HALL, Betsey

Betsey married WHITTEN, John in 1799 in Cornish, NH. John died on 16 Jul 1845 in Rochester, Windsor, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. WHITTEN, John was born in UNKNOWN in Died at birth; died in UNKNOWN in Died at birth.
2. WHITTEN, Betsey was born in UNKNOWN in Died at birth.
3. WHITTEN, James was born in UNKNOWN in Died at birth.
4. WHITTEN, A Dau was born in UNKNOWN in Died at birth.
5. WHITTEN, Eleanor L was born on 1 Dec 1800 in New Hampshire; died on 24 Feb 1874 in Kansas, USA.
6. WHITTEN, Lucy was born on 6 Oct 1807.
7. WHITTEN, Oliver was born on 10 Nov 1810; died in Jan 1816.
8. WHITTEN, Elisha was born on 15 Dec 1815; died in Sep 1822.
9. WHITTEN, Ann was born on 6 Apr 1817.
10. WHITTEN, Sarah Hall was born on 21 Sep 1818.
11. WHITTEN, Mary was born in Mar 1821; died in Sep 1822.
12. WHITTEN, John L was born on 11 Jul 1823 in Chittenden, Vermont, USA.
13. WHITTEN, Betsey Marsilva was born on 25 Jul 1825.

Notes:

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Samuel R. Hall, probably came to Croyden, to see about some land owned by his father, and settled there as a farmer. He held the offices of constable, collector, tithingman, moderator etc., and was a soldier from that town in the revolutionary war. He had surveyed in 1794, some of the eastern townships of Canada, and purchased the half of one of them, of fraudulent parties, and on Jan. 20, 1796, he started from Croydon, with his family, to go to Canada and take possession of his purchase, and proceeded as far as Guildhall, Vt., before he knew of the fraud. The swindlers had been paid, and Mr. Hall found himself in Guildhall (which was nearly a wilderness at that time), without the means to make any more purchases. He lived in Guildhall several years, and was a great spiritual blessing to the town; the people were destitute of the preached gospel, and Mr. Hall gathered them together and conducted prayer meetings, with exhortations, and his gifts and usefulness, appeared to justify his becoming a preacher of the gospel, and he was accordingly ordained as a Congregational minister. In 1807, he removed to Rumford, Me., where he was the means of gathering a church, and became its pastor, and continued such until his death. Mrs. Hall was a feeble woman in the later years of her life.

Samuel married HALL, Elizabeth in Nov 1775 in Croyden, NH. Elizabeth (daughter of HALL, Hezekiah and TAFT, Elizabeth or Deborah) was born in Dec 1754; died on 14 Jun 1806 in Guildhall, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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She was living with her uncle Lieut. Edward Hall of Croydon, when she married

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Military: Between 1755 and 1760, Lieutenant in French-Indian War

Notes:

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Stephen Hall was a farmer, and probably had a portion of his father's homestead in Sutton, and built the house in 1752, which is now owned by John Armsby; it was kept in the family for four generations; he was a tall, broad shouldered man, and served as a lieutenant and quartermaster in the old French and Indian war from 1755 to 1760. His wife was received from the church of Uxbridge by the church of Sutton, Feb. 23, 1746

Stephen married TAFT, Sarah on 17 Apr 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hezekiah married TAFT, Elizabeth or Deborah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Percival Hall, of Medford, owned the covenant of the church of Cambridge in order to have his children baptized; and son Percival was baptized Nov. 20, 1698; he and his wife were admitted to full communion Dec. 31, 1699; he was one of the founders of the church of Medford, Feb. 11, 1713, and was chosen deacon in place of his father-in-law Thomas Willis, who resigned on account of old age, March 9, 1720. He was proprietor of Sutton in 1720, and removed to that place in the fall of 1720, or in the following spring; was dismissed from the church of Medford, Dec. 3, 1721, and with his wife was admitted to the church of Sutton, the same month, and not long after was chosen the 2d deacon of that church; he became a very prominent and efficient man in both church and town affairs. He appeared to be the chief means of the settlement of his kinsman Rev. David Hall, from Yarmouth, over the church of Sutton; he was a very large landed proprietor, and represented the town in General Court (see History of Sutton). His grandson Jonathan Hall, of Windsor, Vt, said "that he was a short, thick man, and a great worker." His grave is near that of his son Willis in the burying ground near the meeting house in Sutton Center, but there is no grave stone erected to his memory. Those of his posterity who feel an interest in having a suitable monument set up at his grave will do well to write to Gardner Hall, of Sutton, on the subject. His children were:


NOTE. THE WILLIS FAMILY. The name is written on the records of Cambridge, Willow,
Willows, and Willoes, the name should be spelled Willow, and is quite another name than
Wyllys, which is generally spelled Willis. But his descendants prefer to be called Willis
rather than Willow. George Willow (Willis) the emigrant ancestor was born in England
about 1602, and came to Cambridge about 1628, although the formation of the town was not
until 1630. In 1688 he stated that he was 86 years old and had lived in Cambridge 60
years. He m., 1st., Widow Jane Palphry, the mother of John Palphry, some of whose
descendants have been men of distinction; m., 2d, Sarah (???), who survived him. George
Willis and wife Jane were members of the church of Cambridge in full communion before
1658, when the church records were burned. He made his will Sept. 17, 1690, and it
was probated Oct. 7, 1690. He left two sons, 1. Thomas, b. Dec. 28, 1638; 2. Stephen,
b. Oct. 14, 1644, and both had families. Thomas m. Grace, dau of William and Grace
(Newell) Tay. William Tay was b. 1608; d. 1683, lived in Boston in 1643; m., in Roxbury,
Sept. 14, 1644, Grace, dau. of Abraham Newell. Thomas was a house wright and lived
in Billerica several years and removed to Medford before 1713 when he was one of the
founders of the church, and was chosen its first deacon. He died Aug. 14, 1725. His
wife Grace was born Aug. 23, 1645, and died Jan. 23, 1716, e. 70 years (see gravestone
Medford). Their dau. Grace, m. Stephen Hall, of Medford, "Stow Hall" so called
(see Halls of Stow).

Percival married WILLIS, Jane. Jane (daughter of WILLIS, Thomas and GRACE) was born in Oct 1677; died on 27 Oct 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]