Abijah Hall

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Connecticut Nutmegger v.6 p633 Deaths- Chester, CT. From Vol 2 of Chester Cong Church Records. Anne, w. of Abijah Hall, d. 1827

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<b>1. George Hall</b> was born in 1605 in Devonshire, England and died on 30 Oct 1669 in Taunton, MA. General Notes:From; Halls of New England

Author: David Brainard Hall Call Number: R929.2 H174

Genealogical and biographical sketches of the Hall Family of New England.

Bibliographic Information: Hall, David Brainard. Halls of New England. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons. 1883.

WILL OF GEORGE HALL.

Annexed is a copy of the will of George Hall, ancestor of the foregoing descendants. He was the first clerk and business manager of the ancient Taunton Iron Works, "commenced Anno 1656," and continued so (with the exception of one year) until the time of his death in 1669. [From record of Capt. Thomas. Leonard2, afterwards clerk, son of James1, now in possession of the compiler:]

"Oct. 16, 1669--The Last Will and Testament of George Hall, of Taunton, deceased, exhibited to the Court held at New Plvmouth, the first day of March, 1669, on the Oath of Richard Williams:

In the name of God, amen--I George Hall, of Taunton, in the jurisdiction of New Plymouth, being in health and memory, blessed be the Lord, do here make my last will and testament in manner and form as followeth: I commit my spirit into the hands of the Lord and do dispose of my goods as followeth:

Item--I give to my wife during widowhood, the part of my dwelling house, that part which I built last, and the garden joining to it, and half my new barn and half the stall against the barn:

Item--I give her that I bought of Benjamin Wilson, lying between Richard Williams and that which was Nicholas White's which is eight acres which lyeth on the North side of the great River:

Item--I give unto my Wife the land that is called by the name of Cobb's neck, and the land that I broke up in the neck that John Hall hath and one acre more if she want it:

Item--I give her more at Broad cove, a carriage of hay, half in Samuel's and half in Joseph's, if she doth want it for herself, this is my wife's during her widowhood, after to be disposed of as followeth, and make her my executrix:

Item--I give unto my son Joseph half the neck of land called by the name of Jane Wyatt's bed, and the land the house stands upon, and the four acres that reaches against John Cobb's land, and the neck called by the name of Cobb's neck, and seventy-six acres by the great River at the further side of Thomas Deane's land on the east side, to him and his heirs forever:

Item--I give unto my son Samuel Hall my great lot viz: all my land lying from the great river to James Leonard's land, the one side is against Hezekiah Hoar's land the other side against Mr. Pool's land, and twenty-two acres against the Great River on the north side of Thomas Deane's:

Item--I give unto my son Samuel my twenty acres and the meadow belonging to it at the three mile River, called Rumford, and half my meadow at Broad cove:

Item--I give to my daughter Charity six pounds:

Item--I give unto my son Joseph Hall my home lot, which is eight acres, two acres where I bought of William Harvey, and six acres over the great river, and I give unto him that which I bought of Benjamin Wilson which is eight acres upon the north side of the great River, the east side against Richard Williams:

Item--I give him half my meadow at Broad cove--Samuel is to parcel it equally and Joseph is to choose the half he will have, and I give him my purchase and ten acres from the town of my-division:

Item--I give to each of my grand-children forty shillings:

Item--I give to my daughter Sarah twenty pounds, and if she do not match to her mother's mind she is to have but fifteen pounds:

Item--I give to the church in Taunton, forty shillings to buy cups:

Item--I give to William Evans, twenty shillings:

Item--I give to my son John, my new purchase:

Item--I give to my daughter Mary, forty shillings:

Item--I give to my son Samuel, six acres of land that is due me from the town and three acres of swamp:

(Signed) GEORGE HALL.

Witnessed by RICHARD WILLIAMS, WALTER DEANE." George married Mary in Devonshire, England. (Mary was born in 1610 in Devonshire, England and died after 1669 in Taunton, MA.) <b>Children from this marriage were: </b> + 2 M i. <b><u>John Hall</b></u> was born in 1635. 3 M ii. <b>Joseph Hall</b> was born in 1635. + 4 F iii. <b><u>Charity Hall</b></u> was born in 1636. 5 F iv. <b>Sarah Hall</b> was born in 1640. 6 F v. <b>Mary Hall</b> was born about 1642. + 7 M vi. <b><u>Samuel Hall</b></u> was born in 1644 and died before 1689 in Taunton, MA. <b>Second Generation </b> <b><u>2. John Hall</b></u> (George1) was born in 1635. John married Hannah Penniman on 4 Feb 1670/71 in Taunton, MA. (Hannah Penniman was born about 1640.) <b>Children from this marriage were: </b> 8 M i. <b>John Hall</b> was born on 27 Jun 1672 in Taunton, MA. 9 M ii. <b>Joseph Hall</b> was born on 7 Apr 1674 in Taunton, MA. 10 M iii. <b>James Hall</b> was born on 8 Dec 1675 in Taunton, MA. 11 M iv. <b>Benjamin Hall</b> was born on 6 Dec 1677 in Taunton, MA. <b><u>4. Charity Hall</b></u> (George1) was born in 1636. Charity married Richard Burt. (Richard Burt was born in 1629 in Taunton, MA.) <b>Children from this marriage were: </b> 12 F i. <b>Phoebe Burt</b> . 13 M ii. <b>Ephraim Burt</b> was born in 1674. 14 F iii. <b>Abigail Burt</b> was born in 1676 in Taunton, MA. <b><u>7. Samuel Hall</b></u> (George1) was born in 1644 and died before 1689 in Taunton, MA. General Notes:Held several town offices, was a member of the original church. Samuel married Elizabeth White, daughter of Nicholas White and Susanna Humphrey, in 1663. (Elizabeth White was born on 9 Jun 1643.) <b>Children from this marriage were: </b> + 15 M i. <b><u>Samuel Hall</b></u> was born on 11 Dec 1664 in Rehoboth, MA and died on 7 May 1733 in Suffield, Hartford, CT. 16 M ii. <b>John Hall</b> was born on 19 Oct 1666 in Taunton, MA. 17 M iii. <b>Nicholas Hall</b> was born on 28 Jan 1667/68 in Taunton, MA and died in 1690 in Canada. General Notes:Died on Phelps expedition against Canada in 1690, unmarried. His wages for services in the expedition were paid to his brothers, Samuel and John. 18 F iv. <b>Elizabeth Hall</b> was born on 28 Oct 1670 in Taunton, MA. 19 F v. <b>Mary Hall</b> was born on 3 Oct 1672 in Taunton, MA. 20 F vi. <b>Sarah Hall</b> was born on 14 Oct 1674 in Taunton, MA and died on 8 May 1677 in Taunton, MA. 21 M vii. <b>Ebenezer Hall</b> was born on 19 Mar 1676/77 in Taunton, MA. 22 F viii. <b>Sarah Hall</b> was born on 2 Mar 1678/79 in Taunton, MA. 23 M ix. <b>George Hall</b> was born on 25 Jan 1680/81 in Taunton, MA. 24 F x. <b>Hannah Hall</b> was born in 1683. <b>Third Generation </b> <b><u>15. Samuel Hall</b></u> (Samuel7, George1) was born on 11 Dec 1664 in Rehoboth, MA and died on 7 May 1733 in Suffield, Hartford, CT. Samuel married Elizabeth Bourne, daughter of Jared Bourne and Ann, on 7 Apr 1686 in Taunton, MA. (Elizabeth Bourne was born about 1664 in Bristol, RI and died in Rehoboth, MA.) <b>Children from this marriage were: </b> 25 F i. <b>Elizabeth Hall</b> was born on 20 Mar 1686/87 in Taunton, MA. + 26 F ii. <b><u>Remember Hall</b></u> was born on 15 Feb 1688/89 in Taunton, MA. 27 M iii. <b>Nicholas Hall</b> was born on 23 Jan 1689/90 in Taunton, MA and died in Enfield, CT. <b>Noted events in his life were: </b> 1. Residence; Enfield, CT. Cool Meadow 28 F iv. <b>Mary Hall</b> was born on 31 Oct 1692 in Taunton, MA. 29 M v. <b>Nathaniel Hall</b> was born on 18 May 1695 in Taunton, MA. 30 F vi. <b>Mehitable Hall</b> was born on 1 Dec 1697 in Taunton, MA. 31 M vii. <b>Enoch Hall</b> was born on 13 Apr 1699 in Taunton, MA. + 32 M viii. <b><u>Ichabod Hall</b></u> was born in 1701 in Taunton, MA. + 33 M ix. <b><u>John Hall</b></u> was born in 1703 in Taunton, MA and died in 1775 in Scantic, Enfield, CT.

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Captain Abijah HALL, born December 19th 1723, a descendant of George HALL, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1637, settled in East Hampton, near the outlet of Pocotopaug Lake. He was an iron worker, and the largest owner in the forge which formerly stood at this point. His ancestors were largely interested in the iron works at Taunton, Massachusetts. He married, April 17th 1748, Margaret DEWEY, of Colchester, and had Dewey (who married Hannah KNEELAND in 1771, and died in 1806), Eunice, Lydia, Abijah, Margaret, Jerusha, Sarah, and Lucy. His descendants of the name reside in the vicinity of Albany, New York.

________________________________________ Abijah, son Abijah & Margaret, b. Oct. 26, 1754 Dewey, son Abijah & Margaret, b. Mar. 11, 1749 Eunice, dau Abijah & Margaret, b. Oct. 6, 1750 Jerusha, dau Abijah & Margaret, b. May 21, 1760 Lucy, dau Abijah & Margaret, b. Mar. 28, 1768 Lydia, dau Abijah & Margaret, b. Dec. 1, 1752 Margaret, dau Abijah & Margaret, b. May 16, 1757 Sarah, dau Abijah & Margaret, b. Feb. 8, 1763

John, son Abijah & Eunice, b. Apr. 6, 1776

Abner, m. Anna GRIFFETH, Jan. 19, 1796 Abner Jr., m. Elisha BUTLER, Aug. 16, 1821, by Rev Henry Talcott (Arnold Copy gives both the name of a male) Abner, son Ebenezer & Abigail, b. June 7, 1772 Daniel, son Dewey & Hannah, b. July 30, 1772; died Dec. 12, 1772 Eunice, dau Dewey & Hannah, b. Dec. 4, 1773 Dewey, m. Hannah KNEELAND, Aug. 28, 1771

_____________________________________________________ The <b>deacons of the church have been</b>: Ebenezer CLARK, Isaac SMITH, John CLARK, <b>James BILL</b>, <b>Gideon ARNOLD</b>, Moses COOK, Isaac SMITH, Joseph SAGE, David CLARK, Warren A. SKINNER, Diodate B. WEST, Samuel SKINNER, and Allen C. CLARK. The early records of the church having been lost, there is no means of determining the number of its constituent members, or their names, though it is probably that the major portion of them were from the church in East Middletown. <b>At the time of Mr. PARSON's ordination [Ordained over this flock Feb. 10th 1779] there were 40 male members, but of the female members he made no record. Their names were</b>: Seth ALVORD, <b>Gideon ARNOLD</b>, Ezra ACKLEY, Darius ADAMS, Joshua BAILEY, Othniel BRAINERD, Samuel BROWN, <b>James BILL</b>, Elijah COOK, Joshua COOK, John CLARK jr., Moses COOK, Moses COLE, William CLARK, Deacon John CLARK, Moses CLARK, Zacheus COOK, Joseph CASWELL, Silas DUNHAM, <b>Abijah HALL</b>, <b>Ebenezer HALL</b>, <b>Nathan HARDING</b>, John HINCKLEY, Daniel HILL, <b>Dewey HALL</b>, Samuel HODGE, John JOHNSON, <b>Isaac KNEELAND</b>, Stephen KNOWLTON, Nehemiah LORD, John MARKHAM, John NORTON, William NORCOTT, Edward PURPLE, <b>Bryan PARMELEE</b>, James RICH, Ebenezer SEARS, Deacon Isaac SMITH, Isaac SMITH jr., and William WHITE.