William Hall (1701 - 1761)

Born 22 Oct 1701 in Salem, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Smith) Hall — married 28 Aug 1723 (to 1761) in Salem County, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 1761 at about age 59 in Mannington, Salem, New Jersey

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Biography

William was a Friend (Quaker)

William Hall, son of Wm. & Sarah (Plumstead; 2nd wife), b. 22d of 8th mo. 1701.^[1]

William Hall married Elizabeth Smith 8/28/1723^[2]

William Hall married Elizabeth Smith on 30d 7m 1723 per records of Salem Monthly Meeting. ^{[citation needed]}

Children

1. Clement Hall (1723-abt.1768)
2. Sarah (Hall) Acton (1727-)
3. Susan 1728
4. Nathaniel 1730
5. Elizabeth 1735
6. Mary 1737
7. Edward 1740

William Hall of Mannington wrote his will 29 May 1752, inventory was dated 1 Jul 1760, so he died by this date. He left his wife his slaves in his will; not named in abstract, perhaps in inventory at State Archives.

Children named in will

1. Clement Hall
2. Edward Hall
3. Nathaniel
4. Susannah Acton
5. Sarah Acton

Also named

1. cousin of Edward, John Hall

"Soon after his death, his widow, Sarah Hall, being his executor, sold large tracts of land in various parts of the county which the records show. His tract of 1,000 acres in upper Mannington was left to his oldest son, William Hall, Jr., together with the greater partof his real estate in the town of Salem. The said William Hall, Jr., on the 20th day of ninth month, 1723, married Elizabeth Smith, the grand-daughter of John Smith, of Amblebury. They had seven children— Clement, their oldest child, was born 15th of 12th month, 172:3; their daughter, Sarah, in 1727; Susan, in 1728; Nathaniel, in 1730; Elizabeth, in 1735; Mary, in 1737; and their youngest son, Edward, in 1740. William Hall built himself a large brick house about the year 1725, on his property in upper Mannington, and at that place he and his wife lived and spent their days. The house still stands, and is owned by Samuel L. J. Miller, one of their lineal descendants. There is an ancient family bible of John Smith's that he brought with him from England in 1675. It was printed with ancient type in England, in 1634. Persons not accustomed to seeing such ancient printing would find it difficult to read it. The book is in a good state of preservation, and belongs to one of the Hall family at this time. I hope some one of the family will prize it sufficiently to preserve it for future generations as a momento of ancient times. In one of the margins Elizabeth Smith Hall in 1730 wrote: "This day John Smith is 106 years old." He was her grandfather. In looking over the records of Salem Monthly Meeting, I find that he was the son of John Smith, born in the county of Norfolk, 20th day of 4th month, 1623. The account shows that there were instances of longevity then as well as at the present day."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ card catalog record for marriage abstracted from MN-350, p. 25; a missing manuscript, at the Salem County Historical Society, card accessed Mar 2017 by H. Husted
2. ↑ card catalog record for marriage abstracted from MN-350, p. 63; a missing manuscript, at the Salem County Historical Society, card accessed Mar 2017 by H. Husted
3. ↑ Shourds, Thomas. History and genealogy of Fenwick's colony, New Jersey. (Bridgeton, N.J., G.F. Nixon, 1876), 94

See also:

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970