Jesse Crandall Hall (1760 - 1848)

Born 22 Mar 1760 in Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Freeborn) Hall — married before 1781 in Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1848 at age 88 in Alleghany Springs, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Jesse Hall is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-172977
Rank: Private

Private Jesse Hall served with 1st New York Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Jesse Hall is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A049723.

Jesse Hall (1760 - 1848) was the third son of Benajah Hall Sr. and Sabra Worden. He was born on 22 March 1760, possibly at Westerly, Rhode Island, but probably at Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island.

Jesse Hall grew up in Richmond, Rhode Island, with one older brother, Asa, b. 1758, and two younger brothers, Benajah Jr., b. 1762 at Richmond, Rhode Island, and Hosea "Hose" Hall, b. about 1764.

In 1769, when Jesse was nine years old, his family moved to Pawling, in Dutchess County, New York. Along with 1300 other families, they settled on what is now called the Beekman Patent. Consequently, some of the best records of Jesse Hall's family during the period of the American Revolution may be found in Frank J. Doherty's book The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Pleasant Valley, New York: 2001), Volume 6, pp. 70-74.

Jesse, his brother Asa, and his father Benajah Hall began their war service in the same unit: The 3rd New York Regiment of Dutchess County Militia, under the command of Col. John Field or Col. Andrew Morehouse of Dover.

Jesse's DAR lineage and his Revolutionary War Pension records indicate he served under Captain Nathan Pierce (Pearce).

According to Doherty, Jesse married firstly around 1788 to Lydia Freeborn, presumably in Dutchess County, New York. They had the following children:

1. Freeborn Hall, b. Dec 1789 in Dutchess County, New York, who married Catherine Pate in Virginia
2. John Hall, b. 25 Dec 1790 in Dutchess County, New York, who married Sally Pate on 10 Sept. 1811 in Virginia
3. Susannah Hall, b. 1792 in Virginia, who married William McNeely
4. Lydia Hall, b. 1794 in Virginia, who married Bartlett Martin.

Jesse's first wife, Lydia Freeborn, died in Virginia ca. 1794.

Jesse married secondly on 23 December 1794 to Phebe Wilbur, who was born about 1760 in Washington County, Rhode Island.

Jesse and Phebe had at least one child:

1. Phebe Hall, b. 1796, who married Clayburn Morris.

At this point the records become confused and disputed. Doherty, who is certainly capable of making errors, reports that Phebe Wilbur died in 1797 and Jesse married a third wife, Ann Watterson, who gave him three more children, and a fourth wife, Catherine Zoll Huff, the widow of Samuel Huff.

The writer of this profile disputes these records, for reasons that will be summarized below.

We'll conclude the brief sum of Jesse's life by saying he died in Montgomery County, Virginia, on the 2nd of October, 1848, and he is buried in the churchyard of Hall's Methodist Church at Ironto, Montgomery County, Virginia.

Disputed Birthplace

Jesse himself gives 22 March 1760 as his birthdate and says he was born at Rhode Island on page four of his Revolutionary War Pension application (attached), which was filed in January 1833. See also Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 6, p. 73.^[1]

However, the Rhode Island town where Jesse was born and grew up is a matter of some dispute. Some family trees say he was born in Westerly, Rhode Island (in the southwestern corner of Rhode Island, just across the river from Connecticut). Others say he was born in Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island, a town a few miles east of Westerly.

Charlestown is a guess, based on his father's appearance as "Benjamin" Hall in the Rhode Island census records of 1747, which show members of the Hall family living in Washington County.

A few family trees suggest that the Rhode Island birth records will never be found, because Jesse was the son of Benajah Hall (1734 - 1760) of Wallingford, Connecticut, who had a brother named Asaph Hall, and whose father David Hall died at the Battle of Lake George (1755) during the French and Indian War.

Although identical in name and nearly identical in birth year, the Benajah Hall born at Wallingford, Connecticut in 1734 is an older cousin to Jesse's father, the Benajah Hall born at Westerly, Rhode Island in 1738.

According to two reliable 19th-century sources, Benajah Hall of Wallingford (son of David Hall) never married and he died without progeny in Connecticut in 1760, the year that Jesse was born in Rhode Island.

It must also be emphasized again that Jesse himself states in his pension papers that he was born in Rhode Island.

Some genealogists claim that Jesse Hall was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, possibly due to misinterpretation of the residence information in the Pension Roll of 1835, which indicates that he was living in Montgomery County, Virginia, when he filed his Revolutionary War pension application.

Jesse was certainly from Rhode Island. He was one of the many descendants of Henry Hall who moved from Connecticut to Newport, Westerly County, Rhode Island. For a four-generation overview of his family tree, see "Henry Hall" in the Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (1887).

Missing Birth, Marriage and Death Records for wife Lydia Freeborn

Doherty and several other genealogists assert that Jesse's first wife was named Lydia Freeborn, and one may find the records of a large family named Freeborn living near Newport, Rhode Island, prior to 1760. When trying to pin down the exact year and place of Lydia's birth, however, on finds a curious absence of any records.

If Lydia Hall is identical to Hannah Hall, the daughter of Jonathan Freeborn of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, then we have a very clear birth record: Hannah Hall was born in 1769, the very same year most often listed for Lydia. The Freeborn family were Quaker founders of Portsmouth, where one also finds many members of the Hall family.

This researcher has had no luck finding Lydia Hall's death record in Montgomery County, Virginia. The complete absence of any clear birth, marriage or death records under the name Lydia Freeborn certainly raises some serious questions about the woman's existence.

Dispute over Date for Phoebe Wilbur's Death

Jesse's second wife, Phoebe Wilbur, also grew up in Washington County. Her family appears on the census for the town of Richmond, Rhode Island.

Jesse Hall grew up with at least three brothers: Hosea, Asa and Benajah Hall Jr., and it is very possible that he met his future wife, Phoebe Wilbur, during a childhood visit to Richmond. Some family historians believe Jesse and his family may have lived in Richmond for a few years prior to their move to New York.

Most genealogies give 1797 as the date of Phoebe's death in Montgomery County, Virginia, but this writer believes she may have survived well into the 1800s.

Were the Halls Quakers?

In 1769, when Jesse was nine years old, his father Benajah Hall Sr. and several other members of the Hall family removed from Rhode Island to the Beekman Patent in Dutchess County, New York.^[1]. They show up there on the tax rolls for Dutchess County from 1769 to 1778.

The reason for this mass migration to Dutchess County was largely religious and economic. Henry Beekman, the owner of this huge land grant or patent, was a Quaker, and he created a colony friendly to other Quakers that offered them land in return for barter and trade. For more background, see a Wikipedia overview of the history of the Beekman Patent here.

At least one history of Dutchess County, New York, indicates the Hall family intermarried there with some future leaders of the Dutchess County militia. Specifically, the family of William Hall intermarried with the Vale (or "Vail") family, who later became officers in the Dutchess and Ulster County militia.

Because many of the local families were Quakers, the arrival of the American Revolution caused a genuine crisis of conscience.

The Halls, clearly, decided to fight. If they were Quakers, this meant they were "read out" of their local church, for raising arms in a warlike manner. But records of any attendance at the local meetings of Friends need to be explored carefully to determine whether the Halls were ever Quakers.

During the Revolutionary War, Jesse's father, Benajah Hall Sr., decided to serve in the Levies under Col. Morris Graham and in the 3rd Regiment of New York (Dutchess County) Militia, Captain Isaac Vail's Company.

After the war, Jesse's father and mother joined the Baptist church. According to Frank Doherty's Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 6, p. 72, "Benajah Hall and his wife Sabra were early members of the Greenwich (Bottenkill) Baptist Church, joining in 1782."

American Revolutionary War

The following summary of Jesse's military service in the American Revolutionary War is based on his Pension application of 1833:

• Enlisted February 1776 at age of 15.
• Served as: Private in Dutchess Co. NY militia under Capt. Nathan Pierce, attached to Colonel Richmore's 1st NY Continental Line, Gen. Alexander McDougall's Brigade.
• Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776
• Battle of White Plains, October 28, 1776
• Re-enlisted, April 1777
• In 1777, Jesse Hall and Asa Hall served as privates in Col. Morris Graham's NY Regiment of Levies, Capt. Isaac Vail's Company of Dutchess and Ulster Co. Militia
• Battle of Bemis Heights (2nd Saratoga) October 7, 1777
• Col. Morris Graham's Dutchess and Ulster County militia served under Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln's Division in Brig. Gen. John Glover's Brigade (the right wing of the battleline)
• Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 16, 1777. Glover's Brigade fought at the Battle of Saratoga, which means Jesse Hall and Asa Hall were probably present at the surrender of Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne.
• Cherry Valley Massacre, Otsego County, New York (11 November 1778)
• 1778 Sullivan Expedition: Sent by Clinton to Fort Stanwix under command of Col. Peter Gansevoort [1] of the 3rd New York Regiment to arrest Mohawks at Ticonderoga [2]

The story of Jesse's Revolutionary War adventures are told in a handwritten copy of his January 1833 pension application (attached). See a full transcription of his 1833 Pension application (typed) in the citations below.

According to a Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Membership application filed in 1930 (cited below):^[2]

"While living in Dutchess County, New York, where he moved as an infant, he enlisted in February 1776, served 9 months as a private in Capt. Matthew Pierce's Company, in Col. Richmore's New York Regiment, and was in the Battle of White Plains.

"Re-enlisted May 1, 1777 in Capt. William Pierce's Company, Col. Morehouse's New York Regiment, and was discharged in December 1777.

"He enlisted in March 1778 in Capt. Johnston's Company, in Col. Gonzies Regiment, and was discharged in December 1778.

"He enlisted in August 1779 in Capt. Veal's Company in Col. Burchan's New York Regiment, and was discharged in November 1779.

"He was allowed Pension on his application executed January 7, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Montgomery County, VA.

There are no data on file relative to wife and children."

Did Jesse Hall serve in Virginia?

Because there was another man named Jesse Hall living in the Virginia area and fighting during the Revolution, there is some genuine confusion over whether the Jesse Hall who settled at Montgomery County, Virginia, actually participated in the Southern Campaigns of 1780-1781.

Records at the National Archives indicate that, after he participated in the Sullivan Expedition to the north, Jesse Hall of Dutchess County, New York, re-enlisted, 1780, in "Field's Regiment" of New York Militia.

Did Jesse's New York regiment turn south, to participate in the Southern Campaign? No. There is no mention of that battle in his pension application of January 1833.

Yet there is no doubt that a man named Jesse Hall participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain (7 October 1780), a battle that Theodore Roosevelt called "the turning point" of the American Revolution.

Members of the Hall family were certainly amongst the men who rapidly responded to the calls of John Sevier and Isaac Shelby to engage Ferguson's army in South Carolina.

At least two books, Lewis Preston Summers' History of Southwest Virginia, 1746 - 1789, and Pat Alderman's The Overmountain Men provide lists of patriots who participated in the battle, and they both list David Hall, John Hall, Thomas Hall, and Jesse Hall.

In other words, it seems there were two Jesse Halls who fought in the American Revolution, one born in Rhode Island and one born in Virginia. The "second" Jesse Hall was born in Virginia 1755, fought with the Virginia militia at Kings' Mountain alongside his brothers, David, John and Thomas Hall, and died 30 April 1833 in Occonee County, South Carolina. ^[3]

The Jesse Hall (1755 - 1833) who fought at Kings Mountain has war records that need to be separated very carefully from those belonging to the Jesse Hall (1760 - 1848) of this profile, who later settled and died in Montgomery County, Virginia.

To clarify, please see the Pension material attached. The correct Pension Roll of 1835 shows Jesse Hall, Private, age 74 (born 1760), with a pension enrollment date of 4 March 1831, resident of Montgomery County, Virginia, USA, with service in the New York Militia.^[4]

1788 Marriage to Lydia Freeborn

We know only that Jesse Hall married Lydia Freeborn prior to the birth of their son Freeborn Hall in December of 1789 The church where they were wed is not known, and marriage records have not been located.

Clearly the wedding took place in Dutchess County, New York, prior to the family's move to Virginia in 1791. Those seeking documentation had therefore best start in Dutchess County.

Dec 1789 Birth of son Freeburn Hall

Jesse and Lydia may have had unrecorded children. The first son for whom we have a record was Freeborn Hall. Freeborn appears on the records of Dutchess County, New York in December 1789. He travelled with his family to Montgomery County, Virginia, as an infant and married to Catherine Pate, the daughter of Jeremiah Pate.

25 Dec 1790 Birth of son John Hall

John Hall, the second son of Jesse and Lydia Hall, was also born in Dutchess County, New York, on 25 December 1790.^[1]

John grew up in Montgomery County, Virginia and married Sally Pate on 10 September 1811.

1791 Move to Virginia

In 1791, Jesse and Lydia Hall and their two infant sons removed to Montgomery County, Virginia, with several other men from the area of Pawling, Dutchess County, New York. The Pawling men included Jesse's brother, Asa Hall, and his neighbor Azariah Crandall.

That the Jesse Hall who settled at Montgomery County, Virginia, is the same man who served with the Dutchess County militia is made very clear by his pension application of 1833.

1791 - 1792 Virginia Land Records

Frederick Bittle Kegley in Kegley's Viriginia Frontier tells us that Asa and Jesse Hall made several land purchases in the Roanoke Valley.

"They acquired land on the North Fork of Roanoke by purchase and by grant;

• Asa Hall 253 acres from James Bryan and Mary, 250 acres from Robert Foster and Hannah, 70, 250 and 45 acres on Keeney's Run by entry;
• Jesse 253 acres from Thomas Wilson.

"Jesse Hall moved to South Fork and lived near Allegheny Springs."

"On 6 Aug. 1792, Hugh Crockett sold to Jesse Hall 45 acres on both sides of South Fork of the Roanoke River.

1792 Birth of Susannah Hall

Jesse and Lydia celebrated the birth of their first daughter in their new home, Montgomery County, Virginia. Susannah Hall survived to maturity and married William McNeely.

1794 Birth of Lydia Hall and death of Lydia (Freeborn) Hall

In 1794, Lydia Hall was born in Montgomery County, Virginia shortly before Lydia (Freeborn) Hall died. Lydia Freeborn probably died in childbirth, or as the result of complications from the birth of her second daughter.

The motherless infant, named Lydia in her mother's memory, survived to maturity. Lydia Hall later married to Bartlett Martin on 17 September 1828.

Second Marriage to Phebe Wilbur

With four children in his care, Jesse Hall needed a new wife. He wed a second time only a few months after Lydia's death.

On 23 December 1794 Jesse Hall married Phebe Wilbur as his second wife.

At least two children were born from this marriage:

1. Phebe Hall, born 1796. She married Clayburn Morris in Virginia on 5 October 1808.
2. Mary Hall, born 1798. She married Eli Rumburgh, bonds dated 28 Feb. 1815.

Death of Phoebe Wilbur?

Phebe (Wilbur) Hall seems to have died after 3 December 1796, when she executed a deed, and before 12 January 1798. But she may have survived well into the 1800s, based on birth records that name only Jesse as father and no third wife.

Third Marriage to Unknown Wife?

Jesse Hall may have married a third time, because he had three more children. But the mother is not clearly named in their records:

1. Charles Hall, b. ca. 1801. He married Elizabeth Iddings in Virginia on 3 July 1820.
2. David Hall, born 1803 in Virginia.
3. Jesse Hall Jr., born 1804 in Viriginia. He married firstly in 1825 to Ann Watterson, the daughter of Thomas Watterson. He married secondly in 1828 to Catherine Zoll Huff, the widow of Samuel Huff. Jesse Junior's two marriage records are sometimes mistaken for those of his father.

Some researchers have claimed that Jesse Hall Sr. was married to Ann or Ana Watterson. They've misread the marriage records at Ancestry.com.

The 1825 marriage record for Ann Watterson, the daughter of Thomas Watterson, very clearly indicate she married at Montgomery County, Virginia, to Jesse Hall Jr. (born 1804), whose father is clearly listed as Jesse Hall (Sr.) of Montgomery County.

On 4 December 1828, Jesse Hall Jr. married a second wife, Catherine (Zoll) Huff, the widow of Samuel Huff. ^[1]. She is sometimes mistakenly listed as a fourth wife of Jesse Hall Sr.

1795 - 1798 Virginia Land Records, Deeds, and Tax Lists

The Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800, lists the following land transactions:^[5]

• p 929 - Jesse Hall and Phebe his wife to James Bryan, 253 acres on south branch of North Fork of Roanoke River, dated 3 Dec 1796;
• p 925 - Thomas and Elizabeth Wilson to Jesse Hall, 253 acres on North Fork of the Roanoke River, dated 24 Feb 1795;
• p 934 - Hugh Crockett to Jesse Hall, 45 acres on both sides South Fork of Roanoke River, 6 Aug 1798

The Annals of Southwest Virginia lists the following Montgomery Co Virginia tax lists: ^[5]

• 1792 - Robt. Currin Dist, 5 shill tax;
• 1795 - Hoge Dist, 253 acres, $100 value, 5 shill. tax.

1800 Land Grant in Montgomery County

On 20 August 1800 Jesse Hall was granted 210 acres in Montgomery County on the waters of Stoney Creek, a branch of the Roanoke adjacent to the land of Picklesimer and Morris, Grant 57, p. 97.

1833 Pension Application

Two somewhat different transcripts of Jesse Hall's application for a Revolutionary War pension were found on the Internet. Both are presented below.

Revolutionary War Pension Declaration of Jesse Hall, from Montgomery County, VA Court Order Book 26, pp. 9-10: ^[6]

On this 7th day of January 1833 personally appeared before the justices of the county court of Montgomery County in open court, Jesse Hall a resident of said county and state aged 72 years last March, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that he enlisted in the army of the United States in February 1776 for nine months under Capt. Nathan Pierce in Dutchess County state of New York and was attached to and served in the regiment (no. forgotten) commanded by Colonel Richmore, which regiment belonged to the brigade of General McDougal. He was in the battle of the White Plains, he was discharged near Fort Montgomery in the state of New York sometime in the month of December following his enlistment. Again in the month of March 1778 (having in the interval served about seven months in the militia) in the same county and state, he enlisted again under a Capt. Johnston to serve another nine months term in the regular army, and joined the regiment commanded by Colonel Gonzie (don't know that the name is rightly spelled). He was stationed for the greater part of his tour of service at Fort Plank or Blank on the Mohawk river; there was no officer at he place above the grade of Colonel, at this latter place he was discharged, his discharges are lost. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Jesse Hall

Pension Application of Jesse Hall: S8666. Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris. ^[7]

State of Virginia, Montgomery County S.S.

On this 30th day of September 1833 personally appeared before the Judge of the Circuit superior court of law and chancery for the county aforesaid The same being a court of record Jesse Hall a resident of said county and state, aged seventy three years last March, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - that he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in February 1776, for nine months, under Captain Nathan Pierce in Dutchess County, State of N. York and was attached to and served in the regiment commanded by Colonel Richmon which regiment belonged to the Brigade of Genl. McDougal [Gen. Alexander McDougall]. He was in the battle of the White Plains [28 Oct 1776], and was discharged near Fort Montgomery [in Orange County] in the State of New York some time in the month of December following his enlistment- Afterwards, in the said county of Dutchess and State of New York, on the first day of May 1777, being drafted, he again entered, as a militiaman into the service of the U. States under Colonel Morehouse in the company of Captain William Pierce. He was marched to a point about fifteen miles above the city of N. York, on the Hudson. At this time the British were in possession of the city of N. York. At this station he remained three months in the regiment commanded by the said Colo. Morehouse & company of Capt. Wm. Pierce.- Afterwards, early in August (there being no interruption of his service) he was connected with a division of the army under command of Genl. Putnam [Gen. Israel Putnam], (Morehouse still being his Colonel & Pierce his captain) and marched near to Fort Montgomery with a view to its relief, but the forces to which he belonged was unable to give any assistance and the Fort was taken [6 Oct 1777]. He then fell back to the place from which he had started - the point fifteen miles above the city of N. York having been absent once month, according to his best recollection. He continued at this latter point after his said return, in the service, three months until the first of December or the early part of the month, when and where he was discharged. He was at the time of his Discharge, in the regiment of Colo. Morehouse & company of Capt. William Pierce. Afterwards, in the month of March 1778, in the same state & county, he enlisted under a Captain Johnston as a regular, for the term of nine months and joined the regiment commanded by Colonel Gonsay [sic: Peter Gansevoort] (the name is spelt to five the sound) This applicant was stationed for the greater part of this tour of service at Fort Plaink or Blain [sic: probably Fort Plain] on the Mohawk river. Colo. Gonsay during that tour had his station some twenty miles higher up the river at Fort Stannock [sic: Fort Stanwix at present Rome NY]. There was but a captains command at Fort Plank, and that command, as this applicant [illegible word], was part of Gonsay's regiment. The soldiers all at Fort Plank, believed the name of the Colonel to whose regiment they belonged to be Gonsay or Ganzie. The applicant had no personal acquaintance with him. A part of the tour of service was spent in an expedition to a place called Cherry Valley [in Otsego County NY, site of a massacre 11 Nov 1778], for the purpose of suppressing some tories and Indians who had done considerable mischief to that neighborhood. While on this expedition he and his company were attached to a militia regiment commanded by one Colonel Block. He returned again to fort Plank and his nine month tour being expired he was discharged in December 1778. - Afterwards in the month of August 1779, in the same county and State he went as a draft, in the service of the U. States under the command of Colo. Bencham in the company of Captain Izrael Vial and was stationed during the nine months for which he was drafted at West Point on the Hudson, when he was discharged in the month of November 1779, having served three months from some period in the preceding August. His discharges have long since been lost. This applicant was born in the State of Rhode Island on the 22nd of March 1760. He has a record of his age at his son house where he resides

He came, an infant from Rhode Island to Dutchess county in the State of New York, which latter place was near his residence where called into service. His residence for the last forty four years has been in the county of Montgomery State of Virginia.

He received Discharges, but whether he received "one" at this and at each tour of service or not he cannot now recollect. He cannot now recollect whether his Discharges were signed by a Captain, Colonel or an officer of some other grade. He well remembers, however, to have received several of them, which he thought would be of no value in future & permitted them to be lost or even cast away. He has no other evidence of his said services, but that accompanying this declaration.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

Jesse his + mark Hall

On this 30th day of September 1833 personally appeared in said court Asa Hall & being first duly sworn saith that he was a soldier in the first tour of service described in the foregoing declaration of Jesse Hall & in the same company and regiment with his said Jesse & knows that his statement as to their service is correct. He states further that in the year 1779 he saw the applicant in the militia service on the Hudson river, in the state of New York.

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

Asa his + mark Hall

2 October 1848 Death and Burial

Jesse Hall died on 2 October 1848 at Alleghany Springs, Montgomery County, Virginia. The August 6 death date on his tombstone is reportedly the date of his will.

Jesse Hall was buried in the churchyard of Hall's Methodist Church at Ironto, Montgomery County, Virginia.

According to a Hall Family History website, Jesse's brother "Asa and two other men of the neighborhood appear to have been the moving forces behind the establishment of Hall's Methodist Church, which is still in existence near Ironto [Virginia] as Hall's United Methodist Church. One of the men, Ewen Thomas Watterson, provided the land, along with a log cabin, for the church in 1817."

References

Sources

• Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912). Vol. 4: Newport County: Births, Marriages, Deaths. See p. 23 Portsmouth Marriages for marriage of Jonathan Freeborn and Martha Brownell, Lydia Freeborn's parents.
• Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence, R.I., Narrangansett Historical Pub. Co., 1891) Vol. 5 Washington County - Town of Westerly Index. See Hall Family Births and Deaths for Westerly, and also Hall Family Marriages in Westerly. Jesse and Lydia are not listed. See also Washington County - Charlestown Index.
• Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, 1887). See "Hall (Henry)" p. 198 for a four-generation overview. The exact lineage is Henry > James > Joseph > Benajah > Jesse.
• Commemorative Biographical Record of Dutchess County, New York (New York: J.H. Beers & Co., 1897) at Archive.org

Platt V. and John J. Hall, pp. 522-523, summarizes Hall family history in Dutchess Co.

William Hall, p. 666-667, lists additional Hall family descendants

Index pp. 942 ff., helps profile fellow warriors in Dutchess County Militia

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Jul 01, 2018), "Record of Jesse Hall", Ancestor # A049723.
• DeGidio, Wanda Ware. "Jesse Hall (1760 - 1848)". Find A Grave: Memorial #16306772, Jesse Hall, record added 24 October 2006. Burial: Barnett Family Cemetery, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
• Doherty, Frank J. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), Originally published by Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent (Pleasant Valley, New York: Frank J. Doherty) ten volumes. 1990–2003. See Jesse Hall Vol. 6, pages 73-74.
• Dutchess County New York Resource Page - Rootsweb / USGenWeb
• Hall, David B. Halls of New England, Genealogical and Biographical (Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, 1883)
• Kegley, Frederick Bittle. Kegley's Virginia Frontier: 1838. (Southwest Virginia Historical Society) p 611. Lists Jesse's will dated 28 Aug 1848, recorded 6 Nov 1848.
• McAllister, J.T. Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War: McAllister's Data (Hot Springs, VA: McAllister's Pub. Co., 1913) p. 37
• McGhee, Lucy Kate. Virginia pension abstracts of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian Wars. Vol. 1 to 35 online at FamilySearch.org
• Montgomery County VA Will Book 8 p 7. Will names children: Freeborn, David, John, Charles, Susannah McNeeley, Lydia Martin, Polly Rumberg, Phebe Morris (dec'd); p 598 lists his marriage.
• Montgomery County VA Deed Book B p. 279, 3 Dec 1796, Jesse Hall & Phebe Hall his wife to James Bryan, 253 acres by patent bearing date 27 March 1783, south branches of north fork of Roanoak River.
• Montgomery County Deed Book D p. 486, 3 Oct 1807, Jesse Hall and his wife Phebe of Montgomery County to Charles G. Lewis, 194 acres both sides south fork Roan oak adj. William Stapleton & Luke Muncy.
• National Archives [Microform]. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary war (1972). Free Archive.org copy here includes rolls for Dutchess County militia. Many Halls enlisted. See for example Jesse Hall's 1780 enlistment in Field's Regiment of Dutchess County Militia, p. 938.
• Scott, Kenneth. "Some Dutchess County, New York, Early Residents, 1735-1772," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 73 (1985):44-52.
• Scott, Kenneth. "Some Dutchess County, New York, Residents, 1761-1763," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 74 (1986):128-149
• Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800. (Kingsport TN: Kingsport Press, 1929) pp various
• Summers, Lewis Preston. History of Southwest Virginia, 1746 - 1786 (Richmond, VA: J. Hill, 1903)

Online Family Trees

For an overview of the Hall family, go to the Hall Family Name website and

See especially "Hall Lineage to Kings and Queens"

See also the

• "Lineage of the Descendants of John Hall of Rhode Island."

• "William Hall of Portsmouth, Rhode Island"

Additional Resources:

• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
• Source: S-2108314135 Repository: #R-2145127593 Title: 1840 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record G Note: APID: 1,8057::0

• Hall Family of Rhode Island - Virginia, Genealogy.com

1760 Birth Record in Rhode Island

Jesse VA Hall in the Family Data Collection - Individual Records

• Name: Jesse VA Hall
• Spouse: Phoebe Wilbur
• Parents: Benajah Hall, Elizabeth Dennis
• Birth Place: Washington, Westerly, RI
• Birth Date: 22 Mar 1760
• Death Place: Christiansburg, Montgomery, VA
• Death Date: 6 Aug 1848

Source Citation Birth year: 1760; Birth city: Westerly; Birth state: RI

Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

Birth:

Date: 22 March 1760

Place: Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA^[8]

Doppelganger's 1761 Birth Record in Virginia

Jesse Hall in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

• Name: Jesse Hall
• Birth Date: 1761
• Birthplace: Virginia,
• Volume: 70
• Page Number: 238
• Biographical Info: Rev.War
• Reference: Census of pensioners for Rev. military serivces. Washington, DC. 1841. (195p.):135

Source Information

Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999.

Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

1776 American Revolution War Rolls

Jesse Hall in the U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783

• Name: Jesse Hall
• Military Place: Virginia, USA
• State or Army Served: Continental Troops
• Rank: PRIV

Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.

Original data: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.

1810 U.S. Census [Montgomery County, Virginia]

Jesse Hall in the 1810 United States Federal Census

• Name: Jesse Hall
• Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Montgomery, Virginia
• Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2
• Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
• Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
• Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
• Number of Household Members: 7

Source Citation Year: 1810; Census Place: Montgomery, Virginia; Roll: 70; Page: 614; Image: 00063; Family History Library Film: 0181430

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1820 U.S. Census [Montgomery County, Virginia]

Jesse Hall in the 1820 United States Federal Census

• Name: Jesse Hall
• Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia
• Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
• Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2
• Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
• Slaves - Males - Under 14: 1
• Slaves - Females - Under 14: 1
• Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
• Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
• Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
• Total Free White Persons: 5
• Total Slaves: 3
• Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 8

Source Citation 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia; Page: 176; NARA Roll: M33_130; Image: 338

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Description This database details those persons enumerated in the 1820 United States Federal Census, the Fourth Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to the actual images of the 1820 Federal Census. Enumerators of the 1820 census were asked to include the following categories in the census: name of head of household, number of free white males and females, number of other free persons except Indians, number of slaves, town or district and county of residence

1 February 1825 Son's Marriage to Ann Watterson

Jesse Hall Sr. mentioned in the record of Jesse Hall Jr. and Ann Watterson

• Name Jesse Hall [Sr.]
• Sex Male
• Son Jesse Hall [Jr.]

Other information in the record of Jesse Hall and Ann Watterson from Virginia Marriages

• Name Jesse Hall
• Birth Date 1804
• Age 21
• Spouse's Name Ann Watterson
• Event Date 01 Feb 1825
• Event Place Montgomery County, Virginia
• Father's Name Jesse Hall
• Spouse's Father's Name Thos. Watterson

Citing this Record

"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8N-59F : 5 December 2014), Jesse Hall in entry for Jesse Hall and Ann Watterson, 01 Feb 1825; citing Montgomery County, Virginia, reference P 194; FHL microfilm 32,633.

Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 Indexing Project (Batch) Number M86878-8 System Origin Virginia-EASy GS Film number 32633 Reference ID P 194

15 Dec 1828 Son's Marriage to Catherine Huff

Jesse Hall in the Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850

• Name: Jesse Hall [Junior, born 1804]
• Gender: Male
• Spouse Name: CATHERINE [Mrs] Huff
• Spouse Gender: Female
• Marriage Date: 15 Dec 1828
• County: Montgomery
• State: Virginia

Source Information Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.

Description This collection of marriage records includes the names of over 300,000 men and women married in Virginia between 1740 and 1850.

1830 U.S. Census [Montgomery County, VA]

Jesse Hall in the 1830 United States Federal Census

• Name: Jesse Hall
• Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia
• Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
• Slaves - Males - Under 10: 3
• Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
• Slaves - Females - Under 10: 3
• Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
• Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1
• Total Free White Persons: 2
• Total Slaves: 9
• Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 11

Source Citation 1830; Census Place: Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 198; Page: 69; Family History Library Film: 0029677

Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Description

This database details those persons enumerated in the 1830 United States Federal Census, the Fifth Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to the actual images of the 1830 Federal Census. Enumerators of the 1830 census were asked to include the following categories in the census: name of head of household, number of free white males and females, number of other free persons, names of slave owners and number of slaves, number of foreigners, and town or district and county of residence.

1833 Bounty Land Warrant Application

Jesse Hall in the U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

• Name: Jesse Hall
• Pension Year: 1833
• Application State: Virginia
• Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File
• Archive Publication Number: M804
• Archive Roll Number: 1161
• Total Pages in Packet: 50

Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Description This data collection contains an estimated 80,000 application files from officers and enlisted men who served in the Revolutionary War in all branches of the American military: army, navy, and marines. The files that make up these records consist of 10" x 14" cards or 10" x 14" envelopes that can contain documents relating to an application for a pension or bounty-land warrant by a Revolutionary War veteran, his widow, or his heirs. The files can contain a wide variety of records submitted to support an application. Information of genealogical interest includes the application itself, which can provide the soldier’s name, rank, unit, time of service, age, date of birth, residence, and sometimes birthplace.

1840 U.S. Census [Montgomery County, VA]

1840 United States Federal Census

• Name: Jesse Hall
• Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Montgomery, Virginia
• Birth Year: abt 1760
• Age: 80
• Military Service: Veteran ^[9]

1848 Death Records

Jesse VA Hall in the Family Data Collection - Deaths

• Name: Jesse VA Hall
• Death Date: 6 Aug 1848
• City: Christiansburg
• County: Montgomery
• State: VA
• Country: USA

Source Information Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Deaths [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

Find A Grave Memorial

Jesse Hall in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

Go to website: Find A Grave Memorial No. 16306772

• Name: Jesse Hall
• Gender: Male
• Birth Date: 22 Mar 1760
• Birth Place: Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States of America
• Death Date: 2 Oct 1848
• Death Place: Alleghany Springs, Montgomery County , Virginia , United States of America
• Cemetery: Barnett Family Cemetery
• Burial or Cremation Place: Montgomery County , Virginia , United States of America
• Has Bio?: Y
• Spouse: Phoebe Hall
• Children: John Hall

Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.

Description This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.

1930 Sons of the American Revolution Application

Jesse Hall in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

• Name: Jesse Hall
• Birth Date: 22 Mar 1760
• Birth Place: Rhode Island
• Death Place: Montgomery, Virginia
• SAR Membership: 50457
• Role: Ancestor
• Application Date: 26 Aug 1930
• Spouse: Phoebe Wilbur
• Children: Freeborn Hall

Source Citation Volume: 253

Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

National Society, Sons of the American Revolution

Description This database contains applications for membership in the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution approved between 1889 and 31 December 1970. These records can be an excellent source for names, dates, locations, and family relationships.

Phoebe Wilbur in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

• Name: Phoebe Wilbur
• SAR Membership: 50457
• Role: Ancestor
• Application Date: 26 Aug 1930
• Spouse: Jesse Hall
• Children: Freeborn Hall

Source Citation Volume: 253

Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

Research Notes

The following links may be of interest to those who wish to do further research on Jesse Hall and his family tree.

Resources for Further Research

New York Research Tools: New York State Wiki Page, FamilySearch.org

Dutchess County Research Tools: Dutchess County Wiki Page, FamilySearch.org

Virginia Research Tools: Virginia Wiki Page at FamilySearch.org

Montgomery County Virginia Research Tools: Montgomery County Wiki Page, FamilySearch.org

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Hall-5673 created through the import of My Family Tree.ged on Nov 30, 2011 by Carrie French. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Carrie and others.
• Frank Linton, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Frank and others.

Jesse was born in 1760. He passed away in 1848.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003). Vol. 6, pages 73-74.
2. ↑ Insert standard reference citation here.
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial 104929114, Jesse Hall, 1755-1833.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: United States Senate.The Pension Roll of 1835.4 vols. 1968 Reprint, with index. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Summers, Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800
6. ↑ [https://hallfamilyname.com/index.html Hall Family History website
7. ↑ RootsWeb at this link: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jewelfamily&id=I73
8. ↑ Source: #S-2108314135 Page: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Montgomery, Virginia; Roll: ; Page: . Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=2069018&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1760 Birth place: Residence date: 1840 Residence place: Montgomery, Virginia, United States APID: 1,8057::2069018
9. ↑ United States Census, 1840; Census Place: Montgomery, Virginia; Roll: 567; Page: 16; Image: 398; Family History Library Film: 0029689. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Accessed at Ancestry.com.

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