded on June 17, 1833
a pension of $40.55 a year.
Mary Hamlin writes in the Roanoke Times and
World-News on Sept. 2, 1989 that "present day members
of Hall's Church describe Asa Hall as a kind and generous
man and say those traits were why the church was named for
him." Asa Hall died March 6, 1841, at age 83, and is
buried in the cemetery of the church that bears his name.
HALLS OF VIRGINIA
JESSE
HALL
BIRTH:
22
Mar 1760 Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
DEATH: 2
Oct 1848 Montgomery Co., Virginia
FATHER: Benajah Hall
MOTHER: Sarah Crandall?
WIFE: Phebe Wilbur
W. FATHER: Christopher Wilbur
W. MOTHER: Sarah
Vaughan
MARRIED: c1778
Dutchess Co., New York
DESCENDING SON: John
Hall
1. Asa Hall, c1779, Dutchess Co., NY, Asa Hall, brother
of Jesse, is the only Asa Hall on the 1798 tax list, but two
Asa Hall's appear on the 1799 Montgomery Co, VA Personal
Property Tax List, one of whom is believed to Asa Hall, age
20, son of Jesse and Phebe Hall with 3 horses being taxed.
Asa Hall, Jr. does not appear on the tax list until 1810 at
age 18. By 1800, Asa Hall, Sr. is once again the only
Asa Hall on the tax list, which might indicate the year
Jesse's eldest son died.
2. Freeburn
Hall, c1781, Dutchess Co., NY m. Catherine Pate born c1789
on 27 Apr 1807; (he is shown as age 69 on the Montgomery
Co., VA 1850 census, Catherine is shown as age 61).
Freeburn died 22 May 1876 (Montgomery Co., VA Death Register
1853-1896). Age 95, birthplace NY. cod: pneumonia.
3. David
Hall, born c1783, Dutchess Co., NY, (year of birth
determined from Jesse's will, mentioned as his second son,
indicating he was alive in 1848, no further information)
4. Sarah?
Hall born c1785, Dutchess Co., NY, died young.
5.
Susannah Hall, born c1787, Dutchess Co., NY, m. William
McNeely marriage bond was dated 25 Dec 1811; (year of birth
determined from the age of her last child b. 1828, she would
have been 41/42; she was the first daughter named in her
father's will).
6.
Phebe Hall, born c1789, Montgomery Co., VA, died before her
father's will in 1848, m. Clayburn Morris 5 Oct 1808; (year
of birth determined from the date of her marriage; she was
the se
7.
Jesse Hall, Jr. c1791, Montgomery Co., VA, died as a young
man, never married.
8. John Hall, born c1793, Montgomery County, VA, m.
Sarah "Sally" Pate on 10 Sep 1811; (age 56/57 on
the 1850 MCV census, and married to his second wife Susan).
9.
Lydia Hall, born c1795, Montgomery Co., VA, m. Bartlett
Martin, bond dated 8 Sep 1828; (year of birth year
from 1850 MCV census, age 55/56, was the third of four
daughters named in her father's will).
10.
Mary "Polly" Hall, c1797, Montgomery Co., VA m.
Eli Rumburgh marriage bond 28 Feb 1815, m. 12 May 1815 (year
of birth year determined from the date of her marriage, and
the fact that she was the last of four daughters named in
her father's will).
11. Charles Hall, c1799 Montgomery Co., VA m. Elizabeth Iddings, d/o William on 3 Jul 1820; (birth year from the 1850 MCV census, age 50).
Jesse
Hall was born 22 Mar 1760 in Westerly, Washington Co.,
(later Richmond) RI and died 2 Oct 1848 in Montgomery Co.,
VA. He married Phebe Wilbur about 1780 in Dutchess
Co., NY, she was born b. 13 Jul 1761 and died between 1810
and 1828.
Jesse Hall moved to Dutchess County, NY with his family as
young child. Information on his early childhood and
education is unknown, but one can determine from his
inability to sign his name that a formal education was
lacking. Jesse's date of death is shown as 28 Aug 1848
on his headstone, but that is actually the date of his will.
His will is recorded in Montgomery Co., VA Court Order Book
31, Pg. 183, dated 5 Mar 1849: "Jessee Hall,
pensioner, died 2 Oct 1848, leaving children Freeburn Hall,
David Hall, John Hall, Charles Hall, Susanna McNeeley, Lydia
Martin and Polly Rumburg."
The story of Jesse picks up at
the time of the Revolutionary War. During the summer of
1777, a band of Tories from the lower part of the country,
to the number of nearly four hundred, came to the
neighborhood and made their headquarters at the Presbyterian
Church in the Crom Elbow Precinct in Dutchess Co., New York.
Throughout the border settlements such parties were sent out
to intimidate the patriots and obtain supplies for the
British army. Then too, such invasions, would
naturally frighten the patriot families, and lead them to
throw themselves upon the Government for protection, and
have a tendency to draw out the volunteers. The
patriots sent a messenger to Sharon, CT where lay a small
company, which immediately marched to the relief of their
patriotic brethren, receiving additions to their numbers as
they passed along the route. When the force arrived at
Washington Hollow, the Tories were upon the interval to the
south of the church “on parade,” and did not observe the
patriots until they were before them with cocked guns and
“glistening bagonets.” A demand to surrender put
them in an excitement, which led them to charge upon the
hill, with “quickened tread.” The Yankees fearful
of losing their company, gave them a broadside and killed
several which changed the resolution of quite a number of
their companions, who saw they could not escape, and ended
the affair by giving themselves up as prisoners of war.
Jesse Hall and Phebe Wilber are said to have married
in Dudley, MA according to several NY Hall researchers, to
date no documentation has been located to prove or disprove
this marriage. Due to the recent discovery of their son Asa
on the Montgomery Co., VA Personal Property Tax list, they
would have married in 1778, at age 18. The tax list
shows: 1798 Asa Hall - 3003. The 1799 list has: (3 Apr) Asa
Hall - 0003; (2 July) Asa Hall - 3003. From 1800 -1809,
there's only one Asa on tax lists. The 1810 list has Essey
Hall and Essey Hall Jr.; 1812 has Esey Hall and Asa Hall.
Moses
"Mosey" Asa Hall, son of James R. Hall, and a
descendant of Jesse Hall and Phebe Wilbur, passed down the
following story about Jesse and Phebe: Jesse went to New
York City after he was discharged from the Continental Army
and found employment as a coachman for a well-to-do
merchant. Part of Jesse's job was to drive the
merchant's young daughter, Miss Phebe Wilber, to various
social affairs in the city. It was during these drives that
Jesse and Phebe fell deeply in love and wanted to get
married, but when Jesse asked Mr. Wilber for her hand in
marriage Mr. Wilber became very angry and sacked Jesse on
the spot. Jesse and Phebe eloped soon thereafter.
Jesse enlisted in the regular army at age 16 serving from
Feb 1776-Nov 1776, then from Mar 1777-Oct 1777 he served in
the Dutchess Co. Militia, and from Mar 1778-Dec 1778 he once
again joined the regular army for nine months. It's
possible Jesse and Phebe met after Oct 1777 and married
before Mar 1778, with their son Asa born in 1779.
Phebe was the daughter of Christopher Wilbur and Sarah
Vaughan. Christopher was the son of Benjamin Wilbur
and Deborah Gifford, and brother of Judith Wilbur who
married David Hall, son of James Hall and Rachel Maccoon,
and grandson of James Hall and Sarah Babcock.
Christopher Wilbur was the brother of Joseph Wilbur who
married Sarah Hall, daughter of James Hall and Rachel
Maccoon. Phebe's parents had 14 children: Dinah, 3 Aug
1747; Deborah, 2 Jul 1749; Mary, 6 May 1751; Elizabeth, 26
Mar 1753; Sarah 8 Feb 1754; Sarah, 22 Jan 1756; Benjamin, 16
Dec 1757; Lydia, 6 May 1760; Phebe 13 Jul 1761; Mary, 30 May
1763; Joseph, 29 Mar 1765; John, 10 Mar 1766; David, 12 Nov
1771; and Martha c1773. All were born in Hopkinton,
Washington Co., RI, with the exception of David and Martha
who were born in Amenia, Dutchess Co., NY. Jesse and
Phebe had four daughters, Susannah, Phebe, Lydia and Mary.
Susannah was named after Jesse's grandmother (or possibly a
sister), Phebe after his wife, and it is my guess Lydia and
Mary were named after her sisters. Jesse and
Phebe moved to Montgomery County, Virginia in 1789 according
to Jesse's Pension Application.
Previously
it was believed Jesse married as his second wife Ann
Watterson prior to the birth of his son Charles in 1799, but
the following deed proves he was still married to Phebe as
of 1807: Montgomery Co. Deed Book D, Pg. 486, 3 Oct
1807, Jesse Hall and his wife Phebe of Montgomery Co. to
Charles G. Lewis, 194 acres both sides south fork Roanoke
adj. William Stapleton & Luke Muncy. Also, Jesse
was enumerated with a female over age 45 in the 1810 census,
which means Phebe was most likely still living in 1810.
In
Jesse Hall's Revolutionary War Pension Declaration (Source:
Montgomery Co. VA Court Order Book 26 pp. 9-10), Jesse
mentions serving at Fort Plain. Colonel Dayton of the
Continental Army built Fort Plain in 1776 on the site of
today’s Fort Plain Museum. Like other forts in the Mohawk
Valley at the time, it was a refuge for neighbors during the
savage raids by British forces composed of Tories and
Indians. In one such raid, in August of 1780, women helped
to “man” Fort Plain. After seeking refuge in the fort,
the women donned men’s hats and carried poles. Showing
themselves sufficiently above the stockade, the Indians and
Tories retreated after seeing the large garrison at the
fort. Later in 1780, General Robert Van Rensselaer made Fort
Plain his headquarters, renaming Fort Plain after himself,
Fort Rensselaer, however the name change did not stick. In
June 1781, Colonel Marinus Willett was given command of the
forces in the Mohawk Valley and took up headquarters at Fort
Plain. Willett, whose home was the British-occupied New York
City, was well respected in the valley and was eventually
promoted to general. Later, he became mayor of New York
City. On July 31, 1783, General George Washington inspected
the garrison of Fort Plain and was given a military salute
on his tour of the Mohawk Valley near the end of the war.
Pension
Application (1) - On this 7th day of January 1833
personally appeared before the justices of the county court
of Montgomery County in open court, Jesse Hall a resident of
said county and state aged 72 years last March, who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832,
that he enlisted in the army of the United States in
February 1776 for nine months under Capt. Nathan Pierce in
Dutchess County state of New York and was attached to and
served in the regiment (no. forgotten) commanded by Colonel
Richmore, which regiment belonged to the brigade of General
McDougal. He was in the battle of the White Plains, he was
discharged near Fort Montgomery in the state of New York
sometime in the month of December following his enlistment.
Again in the month of March 1778 (having in the interval
served about seven months in the militia) in the same county
and state, he enlisted again under a Capt. Johnston to serve
another nine months term in the regular army, and joined the
regiment commanded by Colonel Gonzie (don't know that the
name is rightly spelled). He was stationed for the greater
part of his tour of service at Fort Plank or Blank [Plain]
on the Mohawk river; there was no officer at he place above
the grade of Colonel, at this latter place he was
discharged, his discharges are lost. He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the
present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of any agency in any state. Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.
Jesse
Hall
On
this day and year above written Asa Hall a resident of the
said county made oath in open court that he was a soldier in
the first tour spoken of in the above declaration of Jesse
Hall and in the same company and regiment and knows that the
time and also the services are correctly stated, and was
actually performed, he has resided near the applicant ever
since the revolution and knows him well, as also Charles
Willis, a resident of said county who declares on oath that
the applicant is thought and believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution
and that he concurs in that opinion, and both declare that
he applicant is a man of respectability and entitled to
credit. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above
written. Signed by: Asa Hall and Charles
Willis.
The
said court do hereby declare their opinion after the
investigation of the matter and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the
above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served
as he states, and the court further certifies that it
appears to them that Asa Hall and Charles Willis who signed
the preceding certificate are residents in the county
aforesaid and are persons of respectability and that their
statement is entitled to credit.
State
of Virginia, Montgomery County
Colonel
Gonzie (various spellings) mentioned in both declarations is
probably a reference to Colonel Peter Gonsevoort
(1749-1812). There was some dispute over this part of
Jesse's declaration because no one in the pension department
had ever heard of a Colonel "Gonzie" or any
similar name. Colonel Gonsevoort was commander of the 3rd NY
reg't which was detached at various locations along the
Mohawk and Hudson rivers in 1778, which is where Jesse said
he was stationed.
Letter
to the Hon. R. Craig, Christiansburg, from J.L. Edwards, War
Department Pension Office, 21 Sep 1833:
Sir,
In reply to yours respecting the claim of Jesse Hall, I have
the honor to state, that upon examination of his papers
there is no objection to the 1st term of nine months which
is fully detailed and established by a witness. With respect
to the other term of nine months the name of the Col: must
be a mistake. There is no knowledge in this office of any
New York Col: bearing the name of ''Gonzie'' or even
resembling it. The militia service which is asserted in the
affidavit, and a part of it which he alleges he could prove
by a witness whose testimony is not produced, should be
verified by a Court of Record. No claim or a part of a claim
can be admitted which has not been asserted before a Court
of Record, or in cases of disability only, before a Judge or
Magistrate. It will therefore be necessary to make his
declaration de novo, embody the answers to the
interrogatories, and accompany it with the original papers
herewith forwarded.
Pension
Application (2) - On this 30th day of September 1833
personally appeared before the Judge of the circuit superior
court of law and chancery for the county aforesaid, the same
being a court of record Jesse Hall a resident of said county
and state, age 73 years last March, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions
made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - that he
enlisted in the army of the United States in February 1776
for nine months, under Capt. Nathan Pierce in Dutchess
County State of N. York and was attached to and served in
the regiment commanded by Colonel Richmore which regiment
belonged to the brigade of General McDougal. He was in the
battle of the White Plains, and was discharged near Fort
Montgomery in the State of New York sometime in the month of
December following his enlistment. Afterwards in the said
county of Dutchess and State of N. York on the 1st day of
May 1777, being drafted, he again entered as a militia man
into the service of the U. States under Colonel Morehouse,
in the company of Capt. William Pierce. He was marched to a
point about fifteen miles above the city of N. York on the
Hudson; at this time the British were in possession of the
city of N. York. At this station he remained three months in
the regiment commanded by the said Colonel Morehouse and
company of Capt. William Pierce. Afterwards, early in August
(there being no interruption of his service) he was
connected to a division of the army under command of General
Putnam, (Morehouse being his Colonel and Pierce his Capt.)
and marched near to Fort Montgomery with a view to its
relief but the forces to which he belonged was unable to
give any assistance and the Fort was taken. He then fell
back to the place from which he had started - the point
fifteen miles above the city of N. York having been absent
one month according to his best recollection. He continued
at this latter point after his said return, in the service,
three months until the first of December or the early part
of that month, where and when he was discharged. he was at
the time of his discharge in the regiment of Colonel
Morehouse and company of Capt. William Pierce. Afterwards,
in the month of March 1778, in the same state and county, he
enlisted under a Capt. Johnston, as a regular, for the term
of nine months, and joined the regiment commanded by Colonel
Gonsay (the name is spelt to give the sound) this applicant
was stationed for the greater part of this term of service
at Fort Plank or Blank [Plain] on the Mohawk river. Colonel
Gonsay during this time had his station some twenty miles
higher up the river at Fort Stennock [Stanwix]. There was
but a Captain's command at Fort Plank [Plain], and that
command was part of Gonsey's regiment. The soldiers all at
Fort Plank believed the name of the Colonel to whose
regiment they belonged to be Gonsay or Ganzie. The applicant
had no personal acquaintance with him. A part of this tour
of service was spent in an expedition to a place called
Cherry Valley for the purpose of suppressing some Tories and
Indians who had done considerable mischief to that
neighborhood. While on this expedition he and his company
were attached to a militia regiment commanded by one Colonel
Clock [Jacob Klock]. He returned again to Fort Plank [Plain]
and his nine month tour being expired he was discharged in
December 1778. Afterwards in the month of August 1779 in the
same county and state he went as a draft in the service of
the U. States under the command of Colonel Burcham in the
company of Capt. Israel Veal [Vail] and was stationed during
the three months for which he was drafted at West Point on
the Hudson, where he was discharged in the month of November
1779 having served three months from some period in the
preceding August. His discharge having long since been lost.
This applicant was born in the State of Rhode Island
on the 22nd of March 1760. He has a record of his age at his
own house where he resides. He came an infant from Rhode
Island to Dutchess County in the State of New York which
latter place was his residence where called into service.
His residence for the last 44 years has been in the county
of Montgomery State of Virginia. He received discharges but
whether he received one at the end of each tour of service
he cannot now recollect. He cannot now recollect whether his
discharges were signed by a Captain, Colonel or officer of
some other grade. He well remembers, however, to have
received several of them which he thought would be of no
value in future and permitted them to be lost or were cast
away. He has no other evidence of his said service, but that
accompanying this declaration. Applicant hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the
present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of any agency in any state. Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year above. Jesse Hall (his mark)
On
the 30th day of September 1833 personally appeared in said
court Asa Hall and being first duly sworn saith that he was
a soldier in the first tour of service described in the
foregoing declaration of Jesse Hall and in the same company
and regiment with him said Jesse and knows that his
statement as to these services is correct. He states farther
that in the year 1779 he saw the applicant in the militia
service on the Hudson river, in the State of New York. Sworn
to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Asa Hall (his mark)
We
Asa Hall and Bartlett Martin, a clergyman residing in the
county of Montgomery, State of Virginia, certify that we are
well acquainted with Jesse Hall who has sworn to and
subscribed the above declaration, that we believe him to be
seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed
in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier
of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn
to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Asa Hall (his
mark) Bartlett Martin
According
to the DAR manuscript, Jesse enlisted at the beginning of
the Revolutionary War in the NY Militia at age 16, on Feb
1776 under Capt. Nathan Pierce in Dutchess Co, NY, and his
brother, Asa, enlisted on 2 Mar 1776. He was in the
battles of Long Island, White Plains, and at the capture of
the British General Burgoyne at Ticonderoga. (See Over the
Mountain Men, page 64, by Anne Lowry Worrell). (DAR page 4).
In
1789 Jesse obtained a land grant for his service and moved
to Montgomery County, Virginia, and his brother Asa soon
followed. Frederick Bittle Kegley in Kegley’s
Virginia Frontier has this to say about Asa and Jesse: Asa
Hall and Jesse, his brother, came from New York to Roanoke
Valley in Virginia about 1790. They acquired land on the
North Fork of Roanoke by purchase and by grant, Asa Hall 253
acres from James Bryan and Mary, 250 acres from Robert
Foster and Hannah, 70, 250 and 45 acres on Keeney’s Run by
entry; Jesse 253 acres from Thomas Wilson. Jesse Hall moved
to South Fork and lived near Allegheny Springs.
On August 6, 1792, Hugh Crockett sold to Jesse Hall
45 acres on both sides of South Folk of the Roanoke River.
On 20 Aug 1800 he was granted 210 acres in Montgomery Co. on
the waters of Stoney Creek a branch of Roanoke adjacent to
the land of Picklesimer and Morris grant 57, page 97. On
Feb. 24, 1795 Thomas and Elizabeth Wilson sold to Jesse
Hall, 253 acres of North Fork of the Roanoke River. On
3 Dec. 1796 Jesse Hall and Phebe his wife sold to James
Bryan, 253 acres on south branch of North Fork of Roanoke
River. On January 1, 1827 Jesse Hall and Asa Hall paid
$100.00 for 100 acres on the south waters of the North Folk
of Roanoke and adjoining Thomas Jewell's land.
The Hall’s, Watterman’s and Vanover’s appear to
have been the moving force behind the establishment of
Hall’s Methodist Church, which is still in existence near
Ironto as Hall’s United Methodist Church.
From the journal and letters of Francis Asbury, one
of the earliest Methodist preachers, we learn that on 15 Sep
1801 he shared the pulpit with his appointed traveling
companion, Nicholas Snethen, whom Asbury called his
"Silver Trumpet" to a very attentive people, which
included the Wattersons, Halls, and Vanovers. Knowing the
length of sermons of the day we could talk of the
patience of the listeners but feel it wiser to say they
enjoyed the "blast" of two trumpets of the Lord -
a spiritual feast on a rare occasion.
The Deed of Hall's Church says Ewen Thomas Watterson
gave land in 1817, along with a log cabin. The
Watterson home was influential in spreading Methodism in the
area, and in creating a unifying center in the church.
The Watterson’s, Jesse Hall’s in-laws, no doubt had the
church in their hearts and their home before giving land.
Henry Vanover, Asa Hall’s father-in-law, was admitted on
trial into the Methodist ministry in 1786, and was licensed
in Bedford County to perform marriages while their preacher.
Jesse Hall married Ann Watterson on 12
Jan 1798,
c1830,
daughter of
Thomas (son of Henry and Agnes Watterson) in Botetourt Co.,
and Henry Vanover undoubtedly performed the marriage
ceremony.
1/12/08 UPDATE: A Brief of Wills & Marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, Virginia 1733-1833, by Anne Lowry Worrell, has 12 Jan 1798 as date of marriage between Jesse Hall and Ann Watterson. A Montgomery Co. deed dated 3 Oct 1807 mentions Jesse Hall and his wife Phebe of Montgomery Co. In the 1810 census Jesse was enumerated with a female over age 45, who was most likely his wife Phebe. A marriage bond is shown between Jesse Hall, Jr. and Ann Watterson, daughter of Thomas Watterson dated 1 Feb 1825 in Marriages in The New River Valley, by Therese A. Fisher. It is difficult to say with certainty that this was Jesse Hall b. 1760.
The Bedford Circuit was created in 1784, from 1786-87
Henry Vanover was one of three preachers, and his home was a
preaching place on the Botetourt Circuit in 1829. The
Circuit extended from just east of Appomattox, Virginia to
the Greenbrier country near present Union, West Virginia to
well north of Covington, Virginia. Prior to that date no
circuit preacher at that time served this area - between the
Blue Ridge and in the area of Roanoke Valley.
People of Virginia are prone to brag and proud to
point out with pride to spots dear to their hearts. One such
brag of many places is "George Washington slept
here" and "George Washington ate here."
Methodists of Montgomery Co., with equal pride and joy can
say, "Francis Asbury rode by here." Yes, he
preached here and slept near by and we have been blessed by
the churches founded under his inspiration and ministry.
Congress granted pensions to Jesse at age 72, and his
brother Asa, at age 74 on June 17, 1833. Jesse died at
age 88 in Montgomery Co., Virginia, his will dated 28 Aug
1848, is recorded in Will Book 8, pg 7 in the Montgomery
County, Virginia, County Clerks Office, and he names his
children as follows: Freeburn, David, John, Charles, heirs
of daughter Phebe Morris, deceased; Susannah McNeely, Lydia
Martin and Polly Rumburg. Presented at court 6 Nov 1848.
Source: "The Family Jewells", by Lois A.
Henson.
Directions to Jesse Hall's grave: Rt. 11 South/460
West out of Salem, and turn left at the Alleghany Springs
Nursing Home on Alleghany Springs Road in Montgomery Co.
(this will be the next turn after the Citco Station and
Methodist Church, you'll see the First National Bank across
from the nursing home). Go 5 miles after turning, the
cemetery is on the left next to a dairy farm, a small dirt
road goes up beside the dairy farm, and leads to a chain
linked fenced cemetery. There's a dumpster and then a house
on the right before reaching the dairy farm, if you reach
Camp Alta Mons, you've gone too far.
It was previously believed that Jesse married Catherine Zoll
Huff, daughter of Jacob Zoll, on 12/15/1828, but no proof
has been found to verify that this was Jesse Hall born 1760,
age 68 in 1828. Catherine was the widow of Samuel Huff
whose will was probated on Feb 1826, and names wife
Catherine and children Samuel, John, Lewis, Francis,
William, Christina, Elizabeth, Lydia, Sarah
"Sally", and Margaret "Peggy".
1/12/08 UPDATE: On 31 Aug 1829 Samuel Poff and Sally Huff, daughter of Samuel Huff, dec'd, and Catherine Hall. Peter Huff and Jesse Hall, Surety. This 1829 deed seems to indicate a marriage occurring prior to 1829 between Catherine Zoll Huff and Jesse Hall. It is difficult to say with certainty that this was Jesse Hall b. 1760.
JOHN
HALL
BIRTH:
1793
Montgomery Co., VA
DEATH: 7
Aug 1866 Montgomery Co., VA
FATHER: Jesse Hall
MOTHER: Phebe Wilbur
WIFE: Sarah “Sally” Pate
W. FATHER: Jeremiah Pate
W. MOTHER: Catherine Fry
MARRIED: 10
Sep 1811 Montgomery Co., VA
DESCENDING SON: David
Hall
CHILDREN:
1.
David Hall 7/1/1812 MCV m. Abigail Iddings d/o Henry Iddings
FCV 7/21/1831
2. Lydia Hall, c1814 MCV m. Costly Connor 6/2/1833
3. William M. Hall c1816 m. Elizabeth Morton 5/7/1835
4. Jesse Hall c1818 m. Lydia Thrash 6/25/1836
5. Sarah Hall c1820 m. H. L. Smith c1840
6. Gordon Fletcher Hall c1825 m. Bethany Conner
4/22/1845
7. Charles M. Hall c1828 m. Eliza Cole 7/12/1852
8. Eliza J. Hall c1831 m. Anthony Showalter 5/17/1854
Sally Pate born 6/3/1794, daughter of Jeremiah Pate
and Catherine Fry, m. John Hall on 10 Sep 1811. Jeremiah was
the son of Jeremiah Pate and Christina Harmon, and Christina
was the daughter of Heinrick Adam Harmon, a German emigrant
who came to American. John’s brother, Freeburn Hall
married Catherine Pate, Sally’s sister. John Hall and his wife are buried in
Piedmont Cemetery, Otey, Shawsville, VA.
The
Pate Family:
Edward
Pate b./a 1500; John Pate and Ellen Saltmarch b/a 1530;
Edward Pate and Anne Blount b/a 1560; Thomas Pate b. 1594;
Thomas Pate b/a 1620; Thomas Pate and Elizabeth b/a ; John
Pate b/a 1675; Anthony Pate and Sarah b 1702 VA d.
Montgomery Co.; Jeremiah Pate b. 1732-1812 and Christina
Harmon; Jeremiah Pate b. 1754-1819 and Catherine Fry; Sally
Pate and John Hall married 10 Sep 1811.
The Harmon Family:
Heinrich
Adam Hermann's (Harman) (Harmon) father fled Moravia in
present Czechoslovakia because of his religion. From there
he went to Germany where his son was born. Heinrich Adam
Hermann B. 1700 Rhine, Germany-d. 1767 on the New River
married Oct. 8, 1723 probably near Mannheim to Louisa
Katrina Heinrich b. c1700 Rhine Germany d. 3/18/1749 on New
River during childbirth. He and his wife had eleven
children; Adam, born in Germany 1724, Heinrich, (Henry), Sr.
born Isle of Man 1726 (where all immigrants stopped on their
way to the new country), George, b 1727,d July 1749, Daniel,
born in Pennsylvania 1729 married Anna Bughsen, Mathias,
born in Strasberg, VA 1736 married Lydia Skaggs died on Dry
Fork, Tazewell Co April 2, 1832, Christina married Jeremiah
Pate, Sr., lived Little River, Montgomery Co. VA, Catherine,
who married Ulrich Richards of NC, Philipina died Nov. 14,
1751, Valentine on Clinch River in VA in 1771--in KY by 1773
or 1774, Jacob lived in Tazewell 1771 later moved away.
Family tradition has them in Penn. in 1726.
The
Harman’s were of Moravian ancestry and the Moravians in
Pennsylvania knew of them. It was written "Toward noon
we arrived safely at the New River. We were taken across the
river to Jacob Herrman, who together with his wife received
us with great joy and love. Jacob Herrman told them that his
grandfather was by birth a Moravian who had been driven from
his country because of his religion." Henry Harman Sr.
"Old Skygusta" b. 1726 on the Isle of Man, married
in 1758 or 59 and d. 1822 Hollybrook Farm, Bland Co. VA at
the age of 95.
Adam
Heinrich Hermann came to America in 1726, with a brief stop
over the Isle of Man, where Henry Harman of this sketch was
born. (3) Seven Harman brothers emigrated from Germany
together, Jacob, Valentine, Mathias, George, Daniel, John,
and Heinrich Adam. They first stopped off in Pennsylvania,
and then immigrated to the Shenandoah Valley and some on
into North Carolina. At least three of these brothers
settled in Southwest Virginia, namely, Heinrich Adam,
Valentine and Jacob. They were living in the New River
German settlement; the first settlement ever made west of
the Alleghenies on the "Western Waters", and were
living there prior to 1745. In 1749 Moravian Missionaries
conducted the first recorded religious services in Southwest
VA in the home of Jacob Harman, and Dr. Thomas Walker
mentions stopping at the home of Harman on his memorable
exploration trip in 1750. Of these three brothers, Indians
on New River killed both Valentine and Jacob. Valentine was
killed on Sinking Creek in what is now Giles Co., VA. In a
land suit filed in the High Court of Chancery in Augusta
Co., on the 23rd of July, 1807, Taylor vs Harman, (4)
Mathias Harman, nephew of the slain Valentine, says:
Valentine was killed by the Indians on New River and at the
same time his (Mathias') brother, Daniel Harman and Andrew
Moser were taken prisoner. Daniel made his escape, but
Andrew was held prisoner.
The
sons of old Heinrich Adam Hermann, the German emigrant,
became great hunters and Indian fighters. While most of them
were great hunters, one in particular became one of the
noted Long Hunters. It is hard to determine just which son
this was, but evidence points to the youngest who was Jacob.
Henry, the second son of Heinrich Adam, owned land in North
Carolina, Giles and Tazewell counties in Virginia. Sometime
in the 1750s, he was married to Anna Wilborn of the Moravian
settlement in North Carolina, and died at his home at
"Holly Brook" on Kimberlin Creek in present day
Bland Co., VA, in 1822. In 1789, he and his son, Mathias,
founded Harman's Station in KY.
In
a land lawsuit in the High Court of Chancery, Augusta Co.,
VA, Wynn vs Inglish heirs, (1) Henry Harman, Sr., makes a
statement in his deposition, "that one of his sons,
Daniel, was killed by the Indians." In the same lawsuit
Christopher Marrs, says: "Henry Harman, Sr., had one of
his sons killed, scalped and massacred by the Indians in the
attempt of settling the land now in dispute, who left a wife
and 4 young children."
Pendleton in his History of Tazewell County, page 465,
states: Daniel Harman left his house, on the head of Clinch,
on a fine morning in the fall of 1791, for the purpose of
killing a deer. Where he went for that purpose is not known,
but having done so, he started for home with the deer
fastened to the cantle of his saddle. Harman was a great
hunter, and owned a choice rifle, and the superior structure
of its triggers, which were, as usual, of the double kind.
So strong was the spring of these that when sprung, the
noise might be heard for a considerable distance.
He
was riding a large horse, fleet, and spirited, and had
gotten within a mile of home, and was passing through a
bottom, near the present residence, and on the lands of Mr.
William O. George, when suddenly a party of Indians sprang
from behind a log, and fired on him. He was unhurt and
putting spurs to his horse away he went through the heavy
timber, forgetting all other danger, in his precarious
situation. On he went, but his horse, too near a tree,
struck the rider's knee, breaking his leg.
DAVID
HALL
BIRTH:
2
Jul 1812 Montgomery Co., VA
DEATH: 8
Apr 1880 Floyd Co., VA
FATHER: John Hall
MOTHER: Sarah Pate
WIFE: Abigail Iddings
W. FATHER: Henry B. Iddings II
W. MOTHER: Abigail
Olive Richardson
MARRIED: 28
Jul 1831 Floyd Co., VA
DESCENDING SON: Byrd
Hall
CHILDREN:
1.
Henry Hall, 4/23/1832-10/23/1886 m. Alley Iddings, d/o
Thomas & Jane, on 3/25/1854 in Franklin Co., Virginia
2. Sarah E. Hall, (1/14/1834-c1900) m. 1) Edward
F. Harrison on 12/22/1858 and 2) Peter Smith on 12/20/1892
3. Mary Hall, b. 3/4/1836
4. John Hall, b. 4/29/1838
5. Gordon Hall, b. 5/29/1840
6. Jesse W. Hall, b. 10/1/1842
7. Byrd Hall b. 9/25/1844
8. Elmira Hall b. 4/27/1848
9. Juana Hall b. 1850-1928
10. Callohill W. Hall, b. 11/26/1853-9/28/1928 m. Sarah F.
Montgomery 9/27/1874 FCV
11. Ira D. Hall, 12/27/1856-c1911; m. Sarah Amanda
Iddings; (2) Mary E. Vest, 10/7/1875
David Hall was born 2 Jul 1812 Montgomery Co., VA,
died 8 Apr 1880, at age 68. Abigail Iddings was born
21 Mar 1811 in Franklin Co., VA, and died 1 Apr 1904, at age
93 in Simpsons, VA. They married on 28 Jul 1831 in
Floyd Co., VA. Abigail was the daughter of Henry B.
Iddings and Abigail Olive Richardson.
Iddings Family:
The
Iddings family can be traced back to a Saxon King Ida of
Bernicia, 547 AD. Several books have been written
about this family, one called, “The Iddings and their
Forebears, Vol, II,” is currently being published.
Wilt (Idwin) Iddings was born about 1590 in Buford,
Shropshire, Wales, spouse unknown, they had William (Dwyns)
Iddings c1613 in Buford and died 15 Feb 1675/76 in Buford.
He married Ursula about 1634, c1614 in Buford and died 11
Jul 1676 in Buford. They had Richard Iddings born 7 Feb
1635/36 in Buford, and died 1726 in Nantmeal, Chester Co.,
PA. He married Margaret Charles 23 Jun 1662 in
Morville Parish, England. She died 1682 in Buford.
They had William Iddings, Sr. born 22 Jan 1675/76 in Buford,
and died 27 Jun 1739 in Nantmeal. He married Mary
Moore in 1707, and they had Henry B. Iddings born 1727, and
died 1819, he lived in Northum, PA. He married Mary
Wynne.and they lived in Northum, PA/ Mary was born 11
Nov 1732, and died c1776.
Henry B. Iddings, II was born 25 Dec 1761 in Chester
Co., PA Nantmeal and died 24 Jun 1854 in Head of River,
Floyd Co., VA. He married Abigail Olive Richardson 11
Dec 1789 Newberry Township, Miami Co., OH. Abigail was
the daughter of James Richardson and Martha Iddings,
daughter of William Iddings and Mary Moore, she was born
about 1761 Miami Co., OH, and died 1845 in Ludlow Falls,
Miami Co., OH.
Children
of Henry B. and Abigail Olive Richardson Iddings m. 11 Dec
1789:
1.
Henry B. Iddings, III b. 1792 Franklin Co., VA m. Lydia
Wilson 1842
2. Nancy Iddings b. 1796 Franklin Co., VA m.
Joseph Weimer
3. William Iddings b. 1798 Franklin Co., VA m.
Sarah Conner in 1818 MCV
4. Mary Iddings b. 1800 Franklin Co., VA, on the
1860 census as age 60 (idiotic).
5. Martha A. Iddings b. 1800 Franklin Co., VA d.
1858 m. Charles Vest in 1831
6. Elizabeth Iddings b. 1802 Franklin Co., VA m.
Charles Hall c1799 on 3 Jul 1820
7. Hannah Iddings b. 1804 Franklin Co., VA m. 1)
Jacob Walters and 2) John Duncan.
8. Thomas Iddings b. 1808 Franklin Co., VA m.
Jane Sterling 19 Oct 1830 MCV
9. Abigail
Iddings b. 21 Mar 1811 Franklin Co., VA m. David Hall
10. Lydia Iddings b. 23 Mar 1814 Herny Co., VA m. Bird Smith
13 Sep 1832 FCV
11. Sarah
“Sallie” Iddings 1 Nov 1817 Franklin Co., VA m. Samuel
Vest b. 8 Jun 1813
Little is known about David and Abigail’s life
except they married at the young ages of 17 and their
fathers gave them permission to marry. The handwritten note
stated, “this is to certify that you are hereby directed
to grant David Hall liens to marry my daughter Abigail,
given under my hand this the 16th of July 1831 signed Henry
Iddings.” David’s stated, "To the clerk of the
court, you are hereby directed to grant David Hall liens
under my hand to be married to Abigail Iddings. Signed by
John Hall, Witness by Charles Hall”. This Charles Hall is
believed to be David’s uncle who married Elizabeth Iddings.
A marriage bond was obtained on the 21 day of July 1831, by
which David Hall and Charles Hall agreed to be bound to the
sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to the Commonwealth of
Virginia to obtain a marriage license. Michael Howry,
Minister of the Gospel, performed the ceremony in Floyd Co.
On
1 Sep 1858, David was granted 67 acres on the waters of the
Roanoke River in Floyd Co., and he and Abigail lived on and
farmed this land until their death.
On Abigail Iddings headstone, which was placed on her grave
by her children it reads, “As a star that is lost when the
daylight is given, she has faded away to shine brightly in
heaven.”
Direction
to David and Abigail’s tombstone, 221 out of Roanoke to
610, turn right, somewhere between a mile and three miles is
SR 654. Turn left, there is a building on the corner and
behind it are the graves. Go slow it’s hard to find State
Route 654.
BYRD
HALL
BIRTH:
25
Sep 1844 Montgomery Co., VA
DEATH: Abt.
1911
FATHER: David Hall
MOTHER: Abigail Iddings
WIFE: Isabell Catherine “Kate” Buchanan b. c1857 WV
W. FATHER: George Buchanan
W. MOTHER: Anna
“Annie” Caroline Sizemore
MARRIED: 25
Sep 1879 Wyoming Co., WV
DESCENDING SON: Burch
Hall
CHILDREN:
With
Susan Elizabeth Munsey m. 7/29/1863, they divorced in 1875:
1. Idela Elizabeth Hall b. 1864 Locust Grove
Twp., Floyd Co., VA
2. Elmira Juana Hall b. 1866 Floyd Co., VA
3. Viola Hall b. 9/29/1868 Floyd Co., VA m. 1)
Henry Epperly 8/13/1886 Floyd 2) 3) David Vest 4/17/1930
Floyd 3) David Link 9/29/1938 Floyd
4.
Alma J. Hall b. 1870 Locust Grove Twp., Floyd Co., VA
d. Bfr 1880 Floyd Co., VA
5. Henry Olway Hall b. 1872 Floyd Co., VA
6. Arrie Elizabeth Hall (c1874 Floyd Co.,
VA-7/8/1943 Christiansburg, VA) m. Lee Myers c1890
With
Isabell Catherine Buchanan b. c1857 m. 9/25/1879 Wyoming
Co., WV, divorced c1892: (stepson Charles Edward was born in
1879, the 1880 census shows him as age 1):
7.
Stella May Hall, 4 Nov 1882, Wyoming Co., WV, d. aft
1954
8. Anna Hall, c1885 Wyoming Co., WV, d. aft. 1954
9. Burch Hall, b. 17 Aug 1887, Wyoming Co., WV, d. 28
Jan 1954
10. Cora Hall, c1889 Wyoming Co., WV m. Rev
Clingenpeel, d. c1954, Cincinnati, Ohio
11. Pinkard / Pinckney Hall, c1891 Wyoming Co., WV, d. bfr.
1954.
With Aliminta “Ella” Emeline Wood, daughter of
William Claiborne Wood and Nancy Ann Hylton b. 1878 m.
4/2/1897 in Raleigh Co., WV, after Byrd’s death in she
married Pleasant Lilly b. 1859 Raleigh, WV. Census shows she had a total of 6
children, with 3 living and married once:
12.
Virginia R. Hall b. 1899 Slab Fork, Raleigh, WV d.
Bfr. 1900 Raleigh, WV
13.
Lawrence D. Hall b. 1901 Slab Fork, Raleigh, WV
14.
Lura V. Hall b. 1903 Slab Fork, Raleigh, WV
15.
Louvina E. Hall b. 1905 Slab Fork, Raleigh, WV d. Bfr.
1910 Raleigh, WV
16.
William Hall b. 1907 Slab Fork, Raleigh, WV d. Bfr.
1910 Raleigh, WV
17.
Ivory M. Hall b. 1910 Slab Fork, Raleigh, WV
NOTES
FOR BYRD HALL:
1844
- Byrd Hall was born to David and Abigail (Iddings) Hall in
Montgomery Co., VA
1850
- Montgomery Co., VA census, shows him as age 5.
1858
- Byrd moved to Floyd Co., VA after his father was granted
67 acres on the waters of the Roanoke River.
1860
- Floyd Co., VA census shows him as age 15.
1863
- Byrd Hall married Susan E. Munsey on 29 Jul 1863 in Stokes
Co., NC
1863
- Byrd Hall enlisted on 10 Jul 1863 with the 21st Virginia
Cavalry
1875
- Byrd Hall and Susan Elizabeth Munsey divorced after 12
years of marriage.
1879
- Marriage Wyoming Co., WV - Byrd Hall m. Isabell C.
Buchanan, 22, 9/25/1879.
1880
– Census records of Wyoming Co, WV, Center Twp, show Byrd
Hall, 33, farmer, Isabel C., 23, Charles E., 1, stepson.
1889
- Byrd and Kate left Wyoming Co., WV and moved to Oklahoma
during the great Oklahoma Land Rush, acquiring a 160 acres
grant.
1892
- Byrd Hall and Isabell Catherine “Kate” Buchanan
divorced, Byrd returned to WV, but Kate’s residence after
this date is unknown.
1897
- Marriage license Raleigh Co., WV - Hall, Byrd, 46, b.
Montgomery Co., VA m. Alminy (Min) Evaline Wood, age 20, on
2 Apr 1897.
1900
Census, McDowell Co, WV, Browns Crk pg 96A, # 218 -
Bird Hall, 52, b. 1848, Min Woods, 22, m. 3 yrs. He
was born in 1844 (age 55).
1910
- Byrd's son, Burch, m. 14 Arp 1910 in Franklin Co., VA, his
marriage license shows his residence as Oklahoma, indicating
his mother was still living there, he names his parents Bird
and Kate Hall.
1910 – Slab Fork, Raleigh, WV census shows Byrd age 68 and Ella M. age 32 with son Lawrence age 8, Lura V. age 7 and Ivory M. age 3 months, it shows she was married once and had a total of 6 children, with 3 living.
The Buchanan Family:
The
Buchanan’s can be traced back to Tyrone, Ireland
immigrating to Charles Co., Maryland about 1730; a brother
who emigrated from Ireland was the ancestor of President
James Buchanan, Jr. The Buchanan’s left Maryland and
lived in Fairfax Co., VA and were neighbors of George
Washington before moving on to the Toe River Valley (Yancey
Co., NC and Rutherford Co., NC). George Buchanan b/a
1650 Deroran Co., Tyrone, Ireland m. unknown spouse about
1675. Thomas Buchanan b. 1680 Tyrone Co.,
Ireland m. Jean Buchanan, James Buchanan b/a 1709 Donegal
Co., Ire.-1751 Charles Co., MD m. Isabella Games d/o James
& Mary, Arthur Buchanan b 1/24/1742 Charles Co, MD-1820
Bakersville NC m Mary Boswell d/o George & Mary, William
Buchanan b. 8/23/1765 Charles Co., MD d. 1/5/1856 Yancey
Co., NC m. Elizabeth Jones b. 4/8/1793 in Rutherford Co. NC
d/o John Jones and Elizabeth Poole. Arthur Buchanan b.
11/16/1804 Rutherford Co., NC d. 1890 Wyoming Co. WV m. in
1822 Isabel O. “Abbi” Wright b. 1807 in NC d. 7/20/1888
Wyoming Co. WV. George Buchanan b. 1832 Yancey Co. NC m. on
5/14/1855 Annie Caroline Sizemore b. 1838 Ashe Co. NC d/o
John Sizemore and Jane Arms, Isabel Catherine “Kate”
Buchanan b. 1857 Wyoming Co. WV m. Byrd Hall b. 1847 Floyd
Co., VA.
The
Sizemore Family:
The
Sizemore family arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in between
1607-1619 from England, they were later found at Henrico,
Hanover and Martin's One Hundred, Virginia. William Sizemore
was part of the first colony town of Jamestown, and was one
of only two men to survive the Indian massacre. He owned
quite a bit of land in Virginia, which he sold and removed
to Kentucky.
William Sizemore born 1671 Henrico Co., Virginia
married about 1705 Mary Owen, their son William Sizemore b/a
1706 married Hart Jackson, a member of the eastern tribe of
Cherokee Indians, in Hanover, Virginia. Their son
Edward (Ned) Sizemore b/a 1726 Hanover, Virginia married
Elizabeth Jackson, daughter of William Jackson and Dorcus
Green, both parents being part Cherokee Indian. Their son
George Sizemore b/a 1750 Lunenburg, VA died c1820 NC married
1770 Ashe Co., NC Anna Hart, who was also part Cherokee.
Their son Edward B. Sizemore b. 1788 Logan, VA died 1866
Wyoming Co., WV married about 1804 Ashe, NC Annie B. Baldwin
born 1786 Logan, VA died about 1850 Wyoming Co., WV daughter
of John Baldwin and Virginia (Jenny) born about 1740 Logan,
VA, she was also part Cherokee. Their son John Sizemore born
1810 Ashe, NC d. 2/27/1853 Wyoming Co., WV married Jane
(Jennie) Arms b. 1807 Ashe, NC died Wyoming Co., WV, they
married on 4 Dec. 4, 1831, Jennie is believed to be part
Cherokee as well.
John Sizemore and Jennie had Anna (Annie) Caroline
Sizemore b. 1837 Wyoming Co., WV married George Buchanan May
14, 1855 Wyoming Co., WV. Children: Isabell Katherine,
Arthur, Henriette Elizabeth, John, Greenberry, Edward,
William Henry, May Louise, George Hargrave, Boyd Sizemore.
Isabell Katherine Buchanan b. 1857 Wyoming Co., WV married
Bird Hall b. 1847 Floyd Co., VA married September 25, 1879
Wyoming Co., WV Children: Charles Edward, Burch, Cora,
Stella, Pinkard/ Pinckney and Anna (Annie).
George Sizemore who married Elizabeth Hart was a
first cousin to George “Of All” Sizemore who married
Agnes (Aggie) Sheppard. Their marriage originated from
a raid of Indians on the white mans camp where they captured
a white girl. In retaliation, the white men followed
and rescued the girl and captured an Indian girl who was
later given to a white family to raise (Cornett’s), Aggie
is thought to have been a Creek Indian. George “Of
All” undoubtedly lived in both the white man’s world,
and the with the Whitetop Cherokee tribe throughout his
life, which only naturally led to his marriage to Aggie.
Their
son George “Goldenhawk” Sizemore fathered close to 50
children, census records show Goldenhawk at one time
supporting four different families with 7 to 10 children in
each of them. In 1860, he was indicted for bigamy in
Floyd Co., Kentucky, and according to minutes from the
hearing, the judge said, “Mr. Sizemore, I understand you
have about 50 children, to which Goldenhawk replied, “I
guess you’re right. But, judge, if I’d been half
as pretty a man as you are, I’d had more than that.”
There are no known portraits of Goldenhawk, but he was said
to be one of the ugliest men that ever was, puzzling his
descendants, leading them to believe he had more attractive
qualities than good looks.
Sister
to George “of All” Sizemore, Rhoda Sizemore had two sons
by Chief Red Bird of the Whitetop Laurel Band of Cherokee
Indians, he was murdered by trapper’s shortly after
fathering their last son. Both son’s were given the
Sizemore name. The fact that Rhoda married into the
Whitetop Laurel Band leads me to believe that Hart Jackson
was also a member of this same band. It is said that
Edward Sizemore who married Elizabeth Jackson was for a
short time prior to his death, Chief of this same band.
Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of
North Carolina and their descendants are eligible for
enrollment with the Cherokee Band; contact the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. The
Eastern Band of the Cherokee live on the Qualla Boundary, a
land area comprised of 56,572 acres directly adjacent to the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The more than 10,000
members of the Eastern Band are descendants of those
Cherokee who, in the late 1830s, remained in the mountains
of North Carolina rather than be forced to march along the
infamous "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma.
Today,
the Eastern Band of the Cherokee is the only tribe of North
Carolina’s six recognized tribes which possesses both
state and federal recognition, lives on a reservation and is
served by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the US Department of
the Interior, the Indian Health Service and the federal
departments of Labor, Commerce, and Health and Human
Services. The North Caroline Commission of Indian
Affairs subcontracts Community Action Partnership Program (CAPP)
funding to the Eastern Band of the Cherokee each year.
Byrd
and Kate removed from Wyoming Co. WV in 1889 to Oklahoma
during the great Oklahoma Land Rush and acquired a 160 acre
parcel granted to all those who were able to stake a claim
during the land rush. In 1880 there were, according to
official figures, no white settlers at all in OK territory
(then part of Indian Territory). By the end of the
decade some 259,000 people were living there. One of
the main reasons for this spectacular growth was the Federal
purchase of 3 million acres of Indian land for white
settlement in 1889.
By
nine o’clock the rushers were massing along the line, and
a great buzz went up from them of excited talk, song and
argument. The sound, said one observer, “wasn’t
human at all, but like thousands of wild animals penned up.
At last the moment came. Along the boundary at
Arkansas City, young Lieutenant Henry Waite sat his horse
calmly in front of the line of troopers holding back the
milling mob. In his hand the officer held his watch
while the eager throng of rushers watched their own
timepieces, most of which had earlier been set to agree with
the Lieutenant’s. Homesteaders gathered on Cherokee Strip
at noon on 22 April. As the hands of the officer’s
watch closed on noon, he signaled to his buglers, and the
clear notes of, of all things, “mess call,” echoed over
the green prairie. The rush was on, a gun was fired
and they galloped off to stake their claims. By
nightfall almost two million acres had been claimed. Byrd
lived in Oklahoma until he and Kate divorced in 1892.
The Floyd County 1860 census shows him as Bird, the
Wyoming County 1880 census shows him as Byrd. The
Virginia State Library Archives, Confederate Rosters card
no. 42 shows him as Bird Hall, Troop B, 21st Reg. Vol. 11,
page 449. The 21st Virginia Cavalry of The Virginia
Regimental Histories Series, by John E. Olson, shows him as
Byrd Hall. His grandparents were John Hall and Sally
Pate, and Sally’s brother was named C. Bird Pate, also the
Iddings family had many with the name Byrd.
The 21st VA Cavalry, shows Byrd Hall enlisted on
10 Jul 1863 in Co. B, was on detached service 31 Aug 1864,
and absent sick on furlough on 31 Oct 1864 and again on the
31 Dec 1864 rolls. The 1860 Floyd Co. census shows
Bird as age 13, and the 1880 Wyoming Co. census shows him as
age 33. The census record’s most likely occurred
prior to his birthday, assuming he was born on or about 10
Jul 1846. Bird would have been age 17 at the time of
his enlistment, most likely with the consent of his parents.
Organized on 27 Aug 1863, the 21st Virginia Cavalry
comprised of companies of the VA State Line and men from
counties in southwest Virginia, and was led by Col. William
Peters and Lt. Col. David Edmundson. The Virginia
State Line was created in 1862 to raise a volunteer force to
defend the western part of Virginia especially the salt
mines in the region, and provided the foundation for the
formation of the 21st Cavalry.
Col. William Elisha Peters in April 1863 requested Gen.
Samuel Jones, commander of the Dept. of Western Virginia,
permission to organize a regiment of cavalry. Jones
authorized Peters to raise a regiment from the State Line
together with recruits from localities where the Conscript
Act was not enforceable. Company B was formed 1 Apr
1863, for the duration of the war. Co. B Captains were
David Edmundson, Charles Burks and Jackson Moore.
The men of the 21st Cavalry were primarily
Virginians, with about 70 percent of the regiment hailing
from the southwest counties of Washington, Montgomery,
Floyd, Smyth and Russell counties. Virtually every
county in southwestern Virginia was represented. North
Carolina, especially Ashe County provided 17 percent of the
regiment, and Tennessee 4 percent. The remainder came
from other Southern and Border states.
As
the regiment was being formed, Assistant Surgeon Philip
Hanover reported that skin disease was more prevalent in the
camp of the 21st Cavalry than in any other he had seen.
This was a forewarning of hardships that were still to come.
General Williams supervised the election of the
regimental officers of the 21st Cavalry and 457 men
effective present for duty and 942 in aggregate. David
Edmond wrote to his mother from Camp Laurel that it was
situated on the river near Saltville, “…a beautiful and
pleasant encampment.”
Within
days after enlisting, Bird Hall saw his first action in July
1863, while the 21st Cavalry was still being organized.
Yankee raiders comprised of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry
and the 34th Ohio Mounted Infantry moved to attack
Wytheville. On July 17th, they captured a Confederate
company at Abb’s Valley; however, one prisoner escaped and
was able to warn General Williams late that night of the
enemy’s location. Williams ordered Peters to move
from Camp Laurel in the direction of Liberty Hill. He
later became concerned that the Yankees might attempt to
attack the salt works, so Peters was ordered to return the
21st Cavalry to Camp Laurel.
They
began their odyssey in the East Tennessee Campaign of 1863,
marching by night and fighting by day. They enjoyed
its greatest successes of the war under the command of
General William E. “Grumble” Jones.
In
the summer of 1864, Peters’ regiment fought the advance of
Hunter’s Yankees, which culminated in the battle of
Lynchburg, Virginia The 21st Cavalry then joined in
Jubal Early’s raid on Washington. Later, during the
raid on Chambersburg, the 21st Cavalry gained notoriety for
Peters’ refusal of McCausland’s orders to completely
burn the town. Eight days later at Moorefield,
disaster stuck. In a gallant defense against
Averell’s Union cavalry, Peters was shot and 20 percent of
the regiment was wounded or captured.
Prior to the raid on Washington, the men struck an
ice cream maker with wagons loaded with his product ready to
leave for Baltimore. George W. Booth, later wrote,
“It was a most ludicrous sight to see the ice cream dished
out into all conceivable receptacles, and the whole brigade
engaged in feasting on this. A number of the men from
southwest VA were not familiar with this delicious food, but
were not slow in becoming acquainted with its enticing
properties and expressing themselves as being very much
satisfied with the “frozen vittles,” as they termed
it.”
Brig. General Bradley T. Johnson, assigned to command
Grumble Jones’ old brigade, wrote of the 21st Cavalry:
”.had about eight hundred half-armed and badly disciplined
mountaineers from Southwest VA, who would fight like
veterans when they pleased, but had no idea of permitting
their own sweet wills to be controlled by any orders, no
matter from whom emanating.”
On 24 Apr 1864, Lt. Col. Archer Anderson reported:
“Company and battalion drills are rare, and their clothing
not good; pantaloons particularly needed. Fifty-nine
men entirely without shoes, 64 entirely without blanket, 197
dismounted men, he also noted that a few companies were
armed only with sabers. Guns were rusty and at least
three hundred replacements were needed. In general,
Anderson concluded that the bearing of the brigade was
“unmilitary.”
The 21st Cavalry fought in numerous battles against
Sheridan’s forces in the Shenandoah Valley campaign of
1864, including Winchester and Fisher’s Hill. As the
fortunes of the Confederacy plummeted, the 21st Cavalry
continued the struggle until General Lee’s surrender at
Appomattox.
Cora
Hall married the Rev. Clingenpeel of Franklin Co. He
was of German descent and a Methodist Minister, they moved
to Cincinnati, Ohio after their marriage. During a
shut down in the coalmines, Burch and Nannie Hall lived in
Ohio with his sister and brother-in-law for a brief period.
BURCH
HALL
BIRTH:
17
Aug 1887 Wyoming Co., WV
DEATH: 28
Jan 1954 Henry Co., VA
FATHER: Byrd Hall
MOTHER: Catherine “Kate” Buchanan
WIFE: Nannie Beulah Stone
W. FATHER: Charles F. Stone
W. MOTHER: Joyce
Emery Shelton
MARRIED: 14 Apr 1910 Franklin Co., VA
DESCENDING DAUGHTER: Mildred
Hall
CHILDREN:
1.
Leroy Hall, b. June 11, 1911 Wilmington, WV d. 3 Feb 1966
Hampton, VA
2. Charles Edward Hall, b. 12 Apr 1914 Blocton,
WV d. 15 Aug 1977 Martinsville, VA
3. Irene Elizabeth Hall, b. 4 Sep 1916 Blocton,
WV d. 25 Aug 1986 Martinsville, VA
4. Leonard Hall b. 7 Oct 1919 Chattaroy, WV d. 8
Jun 1988 Martinsville, VA
5. Ralph Hall, b. 11 Sep 1922 Chattaroy, WV d.
16 May 1966 Henry , VA
6. Clara Ann Hall, b. 25 Mar 1925 Chattaroy, WV
d. 1961 Henry, VA
7. Burch Hall, Jr. b. 7 Aug 1930 Chattaroy, WV
8. Mildred Hall, b. 3 Jul 1933 Henry Co., VA d.
3 Nov 1992 Martinsville, VA
Burch Hall was born in Wyoming Co., WV in 1887, and
at age two, he and his family moved to the Oklahoma
Territory to acquire land during the great Oklahoma Land
Rush. As a young child, his parents divorced, and he
remained in Oklahoma with his mother until he reached age
14. At 14 he left Oklahoma to live with his father who
had returned to WV and to find work. He started
working in the WV coalmines along side his father at age 14.
At age 22, in 1909, Burch met a young man from Franklin Co.,
VA who worked with him in the coalmines and they started
sharing a “batch house.” They soon started traveling together during the holidays to visit their
families in that area. Burch’s grandparents David
and Abigail, and numerous cousins still lived in the
Floyd Co. area. This gentlemen’s name was Benjamin
Stone and his sister was Nannie Stone. On 14 Apr 1910
Burch Hall and Nannie Stone were married in Franklin Co.,
Virginia.
Not
long after Burch and Nannie were married, Benjamin Stone was
injured in a coal mining accident when a large piece of
slate fell on him breaking both legs, which left him
permanently disabled. While in the hospital he met a
young nurse named Mary Franklin, and they fell in love and
were married the following year. Burch continued to work in
the coalmines until he retired at age 64.
Stone
Family:
Richard
Stone b/a 1637, Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, married:
Dorothy Belcher born 31 Aug 1637 Honeybourne, Worcester,
England, they had John b/a 1664, Rugeley, Staffordshire
England who married Mary O'Brissell d/o Thomas and Mary on
10 Nov 1687 Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co, Virginia.
Children were Eusebious, John, Stephen, Sarah, William, and
Nicholas. Their son William born 1700, Accomac Co.,
Va. died 1775, Stafford Co., VA. married 1) Unknown 2)
Elizabeth Ann and had Elizabeth, Eucebious, William,
Jeremiah, Micajah, Noah (Manoah), and Stephen. Their
son Micajah born 1745, Lunenburg Co., Va. died 24 Jun 1799,
Bedford Co., Va, married Apphia Hurt b/a 1750 Bedford Co.,
VA m/a 1771 Bedford Co., VA, they had Bathsheba, Admire,
William, John, Micajah, Moses, James, Noah (Manoah),
Stephen, Mary and Molly. Their son Noah H. (Manoah)
b/a 1782 Bedford Co. VA died 1868 Henry Co., VA, married:
Charlotte Foley b/a 1783 VA, died 1857 Henry Co. married 5
Jan 1805 Henry Co. VA. They had Mary and Charles.
Charles b/a 1810 Henry Co., VA had Stephen, and Stephen b/a
1828 married Cassie Spencer b/a 1830 d/a 1922 (at age 92).
They had Charles Fountain Stone born 25 Dec 1849, Henry Co.,
VA. died 18 Oct 1916 married Joyce Emery Shelton born 26 Dec
1853, died 21 Jan 1937 Franklin Co., VA, they had Walter m.
Allie Jarrett, Grover, Nannie Beulah, Benjamin m. Mary
Franklin, Rufus Franklin m. Nannie Cahill, and Callie m.
Homer Bryant. Nannie Beulah Stone born 3 Apr 1889,
Franklin Co., VA died 2 Dec 1982, married Burch Hall.
Shelton Family:
Sir
John William Shelton b. c1480 Shelton, Norfolk, Eng. m. Anne
Boleyn, d/o William Boleyn and Margaret Boteler. Anne
was the aunt of Anne Boleyn who m. King Henry VIII.
Their son Sir John Shelton b. c1500 m. Margaret Parker and
had Sir Ralph Shelton b. 1 Nov 1530 Brome, England who m.
Mary Wodehouse, d/o William Wodehouse and Elizabeth
Calthorpe. Sir Ralph b. 1 Nov 1560 d. 22 Jul 1628 at
the Battle of the Isle of Rhea. He was Minister to
Spain, Secretary to the Prince of Wales, member of
Parliament and member of the Second and 3rd VA Companies. He
was knighted at Theobald’s in 1607 and was of Shelton
Hall, Norfolk, England he m. Jane West. Their son
Capt. James
Shelton b. 1588 m. Anne Hebert. Capt. James Shelton
was a gentleman who came with Lord Delaware (Thomas West) in
1610 to VA, and was a member of the court in 1624.
James and Anne had Thomas Shelton b. 1606 who m. Hannah
Wood, and they had James Shelton b. 1627 Barbados Bermuda d.
1690 Cecil Co., MD, who married Mary Bathurst. Their
son Peter Shelton b. 1664 York Co., VA m. Susannah Jackson
and had Ralph Shelton b. 12/1685 who m. Mary Jane Crispin of
Middlesex Co., VA. Ralph and Mary's son Thomas Shelton
b. 9 Nov 1707 m. Mary Probert and their son Josiah Shelton,
Sr. b. 1735 m. Elizabeth Spencer. Josiah Shelton, Jr.
b. 1775 m. Frances "Futhey" Ford and had Gerald
"Giles" Shelton b. 19 Jan 1818 who m. Nancy
Spencer, and their daughter Joyce Emery Shelton b. 26 Dec
1853 m. Charles Fountain Stone and they had Nannie Beulah
Stone b. 3 Apr 1889.
Spencer
Family:
The
term "Ancient Planter" is applied to those
persons, who arrived in Virginia before 1616, remained for a
period of three years, paid their passage, and survived the
massacre of 1622. They received the first patents of land in
the new world as authorized by Sir Thomas Dale in 1618; a
William Spencer is listed as an Ancient Planter.
Thomas Spencer b/a 1670 Charles City Co., New Kent Co., and King William Co., VA married Anne Woodward, they had Abraham b/a 1700. William I b/a 1750 Hanover Co., VA, son of Abraham, married Elizabeth and they had William II b/a 1772 who married Jane Proctor. They were the parents of William III b/a 1793, Patrick Co., VA who married Mary “Polly” Adams. They had Nancy Spencer who married Gerald "Giles" Shelton and Cassie Spencer who married Stephen Stone, both daughters being direct ancestors after the marriage of their children, Joyce Emery Shelton and Charles Fountain Stone, who had Nannie Beulah Stone.
Burch Hall and Nannie Beulah Stone Hall are buried at the Shelton Cemetery in Henry County, Virginia. Directions: Take Rt. 220 to Rt. 605 in Henry, the cemetery is 7.3 miles from Rt. 220 on the right. You can park on the side of the road or drive up to the cemetery using the small dirt road. Drive slowly as this road needs some repair.