Esther B. Wolcott

Female 1787 - 1858  (71 years)


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  • Name Esther B. Wolcott  [1
    Born 19 Jul 1787  Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    1850 Census 15 Aug 1850  Granville Township, Licking County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • p. 80a
      Nathan Hall        68  M   Laborer  -----   Mass
      Mrs.      "           66   F                           "
      Augustovas  "     22  M   None                 "
      Wallace       "     17  M     "                      "
    Died 3 Sep 1858  Prairie Township, Crawford County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Aft 3 Sep 1858  Grand Prairie Cemetery, Prairie Township, Crawford County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I63811  New England Hall Families Master Tree
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2017 

    Father Joseph Wolcott, Sr.,   b. 1740, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1808, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Bosworth,   b. 28 Aug 1746, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1812, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 16 Sep 1766  Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1142  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nathan Hall, Jr.,   b. Cal 8 Jun 1777, Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1863, Prairie Township, Crawford County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Married 1810 
    Children 
     1. Nathan Lathiel Hall,   b. 3 Sep 1831, Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1915, Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     2. Gustavus Hall,   b. Cal 1818,   d. 12 Oct 1826  (Age ~ 8 years)
     3. Sarah Maria Hall,   b. 22 Jan 1821, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1851, Prairie Township, Crawford County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     4. John G. Hall,   b. Abt 1826, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown
     5. Augustus Hall,   b. Abt 1828, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown
     6. Wallace William Hall,   b. 12 Dec 1832, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1911, Crawford County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2017 
    Family ID F1141  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Jul 1787 - Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Sep 1858 - Prairie Township, Crawford County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Aft 3 Sep 1858 - Grand Prairie Cemetery, Prairie Township, Crawford County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S66] Ishams in England and America by Homer Worthington Brainard, Homer Worthington Brainard, (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company Inc., 1938.), http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10297&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0., pp. 163-164 (Reliability: 3).


      33. ELIZABETH ISHAM (Benjamin, John, John), born in Windsor (East, now Ellington), Conn. Sept. 12, 1756; date of her death not found; married about 1780, Nathan Hall, son of Thomas and Sarah (Clark) Hall.

      Thomas Hall, born 1712 in Easton, Mass.; died in Ellington 1777. Sarah his wife died in Ellington 1776, aged 55 years.

      Nathan Hall was a farmer; removed from Ellington to West Granville, now Tolland, Mass.

      Children:

      Nancy, b. ____; m. Jesse Dudley Hawley, b. Dec. 7, 1774, son of Rev. Rufus and Deborah (Kent) Hawley of Avon, Conn. They removed to Morgan, O. and thence to Napoli, N. Y. He had, perhaps by another wife, children: Aratus, Philena and Elvira.

      Elizabeth, b. ____; m. Timothy Twining, b. 1782, d. Sept. 22, 1824, son of Elijah and Lois (Rogers) Twining of Tolland, Mass., where he resided. Only child Miranda, b. Aug. 1, 1812; d. May 14, 1860; m. Austin Goodale of Jefferson, O. Another source says that TImothy Twining m. Betsey Hamilton; perhaps an error.

      Gordon, b. Apr. 8, 1784, at West Granville (now Tolland), Mass.; d. in Bombay, India, Mar. 20, 1826, 1826; m. in 1816 Margaret Lewis, b. in Carew Newton, Wales, in 1783, d. in Northampton, Mass. in 1868. Gordon Hall was the first American missionary to India. His son Gordon Hall, Jr. was long a minister at Northampton, Mass. His widow was living at Chicago in 1908; had a large family. George Hall, a brother of Gordon, Jr., m. a daughter of Francis Cooley.

      Nathan, b. ____; m. Esther Wolcott, b. July 19, 1787, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bosworth) of Sandisfield, Mass. Nathan Hall, Jr. lived in Tolland, Mass. for many years, and then removed to Ohio.

      Authorities: Twining Genealogy, p. 48; Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 931; Memoir of Gordon Hall, by H. Bardwell, Andover, Mass., 1834; letter of Mrs. Gordon Hall, 1908.