Ruth (Davis) Hall (bef. 1644 - 1715)

Born before 24 Mar 1644 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Hall — married 3 Dec 1663 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 6 Jun 1715 after age 71 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Ruth Davis was daughter of Capt. Dolor Davis of Barnstable, by his wife Margery Willard, sister of the famous Simon Willard Family, ^[1] was baptized on March 24, 1643/4 at Barnstable. ^{[2] [3]}

In the will of Dolar Davis, dated September 13, 1672 and proved on July 2, 1673, he bequeaths to his daughter Ruth Hall, ' besides what she hath received from me, a cow which her husband has at this time in his keeping...' ^{[2] [3]}

She married Stephen Hall on December 3, 1663 at Concord, Massachusetts.^{[2] [4] [5] [3]} They had seven or more children. ^[6]

Stephen Hall probably came from Coventry, Warwickshire, England and was brother of John Hall ot Medford, Massachusetts, and a nephew of John Hall of Yarmouth, Massachusetts. ^[7] He was the son of Widow Mary Hall, who came to this country with her two sons. He lived at Concord, Stowe, and Medford, Massachusetts and later at Queensbucke, Connecticut. Stephen Hall Sr. married on December 3, 1663, Ruth Davis, daughter of Dolor and Margery Willard Davis. Her father was in Cambridge in 1634 and was one of the signers of the petition for the setting apart of the town of Groton in 1656. He had previously resided at Barnstable where he died in 1673. He married Marjory, sister of Major Simon Willard. Their eldest child became the wife of Stephen Hall Sr. and mother of Stephen Hall Jr. who was born in 1667, died November 7, 1749. ^[5]

Ruth died at Plainfield, Connecticut on June 6, 1715. Stephen died there on October 1, 1724, in his 87th year. ^[8]

Children

1. Samuel born at Concord on December 8, 1665; resided at Stow, Massachusetts; died there on March 12, 1750. ^{[3] [6] [9]}
2. Stephen, was of Charlestown; married first Grace, daughter of Thomas and Grace Willis, who died on November 19, 1721; married second Martha Hill; and married third Anne, widow of Joseph Newell. He died on November 7, 1749, aged 82. ^{[1] [3] [6]}
3. Ruth, born in Concord Januar 12, 1670. ^{[3] [4]}
4. Mary born in Concord June 1, 1677; ^{[3] [4] [7]} married Thomas Steevens, Jr., May 26, 1702. ^[8]
5. Elizabeth, born in Stow April 7, 1685; ^{[3] [10] [7]} married Edward Spaulding on October 21, 1708.^[8]
6. Sarah born in Stow June 19, 1688; ^{[3] [10]} married first, Benjamin Spaulding Jr. on October 21, 170[ ]; married second, William Blogget, on August 18, 1714. ^[8]

Source notes

Concord Marriages

HALL, Stiven, and Ruth Davies, Dec. 3, 1663. (p. 12)

Hall, Mary, d. Stiven and Routh, June 1, 1677. (p. 20)

Hall, Ruth, d. Stiven and Ruth, Jan. 12, 1670. (p. 15) ^[4]

Stowe Births Children: HALL

Elizabeth, d. Stephen and Ruth, Apr. 7, 1685. MR (p. 48)

Sarah, d. Stephen and Ruth, June 19, 1688. MR (p. 48) ^[10]

Plainfield CT Marriages

Hall, Elizabeth, d. Stephen, m. Edward Spaulding, Oct. 21, 1708; V1;p. 6

Hall, Mary, d. Stephen, m. Thomas Steevens, Jr., May 26, 1702; V1; p. 3

Hall, Sarah, d. Stephen, m. Benjamin Spaulding, Jr., Oct. 21, 170( ); V.1;p. 7

Spaulding, Sarah, wid. of Benjamin, Jr., m. William Blogget, Aug. 18, 1714; V1; p. 14

Plainfield, CT Deaths

Hall, Ruth, w. Stephen, d. June 6, 1715; (V1. p. 15)

Hall, Stephen, d. Oct. 1, 1724, in the 87th y. of his age; V1; p. 31^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 13, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1859, p. 15-6
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. p. 295-6 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Davis, Horace. Dolor Davis : a Sketch of His Life with a Record of His Earlier Descendants, Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1881
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, by George Tolman, T. Todd Printer, Concord, MA, 1895)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Americana, Volume 13, Publishing Society of New York, 1919, p. 291
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Willard, Joseph. Willard Memoir: Or, Life and Times of Major Simon Willard; with Notices of Three Generations of His Descendants, and Two Collateral Branches in the United States; Also, Some Account of the Name and Family in Europe from an Early Day, Phillips, Sampson & Co, Boston, Massachusetts, 1858, p. 109
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Hall, David Brainerd. The Halls of New England: Genealogical and Biographical, J. Munsell's Sons, Albany, New York, 1883, p. 515
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4} Barbour Collection of CT Vital Records: http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cowindham/
9. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 07 May 2019), memorial page for Capt Samuel Hall (8 Dec 1665–12 Mar 1750), Find A Grave: Memorial #112589107, citing Lower Village Cemetery, Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Amy Levesque (contributor 47156425) .
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Vital Records of Stowe Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, MA, 1911

Also found in:

• Willard, Joseph. Willard Memoir; or, Life and Times of Major Simon Willard: ... (Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1913) p 109

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