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- Halls of New England, pp. 229-230
(Family 54.) DAVID HALL5, David4, Joseph3, John2, John1 : b. in Sutton, Mass, May 5, 1732; d. in Hartland, Vt., 1796; m., 1st, Mary BassetI, of Pomfret, Conn.; m., 2d, Olive Smead, of Windsor, Vt., b. Aug., 1746; d. Aug., 1829, at the house of her dau. Olive in Cornish, and was buried in Windsor.
David Hall graduated at Harvard college; settled first in Pomfret, Conn.; removed to Windsor, Vt., and lived within about one mile of Gen. Jonathan Chase, of Cornish, N. H.; after losing his first wife and all but one of his children he became intemperate, but afterwards reformed quite a good deal, and married again; towards the close of his life, when sick, he went to Hartland, Vt., and lived until his death at Samuel Capens, who was a friend, and also from Sutton; he was buried in Pine Plains grave yard, Hartland; he gave his youngest two children to Mrs. Capon to bring up.
Children were:
1. Mary.
2. Joseph.
3. Elizabeth.
4. David
all [above] died, and also his wife, by a sweeping sickness, as it was called, and the only one of his family left was the baby.
5. Sarah (Family 110).
And by 2d wife he had :
6. Roxana, b. Jan. 12, 1778 (Family 111).
7. Jonathan C., d. at Manlius Square, N. Y., about 1857, unmarried.
8. Olive, b. March or April, 1782; m. Samuel Green, of Cornish.
9. Nathan, b. Feb. 27, 1784, went to Boston to find employment, and in a year or two his friends heard that he was coming home, but they never heard of him again.
10. Mary, b. 1786.
11. A dau. b. and d.
12. Elizabeth C., b. 1789; m. Mr. Parkhust, of Windsor and both died soon after.
13. David H., b. Feb. 2, 1791 (Family 112).
14. Lucy, b. June 8, 1794 (Family 113).
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1732 - 1796 (63 years)
