William Hall (1710 - 1758)

Born 1710 in Ireland

Husband of Mary (Stapleton) Hall — married 1730 in Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 9 May 1758 at about age 48 in Fairfax County, Virginia

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Biography

He was born about 1710 in Ireland.

William Hall married about 1730 in Virginia to Mary Stapleton ^[1] (1716-1750) and their children included ...

1. John Hall (1737-1784)
2. Mary "Molly" Hall (1742-1806)
3. Elizabeth Hall (1744-1827)
4. Suzanna Hall (1744-1827).

He died on 9 May 1758 in Fairfax County, Virginia.

1758 Court Deposition

Bedford County ... This day, Timothy Dalton made Oath before me, one of his majestyes Justices of the peace for the said county, that yesterday there came to his house three Indians and quickly after came four white men in pursuit of the said Indians namely John Wheeler, Robt. Dalton, Henry Wooddy, William Hall from whom the said Indians had stollen horses from them. Demanded the horses of the said Indians but they refused to let them have them, on which the said Wheeler went to take one of the horses, on which they shot at the said Wheeler three times, but missed him, on which the said Indians went away and the said white men in a small time, Joined with seven more white men and went in pursuit of the said Indians again. And them Indians being Joined by ten more Indians went over Stanton River, a mile above the mouth of Pigg River and threw off there packs and prepared themselves for battle then William VarDeman, Sener and some of the rest went up to them and told them they did not want to fight, they only wanted there horses and did not want to hurt them, on which the Indians told them they should fight for them. And immediately the Indians fired on them three guns. Still the white men would not shoot at them. Then the Indians fired three guns more at them. On that the battle began in which William Hall was mortally wounded, of which wound he died this morning. And likewise Richard Thompson was wounded in the shoulder and buttock. And that the white men likewise killed and scalped three Indians, on which the rest of the Indians ran away and left the horses and the chief of the plunder they had stolen. And farther this deponent saith not. Certified under my hand this the 9 day of May 1758. (signature) Robt. Baber

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900 on ancestry.com for William Hall, b: 1710 m: 1730 VA to Mary Stapleton, b: 1716.

• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s citing source#1219.6 "Complete Book of Emigrants" by Peter Wilson Coldham; Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies 1700-1750; Genealogical Publishing Company of Baltimore, MD in 1992; p389; for William Hall @17yrs, b: c1711; arrival: 1728 Antigua (Antego).

• Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=87840326&pid=131