Eleazer married Mary Holbrook on 28 Jul 1709 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 2 Nov 1686 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Mar 1759 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Deborah Daniels of Mendon, MA  when a young lady as she was passing through a meadow, she struck her foot against something hard, which arrested her attention, and on examining it, found that it was a leg of an iron pot; she dug it up, and to her astonishment found that it contained a quart silver tankard filled with gold and silver pieces of money; she used it in procuring her marriage outfit.

Deborah and her husband, Hezekiah Hall, were admitted as members to the First Church of Christ, Uxbridge, MA on 8 Jul 1753.

The IGI contains a record that shows the wife of Hezekiah Hall as being Deborah Keith. Research in the Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 database does not support this. There was a Deborah Taft born to Robert and Mary Taft about 1728 in Mendon. She appears to have married a Noah Keith of Uxbridge about 1745 and they lived in Uxbridge and had children there through 1760s.

Christened:
She was baptized at First Church of Christ, Uxbridge.

Deborah married Hezekiah Hall on 7 Mar 1749/50 in Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island. Hezekiah (son of Ens. Edward Hall and Hannah Fisher) was born on 9 Aug 1730 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died about 1815 in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Christened:
She was baptized at First Church of Christ, Uxbridge.

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Mary married Josiah Brewer on 30 Dec 1767 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Josiah died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: MXRM-9ZV
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Intention of marriage with Samuel R. Hall in Croydon, NH, published 15 Nov 1775.

Birth:
1754    HALL    Elisabeth, d. of Hez[e]kiah and Deborah, Jan. 6, 1754.      Birth    Uxbridge

Christened:
She was baptized at First Church of Christ, Uxbridge.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MXRM-9ZV

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Elizabeth married Reverend Samuel Read Hall after 15 Nov 1775 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Samuel (son of Stephen Hall and Sarah Taft) was born on 21 Jan 1755 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 23 Mar 1755 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in Nov 1814 in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Birth:
1756    HALL    Rebekah, d. of Hez[e]kiah and Deborah, Apr. 14, 1756.   Birth    Uxbridge

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Rebecca married Jonathan Chapin on 22 Jan 1778 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Jonathan (son of Japheth Chapin and Patience Hayward) was born on 13 Apr 1754 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Oct 1820 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York; was buried after 5 Oct 1820 in Glenwood Cemetery, Geneva, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Child Status: Twin
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Family/Spouse: Nathaniel Brewer. Nathaniel died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Child Status: Twin
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Sally was Eliab Dwinell's second wife.

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Family/Spouse: Eliab Dwinell. Eliab died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Christened:
She was baptized at First Church of Christ, Uxbridge.

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Deborah married David Brewer about 1786 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. David (son of David Brewer and Olive Allen) was born on 21 Jun 1765 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown in Geneva, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Christened:
She was baptized at the First Church of Christ, Uxbridge.

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Family/Spouse: Eliab Dwinell. Eliab died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• 1810 Census: 1810, Somerset, Windham County, Vermont
• 1820 Census: 1820, Somerset, Windham County, Vermont

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

1810 Census:
p. 358 / 473
Hall Hez      10001-21101

1820 Census:
p. 104a
Hezekiah Hall     110001-00101

Hezekiah married Miss [--?--] before 1794. Miss was born before 1765; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Lydia married Nathaniel Kingsbury about 1789. Nathaniel (son of Deacon Phineas Kingsbury and Hannah Hutchinson) was born on 10 Oct 1763 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Family/Spouse: Hezekiah Joslyn. Hezekiah died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: MRB9-FMH
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft

Notes:

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MRB9-FMH

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Group:
Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

Hannah married Micah Amy on 5 Dec 1798 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Micah was born about 1772 in Vermont; died on 25 Feb 1863; was buried after 15 Feb 1863 in Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, Trumbull County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: KHQC-PYS
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 147234227
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft

Notes:

Halls of New England - Halls of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 388.
(Family 245.)  BETSEY HALL⁵, Samuel R.⁴, Stephen³, Percival², John¹ : b. Sept. 10, 1777 ; Jan. 20, 1830 ; m., 1799, John Whitten, of Cornish, N. H.  Children were :

1.  Eleanor L., b. Dec. 1, 1800 (Family 315).

2.  John, d. young.

3.  Betsey, d. young.

4.  James, d. young.

5.  Lucy, b. Oct. 6, 1807 (Family 316).

6.  Oliver, b. Nov. 10, 1810 ; d. Jan., 1816.

7.  Elisha, b. Dec. 15, 1815 ; d. Sept. 1822.

8.  Ann, b. April 6, 1817 (Family 317).

9.  Sarah Hall, b. Sept. 21, 1818 (Family 318)

10. Mary, b. March, 1821 ; d. Sept., 1822.

11. John L., b. July 11, 1823 (Family 319).

12. A dau. d. at birth.

13. Betsey Marsilva, b. July 25, 1825 (Family 320).

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHQC-PYS

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147234227

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Group:
Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

Betsey married John Whitten in 1799. John was born on 19 Jul 1775 in Cornish City, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 16 Jul 1845 in Rochester, Windsor County, Vermont; was buried after 16 Jul 1845 in Old Village Cemetery, Rochester, Windsor County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: G862-QH7
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft

Notes:

From Halls of New England - Hall of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 388

(Family 246) LUCY HALL⁵, pedigree as before : b. March 12, 1780; d. 1804; m., about 1799, Caleb Amy, b. June 8, 1774, d. 1850.  Children were:

1.  Orinda, b. March 1800, d. 1810.

2.  Marinda, b. Oct. 22, 1801 (Family 321).

3.  Elizabeth, b. 1803; d. 1804.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G862-QH7

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Group:
Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

Lucy married Caleb Amy about 1799. Caleb was born on 8 Jun 1774; died in 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: K8RG-PQD
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft

Notes:

From Halls of New England - Hall of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 388

(Family 246 1/2) SAMUEL HALL⁵, pedigree as before : b. April 23, 1782 at Croydon; d. at Guildhall, March 8, 1813; m. Dec. 5, 1805, his cousin, Hannah Swinnerton, s. d. March 12, 1813. Children were:

1.  Elizabeth, b. May 16, 1807 (Family 322).
2.  Samuel Read, b. April 1809; d. May 7, 1810.
3.  Samuel, b. 1811; d. March, 1812.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8RG-PQD

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Group:
Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

Samuel married Hannah Swinnerton on 5 Dec 1805 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Hannah (daughter of Benjamin Swinnerton and Elizabeth Hall) was born about 1778 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 12 Mar 1813 in Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: KHK5-4V5
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft

Notes:

From Halls of New England - Hall of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 388

(Family 247) CHLOE HALL⁵, pedigree as before : b. May 11, 1786; d. Dec. 7, 1809; m. Jan. 10, 1807, her cousin Asa Swinnerton, who d. some months before his child was born :

1.  Hannah Hall, b. Oct. 5, 1807; she was brought up by her grandmother Elizabeth (Hall) Swinnerton, Thompson (See Family of Asa Swinnerton, 235).

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHK5-4V5

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Group:
Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

Chloe married Asa Swinnerton on 10 Jan 1807 in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Asa (son of Benjamin Swinnerton and Elizabeth Hall) was born on 20 Dec 1776 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died before 5 Oct 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: M6HD-43M
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft

Notes:

As I continue to march through the descendants of Rev. Samuel Read Hall (1755-1814, Halls of Medford) and his wife Elizabeth Taft Hall (1754-1806, Halls of Rehoboth), I find another problem person whom I need some help with...
They had a son, Hezekiah Hall, b. 16 March 1787 in Cheshire county, New Hampshire. (I suspect it was either in Croydon or Cornish.)

I can find no obvious death record or other for him, but in FamilySearch, I see that they identify him as the Hezekiah Hall who married Mary/Polly Howes (1797-1884) on 18 Feb 1816 in New Sharon, Maine. They has Lydia Sears Hall (1819-1890) in 1819 and divorced in June 1822.

The marriage, birth and divorce are confirmed in the Howes genealogy. Hezekiah there is listed as Reverend, but his parents are not identified. Mary is a daughter of James Howes and Priscilla Sears and has three Halls of Yarmouth ancestral lines.

I can find no obvious Hezekiah Hall on the Yarmouth family and would be surprised that a Hezekiah of the "Upper Valley" New Hampshire would head east to Maine and not like others of his family west to Vermont... of course assuming he did not die young.

One suggestion was that he might be part of the Hatevil Hall family but I cannot prove that.

Lydia Sears Hall married late in life in Washington, DC where she worked as a clerk in Treasury to Isaiah W Graffum. She was living in Newton, Mass. when she died in 1890. Her death record only mentions her mother Mary Hall.

I have looked in Maine census for clues, but I have not found Mary or Hezekiah in 1820 or other census. I suspect they were separated at the time of that census.

As always, I appreciate any help to solve this. As FamilySearch does not offer any proof, I will not link these Hezekiah's for now.
______________

--> I should have checked Halls of New England before those last posts...

From Halls of New England - Hall of Medford (Part Seventh), pp. 388-389.

(Family 248.) HEZEKIAH HALL⁵, pedigree as before : b. March 16, 1787; was minister of the gospel ; m. Feb., 1816, Mary, dau. of James and Priscilla Hawes, of New Sharon, Franklin Co., Me. Had only one child :

1.  Lydia Sears, b. March 14, 1817; m., April, 1872, Isaiah Graffaw or Graffam, a native of Maiine; resided at New Bedford, Mass.  Her maternal grandparents were among the earliest and most enterprizing inhabitants of Cape Cod Hill, Me.; the hill commands one of the most extensive and varied prospects in the state; the vicinity of this charming spot Lydia spent her youth, and for several years engaged in her favorite employment of teaching school, subsequently she spent six years at Lowell, Mass., where she gained a favorable notoriety in connection with the "Lowell Offering:; in Sept., 1844 the A. B. C. F. M., sent her (with others) as a teacher to the Choctaw Indians ; she was cared for and supported by the John street church, of Lowell, principally in this mission; she was one of the original members of this church; her health failing, she removed after five years of labor and retired for recuperation to the quiet life of former times in Maine and Massachusetts. One of the irritating causes of her ill health among  the Indians, was their toleration of slavery, although few practiced it. The repeal by congress of what was called the Missouri compromise (which forbade the extension of slavery to the north, beyond a specific line), aroused her patriotism and love of universal freedom ; and she with many others of like mind, rushed to the west and established themselves at Lawrence, Kansas, where they fought a moral battle and to some extent a physical one, for five long yearsm in order to keep the virgin soil of that new territory from the cursed with the blight if slavery. The task of these patriots would have been an easy one, had not the general government at Washington lent its influence to the side of slavery extension and against the cause of freedom; here is where the war began which subsequently deluged the land in blood. After the battle of Antietam, Lydia was found nursing the sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals at Washington, until her health failed, and she recieved an appointments as clerk in the Treasury department, until May, 1872, when she went to reside in New Bedford, Mass.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M6HD-43M

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Group:
Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

Hezekiah married Mary "Polly" Howes on 18 Feb 1816 in New Sharon, Franklin County, Maine, and was divorced in Jun 1822. Mary (daughter of James Howes and Priscilla Sears) was born on 14 Feb 1797 in Maine; died on 8 Mar 1884 in Somerset County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: KNS2-BZY
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 7855296
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft
• 1850 Census: 13 Sep 1850, Fremont County, Iowa

Notes:

From Halls of New England, Halls of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 389.

(Family 249) JOSIAH B. HALL⁵, pedigree as before : b. in Croydon, June 14, 1790 ; m. March 18, 1813, Roxanna Basset, at Guildhall, Vt., b. at Oakham, Mass., April 27, 1787. IN 1834, the removed to Oberlin, Ohio, for the sake of educating their children, all of whom were born in Guildhall, Vt. :

1.  William Basset, b. Oct. 11, 1813 ; d. in ten days.

2.  William Basset, b. July 7, 1814 ; d. next day.

3.  Abigail Jane, b. June 3, 1815 ; graduated at Oberlin Coll. ; m. Aug., Aug. 28, 1842, Ozro D. Botsford, M.D., of Oberlin, b. in New York, Jan. 30, 1812.

4.  A son, b. April 16, 1817 ; d. in two days.

5.  Lucy Anne, b. Jan. 20, 1818 (Family 323).

6.  William Brewer, b. June 10, 1819 (Family 324).

7.  Samuel Read, b. April 27, 1821 (Family 325).

8.  Hemon Basset, b. April 28, 1823 (Family 326).

9.  Mary Dascomb, b. Oct. 1, 1824 ; graduated at Oberlin Coll., and died soon after, Nov. 13, 1846.

10. George Washington, b. March 21, 1826 (Family 327).

11. Hannah Elizabeth, b. March 21, 1828 ;  graduated at Oberlin, and d. soon after, March 6, 1847.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNS2-BZY

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7855296

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Group:
Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

1850 Census:
p. 155a
J B Hall             60  M   Farmer   ----   N. H.
Roxana  "           63  F                        Mass.
William  "            31 M   Farmer          Vt.
Roberta "           22  F                        Va.
Ella       "        8/12  F                        Ohio
Merwin Judson  22  M   Farmer          Ohio

Buried:
From Findagrave:

Stone not legible. Cemetery records used. Died April 1856/1857 at age 66Y 9M 15D. Born 1789/1790. "Rest peacefully."

Josiah married Roxana Bassett on 18 Mar 1813 in Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont. Roxana (daughter of Heman Bassett and Abigail Stone) was born on 27 Apr 1787 in Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1873; was buried after 1873 in Grandview Cemetery, Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Read Hall
• FamilySearch ID: KF5Z-T2H
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 190516994
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft
• Name Change From: Aft 1814, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine; Read Hall
• 1850 Census: 23 Aug 1850, Craftsbury, Orleans County, Vermont
• Book Article: 1904; Biographies of Notable Americans, Vol. 5

Notes:

From Halls of New England, Halls of Medford (Part Seventh), pp. 390-393.

(Family 250) READ HALL⁵, pedigree as before : b. in Croydon, N. H., Oct. 27, 1795 ; d. in Brownington, Vt., on Sunday, June 24, 1877, in his 82d year, m., 1st, June 17, 1823, Mary Dascomb, of Wilton, N. H.; the beauty of whose life equalled that of his own, she d. Nov., 1836 ; m., 2d, June 3, 1838, Mary, dau. of Deacon Solomon Holt, of Andover, Mass., who was the companion and solace of his old age, and who survived him ; she lives with her youngest son in Brownington, who is the only of of Mr. Hall's eleven children now living.

Read Hall assumed the name of Samuel after the death of a brother of that name, and is generally known as Samuel R. Hall ; he went with his parents, when a child, from Croydon to Guildhall, Vt.,during his entire youth he suffered much from feeble health ; owning to his father's los of property he was unable to obtain a collegiate education, but pursued a full course of classical study at Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, N. H., in 1815,6,8,9 ; he received the honorary degree of A. M. from Dartmouth College in 1839, and that of LL.D. from the University of Vermont in 1865.

He began to teach school at the age of twenty. He said of himself, later in life, "One of the first convictions fastened on my mind, after I became a teacher, was that the whole system of education of education in the country was defective ; and that time of scholars in the common schools was, in a great measure, lost ; I taught in Maine, New Hampshire and other states, and in each state observed the same facts l I determined, therefore, to do what I could, to reform abuses and correct evils ; my efforts were apppreciated and my services sought at my own prices." This encouraged him to persevere, and the result was that he became eminent as a teacher and trainer of teachers.

"Great persistency and personal enthusiasm on whatever engaged his attention, breadth of generalization, and large capacity for labor, combined with warmth and earnestness of heart, were among Mr. Hall's prominent characteristics, and doubtless gave the key his life's success. His views of both the importance and the methods of the education of youth, as based upon religious grounds, were at the beginning in advance of his time, and his contributions to educational reform will remain as the chief memorial of his service."

But Mr. Hall was not content with merely teaching school ; his religious conviction of duty led him to seek the ministry of the gospel. He studied theology with Rev. Walter Chapin, of Woodstock, Vt., and Rev. William Eaton, of Fitchburgh, Mass., and was licensed to preach by the Worcester North Association at Princeton, Mass., May, 1822 -- at the sale time receiving an appointment to labor as a missionary at Concord, Vt., where he commenced his labors June 2, 1822 ; and by and understanding with his people he established a seminary for training teachers, which opened in March, 1823 -- here, in an obscure corner of New England, self prompted and alone in planning, he eastablished the first normal school in America,

The school was successful, and those who went out from it were greatly sought as teachers in Vermont, New Hampshire and Canada. A Course of lectures was given each year to his students, and in 1829 a small volume of lectures on teaching, was committed to the press; it became so popular, that three editions were soon exhausted -- the third, of 1,000 copies was taken by the State of New York. One method which he invented for teaching, was the blackboard; he introduced it for use in his school in Rumford, Me., in 1816 ; it had never been used before in America.

Mr. Hall was dismissed from his charge in Concord, June, 1830, to take charge of the English Normal School of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., for which an elegant building has since been erected, at a cost of $8,000.

His success at Concord and Andover, together with lectures on the subject and written appeals, gradually awakened the public mind ; his efforts, in connection with those of G. B. Emerson, --- Morse, the author of the geography, E. A. Andrews, Benjamin Greenleaf, N. Cleveland and others, by memorial presented to the legislature,ted the establishment of the board of education in Massachusetts, 1837, and in 1838 the normal school, the first endowed by any state in the Union.

The full course at Andover was three years, but so great was the demand for teachers, that few of the students completed it.

After seven years at Andover, his health became so much impared by overtasking and the unfavorable influence of the climate so near the sea, he was led to resign the charge of the seminary and to accept the appointment of principal of the Teachers' Seminary then being established at Plymouth, N. H. There he was assited in the school by Miss Arethusa Hall, an accomplished teacher and author ; they were both descended from Deacon Percival Hall, of Sutton, in the third degree, but knew not that they were cousins, to such low degree of neglect had genealogical knowledge and interest fallen ; owing to pecuniary embarrassment of the Trustees, Mr. Hall left Plymouth at the end of the third year.

After closing the seminary at Plymouth, he accepted a call from the church of Craftsbury, Vt., July 8, 1840 ; this pastorate continued for thirteen and a half years, during which he received nearly 100 persons to church membership ; he was also for a portion of the time, principal of the Craftsbury Academy, and left a valuable cabinet of minerals, well arranged, to the institution ; here his labors had become too much for his state of health and he was obliged to seek for a field less onerous ; accordingly, he was dismissed, Jan 4, 1858, and immediatley commenced labors at Brownington, Vt., on a salary of $400 per annum, and continued until Feb. 5, 1867, when he resigned on account of old age.

Here he purchased a farm, upon which his son and widow find a comfortable home.

While pastor of the church of Brownington he received upwards of sixty members to the church ; he was also postmaster of Brownington from Aug. 1, 1863, to Feb. 1, 1865. Still his active nature could not rest, and he labored for three years from 1872 to 1875, at Granby, Vt., in a church which he had organized 50 years previous. This was accomplished with much acceptance and usefullness. At the close of his labors in Granby, he had a call to preach in another church, but the increasing infirmity of old age forbade his accepting it.

He was well acquainted with astronomy, and gave lectures on the subject in other places, when laboring at Granby in extreme old age. In the science of geology he was also an enthusiast, and an acknowledged master l he sought to popularize and make practical the science, especially in its bearings upon the agricultural interest of the state ; in the geological survey of Vermont, under Prof. Edward Hitchcock, commenced in 1857, he had the especial charge of the survay, and the collection of specimens, in the three most northerly sections of the thirteen, into chich the state was divided. He said there was gold in that section, but not enough to pay for working. He frequently gave lectures on geology.

The following are the most important of his published works : "The Child's Assistant to a Knowledge of the Geography and History of Vermont" --- and as revised and enlarged, is now in use in the common schools of the state -- "Lectures on Teaching," 1829; in 1932, "Lectures to Female School Teachers," "The Child's Instructor" and "Arithmetical Manuel;" in 1833. "Practical Lectures on Parental Responsibility and the Religious Education of Children," "The Grammatical Assistant" and "A School History of the United States," and in 1868, "The Alphabet of Geology." Aside from these, he was the author of numerous contributions to the Journal of Education and other periodicals.

At he opening of Oberlin College, Rev. Dr. S. R. Hall was appointed it first president, and he sent his brother-in-law, Prof. John Dascomb, to make a beginning who, I believe, is there yet ; but Dr. Hall did not go on, for some reason which I do not understand. [Oberlin started in 1832 and had two acting Presidents before the first one Asa Mahan started in 1835 as its first President. Samuel was teaching a Phillips Andover at the time. His brother Josiah Brewer Hall removed to Oberlin in 1834.]

Such was the public career of a remarkable man ; but he was more remarkable for the simpplicty of his life and manners, his unselfishness of heart and the amiabilitiy of his disposition. He manifested an interest in everybody, and was willing to do all he could to make them happy. None knew him but to love him as a dear friend or near kindred.

Children were :

1.  Harriet Elizabeth, b. July 7, 1824 ; d. April 6, 1826.

2.  Mary Theodocia, b. April 5, 1827 ; f. March 8, 1834.

3.  Susan Elizabeth, b. Dec. 17, 1828 (Family 328).

4.  Samuel James, b. June 21, 1830 ; d. at Andover, Feb. 21, 1834.

5.  Ellen Eliza, b. at Andover, Oct. 14, 1832 (Family 329).

6.  Edward Read, b. Jan. 27, 1834 ; d. at college, March 8, 1859.

7.  Mary Dascomb. b. Nov. 13, 1836 ; d. Feb 27, 1837.

By his 2d wife:

8.  Samuel Francis, b. Nov. 9, 1838 ; d. in four hours.

9.  Mariia Eveline, b. Sept. 20, 1839 ; d. March 14, 1840.

10. Samuel Augustus, b. at Craftsbury, Dec. 27, 1842 (Family 330).

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From FindaGrave:

Parents:
Rev. Samuel Read & Elizabeth Hall

Wives:
~ Mary Dascomb (married 3 Jun 1823, Wilton, NH)
~ Mary Holt (married 6 June 1837, Andover, MA)

Other Children:
~ Susan "Hall" Austin (mem. #6314637)
~ Samuel Francis (b. 9 Nov 1838, Plymouth, NH)
~ Maria Emmeline (b. 20 Oct 1840, Plymouth, NH)

"He was educated at home and at the Academies of Bridgeton, ME, and at Plainfield, NH. He studied theology, was licensed to preach in 1822, and was ordained over the church at Concord, VT, in 1823. In 1830 he was appointed principal of the English Department in Philips Academy at Andover, Mass. In 1837, took charge of the Holmes Plymouth Academy at Plymouth, N.H., and in 1840 was installed pastor of the Congregational Church at Craftsbury, VT. He has been an extensive author, having published some fifteen or twenty volumes on various subjects. In 1838 the degree of M.A. was conferred on him by Dartmouth College."
(source: "Croydon, N.H., 1866. Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration. . .", by Edmund Wheeler, 1867, p. 112)

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(sources: Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, Deaths; United States Census, 1870, Vermont, Orleans, Brownington; Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910; United States Census, 1850, Craftsbury, Orleans, Vermont; "History of the Town of Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire with a Genealogical Register", by A.A. Livermore and S. Putnam, 1888, p. 360; "A genealogical history of the Holt family in the United States: more particularly the descendants of Nicholas Holt", by Daniel S. Durrie, 1864, page 156)

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KF5Z-T2H

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190516994

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Group:
Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

Name Change From:
His birth name was Read Hall and after the death of his brother Samuel in 1813, he changed the name to Samuel Read Hall, Jr. In his father 1814 Will, he is named as Read.

1850 Census:
p. 28a
S. R. Hall          54  M   Clergyman Cong  $1000   NH
Mary H             45  F                                          Marr
Susan E           21  F                                          VT
Ellen                17  F                                           "     school
Edward            16  M                                          "        "
Saml H              7  M                                          "        "
Alonzo Wright  23  M                                          "
Sarah Hall       60   F                                         NH

Book Article:
Samuel Read Hall

HALL, Samuel Read, educator, was born in Croydon, N.H, Oct. 27, 1795; son of Lieut. Stephen and Sarah (Taft) Hall. His mother was thrice married: first to John Brown, secondly to Samuel Read, and thirdly to Lieut. Stephen Hall.

In 1814 he began teaching school at Rumford, Maine, and subsequently taught in an academy at Fitchburg, Mass.

He studied theology with the Rev. Walter Chapin of Woodstock, Vt., and his first settlement was in 1823 over the Congregational church, Concord, Vt., where he established a training school for teachers, the first of its character in the United States and the first school to use a blackboard. He remained at the head of this school till 1830, when he became principal of the department of English in Phillips Andover academy. He conducted a teachers' seminary at Plymouth, N.H., 1837-40, preached at Craftsbury and Brownington, Vt., 1840-64, and conducted a teachers' seminary at Craftsbury, Vt., in connection with the academy of the latter town, 1840-66.

In 1829 he assisted in founding the American institute of instruction. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Hezekiah Hall. The honorary degree of A.M. was conferred on him by Dartmouth in 1839, and that of LL.D. by the University of Vermont in 1865.

He is the author of: The Child's Assistant (1827): Lectures on School-Keeping (1829); Lectures to Female Teachers (1832); The Child's Instructor (1832); IThe Grammatical Assistant (1833); A ISchool Hstory of the United States (1833); The Arithmetical Manual (1832); The Geography and History of Vermont (1864; rev. ed., 1874); and The Alphabet of Geology (1868).

He died in Brownington Centre, Vt., June 24, 1877.

[Please note that the lines in italics refer to his father, Rev. Samuel Read Hall, Sr., and not to him.]

Died:
Ancestry.com. Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908
Name:      Samuel Reed Hall
Gender:      Male
Birth Date:      abt 1796
Birth Place:      New Hampshire, Croyden, New Hampshire
Death Date:      24 Jun 1877
Death Place:      Brownington, Vermont, USA
Death Age:      81
Father Name:      Samuel Reed Hall
Mother Name:      Elizabeth

Samuel married Mary Dascomb on 17 Jun 1823 in Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Mary was born on 17 Jun 1801 in Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; died on 25 Nov 1836; was buried after 25 Nov 1836 in Phillips Academy Cemetery, Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Mary "Polly" Holt on 6 Jun 1837 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 20 Feb 1806 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Feb 1900 in Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vermont; was buried after 23 Feb 1900 in Pleasant View Cemetery, Orleans, Orleans County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 81131089
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• Alt. Birth: 4 Jun 1780, New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
• 1850 Census: 17 Oct 1850, Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Hannah Chapin Hall 1780-1859
w/o Samuel Hall 1780-? of Cummington, Hampshire County, MA
m/o the Judge and Congressman in Nebraska
Augustus C Hall 1814-1861
FAG #12537

contributor Leigh Hinrichs

Birth:
1781    CHAPIN    Hannah, ch. Jonathan, June 4, 1781. C.R.      Birth    Tyringham
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Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name:      Hannah Chapin
Event Type:      Birth
Birth Date:      4 Jun 1781
Birth Place:      Tyringham, Massachusetts
Father Name:      Jonathan Chapin

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81131089

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Alt. Birth:
From FindaGrave

1850 Census:
p. 335
Samuel Hall    70  M   Farmer  $600   Mass
Hannah          70  F                          Ct
Augustus        36  M   Atty      $2000  NY
Theodosia        4   F                         Iowa
Ellen                2   F                           "
Abigail Ness   24   F                         Ia
Mary Andrews  18  F                        Pa

Hannah married Samuel Hall on 26 Dec 1802 in New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Thomas Hall and Hannah Buck) was born on 1 Aug 1780 in Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was christened on 27 Sep 1780 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Sep 1856 in Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa; was buried after 25 Sep 1856 in Purdom Cemetery, Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 22347411
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22347411

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Family/Spouse: Benjamin Lemmon. Benjamin was born in 1774 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland; died on 24 Jul 1851 in Attica, Seneca County, Ohio; was buried after 24 Jul 1851 in Omar Cemetery, Reedtown, Seneca County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Family/Spouse: Miss [--?--]. Miss died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

David married Lucretia Stewart on 25 Dec 1821. Lucretia was born on 5 Sep 1800; died on 27 Jun 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Achsah married Daniel Carroll Woodward, Sr. on 26 Nov 1828 in Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont. Daniel (son of Daniel Woodward and Mary "Polly" Hibbard) was born on 15 Apr 1804; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]