Ann Hall

Biography

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Died AE 74 Wife of Rev Samuel Hall.

Ann was the eldest daughter of Lt. Gov. Jonathan Law of Milford, Conn. and his wife, Ann (Elliott). Ann Eliot was the daughter of Rev. Joseph Eliot of Guilford, and granddaughter of Rev. John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians, and also of Governor William Brenton of Rhode Island.

On Jan. 12, 1725, Ann Law and Rev. Samuel Hall were married by her father in Wallingford, Conn. Rev. Hall was the son of John & Mary (Lyman) Hall; he graduated Yale College in 1716 and was the pastor of the Congregational Church in Cheshire from 1723 through 1775.

Their children were as follows:

• The first is Clark, born ye 23rd of July, 1727, A month later, August 23d, is recorded the announcement of the death of their first-born.
• The second birth is Jonathan (gift of God), born July 11, 1728; died July 12, 1728.
• The third is Benoni (son of trouble), born November 4, 1729; died November 19, 1729.
• The following year, September 11, 1730, was born the fourth child, Luce, that is "light," and such she proved to a desolate household. She lived to maturity and married Charles, a son of Wallingford's minister, the Rev. Samuel Whittelsey.
• Their fifth child, called Samuel, came to them January 11, 1732, but died in May following from the dread scourge of smallpox.
• On May 10, 1733, was born their sixth child, to whom was given the mother's name Ann. She lived to grow up and was married to Rev. Warham Williams (Yale 1745), Fellow and Secretary of Yale College, who preached at North Branford.
• On May 31, 1734 a son was born to him, and the father's name was given for the third time (Samuel, "asked for of God"). Great pains were taken with this boy's education. He was carefully prepared for Yale, where he graduated in 1754, his name like his father's standing at the head of his class. But over-application undermined his health, and the year after graduation, at the age of 21, the pride and hope of his parents was cut down by death.
• Mary, the eighth child, lived to justify her parents' hopes. She married Deacon Samuel Beach of Cheshire, by whom she had three children, Mary Ann, Luce, and Samuel Ufford Beach. The grandfather's will leaves to these children articles of silver plate and jewelry, besides "a great interest in lands." In the attainments of his son-in-law Mr. Hall took great pride. Mr. Beach was of Yale 1757, became an attorney of great prominence, was a delegate to the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States, and filled many other offices of public trust.
• April 2, 1738, was born the ninth child, who was named "Brenton" after the mother's lineal ancestor, Governor William Brenton of Rhode Island, from whom considerable property descended to the family. This son lived to the advanced age of eighty-two years, became the executor of his father's estate, a founder of Meriden and its first representative.
• The tenth child of Rev. Samuel and Ann (Law) Hall was Elisha, born March 10, 1740, and graduated at Yale 1764. He married Lois, widow of Jesse Street and daughter of Col. Thaddeus Cook.
• The eleventh child, Sarah, born August 8, 1742, married Mr. Hills, who with his wife died previous to 1776, leaving an only child "Catee Hills," to whom the grandfather left by will all his household effects.
• The twelfth child, Jonathan, born July 19, 1745, married and settled on the old homestead at Cheshire.
• The thirteenth child, born December 17, 1748, "the child of his old age, last and best beloved," was called Abigail (the father's joy). Intimate in the family and for some years under the pastor's instruction, had been a bright and ambitious young man named John Foote, born in 1742, son of John and Abigail (Frisbie) Foote of North Branford. Mr. Foote prepared for Yale, where he graduated in 1765, and later studied theology under Rev. Samuel Hall. The acquaintance thus formed between John Foote and Abigail Hall soon ripened into love, and they were married November 19, 1767. The children by this marriage were unusually talented. The eldest daughter, Lucinda, passed the examination for Yale when twelve years old. John was admitted as freshman at nine years of age. Samuel A. graduated at Yale, received the degree of Doctor of Laws, was twice elected to Congress, and then made Governor of Connecticut.

~The above excerpt was taken from "Hall Ancestry", by Charles Samuel Hall; G. P. Putnam's sons, 1896; pg. 261-266.