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- Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis. Vol. II. Gardner-Moses
Hall, of Marshfield, p. 132 ff
iv. JOSEPH, b. June 14, 1745; m. in Marshfield Sept. 15, 1774, Susanna Randell; d. in Bowdoin Sept. 15, 1822. He was still living in Marshfield in 1790, when his family consisted of two males over sixteen, four males under sixteen and four females, but soom thereafter he joined his younger half-brothers in Bowdoin, Maine.
The will of Joseph Hall of Bowdoin, gentleman, was made April 14, 1817. He left property to his sons Peleg, John Martin and Isaac. To his son Luther. To his daughter Deborah Cowen. To his granddaughter Sarah Hall, daughter of John Hall, Esq., and also daughter of his late daughter Rachel Hall, a good gold necklace and her grandmother's silk gown. To his grandson Joseph Hall, son of Luther Hall, a silver watch. To his grandson Ephraim Hall, son of John and Rachel Hall. Residue to his four youngest sons, John, Martin, Luther and Isaac Hall. Executor: son John Hall. Proved March 18, 1823. [Lincoln Probate, 23: 515.]
Children:
1. Rachel; m. JOhn Hall and d. before 1817 leaving children Sarah and Ephraim.
2. Peleg, living in 1817.
3. Deborah; m. before 1817, ---- Cowing.
4. John; m. by 1809 Tabitha ----; d. in Bowdoin Sept. 18, 1834, aged 49. Tabitha Hall, widow, Moses Tibbetts and Luther Hall sureties, was appointed administratrix of his estate Nov. 20, 1834. [Lincoln Probate, 34:201.]. She was living in 1850, aged 61, born in New Hampshire. Children born in Bowdoin 1809-1822: Peleg, Isaac, Deborah, Cynthia, Jane and Abner (married, in 1850 census, as Albert).
5. Martin, b. Aug. 12, 1787 (gravestone); m. (1) int. Nov. 11, 1810, Jane Denham who d. in Bowdoin May 19, 1827; m. (2) Elizabeth ---- who d. in Bowdoin Feb. 11, 1861. Children born in Bowdoin by first wife 1811-1820: Susanna, Catherine, Thomas Denham, Mehitable, William, By second wife 1830-1832: Lavinia, Paulina.
6. Luther; m. (1) Dec. 26, 1811, Christiana Cowing of Lisbon who d. in Bowdoin Jan. 15, 1815, aged 24; m. (2) Catherine -----; m. (3) Priscilla Potter who d. in Bowdoin Nov. 28, 1860, aged 65; Luther Hall, Esq., d. in Bowdoin Dec. 9, 1878, aged 89. Children born in Bowdoin by wife Christiana 1816-1823: Joseph, Elizabeth. By wife Catheirne 1816-1823: Christiana, Mary, Tabitha, Daniel C., Priscilla. In the Census of 1850, he, aged 61, born in Massachusetts, and wife Priscilla, aged 55, are listed with children James 21, Elizabeth P. 18, Frances E. 16, Denham 12, and Alfred G. 9.
7. Isaac Randall, b. in Marshfield Nov. 14, 1791; m. Dec. 12, 1813, Deborah Cowing of Lisbon who d. in Litchfield Sept. 11, 1873, ages 79; d. in Litchfield Feb. 20, 1834. He was a sea-captain and lived for several years in Philadelphia, later moving to Litchfield.
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