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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
v. SETH, b. abt 1750; m. about 1772 Jane Oldham; d. in Nobleborough, Maine, in 1807. He was probably the Seth Hall who enlisted on Sept. 23, 1776, in Capt. Amos Turner's company, Col. John Cushing's regiment, for two months' service, reenlisting in Scituate on Dec. 16, 1776, in Capt. Peirce;s company, Col. Jeremiah Hall's regiment, and serving three months at Bristol, Rhode Island. He accompanied or followed his brother to Maine where he was living in Bristol in 1790, his family consisting of two males over sixteen, three males under sixteen and seven females. A housewright by trade, he bough from his brother Jams one hundred acres in Nobleborough June 2, 1793 [Lincoln Deeds, 30: 173]
The will of Seth Hall of Nobleborough was made Feb. 11 and proved June 24, 1807. He left all of his estate, real and personal, to his sons Thomas and Timothy Hall, they to pay to his son Elijah Hall $350, to his daughter Sarah Grotton $50, to the heirs of his daughter Jane Warner $50, to his daughter Mary Gridley $50, to the heirs of his daughter Eunice Genthner $50, to his sons John Hall and Peleg Hall $350 each at the age of twenty-one. Executor: James Hall of Nobleborough. Witnesses: George Reed, John Burns, Thomas McGuyer. His farm was valued at $1833 and one-sixth of a saw-mill at $166. [Lincoln Probate, 12:158, 161, 246, 311-2.]
Children:
1. Elijah, b. July 7, 1773; m. int. in Nobleborough Oct. 20, 1795, Dorothy Winslow; d. Jan. 19, 1827, aged 53.
2. Sarah, b. Sept. 21, 1774; m. in Nobleborough June 28, 1796, John Groton.
3. Jane, b. July 9, 1776; m., int. in Nobleborough Aug. 26, 1796, Henry Warner of Vannah; d. before 1807 leaving children Lucinda, Damaris, Seth and Lydia Warner.
4. Mary, b. Dec. 12, 1777; m., int. Oct. 20, 1794, John Ridlon of Newcastle, called Gridley in her father's will.
5. Thomas, b. May 16, 1779; m. in Nobleborough Feb. 2, 1803, Anne Warner.
6. Peter, b. Feb. 21, 1782; d. young.
7. Eunice, b. Dec. 9, 1783; m. in Nobleborough Feb. 22, 1801, John Genthner; d. before 1807, leaving children Lucretia, John and Eunice Genthner.
8. Patience, b. May 2, 1785; d. young.
9. Lydia, b. Nov. 18, 1788; d. young.
10. Timothy, b. June 12, 1790; m. int. in Nobleborough Feb. 16, 1810, Mary Chapman.
11. John, b. Jan. 4, 1792.
12. Peleg, b. Aug. 28, 1795; d. Oct. 1, 1857
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