Instance
Hall
Born about in Charles City County, Colony of Virginia
Son of James Hall
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Wilson) Hall
— married
about 1700 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
James Hall Sr., Judith Hall, Instance Hall, John Hall, Frances Hall, George Hall and William Hall
Died before
before about age 65
in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Colony of Virginia
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Contents |
Biography
Instance Hall was a Virginia colonist.
His first name on his 1697 Patent is spelled Instance. Transcribed records use variant spellings, Instant and Instance. According to James Hall's will, Instance Hall was his son.[1]
In April 1674, a land patent was issued on Land Grant 6 to his father, James Hall for 302 acres 3 roods 12 perches [note: 1 rood equals 1/4 acre, 40 perches in a rood] on the Appomattox River in Charles City County, Virginia for transportation of five persons.[2] The names of the persons although hard to read were Ja: Wagbroa, Robt. Warr [Wan], Cha: Stuard, Jo: [Ja:] Hall, Tho Hind, Saml Mayson. Above his patent is Thomas Batts patent on Land Grant 8 who transported 34 persons into the Colony. Robert Bowling was one of the persons Batts brought. [Note: on the 1670 map image, the Appomattox River is just above Charles City County]
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| James Hall 1674 Land Patent |
Instance was due 215 acres of land in Charles City County, Virginia "by and for the transportation of five persons into this colony whose names are to be in the records mentioned under this patent..." which was granted by patent No. 9 on 20 October 1697.[3] The land was on the South side of James River, beginning at a corner belonging to land of Mr. Robert Bowling. The Patent shows the land also bounded on the South by West on James Hall's land.
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| 1697 Land Patent for Instance Hall |
James Hall of the parish of Bristol in Charles City County set his hand and seal to his Last Will and Testament on the 9th day of June 1699 and bequeathed unto my grandson James Hall son of Instance Hall by Indian field whereon my son Instance now dwelleth along the south line formerly called and known by the name of Sam Woodwards line and never to go out of my name of Halls lawfully extracted from my Copnes, and appointed son Instance Hall to be his Executor.[1]
According to descendants, Instance married Mary Wilson. Considering the birth of their first son in 1701, the marriage would have taken place by 1700. The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, recorded seven children born to Instant Hall and Mary Hall:
- James born 3 Jan 1701;
- Judith born 17 June 1705;
- Instant born 28 Oct 1707;
- John born 18 Jan 1709/10;
- Frances daughter born 20 July 1716;
- George born 20 Jan 1718/19;
- Wm born 22 April 1721.[4]
It should be noted in August of 1702 the General Assembly declared the lands of Charles City County on the south side of the river to be Prince George County. On the 1704 Rent Rolls for Prince George County, "Justance Hall" was charged for 614 acres.[5] The rent roll also listed Isaac Hall with 450 acres.
An Indenture of lease and release was made the 13th and 14th of June 1720 between John West of Prince George County and Instance Hall of the same county... the said John West in consideration of five shilling sterling paid by Inst. Hall...granted, bargained, sold...one tract of land containing 200 acres in Bristol Parrish in Prince George County bounded on land of Mr. Drury Bolling and John Gillam being the land which was given to Elizabeth Gillam by her deceased father John Gillam Senr and from her descended to her son & Heir John West.[6]
Another Land Patent was issued to Instance Hall of Prince George County on the 2nd of June 1722 for 286 acres bounding on the land of Christopher Robinson.[7] This Patent was noted on a later Land Patent issued to his son, James Hall, in 1747. That 1747 patent noted: ...bounding on land ...granted unto Instance Hall by Patent in 1722, and by him to his son, James Hall, containing 150 acres.[8]
Instance Hall died in 1738. The transcribed court records of Prince George County on Court held 11 Oct 1738, page 26, show Mary Hall, Petitioner, as mother of William Hall, an infant. The Court held 14 Nov 1738, page 27, records "William Hall, one of orphans of Instance Hall, dec'd, came into court and chose his brother, John Hall as his guardian. Abstracted deeds from these transcribed records show on page 72 a deed for land from William Hall to James Hall, "left to him by the will of his___Instance Hall, dec'd..." [9] With these documents, it is known this Instance Hall did not die in 1750.
Children
DNA
Y-DNA on the Hall Families DNA Project confirms that two test takers, descendants of Instance Hall, born c1673, are in Family 018 I-I1-M253 age 27,500 yrs early HALL settlers in Virginia USA, and match with two test takers, descendants of Isaac Hall of Surry County, Virginia.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charles City County Order Book, 1694-1700, image 248, citing will of James Hall. Digital images: Library of Virginia, Digital Collections, http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=1289053 Pages 200-303, image 49 of 104.
- ↑ Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p. 509 (Reel 6). Archives at the Library of Virginia, citing James Hall grantee, grant 8, April 1674. http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=509&last=&g_p=P6&collection=LO Patent
- ↑ Land Office Patents No. 9, 1697-1706 (v.1 & 2 p.1-742), p. 87 (Reel 9). Library of Virginia Archives [database online with images]; citing Land grant 28 October 1697, Charles City County, Instance Hall; http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=87&last=&g_p=P9&collection=LO Patent
- ↑ The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789 – Bristol Parish (Va.); Register, page 312; Transcribed and Published by Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne; Richmond, VA. Privately Printed. 1898. Digital images: Internet Archive. Accessed 7 January 2022.
- ↑ English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records compiled by Louis des Cognets, Jr. 1958, Princeton, New Jersey, digitized by Internet Archive 2012; A Rent Roll of all the Lands held in the County of Prince George for the Year 1704, page 224, citing Justance Hall; images, https://archive.org/stream/englishduplicate00desc#page/224/search/Hall
- ↑ Prince Georgia, County, Virginia, Mixed Records 1719- 17 Part 2, Page 476-47, Instance Hall to John West and Drury Bolling. Film #007645712 image 152 of 401. Accessed 7 January 2022.
- ↑ Land Office Patents No. 11, 1719-1724, p. 133 (Reel 10); Library of Virginia Archives[database online with images]; citing Land grant 22 June 1722; Prince George County, Instant Hall; http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=133&last=&g_p=P11&collection=LO Patent
- ↑ Land Office Patents No. 28, 1746-1749 (v.1 & 2 p.1-730), p. 358 (Reel 26). Library of Virginia Archives [database online with images]; citing Land grant 12 January 1747, St. George County; James Hall. http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=358&last=&g_p=P28&collection=LO Patent
- ↑ Prince George County, Virginia records, 1733-1792 : abstracts of the remaining county record books for the above period plus miscellaneous wills; abstracted and compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger III; Authors: Weisiger, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Boisseau), III, 1924- (Main Author); Familysearch.org[database with images] Page 23 citing Mary Hall, William Hall, Page 27 citing William Hall,Instance Hall, John Hall; https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12203160
See also:
- Grantees of arms named in docquets and patents to the end of the seventeenth century : in the manuscripts preserved in the British museum, the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Queen's College, Oxford, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and elsewhere : alphabetically arranged by the late Joseph Foster and contained in the Additional ms. no. 37,147, in the British museum; by Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905; Rylands, W. Harry (William Harry), 1847-1922; 1915; Publisher London, not identified; citing page 110; https://archive.org/stream/granteesofarmsna661915#page/110/mode/2up; accessed 16 July 2018
Acknowledgements
- Wikitree profile Hall-13047 was created by David McKnight
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Instance by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Instance:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Instance by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Instance:
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Grantees of arms named in docquets and patents to the end of the seventeenth century : in the manuscripts preserved in the British museum, the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Queen's College, Oxford, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and elsewhere : alphabetically arranged by the late Joseph Foster and contained in the Additional ms. no. 37,147, in the British museum; by Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905; Rylands, W. Harry (William Harry), 1847-1922; 1915; Publisher London : [Publisher not identified]; citing page 110; https://archive.org/stream/granteesofarmsna661915#page/110/mode/2up;; accessed 16 July 2018
A Coat of Arms engraved on a Silver Snuff-box lost by Mr. THOMAS HALL of Prince George County, and advertised on page 4 of the Virginia Gazette 14 Jan 1737 was described as being "...3 Tyger's Heads, and the Crest a Lyon Rampant." source: The Virginia Gazette, 13 Jan 1737, Sun, column 1, Page 4; citing Thomas Hall, Newspapers.com; clipped by brenda659; https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21891840/lost_snuffbox_mr_thomas_hall/
Birth: Circa 1705 Wife: Mary Hall (born Wilson) 1705 - ? Son: James Hall, Sr. 1730 - ? [1] Reference: 47010"
This information was set up from a MyHeritage tree, and given the birth date, two Instant Hall's were apparently mixed up. Those being son Instant Hall born 1707 and father Instant Hall born 1673.