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Jan was baptized on 31 October 1703 in Kingston, New York, recorded as the child of Thomas Haal and Geertje Elten. Witnesses were Roelof Elten and Jacomyntje Elten.[1]
He was later known as John Hall. He died Oct. 19,1776 in Somerset County, New Jersey. John Hall married Magdelena around 1730 in the province of New York.
Magdelena Gouverneur (b. Aug. 18, 1706 in New York, NY and died Aug. 18, 1778 in Bridgewater, Somerset, NJ and buried in Van Campen Burying Ground, Branchburg Twn., Somerset, NJ). Magdelena was 51 years old when Isaac was born. Isaac was the last of ten children. Magdelena's parents were Isaac Gouverneur and Sarah Staats.
[2] According to Magdalena's will, she and John Hall had the following living children in 1775: Thomas, Isaac, Nicolis, George, William, Abram, Sarah, Jacamineje and Hannah.
Son Isaac Hall Sr. married Sarah Baret on Sept. 26, 1777 in Sussex County, NJ. and they had eight children (all of which lived to adulthood). Isaac Hall Jr. was their first child (b. 1781). Isaac Hall Sr. was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.
[3]Another burial-place, older than the preceding, is located on the old Van Kampen tract, now owned by Peter Van Camp. This plot is also enclosed with a thorn hedge. Several of the early stones are common slate. The earliest record is "Anno 1728." The inscription is written in Low Dutch. The following are some of initials, names, and dates found in the enclosure: ..."Sacred to the memory of Magdalen, wife of John Hall and daughter of Isaac and Sarah Goveneor, died Aug. 12, 1773, aged seventy-two years;" John Hall, died Oct. 29, 1766, aged sixty-three; Rebekah Hall, first wife of William Hall, died March 6, 1799, aged fifty-five; Catharine, second wife of William Hall, died July 12, 1799, aged sixty-three; William Hall, died Aug. 31, 1819, aged seventy-four; Denise Stryker, died March 12, 1777, aged fifty-seven; Lanah Hoagland, wife of Denise Stryker, died Jan. 2, 1792, aged sixty-seven ; Richard Hall, died Feb. 26, 1801, aged fifty-nine; Jane Vroom, his wife, died Dec. 4,1843, aged eighty-six; Joseph Stevens, died Jane 26, 1811, aged seventy-five; Abraham Quick, died June 27, 1819, aged fifty-three; Catharine Quick, died May 3, 1848, aged eighty-two; Christopher Stryker, died June 27, 1826, aged seventy; Judith, his wife, died Nov. 20, 1830, aged seventy-one; John Simonson, died June 20, 1804, aged sixty-one; Elizabeth H., his wife, died Dec. 29,1831.
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