Sarah (Read) Hall (abt. 1680 - bef. 1758)

Born about 1680 in Windham, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Hall — married 24 Apr 1700 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut

Descendants

Died before 28 Nov 1758 before about age 78 in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Sarah Read was born by about 1680, the daughter of John Read and his 2nd wife, Sarah Unknown..^[1] Sarah's birth date is an estimate, based on her 1700 marriage date.

Sarah married Isaac Hall April 24 1700 in in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut Colony.^[1][2] Their children, are shown in the Mansfield, Tolland County town records (not necessarily born there), were:

1. Easter, born 26 February 1701^[3];
2. a daughter, stillborn, 28 May 1702;
3. Sarah, born 28 July 1703;
4. Gershom, born 13 July 1705;
5. Martha, born 3 April 1707;
6. Lydia, born 5 October 1708;
7. Hannah, born 1 December 1710; married David Royce;
8. Rebeckah, born 26 January 1714/15;
9. Sibell, born 26 October 1716;
10. Jerushea, born 28 January 1717/18.^[4]

28 November 1758, letters of administration on the estate of Sarah Hall, deceased, were granted to (son-in-law) David Royce of Mansfield.^[5] Inventory dated 21 December 1758.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Jacobus, Donald L., and Waterman, Edgar F., The Granberry Family and Allied Families, Including the Ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry ... (Pages 128 [chart], 300, and 301] (Hartford: E. F. Waterman, 1945); HathiTrust.org accessed March 20, 2015
2. ↑ The Barbour Collection for Windham shows a marriage for Sarah Read to Isaac Hallet. It is the only Hallet in the town records; probably it was Isaac Hall. Jacobus seems to have accepted the record as being for Isaac Hall. http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cowindham/records/barbour/barbourwindhamhij.htm
3. ↑ Her birth year is shown as 1700 in the Mansfield records, but 1701 in the Windham town records. Given the probable 1700 marriage, the actual year is likely 1701 for her birth. Entry for Hall, Esther, d. Isaac & Sarah, b. Feb. 28, 1701 in The Barbour Collection for Windham, Connecticut.
4. ↑ Dimock, Susan W., transcriber; Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths from the Records of the Town and Churches in Mansfield, Connecticut, 1703-1850 (hereinafter Mansfield Town Records). Copied from the Records by Susan W. Dimock, 5 and 7 East Sixteenth St., New York, New York; The Baker and Taylor Co.;1898) Page 90. Available through Internet Archive: https://archive.org/stream/birthsbaptismsma00dimo#page/91
5. ↑ "Probate records, special, 1734-1917". Catalog: Probate records, special, 1734-1917 Probate records, special v. 3-4 1755-1778. Film number: 007627144 > image 139 of 447. FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-892K-TK34 (accessed 23 February 2024).
6. ↑ "Probate records, 1719-1918". Catalog: Probate records, 1719-1918 Probate records v. 5-6 1755-1764. Film number: 007627150 > image 297 of 614. FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G92K-Y91V (accessed 23 February 2024).

FOR FUTURE RESEARCH:

• Hall, David Brainard; The Halls of New England :. Genealogical and biographical (Albany, N.Y.; J. Munsell's Sons; 1883), pate 218. Available through Internet Archive: https://archive.org/stream/hallsofnewenglan00hall#page/218
• The marriages and children's births of several of the Hall children may be found in Mansfield Town Records, https://archive.org/stream/birthsbaptismsma00dimo.
• Ancestral File Number: 9N1B-7C.

Acknowledgments

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