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- The Descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth Rhode Island
https://ia800208.us.archive.org/34/items/descendantsoftho00lcreed/descendantsoftho00lcreed.pdf
William Hall's wife, Mary "Polly" Durfee is the daughter of James Durfee and Mary Burrington. The relevant pages are 241, 242, and 403, 404. Eleven children are listed including George Hall born 10 September 1805. The book mentions that James Durfee removed his family to Madison, New York in 1803. That is where William Hall and Mary Durfee's son George was most likely born.
pp. 406ff
II. HALL, RUTH (William 2d, George 1st); born in Portsmoth, R. I., April 28, 1795; died in North Stonington, Conn., January 11, 1875; married in Madison Co., N. Y., October 6, 1817, to Job S. Collins, of Utica, N. Y., son of Joseph, born in Hopkinton, R. I.; died in Utica, N. Y., December 5, 1870.
Their children were:
I. -- ELECTA J. COLLINS, born in Morrisville, N. Y., August 22, 1818, and weighed 2 1/2 lbs.; died in Great Barrington, Mass., October 18, 1896; married in New Hartford (near Utica), N. Y., January 11, 1844, to Abel Francis Collins, of North Stonington, Conn.; born in North Stonington, Conn., January 22, 1809; died in Great Barrington, Mass., June 15, 1886.
Their children were:
1st. -- FRANK W. COLLINS, born February 6, 1845; died December 16, 1887.
2d. -- CLARKSON A. COLLINS, born December 16 1853, of New York City.
3d. -- A. CHALKLEY COLLINS, born March 27, 1857, at Great Barrington, Mass.
II. -- CLARKSON T. COLLINS (M.D.); born January 8, 1821; died in 1881.
III. -- CHALKLEY COLLINS (M.D.) ; born Janueary 10, 1826; died in 1844.
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