Jeanne (Woollen) Hall (abt. 1610 - 1690)

Born about 1610 in England

Wife of John Hall — married 1643 (to 3 May 1676) in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Wife of John Cooper — married 1676 in New Haven Colony

Descendants

Died 1690 at about age 80 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Disputed Parentage

It has been claimed, without evidence, that Jeanne (Woolen) Hall was the daughter of John Wollen and Jane Hall. It seems that this John Woollen was actually Jane's brother, not her father, who is unknown.

Biography

Last name at birth. We have no birth information. Her brother's name mentioned in the New Haven records was spelled consistently Woollen. Jeanne maiden name is only mentioned once, spelled Woolen.

Birth year could be from 1610-1622.

Jane had a brother John: 3 July 1644: "Joh: Hall demanded 3^l due to him from Roger Knap in the right of his wife w^ch he did acknowledge, whereupon it was ordered, thatt he should paye the said 3^l, only abateing 14^s w^ch he hath done in worke for John Woollen, brother to the said John Halls wife." ^[1]

"Due to a dispute which was taken up in the General Court of New Haven in July of 1644, we know that John Hall had married his wife, formerly Jeanne Woollen, by that date. (Mrs. Hall's name is also noted in some places as Wallen, and Woolen. In the DAR manuscript of 1970, and in the History of Wallingford, the first name is also shown in some places as being Jane rather than Jean)."^[2]

William Wilkes was in Boston in 1633, then in New Haven by 1639. He returned to England by 1644.^[3] Mr. Wilkes paid for the passage of Jeanne Woolen hiring her as a maid servant for a certain passage of time. He promised to pay her £10 if she served out the time. He never paid her. 6 July 1647, John Hall, husband of Jean Hall, informed the court of the fact and produced witness, including Bridget Wilkes, William's niece, to testify such, and asked for payment from Wilkes' estate. John returned to court a year later, 4 July 1648, with more witnesses. The court wanted to see the indenture and Goodwife Hall. The next month the indenture was read showing she was to serve five years and be paid £3 a year and her passage. The executor of Wilkes estate was ordered to pay Goodey Hall £10.^[4] The Baldwin Genealogy p. 843^[5] says that Jean received a bequest from Mrs Wilkes. However, a transcription of Mrs. Wilkes' will in the Anderson article on William does not support this statement.^[6]

On the death of John in 1676, he trusted Jane to do what was right for their children. She deeded land as Jane Hall on 18 Dec 1678. When the deed was acknowledged 25 Mar 1679, she was described as Jane Hall (now Jane Cooper), showing she married a Mr. Cooper. John Cooper's inventory was taken 27 Mar 1690: Jane Cooper widdow and relict opted not to administrate Cooper's will, which administration was given to John Cooper, only son of the deceased.^[7]

Jane died between 27 Mar 1690 and 14 Nov 1690, at which date an agreement was made between her heirs^[7]

Children:^[8]

1. John Hall, baptized August 9, 1646, died September 2, 1721. He married December 6, 1666 to Mary Parker, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Potter) Parker.
2. Sarah (Hall) Johnson, baptised August 9, 1646, married December 11, 1664 to William Johnson
3. Samuel Hall, baptized May 21, 1648, died March 5, 1725. He married Hannah Walker, the daughter of John and Grace Walker of New Haven, in May 1668.
4. Thomas Hall, baptized in New Haven March 25, 1649, died in Wallingford September 17, 1711. He married on June 5, 1673, to Grace Watson, the daughter of Edward and Grace (Walker) Watson.
5. Jonathan Hall, born in New Haven on April 5, 1651; bpt 15 Apr 1651 at the New Haven first church; rem. to New London and married Hannah
6. David Hall, born March 18, 1652, died July 7, 1727. He married Sarah Rockwell on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1676.
7. Mary Hall, b. about 1654, d. 31 May 1718; who married Henry Cook Jr., Sep 1678 in Salem Massachusetts

Allegedly a reference in the New Haven Colony Records to Jane Woolen which indicates she was a native of Coventry, Warwick, England and that John Hall was from Warwickshire. Find this

Sources

1. ↑ Hoadley, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. (Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857.) p. 142
2. ↑ A Slice of History: A Story of a Halll Family of America Compiled by Roderick A. Hall January, 2001
3. ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/1989/235198030
4. ↑ Hoadley, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. (Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857.) p. 321, p. 391-2, p.397
5. ↑ Baldwin, C. C. (Charles Candee). The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881. (1881) p. 843
6. ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). William Wilkes. Hall/Woolen comments p. 1991[https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/1989/23896348 p. 1989 wife's will
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Shepard, James. John Hall of Wallingford, Conn. p. 28; will 30-32 (Record Press, 1902) pp 31, 32
8. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. (Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932). [pp 693-65]

• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 3, p 693.
• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). William Wilkes. p. 1991 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/1991/23896350
• Coe, S.F. Hall. Memoranda relating to the ancestry and family of Sophia Fidelia Hall. (Meriden, Conn.: Curtis Way Co., 1902). See Ch. 1 Hall Family of Wallingford, John and Jeanne Woollen Hall, p. 17
• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 5, p 1038. "William Johnson m. Dec 1665 NHV--Sarah da. John & Jane (Woolen) Hall, bp 9 Aug 1646 NHC1"
• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 2, p 436. "Henry Cook married Mary, da. John and Jane (Woolen) Hall, b. c. 1654, d. 31 July 1718 WV"