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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. 413-414
XI. -- HALL, AMELIA CHARITY (William 2d, George 1st). Born in Madison, N. Y., November 18, 1813; died in Springdale, Iowa, August 22, 1860; married in Salem, Iowa, in August 1849, to BRINTON DARLINGTON, agent of Cheyenne and Arrapahoe Indians, son of Stephen and Rachel (---) Darlington; born in Fayette Co., Pa., December 3, 1804; died in Indian Territory, at Indian Agency, May 1, 1872.
Their chidren were:
WILLIAM T. DARLINGTOB; who was a soldier in the Union army during the War of Rebellion.
SARAH A. DARLINGTON, born in Muscatine, Ia., May 22, 1853; married in Indian Territory, January 27, 1872 to JACOB A. COVINGTON, of West Virginia, son of Elijah and Catherine (---) Covington; born in Wheeling, West Va., May 10, 1844. They were living in 1902 at 3629 Sunset Place, Fremont Station, Seattle, Wash.
Their children were (first four were born at Cheyenne Agency, Indian Territory):
1st. -- KATHERINE A. COVINGTON, born August 8, 1873; married in Fremont, Wash., May 7, 1892, to EDWARD C. JOHNSON, of Vermont. They reside at Seattle, Wash.
2d. -- WILLIAM D. COVINGTON, born August 28, 1875; living in 1902 at Seattle, Wash., where he is a stenographer in the office of Depot Q. M., U. S. A,; he was a soldier in the Spanish-American War; serving as Q. M. Sergt. in Co. B, 1st Washington Vol. Infty.; was wounder twice, for which he receives a pension.
3d. -- LOUISE ALICE COVINGTON, born August 31, 1879.
4th. -- MABEL ELECTA COVINGTON, born July 28, 1882.
5th. -- SARAH BIRD COVINGTON, born in Cardwell, Kas., December 19, 1888.
6th. -- ELIZABETH BELL COVINGTON, born in Fremont, Wash., January 1, 1894.
Mr. Jacob Covington served four years in the Union Army during the War of Rebellion; as Sergt. in Co. D, 40th Regt. N. Y. Vols. Infty., and as Lieut. in same Co., and Regt.. In 1902, he was a clerk in the County Treasurer's Office at Seattle, Wash.
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