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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. 410-412
VII. -- HALL, SARAH (William 2d, George 1st). Daughter of William and Mary (Durfee) Hall, of Portsmouth, R. I., and Waterville, Oneida Co., N.Y.; born in Madison, N.Y., November 15, 1803; died in Iowa, February 2, 1870; married March 10, 1825, to PETER COLLINS, son of Joseph and Hannah (---) Collins; died in Iowa, August 8, 1875.
Their children were :
I. -- JOSEPH COLLINS, born March 17, 1826.
II. -- THOMAS ELWOOD COLLINS, born May 5, 1830; married near Bangor, Marshall Co., Iowa, April 25, 1855, to SARAH WILLIAMS, daughter of Dr. Dearman and Mary (Farmer) Williams.
There children were :
1st. -- ALCAEUS COLLINS, born October 10, 1856.
2d. -- ALICE COLLINS, born November 20, 1858.
3d. -- OVELLA S. COLLINS, born October 4, 1860.
4th. -- OLIVE COLLINS, born June 29, 1862.
5th. -- WILLIAM DEARMAN COLLINS, born April 9, 1864.
6th. -- GALEN PETER COLLINS, born January 1, 1867.
7th. -- FRANKLIN EDWARD COLLINS, born February 23, 1871.
8th. -- ARTHUR ELWOOD COLLINS, born August 10, 1875.
III. -- HANNAH E. COLLINS, born December 20, 1831; died August 3, 1888; married in Salem, Iowa, August 20, 1851, to ISAAC B, PALMER, son of Abram and Catherine (Bradshaw) Palmer; born August 15, 1827.
Their children were :
a. -- SHEFFIELD PALMER, born June 9, 1858.
b. -- ESTHER PALMER, born February 17, 1866.
c. -- ELMA PALMER, born January 8, 1868; died January 6, 1901.
d. -- EDWARD PALMER, born November 25, 1835; died January 24, 1867; married in Friends Meeting, at Bangor, Marshall Co., Iowa, to JOHN F. WILLIAMS, son of Dr. Dearman and Mary (Farmer) Williams; born in Pennville, Morgan Co., Ohio, August 17, 1831.
Their children were :
1st. -- MARY I. WILLIAMS, born August 22, 1857.
2d. -- FRED H. WILLIAMS, born August 28, 1858; died August 8, 1882.
3d. -- ANNA B. WILLIAMS, born November 27, 1864.
V. -- MAHLON D. COLLINS (Rev.), born August 13, 1838; living (1901) in Philadelphia, Pa.; married September 24, 1856, to KETURAH ANN WILLIAMS, daughter of Dr. Dearman and Mary (Farmer) Williams.
Their children were :
a. -- RALPH P. COLLINS, born December 26, 1858.
b. -- LILLIAN W. COLLINS, born September 7, 1862; died in 1871.
c. -- MARY ELIZA COLLINS, born January 6, 1864; died in 1865.
d. -- EDITH H. COLLINS, born December 25, 1866; died in 1868.
e. -- STELLA FRANCES COLLINS, born December 20, 1869; died in 1871.
f. -- HERBERT EDWIN COLLINS, born March 27, 1872.
g. -- MABEL W. COLLINS, born October 18, 1873.
h. -- CENTENELLA COLLINS, born July 19, 1876.
i. -- ROY VINSON COLLINS, born May 22, 1879.
VI. -- ANNA F. COLLINS, born April 7, 1846; died in Clay Co., Mo., April 30, 1874 ("drowned with two daughters while crossing a river"); married May 1, 1864, to BENINE WILLIAMS, of Muscatine, Ia., son of Dr. Dearman and Mary (Farmer) Williams.
There children were :
a. -- MAHLON J. WILLIAMS.
b. -- BENJAMIN F. WILLIAMS.
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