Sarah (Sherman) Hall (1701 - 1768)

Born 8 May 1701 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Adam Hall — married 6 Jan 1725 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1768 at age 67 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Sarah Sherman, daughter of William and Mercy (White) Sherman, was born at Marshfield, Massachusetts on May 8, 1701.^[1][2]

She married Adam Hall there on January 6, 1725.^[3][2]

Sarah and her husband Adam were left one half of her father's real estate, after they paid his debts and bequests to the children of her sister Thankful. Adam and Mary Sherman (Sarah's sister) were named executor's of William Sherman's will.^[4]

Adam died after 9 Jun 1773, on which date he confirmed a deed mentioning wife Sarah lately deceased, and before July 1780. At court July 1780, Adam Hall, eldest son of Sarah Hall by Adam Hall, late of Marshfield, deceased, claimed land formerly belonging to William Sherman Sr, conveyed to William Sherman Jr and then to his daughter Sarah Hall.^[2]

Sarah Hall, wife of Lieut. Adam Hall, died 7 August 1768, in her 68th year, in the same town where she was born.^[5][2] She was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery.^[6]

Children born/baptized in Marshfield:

1. William Hall b. 11 Jan 1726
2. Thomas Hall b. 17 July 1728; bpt 25 Aug 1728
3. Adam Hall b. 21 Oct 1729;
4. Sarah Hall bpt 2 April 1732; died 3 April 1735 age 3 years
5. Joseph Hall b. 6 Nov 1733; bpt 14 Apr 1734; n.f.r.
6. Sarah Hall b. 18 Sep 1735. She may have m. in Marshfield 2 Dec 1752 David Freeman
7. Jesse Hall b. 27 Oct 1737; bpt. 26 Mar 1738; n.f.r.
8. Mercy Hall b. 12 Sep 1739; n.f.r.
9. Levi Hall b. 25 Oct 1744.

Sources

1. ↑ Marshfield. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Link at AmericanAncestors ($) Vol 1. p. 44. "Sarah the Daughter of William Sherman and Mercy his wife was borne May the 8 : 1701"
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Sherman, Robert Moody (original compilers). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Thirteen Family of William White. Third Edition. (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006)
3. ↑ Marshfield. Massachusetts: Vital Records, Link at AmericanAncestors ($) Vol 1. p. 145 "Adam Hall & Sarah Sherman both of Marshfield were married Jan. 6, 1725 "
4. ↑ "William Sherman's Will" The Mayflower Descendant 25:134 (1923) Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
5. ↑ Marshfield. Vital Records. Vol 1 p. 402. Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 November 2019), memorial page for Sarah Sherman Hall (8 May 1701–7 Aug 1768), Find A Grave: Memorial #82186922, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Jack Stevens (contributor 47033206).

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