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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 93441771

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93441771

Mehitable married Richard Hall, Jr. after 26 Apr 1715. Richard (son of Deacon Richard Hall, of Bradford, Y-DNA Family 002 and Martha Benson) was born on 6 Feb 1676/77 in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts; died between 29 Sep 1760 and 18 Jun 1761 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

From NEXUS, Vol. VIII, p. 141

vii. Nathan Hall, b. 25 Dec. 1715, d. Mason, N.H. 7 May 1807; n. Tewksbury 18 Feb. 1742 Mary Chapman of Boxford, Mass., perhaps b. there 29 March 1723 [not in Boxford VRs], d. Mason, N.H. 27 Oct. 1810 (Mason, 285). The first two children were born at Tewksbury, while some of the later ones were rec. in Groton and Pepperell (Tewksbury VRs, 42; Groton VRs, 104; Pepperell VRs, 59-60). Nathan and Mary (Chapman) Hall removed ca. 1751-52 to Mason, N.H., where the last five children here were apparently born (Mason, 202).

1. James Hall, b. Tewksbury 25 July 1743; prob. the James of "No. One" who m. (rec. Pepperell, Mass.) 3 Feb 1767 Sarah Roe.

Birth:
Source:      Vital Records of Bradford, Bradford Births, p. 64

Hall, Nathan, s. Richard and Mehetable, Dec. 25, 1715.

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Nathan married Mary Chapman, of Boxford on 12 Feb 1741/42 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 29 Mar 1723 in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 27 Oct 1810 in Mason, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

Birth:
Source:      Vital Records of Bradford, Bradford Births, p. 63

Hall, Ephraim, s. Richard and Meheteball, Feb. 10, 1716-7.

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Ephraim married Eunice Levestone on 8 May 1738 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Eunice (daughter of John Levestone, Jr. and Ruth Shed) was born on 18 May 1719 in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 26 Jan 1812 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 125072563
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

Birth:
Source:      Vital Records of Bradford, Bradford Births, p. 64

Hall, Timothy, s. Richard and Meheteball, Feb. 3, 1719 19.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125072563

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Timothy married Mary Coburn after 7 Oct 1744. Mary (daughter of Jacob Coburn and Johanna Varnum) was born on 7 Oct 1726 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

Birth:
Source:      Vital Records of Bradford, Bradford Births, p. 64

Hall, Martha, d. Richard and Mehitebell, Nov. 5, 1722.

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Died:
"ae. 34" (sic.), apparently in childbirth.

Martha married Simeon Farnsworth on 28 May 1744 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Simeon (son of Jonathan Farnsworth and Ruth [--?--]) was born on 12 Jul 1718 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 184623091
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

See: NEXUS Vol VIII, No.5, p. 141; feature article by Joy Peach

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184623091

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

James married Sarah Roe on 3 Feb 1767 in Pepperell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah was born on 19 Apr 1748 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died in Unknown in Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Lydia married Jacob Coburn, Jr. after 24 Sep 1757. Jacob (son of Jacob Coburn and Johanna Varnum) was born on 10 Feb 1728/29 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 2 Feb 1809 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Ephraim married Lydia Russell on 21 May 1765 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Stephen Russell and Abigail Gage) was born on 5 Aug 1744 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 28 Apr 1821 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Martha married Ezekiel Cheever after 26 May 1764. Ezekiel (son of Benjamin Cheever and Mercy Wilkins) was born before 24 Jun 1733; was christened on 24 Jun 1733 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Jan 1806 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Moses married Susannah Davis, of Chelmsford on 26 Mar 1789 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Susannah died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Eunice married Solomon Wood on 31 Jul 1779 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Solomon (son of Stephen Wood and Jane Phillips) was born about 1756 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Jun 1820 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Timothy married Betty Curtis after 27 Jan 1787. Betty (daughter of Ephraim Curtis and Abigail Williams) was born on 27 Jul 1766 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Asa married Eleanor Wood on 28 Dec 1782 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Eleanor died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

John married Sarah Willard on 4 Jul 1774 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of William Willard and Ellen Davis) was born on 2 Mar 1748/49 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Mary married Gibson Willard on 25 Oct 1770 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Gibson (son of Thomas Willard and Sarah Gibson) was born on 13 Oct 1750 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died before 25 Apr 1817 in Chesterfield, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

History of Wilton, NH shows Timothy Hall bought 90 acres of land on Lot 17, Range 9 around 1774 and there raised 6 children:

1.      Timothy(3)
2.      Sarah
3.      John
4.      Mehitable
5.      Molly
6.      James
_____________

From Jeff Hall:
http://www.designscience.com/Genealogy/richardhall/Descendants%20of%20Richard(1)%20Hall.htm

Jeffrey L. Hall discovered this information about James Hall's parents on March 18, 2002 after extensive earlier work had been done by his brother William C. Hall, leading up to this event.  It has been about 5 years in the making!  Eureka!  He lived for a time in Wilton, N.H. when James was born. This Timothy Hall was born in Harvard, Mass. and was the son of Timothy Hall of Harvard.

The history of Wilton, New Hampshire lists the Timothy Hall family and their children as noted.  It also said, "Timothy Hall bought of Archelaus Putnam lot No. 17, ninth range, deed dated March 26, 1774.  He was last taxed in Wilton in 1799.  The previously described piece of land was of 90 acres and he is said to have paid 60 pounds for it.  60 acres of it was sold to a Mr. Hood in 1784 for 140 pounds.  The remainder of this land or another piece of property that Timothy farmed but perhaps didn't own was sold in 1803 by Timothy Hall's heirs; Sarah, his wife; Timothy, his son; John, his son; and Sally, his daughter and her husband, John Holt.

Birth:
He was a posthumous child.

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Timothy married Sarah Keyes before 1775 in Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Sarah (daughter of John Keyes, Jr. and Abigail Livermore) was born on 20 Jun 1751 in Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Mehitebel married John Safford, Jr. on 31 Jan 1765 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. John was born on 14 Jul 1742 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Apr 1823 in Washington, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Family/Spouse: Miss Ellingwood. Miss died on 27 Oct 1811 in Washington, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Died:
Martha likely died in childbirth; her fourth child Calvin Whittemore d. 20 March 1776, ae. 15 days.

Martha married Nathaniel Whittemore, Jr. on 16 Nov 1769 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of Nathaniel Whittemore, Sr. and Abigail Blood) was born on 4 Jul 1741 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 3 Jan 1822 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Lucy married Abner Sampson on 20 Oct 1772 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abner died before 1799. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Samuel Hurd, of Newport, NH on 28 Nov 1799 in New Hampshire. Samuel died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Joseph married Mary Hearsay after 25 Jan 1778. Mary died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 183568626
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183568626

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Sarah married Francis Fuller before 1805. Francis was born on 30 Oct 1766 in Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island; died on 8 Jun 1843 in Chester, Windsor County, Vermont; was buried after 8 Jun 1843 in Poplar Grove Cemetery, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Phineas married Martha "Patte" Cheever after 9 Nov 1798. Martha (daughter of Ezekiel Cheever and Martha Hall) was born on 29 Mar 1770 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Martha married Phineas Hall after 9 Nov 1798. Phineas (son of Ephraim Hall, Jr. and Lydia Russell) was born on 1 Jan 1768 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 15 Oct 1844 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

From Jeff Hall
http://www.designscience.com/Genealogy/richardhall/JoyPeachNEXUSarticle-Richard(2)Hall.htm

Timothy(3) moved to Temple, NH where he co-signed a petition to the Governor of NH to appoint a second Justice of the Peace on 11/19/1808. He was possibly "warned off" in Andover, VT some time later (per a third hand story related to me by a Weston, VT historian in 2002).

Timothy(3) and Sophia had a daughter Sophia Hall who is buried in Weston, VT (formerly Andover, VT). She married a Gutterson and had numerous descendants that are documented in the Gutterson history in Middletown, CT library.

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Family/Spouse: Sophia Parker. Sophia (daughter of Hananiah Parker, of Wilton and Miss [--?--]) died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

Family/Spouse: Timothy Dale Holt. Timothy died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

John married Nancy Moore in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nancy died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: KZFD-FF7
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 7492868
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Bradford - DNA Family 002

Notes:

From Jeff Hall:
http://www.designscience.com/Genealogy/richardhall/

James moved to Shrewsbury, MA and there married Silance Parker (see Genealogy of Dea. Thomas Parker). Silance was born in a part of Hubbardston known as Great Farm Number 1 that comprised 500 acres at the foot of Mount Wachusett. That exact land later became part of Princeton and accounts for the unusual missing eastern-most piece in the map of Hubbardston today.

James and Silance had a number of children who are documented in the Hall genealogy compiled by my brother William Carl Hall of West Hartford, CT.
__________

http://www.designscience.com/Genealogy/richardhall/Descendants%20of%20Richard(1)%20Hall.htm

James was for a long time (100 years) the oldest member of the Hall family who had been traced.  He was born in 1787 as evidenced by the birth date on his gravestone.  This is also documented by a faded inscription in his bible noting his birth to be 1787 January __?  The exact day can not be read well.  In his death announcement in the National Aegis Newspaper and also in the death records of the State of Massachusetts his age is listed as 53 years old.  Since he died in August 1841 this would not correlate with a birth date in 1787 but rather 1788. At this time we cannot say for sure if his age or birth date is correct.  We did not know who his parents were or where he originally came from. James Hall was felt to have worked in Charlton or Sutton in his early years which is near Uxbridge. He was a carpenter/steeplejack by trade.

He was married to Silence Parker in October of 1811. Repeated efforts to find any Congregational Church records of his marriage in Shrewsbury have proved futile even with the help of a very enthusiastic church historian, Polly Kimmett. She has stated however that the records are quite disorganized. This marriage is noted in the Parker family genealogy book and was also verified by William Carl Hall in the vital records of the Town of Shrewsbury. His death was also verified by W.C.H. in the Massachusetts death records first compiled in 1841 and the microfilm viewed at the New England Historical and Genealogical Society in Boston. It was noted that he was 53 at the time of his death and that he died from a fall at a construction site in Worcester. Oral history from William Edgar Hall indicates that his son William Eustis Hall was working with him and that he too was a carpenter. A review of James's probate records, obtained by William Carl Hall, lists his place of residence as Northborough when he died. No specific address was given and no land was mentioned in his estate. His worldly possessions, consisting mostly of household items and carpenters tools, were appraised at about $85.00 and were left to his children (no one specifically).  His oldest son James Monroe Hall was mentioned in the legal papers as being of Shrewsbury at the time and signed papers turning over the handling of the estate to a local attorney.

He is buried in the third oldest part of the cemetery behind the Congregational Church in the center of Shrewsbury. The prominence and size of the plot (6 or 8 spaces) may be due to the prominence of his wife's family as she was buried first in 1832 following the birth of her last child.  Also buried there are William Judson Hall and his wife Annie Hovey as well as their son and his wife Robert Hall and Charlotte Williams. Oral history from William Floyd Hall has it that William Judson or his son Robert Judson had the present HALL monument erected on the Shrewsbury plot and used the old marker from James and Silence as the base for the newer and larger monument and put it atop the old stone!

Correspondence with the historian for the Town of Northborough in the summer of 2001, Bob Ellis, reveals that James Hall did live in town in at least 1839-1841 and paid poll taxes for 1839 and had his taxes paid for him in 1842 by the executor of his estate. He may have been in arrears for the years 1840 and 1841.  The small amount of his taxes would indicate that he did not own a house or land. He was hired in 1837 or 1838 to oversee the construction of the new Center District school, now the Grange Hall on School Street for 10 shillings per day but walked off the job much to the disadvantage of the town for reasons unknown. This was recorded in the Northborough history published in 1921. The tax records for the town from 1836 - 1838 were lost according to Mr. Ellis and James does not appear on any of the earlier records. Presumably, he may have been living in Shrewsbury or elsewhere then.

On Oct.18, 2001, William C. Hall reviewed the 1830 and 1840 census records for Worcester County and specifically the Town of Northborough at the NEHG. James was not found in the 1830 census in Northborough. He was however noted in the Northborough census for the year 1840.  His name was listed after Asaph Rice and before Harriett Eager, Elijah Ball Jr. and John R. Miller.  No middle initial is used for James Hall in this record. After James' name is listed 1 male 15-20 yrs., 1 male 50-60, presumably James himself, 1 female 5-10, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 20-30, for a total of six in the household.  His wife Silence had long since predeceased him. It also listed one person in the family employed in manufacturing and trades. A close scrutiny of the 1830 census records for Worcester County did show a James Hall at the end of page 277 next to the bottom of the page for Shrewsbury. After his entry as head of household is listed 1 5-10 year old male, (William Eustis), 1 10-15 year old male, (James Munroe), 1 40-50 year old male, (James himself), 1 5-10 year old female, (Mary Jane), 1 10-15 year old female, (Anna Parker), 1 15-20 year old female, (Louisa Augusta or Sarah Zebiah, one of these two may have been married, dead?, or out of the house) and 1 40-50 year old female, (Silence, the mother). Silence Maria had not been born yet. Under categories at the end of the census James is not listed as a foreigner, naturalized, or freeman of color other than white. Therefore, I believe him to have been born in the United States.  Also, no one was listed as deaf, dumb, or blind in the family. At the time of this 1830 census Shrewsbury was a town of 1386 people.

I, William C. Hall, feel that I have come across James Hall in the Worcester County census of 1820 in Sutton, Mass., a town that has had a great many Halls in it since the early 1700s. Two other bits of information are contributory here as I found no other James Hall listed in any Worcester County towns for this census period and the Parker family genealogy account has James Hall falling off the meeting house (not injured) in Sutton in 1828. At the time of this 1820 census report there was 1 male under 10 years of age, (James Munroe), and three females less than 10 years old, (Sarah Zebiah, Louisa Augusta and Anna Parker), and one female 26-45 presumably his wife Silence. Now, what is troubling is that there is no adult male checked off that would represent the father James. The answer I got to this question at the NEHG was that these were imperfect records and they probably just forgot!  Could you be in jail, or have left the family, been in the service, worked elsewhere, or been dead and this is the wrong James?

In an e-mail communication with Bob Ellis, Northborough town historian, He felt that James Hall and his family were most likely borders at the homestead of Asaph Rice. He was a widower of about 72 years of age and lived on a farm on Lincoln Street. There were no other immediate neighbors and it is quite possible that James Hall could have grown crops there as were mentioned in his probate records. According to Mr. Ellis, Asaph Rice was the cousin of Jacob Rice whose daughter, Sophia married James Hall's son James Munroe Hall in 1840. He stated that Jacob Rice married his wife Nancy Barber of Shrewsbury in 1805 and their daughter was Sophia Rice. There is a photo of this Rice family homestead in the Northborough Historical Society. The original house "perished" according to Bob Ellis in 1900.

Personal communication on June 28, 2001 with Denis Laurie of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Mass. show that he found mention of James Hall's fatal accident in the Massachusetts Spy Aug. 25, 1841. His recollection was that he was hit by a timber and "lingered" for two days before dying. Also mentioned was a previous fall he had had working on another project earlier in his life. There was also a death notice. He also found the probate postings on Sept. 15 and 22 of 1841 as well as the postings on Sept. 14, 21, 28 of 1842.  "If no claim against estate children would get inheritance."

William C. Hall personally visited the American Antiquarian Society on August 17, 2001 and found the microfilm record of James Hall's probate notice of September, 1841 in the Mass. Spy Newspaper. It revealed nothing that wasn't already known from his probate papers already obtained. The National Aegis, another paper in Worcester at the time, had James's death notice as of August 22, 1841 and listed his age as 53 years. In the August 25, 1841 Mass. Spy Newspaper there was a story of his accident which revealed that he was hit in the head by a timber while working constructing wood sheds for the Boston and Worcester Railroad in the rail yards in Worcester. He died two days after his accident.The newspaper article from 1841 about his death also commented on the fact that he had fallen "a few years earlier" from a meeting house spire in Charlton but was not visibly injured. This account is in conflict with the data from the Parker family genealogy which states that he fell from the meeting house spire in Sutton in 1828.

After a very rewarding consultation with Marcia Melnyk of the NEHG, I sent off, at her suggestion, for the death certificates of Wm. Eustis Hall and his brother James M. Hall to see if they listed the birthplace of their parents, most notably James Hall. I have received Wm. Eustis's report and it indicated an unknown city in New Hampshire. This I consider a real breakthrough! On March 18, 2002 Jeffrey Lee Hall cracked the case of the origin of James Hall! On information from his brother, William Carl Hall, Jeff located records in Concord, New Hampshire indicating that James Hall was the son of Timothy and Sarah Hall, and was probably the youngest of six children.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZFD-FF7

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7492868

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

Group:
Descendants of Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, Massachusetts

James married Silance Parker about 13 Oct 1811 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Silance (daughter of Hollis Parker and Louisa Bragg) was born cal 1786 in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died about 19 Apr 1832 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 19 Apr 1832 in Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]