Thankful (Sedgwick) Hall (1721 - 1806)

Born 21 Apr 1721 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Ephraim Tuttle — married 16 Apr 1761 (to 2 Feb 1773) in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony

Wife of John Hall IV — married 4 Jun 1778 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1806 at age 85 in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Thankful Sedgwick was born on 21 Apr 1721, in Hartford, in the Connecticut Colony.^[1] She was the daughter of Samuel Sedgwick, Jr., and Ruth Peck.^[2]

Thankful was married to Jehiel Preston on 21 Oct 1741, by Mr. Whittlesey in Wallingford, Connecticut Colony.^[3]

Thankful and Jehiel had two children:

• Caleb Preston b. 1744 ^[4]
• Esther Preston b. 1746 ^[5]

Thankful (Sedgwick) Preston married the widower, Ephraim Tuttle, on 16 Apr 1761, in Wallingford.^[6][7]

Ephraim and Thankful had two children:

• Ruth Tuttle (b. 7 Jan [1763])^[8]
• Edmund Tuttle (b. 20 Dec 176[4])^[9][10]

Ephraim Tuttle died on 2 Feb 1773, in Wallingford.^[11]

Thankful married Jason Hotchkiss, a widower, on 17 Feb 1774, in Wallingford.^[12]

After Jason Hotchkiss died on 19 May 1776,^[13] Thankful married Capt. John Hall on 4 Jun 1778.^[14][15]

Thankful (Sedgwick) Tuttle Hotchkiss Hall died at the age of 85, on 5 Oct 1806, probably in either Cheshire or Wallingford, Connecticut. She was buried in the Hillside Cemetery in neighboring Cheshire, Connecticut.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Hartford, p. 280 (accessed 29 Jul 2017)
2. ↑ Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, v. 8, p. 1903 (accessed 29 Jul 2017)
3. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Wallingford, p. 294 (accessed 29 Jul 2017)
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F746-KQB : 11 February 2018), Jehiel Preston in entry for Caleb Preston, 24 Apr 1746; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W4-H35 : 11 February 2018), Jehiel Preston in entry for Esther Preston, 01 Apr 1744; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
6. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Wallingford, p. 311 (accessed 29 Jul 2017)
7. ↑ Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, v. 8, p. 1903 (accessed 29 Jul 2017)
8. ↑ The Wallingford vital records did not provide a year of birth; the exact year is from: Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, v. 8, p. 1904 (accessed 29 Jul 2017)
9. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Wallingford, p. 311 (accessed 29 Jul 2017)
10. ↑ The Wallingford vital records gave only "176[ ]" for the year of birth; the exact year is from: Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, v. 8, p. 1904 (accessed 29 Jul 2017)
11. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Wallingford, p. 311 (accessed 29 Jul 2017)
12. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Wallingford, p. 314 (accessed 29 Jul 2017)
13. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 81372401
14. ↑ Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, v. 8, p. 1903 (accessed 29 Jul 2017)
15. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 27903290
16. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 27903290

• Connecticut Vital Records to 1870. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. (subscription required)
• Donald Lines Jacobus, complr., Families of Ancient New Haven. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine. vols. I-VIII. Compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. 8 vols. Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932. v. 8, pp. 1902-4 (subscription required).