Family of Benjamin Hall and Elisabeth Moseley

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Surname/tag: Hall, Moseley, Mosley

Creating this to get the sources for the names of the children of Benjamin Hall (1746 - 1833) and Elizabeth Mosely (1747-1820) in one place, for ease of linking from their profiles.

Note: In some cases I've altered the formatting for clarity, such adding or removing hard line breaks. "^" denotes a number in superscript.

While many different records, such as the Cornish town history and death certificates for the children, cite the birthplace of all but their oldest child as Cornish, N.H., I've been unable to find any mention of this family in the existing records for Cornish (which cover this time period).

Any assistance finding primary sources for the births of these children is most welcome.

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Under "Sutton Marriages":

Hall Benjamin and Elisabeth Moseley, Aug 22, 1771.

Source: Rice, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce). Vital records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, MA: F.P. Rice, 1907. p. 271. Link to page at archive.org

ibid, p.78, under Sutton Births:

Hall Polly, d. Benjamin and Elizabeth, June 16, 1772.

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(Under the entry for Benjamin's father, Rev. David Hall:)

Benjamin^5 (Rev. David^4, Joseph^3, John^2, John^1),

m. Elizabeth Mosely, Aug. 22, 1771.

Ch. -- 1, Polly, b. June 16, 1774.

Removed to Cornish, N. H.

Source: William Addison Benedict and Hiram Averill Tracy. History of the town of Sutton, Massachusetts, from 1704 to 1876: including Grafton until 1735; Millbury until 1813; and parts of Northbridge, Upton and Auburn. Worcester, MA: Sanford and Co., 1878. P. 657. Link to page at archive.org

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6. Benjamin^5 Hall (David^4, Joseph^3, John^2-1) b. Feb. 27, 1745; d. at St. Albans, Vt., Aug. 20, 1833, at the home of his son, Charles, where he had lived a few years. He m. Aug. 22, 1771, Elizabeth Mosely, who d. Sept. 19, 1820. He was a farmer and res. in Cornish most of his life.

Seven children, all b. in Cornish:

i. David, b. 1775. Rem. to Brimfield, Portage Co., O., where he d. in 1844.

ii. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 29, 1777; m. first, Jonas Parker; m. second, Chas. Badger; m. third, William Walker. She d. in Sparta, Tenn., Nov. 23, 1846.

iii. John, b. ---, 1779; m. Nov. 25, 1814, Lois Morgan of Hartland, Vt., who d. in Cornish May 29, 1843. Res. in Cornish, Windsor and Ludlow, Vt. He was a saddler; d. in 1847.

iv. Charles, b. Feb. 2, 1785. Graduated at Med. Dept. of Dartmouth College in 1811. A physician and surgeon of high standing, also a liberal writer on various medical subjects. An ardent promoter of temperance. He m. first, July 18, 1813, Eliza Broyton, of Swanton, Vt.; m. second, May 16, 1821, Charlotte Jane Hubbard of Swanton. He res. at St. Albans and Burlington, Vt.; d. at Burlington Dec. 3, 1847. Had eight children.

v. Benjamin Prescott, b. ---, 1786; m. ---, 1843, Bridgett Little. Settled in Canada where he d. at Ft. Erie, Ont., Feb. 12, 1850.

vi. Cyrenius, b. 1788; m. three times; res. at Ft. Erie and Westmoreland, Ont., dying at the latter place, Feb. 20, 1860.

vii. Horace, b. in 1793; m. Dec. ­--, 1815, Maria Field. A merchant, res. in Auburn, N. Y., and in New Orleans, La., where he d. of yellow fever in 1820.

Source: Child, William H. (William Henry). History of the town of Cornish, New Hampshire, with genealogical record, 1763-1910. Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press, 1911. P 184. Link to page at archive.org.

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Halls of Yarmouth, p.232:

(Family 60.) Benjamin Hall^5, pedigree as above : b. in Sutton Mass., Feb. 27, 1746; d. at St. Albans, Vt., Aug. 20, 1833, at the house of his son Charles with whom he had lived several years;

m. Elizabeth Mosely; residence Cornish, N. H.; was a farmer.

Children were:

1. David, b. 1775 (Family 122).

2. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 29, 1777 (Family 123).

3. John, b 1779 (Family 124).

4. Charles, b. Feb. 2, 1785 (Family 125).

5. Benjamin Prescott, b. 1786 (Family 126).

6. Cyrenius, b. 1788 (Family 127).

7. Horace, b. 1793 (Family 128).

Source: Hall, David Brainard. The Halls of New England :. Genealogical and biographical. Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, 1883. p.232. Link to page at archive.org