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- Halls of New England - Halls of Guilford, Conn., p. 34 ff
The immigrant ancestor was
(Family 1) WILLIAM HALL1, son of Gilbert Hall, probably of Rolvedon, Kent Co., Eng. His wife, Esther, probably came with him. She survived her husband and died in about 1683. He died March 8, 1669. He was one of the Guild company under the leadership of Rev. William Whitefield. They formed a plantation covenant and signed it while on their passage, June 1, 1649. The company was composed mostly of select young men. There is a record of only two children of William & Esther Hall.
1. John b. 1648 (Family 2).
2. Samuel (Family 3).
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In a book about the origins of Francis Hall of Fairfield, Danny Hall, debunks the connection between Francis and William.
See: http://www.box.net/shared/bznzdntue9 p. 8ff
Francis Hall's origin in England has been subject to many mis-truths and errors over the last 150+ years. The main source of these errors was Dr. David B. Hall's "Hall's of New England", where he states that Francis was the son of Gilbert Hall of Rolvenden, Kent in England.1 Francis' arrival in New Haven was just about the exact same time as William Hall, who was Gilbert's son. Dr. Hall appears to have made the error of assuming they were brothers.
Gilbert Hall of Staplehurst
I personally visited Staplehurst, a nice little town, in late April of 1999 and attempted to research
Gilbert's family. I didn't find anything while there, but when I returned I was able to find quite a bit.
Gilbert had a very large family. They were:
Name Baptized Place Died Place
Frideswyde 23 June 1611 Hunton before 1654 Unknown
Margaret 27 September 1612 Hunton before 1654 Unknown
John 15 January 1614/1615 Hunton 16 March 1638/1639 Staplehurst
William 29 September 1616 Hunton
Mercy 14 November 1619 Hunton 3 January 1622 Staplehurst
Sylvestra (daughter) 15 June 1621 Staplehurst 21 January 1638/1639 Staplehurst
Susanna 15 June 1621 Staplehurst 28 February 1638/1639 Staplehurst
Richard 21 November 1624 Staplehurst 5 March 1638/1639 Staplehurst
James 24 August 1626 Staplehurst before 1654 Unknown
Samuel 6 April 1628 Staplehurst
Unnamed Child 13 January 1629/1630 Staplehurst 13 February 1629/1630 Staplehurst
Thomas 13 January 1629/1630 Staplehurst 18 February 1629/1630 Staplehurst
Anne 13 January 1629/1630 Staplehurst 18 February 1629/1630 Staplehurst
Elizabeth 17 April 1631 Staplehurst
Jane 7 April 1633 Staplehurst
Unfortunately, most of Gilbert's children appear to have died young. Gilbert, "an ancient clothier"
died 20 July 1654 in Staplehurst. In Gilbert's will dated 28 October 1653 and probated 12 September 1654, he mentions his son William in "Newe England" to whom he gave his house in "Whithersham" in the Eyele of Ipaenys (?), as long as he renounced any legacies due from his grandfather John Allen's estate, his grandsons John and Samuel the sons of William, his son Samuel to whom he gave only 12 pence and only if lawfully demanded, his daughter Elizabeth who was to get £10 plus the 20 pence given to her by her uncle John Allen, plus the items Gilbert was holding from a Peter Coveney, and the land and house in Staplehurst, and his daughter Jane, who was made the executor and co-heir with her sister to everything else left over.
James, Margaret and Frideswyde all appear to be dead before 1654, and if they married, did not have any children.
As can be seen, no Francis Hall's are named in the will or in those church records.
Even though this line has been dis-proven for Francis, I am still including what I have found on
Gilbert's family for William Hall of Guilford, Connecticut researchers. A few other items of interest
found were:
Widdow Hall died 22 March 1625/1626 Staplehurst
Fridswid wife Gilbert Hall died 21 February 1638/1639 Staplehurst
Margery Hall baptized 16 March 1566 Wittersham daughter Richard5
Katren Hall baptized 29 October 1570 Wittersham daughter Richard
William Hall baptized 1574 Wittersham son Richard
William Hall baptized 5 September 1577 Wittersham son Richard
Gilbert Hall baptized 25 September 1586 Wittersham son Richard
Richard Hall baptized 12 january 1588/1589 Wittersham son Richard
Friswife Allyn baptized 25 December 1592 Hunton (no parents listed)
Note that Wittersham is about 2 miles south of Rolvenden. There appears to be at least one branch of these Hall's in Wittersham into the mid 1600's, including another Gilbert Hall baptized 16 June 1637 the son of John and Joan.
Gilbert's father-in-law John Allen of Hunton wrote a will dated 21 February 1619/1620:
Gilbert's father-in-law John Allen of Hunton wrote a will dated 21 February 1619/1620:
John Allen of Huntington als. Hunton, Co. Kent, Clothier.
To the poor of Hunton and adjacent parishes; wife Susan; father-in-law James Partriche,
deceased.; tent. of my wife's which I sold to Samuel Evenden; daughter Frideswyde, her
4 children. (all under 21); their father; my son William Allen and his son William Allen
(under 21); lands in Staplehurst and Cranbrook, Co. Kent; the 2 sisters (under 21) of my
grandchild Wm. Allen, by his own mother; son-in-law Gilbert Hall; Exor: son James
Allen. [John Allen] Wits: Theophilus Higgons, Thomas Holyman, Gilbert Hall, Robert
Hadsman. (Probated 28 April. 1620.)
And on the Allen side in Staplehurst these records were found that may be relevant:
Edward Simons + Fizissha Allen married 25 November 1634 in Teston, Kent (She appears to be a daughter of William Allen and Margaret or Sarah Champman baptized 19 March 1615 Staplehurst)
Anne ye daughter of Edward Simons and Fridswid his wife 15 November 1641 Staplehurst (buried 27 November 1641)
Anne of the same 5 August 1643
William of the same 10 August 1646
Elizabeth of the same 8 February 1650/1651
Elizabeth of the same 17 July 1636
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From FindaGrave:
It is stated in the John Stone Family Genealogy that the first ship, the St. John, commanded by Captain Russell, sailed from England on May 20, 1639, and arrived at New Haven between July 10th and 15th, 1639. The list of persons (in alphabetical order) who are believed to have come in this ship and to have settled, with few exceptions, in Guilford is as follows:
John Bishop, Francis Bushnell, Francis Chatfield, William Chitteden, Thomas Cook, Abraham Cruttenden, Henry Dowd, William Dudley, Richard Gutridge, John Hoadley, William Hall, John Hughes, John Jordan, Thomas Jones, Henry Kingsnorth, Robert Kitchell, William Leete, John Mepham, William Plane, John Parmelin, Thomas Nash, Thomas Norton, John Stone, William Stone, Rev. Henry Whitfield.
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Bef 1616 - 1670 (~ 53 years)
