William Hall, Il, of Newport

'William Hall 1 or Portsmouth, RI

• b. say 1620, Will dated 23 July 1675, proved 21 Aug 1675; receipts dated 31 Jan 1675/6 to 20 Feb 1677, p. 138 (hard to read). Wife Mary; sons: Zuriel Hall, William Hall & Benjamin Hall. Daughters: Elizabeth, Rebecka and Deliverance
• Parents: Unknown
• Wife Mary Unknown
• The Great Migration Directory says he arrived 1638 and his parents and origins are unknown.
• See Austin p 91 _____________
• ' 'The Halls of New England :. Genealogical and biographical by Hall, David Brainard
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• The emigrant ancestor was
• (Family 1.) William Hall1. On the 8th day of the 8th month in 1638, the name of William Hall was one of a list of 59 persons admitted inhabitants of an island on the coast of Rhode Island, now called Aqueedunk. In 1639 William Hall was an inhabitant of Newport, R. I. And on the 27th day of the 5th month, in 1644, a parcel of land in Portsmouth, R. I., was granted to William Hall by the town. His name was on the list of freemen of Portsmouth in 1655. William Hall sold, on the 6th day af the 7th month, 1654, to Richard Sisson, of Portsmouth, 1-300 of an island called Canonocut and 1-300 of Dutch Island. William Hall was commissioner to General Court from Portsmouth in 1654, 56, 60 and 63. And he was Deputy from Portsmouth to General Assembly in 1665, 66, 67, 68, 72 and 73. In 1673 he was appointed on a committee for the purpose of treating with the Indians about drunkenness, and to seriously council them, and agree of some way to prevent extreme excess of Indian drunkenness. Five chiefs are named, among whom is the name of the famous Philip of Mount Hope, called King Philip, with whom the committee should treat.
• There may be same foundation for the following statement by the late James Usher, genealogist of 9 Murray street, New York. He says , ' We have the transatlantic trace of William Hall, clergyman. He is believed to be the same William Hall who was a writer in London, and continued the 'Fab you Chronical' began by Sir Thomas More. And there is reason to believe a connection existed between William Hall and the Lord Chancelor's family, (See an article in an early number of Harper's Magazine, by Mrs. Hall, of Chelsea Church, England.) William Hall, of London, went out of record there in 1638, the same year that William Hall began record in Portsmouth. Thomas Clement, a connection of the Mores, was an original founder of Portsmouth, R. I., and was a neighbor of William Hall, and the administrator of his estate,"'
• Mr. Usher emblazoned a coat of arms which he knew or supposed to belong to William Hall, for Theo. C. Hall, of 174 Lexington avenue, New York, who is a descendant of William Hall, of Ports-
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• mouth. It consists of three Talbot's heads, Chivron in black ground, and the crest a Griffin's head, az.
• Mrs. Mary Clapp, of East Greenwich, R. I., a lady of over 80 years of age, and a descendant of William Hall, informs me of a tradition in the family that "William Hall was one of five brothers who came over, one of whom settled at Exter, R. I."
• William Hall made his will on the 20th day of the 11th month, 1673, which was probated on the 19th day of the 2d month in 1676. No mention is made in it of Thomas Clement. But he says "I do ordain, substitute and appoint my truly and well beloved friend and yoke fellow, Mary, my wife, to be my whole and sole executrix, into whose hands and possession I do give and bequeath my whole estate during her life, and, considering the weakness of my said wife, I do appoint my two younger sons, viz.: William and Benjamin, to be assistants to their mother in the managing of whatever business she shall have need of during her life; and after her decease, I do hereby give power to my above named two sons to see my will performed as following, that is to say : after the decease of the last of us, either me or my wife, my will is that my son Zurill Hall shall have and enjoy that twenty acres of land whereon his dwelling house now stands. Next, my mind and will is that my son Benjamin Hall shall have my new dwelling house and land thereto adjoining ; and, further, 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. And, further, I do give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin my cart horse, with my cart and plow, and the tackling thereto belonging ; and as for the remainder of my estate, together with that which I have lent to my son William, shall be divided into four equal parts, viz.: one-fourth thereof to my son William ; one-fourth part to my daughter Elizabeth ; one-fourth part to my daughter Rebeecka, and the other fourth part to my daughter Deliverance." Thus we gather the names af the children of William Hall :
• 1. Zurill (Family 2). 2. William (Family 3). 3. Benjamin (Family 4). 4. Elizabeth. 5. Rebecka. 6. Deliverance.
• (Family 2.) ZURILL HALL2, William1 : was freeman of Portsmouth, 1677, and d. 1691 ; m., Elizabeth, and had Mary, m., 1686, September 16, Robert Fish. Zurill Hall probably had a son Zurill,
• NOTE. J. O. Austin, P. O. box 81, Providence, R. I., is a descendant of Robert and Mary (Hall) Fish.
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• m., Sept., 1697, Hannah, dau. of William Sheffield, of Sherborn, Hingham and Dover. His residence was Portsmouth, and probably was the father of : i. Zurill, b. Oct. 20, 1717. 2. Solomon, b. May 6, 1720. 3. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 22, 1722. 4. John, b, Feb. 7, 1724.
• (Family 3.) WILLIAM HALL2, William1: m. Jan, 26, 1670, Alice, dau. of John Tripp, of Portsmouth, R. I. John Tripp came over in the same ship with William Hall1. Children were :
• 1. William, b. Dec. 9, 1672 (Family 5). 2. Preserved, b. Aug. 29, 1675 ; d. before the age of six years. 3. Abigail, b. Dec. 20, 1677. 4. Mary, b. Sept. 24, 1679; m., Sept. 13, 1698, at Newport, R. I., William Freeborn. 5. John, b. July 2, 1681 (Family 6). 6. Deliverance, b. Jan. 8, 1683. 7. Alice, b. Jan. 14, 1685. 8. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2. 1687. 9. Robert, b. Feb. 16, 1689.
• William Hall was appointed a justice of the peace in Portsmouth May 5, 1703, and May 3, 1705, and was deputy to General Assembly Oct., 1705 and 1716.
• (Family 4.) BENJAMIN HALL2, William1: m., July 27, 1676, Frances, dau. of George Parker of Portsmouth, R. I. Mr. Hall was admitted freeman of Portsmouth, April 30, 1678 ; was appointed justice May 3, 1704, and 1709 ; was deputy to General Assembly May 6, 1701, and May 3, 1704, Feb. 25, 1706-7, May, 1713, and 1714. Children were :
• 1. Mary, b. April 3, 1678. 2. William, b. Aug. 19, 1680 (Family 7). 3. Benjamin, b. June 17, 1782 (Family 8). 4. George, b. June 29, 1685 (Family 9). 5. Nathaniel, b. June 20, 1689 (Family 10).
  • THIRD GENERATION.
• .... etc. _______________
• Pearce genealogy, being the record of the posterity of Richard Pearce, an early inhabitant of Portsmouth, in Rhode Island, who came from England, and whose genealogy is traced back to 972. With an introduction of the male descendants of Josceline de Louvaine .. (1888)
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• .... etc.
• 3. Hon. Giles22 Pearce (Richard21), b. July 22, 1651 ; m. April 1676, Elizabeth Hall, who d. 1698. She was the eldest 13, daughter of William and Mary ( ___ ) Hall of Portsmouth. He died November 19, 1698, Res. in East Greenwich and Portsmouth, R. I.
• Hon. Giles or Gyles Pearce was born in Portsmouth, R. I., the son of Richard and Susannah (Wright) Pearce; he was admitted a freeman of the colony in 1673, he being of the above town. He was one of the incorporators of the town of East Greenwich, R. I., in 1677, when he was admitted a freeman of that place. The town meeting that year being held at his house. He was moderator of the town meeting in 1685, member of the General Assembly in 1690 and 1696, and town councilman in 1677-1684, 1691 and 1696. His will was admitted to probate in East Greenwich, December 7, 1698.
• Giles Pearce was admitted freeman of the town of Portsmouth, April 29, 1693, and of the colony. May 6, 1673. Ear-mark recorded
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• in Portsmouth, July 5, 1673. One of the grantees of East Greenwich, May, 1677. February 20, 1678, bought of John and Susanna Tripp, one-fourth part of a purchase right in Warwick. Moderator of town meeting in East Greenwich, 1690. Town councilman of same town 1691. His will is dated November 15, 1698 and proved December 7, 1698 in East Greenwich. His first two children were born in Portsmouth, and the third in East Greenwich May 20, 1682.
• His will was filed Nov. 15, 1698, and proved Dec. 7, 1898. His wife Elizabeth was executor. To her while widow, the occupation and profit of house and land and orchard belonging thereto till son John is of age, he then having 1/2 of profits and the whole at wife's death. To eldest son Jeremiah, a house, 90 acres, etc., a pair of oxen and 3 cows. To son John, all lands in East Greenwich, undisposed of, a pair of oxen and 3 cows at age. Mentions daughters Susana, eldest, Elizabeth and Mary. Children :
  • 9. i. Jeremiah b. Jan. 22, 1678; m. Abigail Long.
  • ii. Susannah, b. May 7, 1679; m. Aug. 6, 1713, Hon. John Warner, b. Jan. 5, 1673 ; d. Nov. 13, 1732. She d. Aug. 4, 1727. Res. Warwick, R. I. Ch.— Mary, b. Sept. 5, 1714 ; Priscilla, b. June 10, 1716 ; d. March 7, 1716 ; William, b. Mar. 4, 1718. Susanah was his second wife. He during 1702-9-23-25-26-27-29-31 was a deputy to the General Court. His will is dated May 2, 1728, and proved Dec. 23, 1732. Inventory £445. He was a lawyer by profession.
  • iii. Elizabeth, b. May 27, 1682 ; m. Dec. 30, 1703 ; Hon. Thomas Spencer, M. D., b. July 22, 1679 ; d. Apr. 25, 1752. She d. Sept. 30, 1742. Res. East Greenwich. Ch.— Thomas; Elizabeth, b, Feb. 19, 1714 ; William, b. Sept. 6, 1716 ; Susanah, b. Aug. 18, 1720 ; Dr. Thomas Spencer was the son of John and Susanah Spencer of East Greenwich, R. I, He was born July 22, 1679, and was the first English child born in that town. He was a physician and made freeman in 1703. In 1704-7-10-14-15-19-21-27-29-30-31-33-35-36-37-38-41-48-49-50 and 51 he was a Deputy to the General Court. In 1720-21-27 he was clerk of the assembly. In 1734-5 he was one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the county of Providence. In 1738 he was Speaker of the House of Deputies. Dec. 2, 1741, he was appointed a committee to represent and manage the affairs of this colony before the Commons, to hear and determine boundaries between Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In Aug., 1741, he and two others were appointed by the assembly to let off part of Warwick into a township to be called Coventry. May 20, 1752, administration is granted to son-in-law, Thomas Aldrich. Inventory — £2,055, 3s, 10d; viz., wearing ap-
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  • parel, £156 : plate, £85, 4s ; watch, £25 ; bonds, £409, 2s, 6d ; bonds, supposed to be deposited debts, £33, 1s, 10d ; notes, £80, 1s, 10d ; books, £24, 10s ; three framed maps or plans, £3 ; two spinning wheels, pewter and table, the whole of his medicines, with the vessels and utensils belonging to his practice, £50 ; four feather beds, £140 ; negro man and woman, £400 ; two horses, three cows, three swine, etc.
  • Dr. Spencers' father Jolm resided in Newport originally, and while there, Oct. 31, 1677, he, with forty-seven others, were granted 5,000 acres of land to be called East Greenwich.
  • 10. iv. John, b. Jan. 11, 1681 ; m. Susanah Nicholls.
  • v. Mary, b. Feb. 7, 1690 ; m. March 10, 1708, David Vaughn ; b. Apr. 29, 1683 ; m. Dec. 19, 1728. She d. 1728. Res. East Greenwich, R. I. Ch. — Elizabeth, b. Nov. 3, 1710 ; Margaret, b. Apr. 12, 1713 ; Mary, b. Dec. 1, 1717; Rebecca, b. Apr. 3, 1720; Waity, b. May 13, 1721 ; m. George Nicholls ; Susanah, b. May 13, 1724. Nott David was born at E. Greenwich Apr. 29, 1683, the son of Geo. Vaughn, b. in Newport, Oct. 20, 1650. Geo. m. Margaret Spink at N., July 26, 1680, and was son of John Vaughn, one of the first of the name who settled R. I. The inventory of David's estate was £2,138-17-4. ____________________
• The genealogical dictionary of Rhode Island: comprising three generations of ... By John Osborne Austin
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• Pg. 146
• John Pearce b. 1632 d. 1692 m. Mary d.1711 .... etc.
• Richard d. 1678. m. Susanna Wright, d. 1678 dau. of George Wright .... etc.
• children.
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  • IV. Giles b. 1651, Jul. 22. Portsmouth, East Greenwich, R. I. d. 1698, Nov. 19. m. 1676, Apr. 13. Elizabeth Hall d. 1698 dau. of William & Mary ( ___ ) Hall. ch: 1. Jeremiah, 1678, Jan. 22., 2. Susanna, 1679, May 7., 3. Elizabeth, 1682, May 27., 4. John, 1687, Jan. 11., 5. Mary 1690, Feb. 7.
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