- 8. Mary Hall, (John,1) b. about 1654, m Henry Cook, son of Henry and Judith (Birdsale) Cook of Salem, Mass., born Dec. 30, 1652. She was living at Wallingford with her father and mother when John Hall spoke to her and others (in) his last will in 1676, and was married, probably, at Salem, Sept. 30. 1678. "Henry Cooke marryed to Mary Hale ye last of the 7th mo. 1678." (Salem records, from Collections Essex Institute, Vol. 2, 43.)
Facts hereinafter given show that "Hale" in the foregoing marriage record was intended for Hall. In olden times Hall was spelled "Halle," so that the omission of only a single letter renders the name Hale and we find this done in the Hartford land records before considered, where we know that "Hale" was meant for Hall. One Mary Cook, age 39, died Sept 4, 1695 (Wallingford records), and as she is not accounted for, some have suggested that she was this Mary Hale, the first wife of Henry Cook, and that Mary Hall was his second wife. Henry, son of Henry and Mary, was born 12 years before the death of this Mary Cook, so that he would not have been the son of a second Mary, but in the probate records of the estate of widow Mary Cook, 1718, he is called "her eldest son." This same son Henry quit-claims to his brother Isaac, his right in the "homestead which was our mother's Mary Cook's deed. of Wallingford" Aug. 16, 1720. (Wallingford land, Book 4, 188.) That the first, second, fifth, and eighth of his children were granddaughters of John Hall, and married respectively, Jeremiah How, Joseph Preston, Timothy beach, and Adam Mott, is shown by the following:
We, Jeremiah How ye 2d & Mary his wife, formerly Cook, both of Wallingford, to Daniel Hall, Jr., land that "comes to us on the right of our honored grandfather, Mr. John Hall the first of Wallingford & on the right of our honored father Henry Cook, late of Wallingford, decsd.,", dated March 19. 1729. (Wallingford land Book 6, p. 95)
"Joseph Preston & Jane my wife, of Wallingford" to Daniel Hall, Junior, land "which came by our ancestors as yet not layed out" dated Jan 8, 1724. (Wallingford Land, Book 4, p. 520.)
Timothy Beach & Hannah Beach, both of Walllingford to our brother Isaac Cook of Wallingford, "all our right that we should or might have in or to the seventh division of land * * * that shall or may accrue to us on our grandfather Hall's right & and our father Henry Cook's right;" dated May 24, 1734. (Wallingford Land Book 7, p. 141.)
Adam Mott & Elizabeth Mott, wife to Adam Mott of Wallingford, to Samuel Hall, "in right of my wife Elizabeth" land that " descends to us from our father Henry Cook of sd (sic) Wallingford & half an acre from our honored grandfather John Hall, deed;" dated Oct 19. 1724. (Wallingford Land, Book 4, p. 454.)
These facts prove that Mary Hall was Henry Cook's first and only wife. She named her first daughter "Mary" for herself, her second daughter "Jane" for her mother, her first son "Henry" for her husband, and her second son "John" for her father. Elizabeth, Jonathan, and David also appear to have been named for the Halls.
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Abt 1654 - 1718 (~ 64 years)
