William Hall (1800 - 1889)

Born 26 Oct 1800 in Paulton, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Marchant) Hall — married 27 Mar 1826 in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Joanna (Noad) Hall — married 6 Nov 1837 in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Eliza (Kennedy) Hall — married 1877 in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 4 May 1889 at age 88 in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia

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William Hall migrated from Somerset, England to Victoria, Australia.

Obituary

"Death of Old Colonists" ^[1] "There died on Sunday, at his residence, near the Spottiswoode railway station, Mr. Wiliam Hall, late of Hobson's River Farm, Newport, at the ripe age of 83. Deceased, who succumbed to rupture, arrived at Williamstown on the 23rd June 1840, with his wife and family of five sons and one daughter, in the barque Andromarche, of 468 tons, Captain Thomas New, one of the Marshall line of emigrant ships of those days. On the 25th and 26th June Mr Hall and all his family were hired for 12 months by Mr Thomas Haines, butcher, of Williamstown.

In March1841, Mr Hall bought two small building lots of land for 70 pounds from the late Mr James Purves, father of Mr Purves, barrister. In that year he had also a sheep station near the present site of the North Williamstown railway station. The sheep were folded in yards made of branches of sheoak trees, which were then plentiful in the neighbourhood. At that time the wild dogs were numerous and very troublesome.

From 1843 to 1845 Mr Hall was in the employment of the late Thomas Wilsomere, butcher. In October 1847, he bought 100 acres on the banks of the Yarra at Newport for 22 shillings per acre. Here he gained a reputation as a practical farmer, and at most of the agricultural shows of the time won numerous prizes. Mr Hall was, on particular occasions, in the habit of wearing his coat some 30 or 40 medals which he had won, including the gold medal of the period for maize growing. He sold his farm five years back to a syndicate at a very considerable advance on the price he paid for it.

Mr Hall was three times married, and his third wife survives him. He was a Freemason of the Lodge of Kilwinning, Scottish constitution, and was buried on Tuesday with Masonic honours. He was a native of Paulton, near Taunton, Somersetshire, and born on 26th October, 1800."

Biography

William was born on 26 October 1800 in Paulton, Somerset, England ^[2] and baptised on 22 November 1801. He was the son of William Hall and Sarah Tidcombe. ^[3]

William married Lucy (Marchant) Hall (bef.1797-bef.1837) in 1826 in St James, Bath. They lived in Woolverton, Somerset and had 7 children together, two dying in infancy. Sadly, Lucy died age 35, leaving William with 5 children aged 10 and under.

William married his second wife Joanna Noad in 1837. ^[4] They had their first child together in 1839.

In 1840, William, Joanna and the 6 children emigrated to Australia on the ship Andromarche, arriving in Williamstown, in what is now Victoria but was then New South Wales. The family worked for a butcher and William purchased land, eventually becoming a farmer.

Joanna had another 2 children in 1844 and 1848. In 1847, William built a house on what is now the site of the Newport Power Station. It stood until 1914.

His second wife Joanna died in 1877. William married a third time, to widow Eliza McLeod, in 1877. ^[5]

He sold the farm in 1884 during the land boom, receiving a very good price.

He passed away in 1889. ^[6] His grave can be seen at Billion Graves.

Sources

1. ↑ DEATHS OF OLD COLONISTS. (1889, May 11). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), p. 30. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198064042
2. ↑ DEATHS OF OLD COLONISTS. (1889, May 11). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), p. 30. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198064042
3. ↑ Parish Baptism Register, Paulson, Somerset, England, 1801, 22 November. William, son of William and Sarah Hall.
4. ↑ Parish Marriage Register, Bath St James, 1837, 6 Nov. William Hall, farmer, son of William Hall blacksmith, married Joanna Noad, spinster daughter of James Noad, butcher.
5. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1961

   Name: William Hall

   Gender: Male

   Marriage Registration Date: 1877

   Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia

   Spouse: Eliza McLeod

   Reference Number: 1424

6. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1840-1991

   Name: Wm Hall

   Death Registration Date: 1889

   Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia

   Father: Wm

   Mother: Tidcombe

   Reference Number: 10328

Victoria BDM Index. William Hall, mother Tidcombe, died 1889.

Victoria Probate Records. William Hall, farmer, of Hobson's Bay, Williamstown, died 4 May 1889.