John Hall, of Wallingford

Not the same as John Hall, Sr., of Middletown

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Settler

(Ancestry.com file thompssi1, Aug. 9, 2008:

In great grandfather Frank Charles Young's notebook was written the following: "John Hall's name was on the Convernation of 1672." I believe this paper was one of the original land documents between Native people and the colonists. In earlt research I got my hand on a copy but have since forgotten where!)

http://dunhamwilcox.net/bios/hall.htm

History of Wallingford, Conn. by Charles Henry Stanley Davis

Genealogies - Part 1, pg. 750, 751

"John Hall senior, (the emigrant), appears first, at Boston, and afterwards at New Haven. He evidently was not an original settler at New Haven, as his name does not appear in any list which I have been able to discover until after 1650. From whence he came is uncertain. The name (Hall) is a difficult one to trace, on account of the great number of original settlers of that name, 28 having come to America previous to 1660, of whom seven bore the name of John.

That John Hall of Boston, New Haven and Wallingford was an emigrant, appears quite evident, from his having sons old enough to be married in 1666. He moved to Wallingford after the settlement had commenced, which accounts for the non-appearance of his name on the first Plantation covenant, in 1669-70. His sons John, Thomas and Samuel, were sign­ers to that instrument. His name appears on the covenant of 1672, and it is quite certain that he had then been some­time in the place, in 1675, himself and his son John were chosen selectmen of Wallingford.

John Hall senior, was freed from training in 1665, being then in his 6oth year, and was most certainly in New Haven as early as 1639, and at Wallingford about the year 1670, with the early settlers there. He died early in the year 1676, ae. 71: years. The maiden name of his wife was Jane Woolen.

Children : 1 John, baptized Aug. 9, 1646, d Sept. 2, 1721 ; 2 Richard, b July n, 1645, m Hannah---• 3 Samuel, b May 21, 1646, d March 5, 1725 ; 4 Sarah, baptized Aug. 9, 1646, at New Haven; 5 Thomas, b March 25, 1649; 6 Jona­than, b April 5, 1651 ; 7 David, b March 18, 1652, d July 17, 1727, ae. 75 yrs."

Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus, pg. 693

John was in New Haven by 1639. He had been of Boston, and later removed to Wallingford about 1670.2

Check out the book John Hall of Wallingford, Conn. by James Shepard. Record Press, New Britain, CT, 1902.

Arrived in America on the ship Griffen in 1633.

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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t47p91v5d&vie...

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A poster originally placed the burial in Indian Hill Cemetery in Middletown. This appears to be incorrect as Indian Hill Cemetery didn't come into existence until 1850. ( http://www.indian-hill.org/ )

https://archive.org/stream/johnhallofwallin01shep/johnhallofwallin0...

John's son given 50 acres because of his father's (John Hall) service in Pequot War.