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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. 407-410
IV. -- HALL, WILLIAM (William 2d, George 1st.). Born in Portsmouth, R.I., July 21, 1898; died in Orangeville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., February 14, 1887; married in Orangeville, Wyoming Co., N.Y., December 4, 1824, to ANNA BUTLER, or Orangeville, N. Y., daughter of Phineas and Chrloe (Hammond) Butler; born in Kennebec, Maine, February 22, 1804; died in Orangeville, N. Y., April 6, 1844.
Their children were:
XXI. -- 1st. GEORGE HALL, born October 5, 1825; died April 26, 1827.
XXII. -- 2d. PHINEAS HALL, born March 1, 1828; died January 14, 1848.
XXIII. -- 3d. CHLOE HALL, born May 12, 1831; died May 21, 1875.
XXIV, -- 4th. DAVID HALL, born February 24, 1834.
XXV. -- 5th. ANNA HALL, born December 19, 1843.
Mr. Hall married a second time, November 10, 1857, to MARTHA SNELL, daughter of John and Sarah (Macomber) Snell. She died May 1, 1852. They had one child.
XXVI. -- MARY A. HALL, born September 2, 1849.
The parents of William Hall with their family removed from Portsmouth, R. I., to Madison, N. Y., when he was about four years old. He lived with them until 1823, when he came to reside in Orangevill, Wyoming Co., N. Y., and there spent the remaining years of his life, where all his children were born.
His daughter Chloe Hall, never married. She taught school until her health failed; after which she resided at the old homestead. Her brother, David Hall, Esq., writes of her as follows : "She was very conscientious in all her doings; was a member of the Baptist Church, and lived a life consistent with what the professed Christian should be."
Mr. Hall writes also of his father: "Father affiliated with the Society of Friends, of which meeting he was a member. He led a quiet life on the farm, and I think his honesty and integrity were never questioned. He took but little interest in politics, voting with the Whigs and Republicans whenever he went to the polls."
His children have been held in high estimation in the communities where they have found homes, inheriting the worthy characteristics of their parents.
XXIV. -- HALL, DAVID (William 3d, William 2d, George 1st). Born in Orangeville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., February 24, 1834; living in Orangeville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1902; married in Orangeville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., November 1, 1860, to REBECCA A. HEAD, or Orangeville, N. Y., daughter of Joseph and Caroline (Bullard) Head; born in Orangeville, N. Y., May 10, 1836; died in Orangeville, N. Y., October 25, 1882.
Their children were (born in Orangeville, N. Y.):
1st. -- CAROLINE R. HALL, born February 24m 1863; unmarried. Living, September, 1901, in Orangeville, N. Y., at the home of her birth. She has for many years been a successful teacher in the public schools of Orangeville, N. Y.
2nd. -- MAUD M. HALL, born December 5, 1867; married March 25, 1888, in Orangeville, N. Y., to BURT COOK, of Orangeville, N. Y. They were living in Orangeville, N. Y., in 1902.
Their children were (born in Orangeville, N. Y.):
1st. -- JESSE COOK, born June 29, 1889.
2d. -- THEO. COOK, born December 28, 1893.
Mr. Cook is by occupation a farmer.
3d. -- ANNA G. HILL, boirn April 22, 1870; married in Orangeville, N.Y., February 20, 1900, to JOHN RAMSEY, of Orangeville, N. Y.; son of Daniel and Verona (Norton) Ramsey; born in Orangeville, N. Y., April 1, 1978.
Mrs. Ramsey was formerly matron of the home for the poor, of Wyoming Co., N.Y.
4th -- BURTON D. HALL, born March 14, 1873; resides in Orangeville, N. Y., on his farm joining his father's place; married March 28, 1893, to CHRISTIANA FISHER.
Their children were (born in Orangeville, N.Y.):
1st. -- STELLA HALL, born January 27, 1894.
2d. -- HAROLD HALL, born May 16, 1895.
3d. -- HOWARD HALL, born April 23, 1898.
Mr. David Hall married a second time in Orangeville, N. Y., September 21, 1892, to MYRTA M. SPINK, or Orangeville, N. Y., daughter of Jonathan O. and Lavinia A. (Wilcox) Spink; born in Orangeville, N. Y., and has always resided here.
David Hall, Esq., has always resided on the place where he was born, where he has been engaged in agriculturem and for some years past has added apiculture; thus, during the summer months, his time has been divided between the farm and the bees.
In politics he is a Republican; having an official record confined to the town in which he resides, where for nearly twenty-five years he has served the town either as assessor, justice of the peace or supervisor. He was brought up under the influence of the Society of Friends and though not a member of their meeting, thinks their way religiously.
XXV. -- HALL, ANNA (William 3d, William 2d, George 1st). Born in Orangeville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., December 19, 1843; died in Johnsonburg, Wyoming Co., N. Y., August 22, 1877; married in Orangeville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., November 29, 1863, to DANIEL LINCOLN, of Orangeville, N. Y., son of Ichabod and Melinda (Griffin) Lincoln; born in Orangeville, N. Y., November 18, 1836; died in Orangeville, N. Y., July 11, 1896.
Their children were:
a. -- 1st. MARIA LINCOLN, born May 4, 1865; died August 31, 1896; married October 12, 1885, to FRED. BAKER.
Their children were:
1st. -- ANNA MAY BAKER, born August 24, 1886.
2d. -- WILLIAM BAKER, died in infancy.
3d. -- MARGUERITE BAKER, born August 12, 1894.
b. -- 2nd. MARY LINCOLN, born July 5, 1866; married April 23, 1889, to FRED WAGONER. They had ALICE MARIA WAGONER, born August 31, 1892.
c. -- 3d. ALICE LINCOLN, born April 15, 1870; married April 4, 1889, to CHARLES WAGONER.
Anna Hall Lincoln while an infant was adopted into the family of Daniel Butler, her cousin, who resided in Wyoming Co., N. Y., by whom she was brought up and with whom she lived until her marriage, after which she, with her husband, settled on a farm in Orangeville, near Johnsonburg, where she continued to reside until her death. It is said of her, that she was a regular attendant at church. As to her membership we are not informed.
XXVI. -- HALL, MARY A. (William 3d, William 2d., George 1st). Boarn in Orangeville, N. Y., September 2, 1849; married in Orangeville, N. Y., October 29, 1873, to ELIAS HILLIKER, of Colden, Erie Co., N.Y., son of Stephen and Phebe A. (Macomber) Hilliker; born in Colden, Erie Co., N. Y., August 27, 1846. They were living in Aurura, Erie Co., N. Y., in 1897. They have son EDWIN HILLIKER, born Mary 28, 1877. Mary A. (Hall) Hilliker was brought up in the family of her brother, David, under the tutelage of her sister Chloe. After her marriage she resided for a few years in Orangeville, after which she removed with her husband to Erie Co., N.Y., where they have resided most of the time since, in the village of Aurora, near Buffalo.
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1798 - 1887 (88 years)
