Born before in West Lilburn, Northumberland, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Smith
and Isabel (Tinning) Smith
Sister of
Margaret Smith
Wife of
George Hall
— married
17 Nov 1791 in Lowick, Northumberland, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Hall) Fleming, George Smith Hall, William Hall, John Hall, Mary (Hall) Johnston, James Hawkesbury Hall, Maryann Hall, Thomas Simpson Hall, Matthew Henry Hall and Ebenezer Hall
Died
after age 58
in Pitt Town, New South Wales, Australia
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Biography
Hall, Mary (1769–1827) Mary Hall was probably born in 1769. She was baptised in Eglingham on 29 April. 1770. Her father is recorded as William Smith of West Lilburn. Her sister Margaret Smith is baptized in St Mary's Wooler (a sizeable town closely adjacent to the small settlement of Lilburn) in 1771. Margaret's birth was in 1770 and her father is recorded as William Smith and her mother as Isabella. This couple was married in Lowick Northumberland in 1748. The mother recorded as Isabel Tinning. The only previous recorded fact about Mary's origins are that she came from Lilburn and she had a sister named Margaret. However, the naming patterns of her children support her father being William Smith. Mary married George Hall at Lowick Anglican Church on 17 Nov 1791 by license. She was resident in Lowick Parish at the time, and living at Barmoor., perhaps with some of her Smith relatives. They both signed their names after the ceremony, Mary signed as Mary Hall. They both moved to London were they lived until they emigrated to Australia on the Coromandel in 1802. Their son George Smith, Elizabeth, William and John were born in London before their departure. The other children were born in New South Wales. Mary Hall died on 29 June 1827 in Pitt town, New South Wales.
(Above information submitted by Alison Parkes.)
Research Notes
Marriage record written by the Minister who performed the marriage.....
The original news paper article of which a transcription is produced below merely stated "Mrs Hall" (only widows at that time were referred to by their christian name.)
Death – Lately at Pitt-town, Mrs. [Mary Ann] Hall, wife of Mr. George Hall, of that district, in her 58th year. The interment took place on Monday, the 2nd of July, and the funeral was attended by most of the respectable part of the community from some distance within those districts. Mrs. Hall and family arrived in the Coromandel, in 1802, in company with several other free settlers, who, for the most part, became residents of the Hawkesbury. She was mother of a numerous family, whom she reared to habits of industry, in her own example. She is described by a very intimate friend as the careful North of England farmer's wife. The old gentleman, as may be expected, endures exceeding grief; and the whole family may be truly said to be the house of mourning.
- Came Free "Coromandel" 1802.
- Buried Ebenezer Cemetery Section 1 Row 5 Plot 1, age 58.
"Mary Smith is the daughter of William Smith. Her sister Margaret (to whom the child George Smith Hall was sent from London to recover from illness,) is recorded as follows, Margaret Smith, born October 1770, baptized 27 January 1771 at Wooler, Northumberland, Parkes.)"
Elliott-12243 is a possibility to being the Mother of Mary Smith as per Over-Halling the Colony Tribal Page. Christening 13 Sep 1748 Bamburgh, Northumberland, England. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5RD-P9Q
- https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=reubennamoihall&view=0&pid=2558&ver=48372
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5RD-P93
There are numerous William Smiths marrying Elizabeths as well as Isobels and there seems to be a lack of proof for each, so we do not really know who Mary Smith's mother is. (Submitted by Joan Gray)
Sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20160602030920/http://www.cursley.org.uk/id150.html
- Baptism: "FreeReg UK Parish Register database"
Northumberland; Eglingham; St Maurice; Other Transcript; File line number: 2140
FreeReg Transcription (accessed 15 November 2023)
Mary Smith baptism on 29 Apr 1770, daughter of William Smith, in Eglingham, Northumberland, England. Transcription Notes: Place of abode, W. Lilburn.( West Lilburn) No mother is mentioned. - Baptism: "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1068608
Ancestry au Record 9841 #104777306 (accessed 15 November 2023)
Mary Smith baptism on 29 Apr 1770, daughter of William Smith, in Eglingham, Northumberland, England. - Marriage: "FreeReg UK Parish Register database"
Northumberland; Lowick; St John the Baptist; Bishop's Transcript; File line number: 173
FreeReg Transcription (accessed 15 November 2023)
Mary Smith marriage to George Hall on 17 Nov 1791 in Lowick, Northumberland, England. Bishops Transcript. - Marriage: "FreeReg UK Parish Register database"
Northumberland; Lowick; St John the Baptist; Other Transcript; File line number: 213
FreeReg Transcription (accessed 15 November 2023)
Mary Smith marriage to George Hall on 17 Nov 1791 in Lowick, Northumberland, England. Lowick Anglican Chapel Transcript.
Transcription Notes: Brides Parish is Lowick and her abode is Barmoor.
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GN18-G51
- http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/hall-mary-ann-17444
- Death NSW BDM Index 7428/1827 V18277428 2C HALL MARY AGE 58
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5RD-P93
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Steve Austen for creating WikiTree profile Smith-44374 through the import of Austen-Lamb Family Tree_2013-05-09.ged on May 9, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Steve and others Alison Parkes for the Biographical outline.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~1.56%
Rachel Hargrave
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~1.56%
Kerry Gray :
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~0.78%
Rodney Tuckerman :
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~0.78%
Emmeline Hall :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member emmelinelouise
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~0.78%
Sarah Dobson :
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~0.39%
~0.39%
Annette (Prs) Br :
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edited by Alison Parkes
edited by Alison Parkes
1. That she came from Lilburn. 2.That she had a sister named Margaret who lived in Lilburn. 3. That her father according to the naming patterns of her children was possibly named William. 4. That her mother possibly had the name of Elizabeth or some North country version of Elizabeth such as Isabel.
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edited by Alison Parkes
edited by Alison Parkes
In the 1980s, Kenneth John Hall M C, great, great. great grandson of George Hall and Mary Smith and noted local historian went to London and Northumberland to further research his forebears. He was able at that time, to view and record information from the original registers. (Far more accurate than mistake ridden and sloppy transcriptions that are now outsourced to the Phillipines). He clearly states that the parents of Mary Smith were Married at Lowick by the Reverend George Goodwill. There are two microfiche transcriptions of this marriage, the first gives the date of the marriage between William Smith and Isobel Tinning as 18 Dec 1748. This ancestry of Mary Smith is supported by the baptism of her known sister Margaret Smith of Lilburn at closely adjacent Wooler, Margaret is born 16 Oct 1770 and baptised 27 Jan 1771, the parents recorded as William and Isabella Smith. Eglingham, was a small village, with its only place of worship, the Church of Maurice being of very modest size in the 1770s and thus most unlikely even with the commonness of the name Mary Smith to of had another suddenly sprouted and ready to marry Thomas Scott in 1788. Also Google satellite and terrain maps show that it would have been virtually inaccessible in Springtime because of the difficulties in crossing the following rivers and watercourses which would have obstructed the passage of travellers from Lilburn.; Lilburn Bank, Randy Burn, the River Till, the River Breamish, Roddam Burn and possible the River Aln. As your putative tree for Ann Elliott shows , she was not born in Eglingham and thus there would have been no reason to make a perilous journey from Lilburn to the inaccessible Eglingham. It is an unfortunate fact that many if not most of the Church Registers of Northumberland have not survived or are in a parlous or unreadable state. The baptism of Mary Smith who married my ancestor George Hall has not survived ,fortunately that of her known and documented sister Margaret Smith of Lilburn has.
Marriage date, 14 May 1788, Place. Eglingham. (Northumberland, England) Spouse. Mary Smith. FHL Film Number. 1068608.
Name: George Hall Gender: Male Marriage Date: 17 Nov 1791 Marriage Place: Lowick, Northumberland, England Spouse: Mary Smith FHL Film Number: 94976
edited by Joan (Bray) Gray
Cheers Alison.
edited by Alison Parkes
Isabella was a well known variant of the name Elizabeth.
edited by Alison Parkes
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Cheers Alison.
edited by Alison Parkes
I would not expect a reference in that article as it is about Lowick Northhamptonshire NOT Lowick Northumberland. George Hall And Mary Smith come from Northumberland . I can find no supporting evidence for her being called 'Mary Ann' or for her being born in Lowick. There is a Mary Smith who is buried in Lowick in about 1744, but no other Mary Smith on Ancestry.com or on findmypast. There is evidence however that she came from Lilburn, please see Margaret Smith. Her gravestone records her as plain 'Mary' Hall. In the marriage recorded at Lowick on 17 November 1791 she signs as plain 'Mary Hall '. Cheers Alison
edited by Alison Parkes
Both references are connections to the Hall family.
edited by Joan (Bray) Gray