Jonathan Hall

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6. Jonathan 2 Hall, ( John, 1 ) b. April 5, 1651. He was living with his parents at New Haven Oct. 4, 1670. There is no further record of him found at New Haven. He exchanged his "house & home Lot" at New Haven for a "Dwelling house & home Lott containing by Estimation an acre" at New London with John Stevens "of New London now resident at New Haven." March 10, 1676-7, Ack. March 10, 1686. (New London Land, Book 5, p. 92.) Savage gives the baptism of three children of 14.ii. iii. 15. iv. 16. v. vi. vii. viii 17. ix. X. 18. xi. 42

Jonathan Hall at New London, 1676 to 1680. These are also given in Dr. Blake's Later History of the first church of Christ, New Loudon, to which is added "Mrs. Hannah Hall's child, bapt. Oct, 30, 1692," no name. From the fact that his first dau. was Hannah and there were no other Halls in New London, this Hannah Hall is thought to have been the wife of Jonathan Hall. On May 23, 1682, Jonathan Hall of New London appointed his "Broth- er Jno Hall of Wallingford" his attorney to answer for him in an action for debt brought by Major Tho. Clarke, of Boston, at the County Court of New Haven, but no record of the trial is there found, presumably because the case was settled out of court. The home lot of one acre, at New London, was bounded on the front and rear, or east and west, by "a cove," and a warrantee deed of the same was given by Daniel Hall to Nathan Morrow, Feb. 11, 1 734, nothing being of record to show how Daniel Hall became the owner. A part of the early Pro- bate records of New London were burned during the Revolutionary war. This deed from Stevens shows that Jonathan Hall owned a house and home lot at New Haven, in 1676-7, but there are practically no land records covering that period. We find, however, that this John Stevens, on Feb. 8, 1698-9, sold a house and home lot, at New Haven, of one acre, the same size as the New London lot, and, presumably, this was the lot he bought of Jonathan Hall. The New London home lot was bounded on two sides by a cove, and the New Haven home lot on the "south by the sea," both of them being just such a lot as a marriner would be likely to own. On May 21, 1724, Daniel Hall, Hannah Lester, widow, and Elizabeth Hall of New London, deed to John Hall the third, of Wallingford, their "whole right, laid out, divided or unlaid out," in land "which descend to us from our Grandfather John Hall of Wallingford dec, d." (Wallingford Land, Book 4, p. 397.) Daniel Hall m. 1716, Elizabeth Mayhew. It is thought that widow Hannah Lester named in the above deed was the dau. Hannah bapt. 1683, and that Elizabeth Hall was the wife of the said Daniel. This, taken in 43 connection with the sale of Jonathan Hall's home lot by Daniel Hall, leads us to believe that the said Daniel was the son of the said Jonathan, and the Wallingford deed above named was the said Jonathan's share of land from his father's estate. No son of John 1 Hall, except Jonathan, is supposed to have had both a son Daniel, and a dau. Hannah. The fact that Daniel, alone, sold the only real estate of record to Jonathan Hall, is believed to show that this Daniel was, in 1734, the sole surviving heir of Jonathan Hall. Another distinct family of Halls appear later on the New London records, but no record of any deseendents of Jonathan is found of a later date than the sale of the home lot, in 1734.

One Jonathan Hall of Saybrook was fined , if; New London, July 27, 1690, for setting s;:il on the Sab- bath, and in the warfare on the northern frontier, 1697, Jonathan Hall was paid for "himself and sloop for ye gunns £3." (History New London, pp. 253 and 258. ) No record of any Jonathan Hall is found in the town records of Saybrook, prior to 1700.

Children.

Jonathan,* 5 bapt. Oct. 18, 1677.

i. Peter, bapt. Oct. 17, 1680.

ii. Hannah, bapt. June 17, 1683, was "Widow Lester in 1724.

v. Daniel, m. April 24, 1716, Elizabeth Mayhew, dau. of John and Johanna (Christophers,) Mavhew, b. Feb. 8, 1683-4, (History of New London, p. 336.) had 1. Eliz- abeth, bapt. July 3, 1720. 2. Daniel bapt. Feb. 4, 1721. No other record of his children, and the last record of him is the deed of 1734.

ir. A Child, bapt. Oct, 30, 1692.

Christening: April 15, 1657, First Congregational Church, New Haven, CT.