William Hall (1741 - 1824)

Born 4 Nov 1741 in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Peck) Hall — married 10 Jan 1764 in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1824 at age 82 in Hartford, Washington County, New York

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Biography

Halls of New England by David Brainard Hall, 1883, p.73: ^[1] "WILLIAM HALL5, Joshua4, Isaac3, Isaac2, Francis1: b. in Fairfield, Nov. 4, 1741; d. 1824, age 83; m., 1763, Sarah Peck, d. 1831 , in Hartford, N. Y. In his youth he was a clothier, draper and tailor, afterwards he became a farmer. He was an ensign in his father's company April 26, 1777, when the British destroyed the military stores at Danbury, and he bore the body of Gen. Wooster from the field. In 1808 he removed to Hartford, Washington Co., N.Y., where he died. Children were: 1. Enoch, m. ( ???) Reymond; 2. Andrew, m. (???) Heath; they both removed with their families in the early part of the century to New York State and left descendants in Watertown and Remsen. 3. Zalmon (Family 7). 4. Lyman (Family 8). 5. Eli, m. (???) Booth. 6. Ammon (Family 9). 7. William (Family 10). 8. Sally, m. (???) Peck. 9. Anne, m. (???) Horth, and was the only one living in 1876. "

William Hall: ^[2] Cemetery: East Hartford Cemetery; Hartford, Washington Co., New York, USA

Sarah Peck: Cemetery: East Hartford Cemetery; Hartford, Washington Co., New York, USA

Census: 1810, Hartford, Washington Co., New York, USA p. 380: William Hall 0-0-0-0-1, 0-0-0-0-1 Census: 1820, Hartford, Washington Co., New York, USA p. 139B: William Hall: 0-0-0-0-0-1, 0-0-0-0-1

Footnotes

1. Hall, David Brainerd, The Halls of New England: genealogical and biographical (Albany , NY, 1883, 799 pgs), p. 74. 2. gravestone. William Hall Who died April 1(?) 1824 aged 84 years. 3. Ibid. ...wife of William Hall, died May 26, 1836, aged 89 years. 4. Vital Records, Early Connecticut Marriages Prior to 1800- Frederick Bailey. Sarah Peck & William Hall of Reading --- Jan. 10, 1764.

5. Cemetery records, birth calculated from age at death. 6. Ibid., Sand Hill Cemetery.

Sources

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• "East Hartford Cemetery, Town of Hartford, Washington County, New York," database, New Horizons Genealogy (http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/cem-ny-washington-hartford-east-hartford.htm : accessed 25 February 2011), William and Sarah Hall.

• History of Fairfield County, Connecticut; LT. William Hall given command of the harbor guard during the Rev War.

• DAR for Mrs. Mary Bailey Ellwood
• DAR for Mrs. Florence Robinson Hutchinson 44488
• DAR Mary Hall Taft 21178
• SAR of Henry Hagaman Burdick

Extracted Sources

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Death Record Extracts

• Primary Source, (burial); Tertiary Source (biography), Find A Grave Index ^[2] Data Summary:

1. ) Find A Grave: Memorial #67188556: William Hall was born 4 Nov 1741 at New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA., and he died 1 Apr 1824 (aged 82) at Hartford, Washington County, New York, USA.
   1. ) Marriage. William Hall married Sarah Peck Hall (1747–1836)
   2. ) Children:
      1. ) Lyman Hall (1771–1848)
      2. ) Ammon Hall (1773–1861)
2. ) BURIAL. William Hall was buried in the East Hartford Cemetery at East Hartford, Washington County, New York, USA
   1. ) Find a Grave Notes: "He died age 84 yrs. "
   2. ) Tombstone Photo: Inscription, "WILLIAM HALL who died April 1st 1824 aged 84 years."

Probate Court Record Extracts

• Primary Source, Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 ^[3] Data Extract from Ancestry Record 9049 #2844356:

1. ) Probate record for the Estate of Joshua Hall of Redding, Conn., 1789.
   1. ) Administrative Bond: William Hall of Newtown and John Porter Jr. post the Administrative Bond for the Estate of Joshua Hall on 25 Sept. 1789 at the Probate Court of Danbury, Connecticut.
   2. ) Estate Inventory Summary: Total assets of the Estate: £29 2s 6p, reduced by £19 10s 0p for 52 acres of land that had been included in the inventory list, but does not belong to the estate; for a total estate value of £9 12s 6p, Sworn as accurate by the Appraiser. The Estate appearing to be Insolvent, the Administrator is ordered to make Sale of the whole Estate at public Auction excepting £9 allowed the Widow in necessaries out of the moveable Estate and the real estate to be held under the Incumbrance of the Widow's Dower and make return by the first __ of April next.
   3. ) List of Debts owed by the Estate: List of 26 note holders totaling £80 14s 11p, including £10 15s 8p owed to William Hall; in addition the estate owed taxes due on the order of £16.

SAR and DAR Record Extracts

• Secondary Source, DAR Lineage Book: NSDAR Vol 161:1920, ^[4] : Data Extract:

1. ) Ancestry Record 61157 #3737181; DAR Lineage Book: NSDAR Vol 161:1920, Page 51, 52: Mrs. Amy E. Curtiss Van Deumark, Member #160149, was born in Norwich, New York;
   1. ) Daughter of Grace Rose Hall (b. 1858) and Willliam R. Curtiss (1844-1912).
   2. ) Grand daughter of John Peck Hall (1810-1875) and Sarah Hart Purdy (1818-98).
   3. ) Great grand daughter of Ammon Hall and Grace Peck.
   4. ) Great Great Grand daughter of William Hall (b. 1744) and Sarah Peck.
   5. ) Great Great Great Grand daughter of Joshua Hall and Sarah Burgess.
2. ) Joshua Hall (1703-89) was a member of the County Board of Safety and also commanded a company of Connecticut militia. He was born in Fairfield and died in Reading, Connecticut. {Editorial note: 1) Applicant does not cite the war service of William Hall. 2) The 1703 date of birth for Joshua Hall and the content of the patriotic service cited suggests the genealogical data was taken from the Hall Genealogy. ^[1] }

• Secondary Source, "US Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970", ^[5] : Data Extract:

1. ) 1893 SAR application: Genealogy of James P. Hall:
   1. ) James P. Hall was born in Auburn, Cayuga, NY on 2 Sept 1849, the:
   2. ) Son of Benj. Frankliin Hall, b. Whitehall, NY 25 July 1814, and Abigail Farnam Hagaman
   3. ) Grandson of: Asbury Hall, b. Newtown, Ct. on 12 Aug 1792, and Nancy Foster of Pawlet, Vt.
   4. ) Gr. Grandson of: Zalmon Hall, b. Newtown, Ct. 29 Nov 1768, and Elizabeth Botsford
   5. ) Gr Gr. Grandson of Lt. William Hall of Stratford and New Fairfield, Conn, b. 4 Nov 1741, and Sarah Peck. William Hall was a soldier who fought for the Independence of the United States in the Connecticut Militia at the Battle of Danbury, 1777, and commanded the body of Coast Guard stationed at what is now known as Bridgeport.
   6. ) Gr Gr Gr Grandson of Capt. Joshua Hall, born 4 November 1708; lived in Stratford and Redding; married Sarah Burgess; served in the French and Indian War; (was married in 1738) died 1789.
   7. ) Gr Gr Gr Gr Grandson of Dr. Isaac Hall (2d), born Nov 1667; lived in Chestnut Hill, Fairfield, and Redding; married Jane Burgess Jan 24, 1689; died July 1741.
   8. ) Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Grandson of Dr. Isaac Hall, born in England and came with father; lived in Fairfield; married Lydia Knapp Jan 16, 1666; died in 1714.
   9. ) Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Grandson of Francis Hall, who migrated from England to America in 1639, and settled at New Haven, Conn. His first wife was Elizabeth ____. In 1651 they lived in Stratford. In Oct 1665, he married Dorothea Blakeman.
2. ) Ancestor's Service: Revolutionary War Service Narrative of Lt. William Hall as recounted by James P. Hall in Sept 1893 SAR application:
   1. ) Transcription of account: Lieut. Wm Hall was enrolled in the Connecticut Militia, although his name does not appear in the Connecticut Accord of Men in the War of the Revolution. Benj. F. Hall, my father remembered personally hearing Wm Hall say that he took part in the battle of Danbury Conn. in 1777. {Editorial: the veracity of this assertion is viable, as Benjamin F Hall was 10 years old when his Great Grandfather Lt. William Hall died.} His principal service, however was in command of a party of coast guardsman, stationed for four years (according to Orcutt's History of Stratford and Bridgeprot) at what is now known as Bridgeport. Two of this party, who enlisted in 1781 were pensioned and they refer to Lt. William Hall in their affidavits, thus conclusively proving the service. A copy of the records of the Pension Office at Washington is made a part of this application.
3. ) Letter from Department of Interior: Letter from John C. Black, Commissioner of the US Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions. This letter affirms the Revolutionary war Service of Lt. William Hall by providing documentation from the pension applications of two Revolutionary war soldiers, Lyman and Wildman Hall, citing their service in the Revolutionary War in the company under the command of Lt. William Hall.
   1. ) Lyman Hall, son of Lt. William Hall, b. Stratford, Conn on 13 July 1766; m. Charity Odell of Fairfield; d. Kent, Conn. on 9 Nov 1837. His widow in Aug 1838, age 69, was a resident of Kent, Conn.
      1. ) In 1781, Lyman enlisted at Stratford for a period of 2 years into the company of his father Lt. William Hall, which under orders of Gen. Selick Silliman was stationed at New Fairfield, now Bridgeport, to guard the coast. A greater part of the time billeted at the old store of Capt. Burrough's in Bridgeport.
      2. ) Ichabod Beardslee of Lansing, Tompkins, NY testified in Oct 1838 that he lived in the same town with Hall and served in the same company with him.
   2. ) Wildman Hall, son of David Hall, born Apr 1768, in Fairfield, Conn, and later removed to Weston, Conn. where he was a resident on Jan 1833.
      1. ) Wildman Hall took the place of his brother Matthew Wild, who was drafted into the service. Wildman served 2 months in the Company of David Porter of Roxbury and was stationed as a guard a Horse Neck in Greenwich, Conn. In April 1781, then being 16 years old, he volunteered for one year under Lt. William Hall of Stratford in the Sea Coast Guard, stationed at Bridgeport and Stratfield Beach, in which latter place the company occupied a guard house. Lyman Hall testified that he enlisted with Wildman Hall for one year at the same time under Lt. William Hall. Gideon Wells of Bridgeport served in 1781 one year with said Wildman.

Biographic and Genealogical Reference Extracts

• Secondary Source, Rev. David Brainard Hall A.M., The Halls of New England; Genealogical and Biographical, ^[1] Data Extract:

1. ) The Halls of New England; Page 74: FOURTH GENERATION: Joshua Hall Genealogy and Biography:
   1. ) Joshua Hall, son of Isaac and Sarah Ann (____) Hall was born Sept. 1703 at Fairfield, Connecticut and he died in October of 1789 at the age of 86. Married in 1738 Sarah Burgess. Removed to Reading, Connecticut, where he died, greatly lamented. He had been a selectman of the town for many years, was a captain of the militia, and a member of county board of safety and protection in 1775 and 76. During the Revolutionary War he furnished transportation, and forage for the eastern division of the American army, and was very much honored as a patriotic citizen. He was distinguished for his very large statue.
   2. ) Children of Joshua Hall and Sarah Burgess:
      1. ) William, b. 4 Nov. 1741
      2. ) Burgess
      3. ) Joshua
      4. ) Thomas
      5. ) Sarah
      6. ) Jane
2. ) The Halls of New England; Page 74: FIFTH GENERATION: William Hall, son of Joshua Hall, born Fairfield on 4 Nov 1741; died 1824 aged 83; married 1763 Sarah Peck, died 1831 at Hartford, NY. In his youth he was a clothier, draper and tailor, afterwards he became a farmer. He was an ensign in his father's company April 26, 1777, when the British destroyed the military stores at Danbury, and he bore the body of Gen. Wooster from the field. In 1808 he removed to Hartford, Washington Co., N.Y., where he died. Children were: 1. Enoch, m. ____ Reymond; 2. Andrew, m. ____ Heath; they both removed with their families in the early part of the century to New York State and left descendants in Watertown and Remsen. 3. Zalmon (Family 7). 4. Lyman (Family 8). 5. Eli, m. ____ Booth. 6. Ammon (Family 9). 7. William (Family 10). 8. Sally, m. ____ Peck. 9. Anne, m. ____ Horth, and was the only one living in 1876.

• Secondary Source, Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. II, ^[6] Data Extract:

1. ) History of Old Fairfield; Page 426: or at History or Old Fairfield; (Free) Page 46 of 384: Joshua Hall, son of Isaac, b. 4 Nov 1708; d. 1789 at Redding; probably married (first) ____ Williams, daughter of Thomas. In 1755 and 1786 his wife was Anna Lane, daughter of Charles.
   1. ) Notes (land deed) conveyances to sister Anne Corns in 1745; son Joshua in 1762; and to son Burgess in 176,5--from which Burgess transfers half to brother Thomas Williams. Insolvent estate administrated by William Hall 25 Sept 1789.
   2. ) Children:
      1. ) ?Lydia; b. circa 1729 at Winchester, Ct., d. 24 Feb 1824 age 95; m. Capt. Timothy Benedict.
      2. ) Deborah; b. about 1731, d. 3 Sept 1736, age 5 {Editorial: the baptismal record of this child, a possible namesake of Deborah Williams, is the only known primary documentation, found to date, linking Deborah Williams as a possible wife of Joshua Hall.}
      3. ) Elizabeth; bapt. 8 July 1733.
      4. ) Millicent; bapt. 24 Nov 1734.
      5. ) Mabel; bapt. 13 June 1736.
      6. ) Joshua; b. ca. 1738
      7. ) William; b. 1741; d 1824; m. at Newtown 10 Jan 1764 Sarah Peck; resident of Hartford, NY.
      8. ) Burges; b. 1743; m 23 July 1767 at Redding, Eunice Whitehead; 1791 resident of Cambridge, Albany, NY.