HALL, Samuel Read

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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]

1. HALL, Hannah was born on 7 Dec 1776.
2. HALL, Betsey was born on 10 Sep 1777; died on 20 Jan 1830.
3. HALL, Lucy was born on 12 Dec 1780.
4. HALL, Samuel was born on 23 Apr 1782.
5. HALL, Read was born on 12 Dec 1784; died on 8 Dec 1787.
6. HALL, Chloe was born on 11 May 1786.
7. HALL, Hezekiah was born on 16 Mar 1787.
8. HALL, Sarah was born on 24 Feb 1789; died on 14 Jul 1853 in By falling into a spring of water, in a fit.
9. HALL, Josiah Brewer was born on 14 Jun 1790.
10. HALL, Theodocia was born on 8 Oct 1793; died on 13 Feb 1795.
11. HALL, Read was born on 27 Oct 1795.

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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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]

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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]

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John Hall took the oath of fidelity in Middlesex Co., 1652, and in the same year the town of Cambridge apportioned to him 20 acres of church land in Billerica. He resided in Concord, Mass., several years previous to 1667 when he returned to Cambridge, and in 1675 removed to Medford, about eight miles from Boston, where he purchased a farm of Caleb Hobert, June 27, 1675, and gave a mortgage on it the same day for ú260, and which he paid May 2, 1681.

The records of Medford begin in 1674, but very little is written before 1677, when John Hall was chosen constable and selectman, which at that time were the most important offices of the town.

Dea. Thomas Willis and John Hall were chosen selectmen, March 12, 1690. In 1699 John Hall made his will, dividing his large landed estate between hia sons, who were to pay his daughter's portions in money, and his widow Elizabeth had rights reserved for her during her life, and had the use of a portion of the house and cellar; Stephen and Thomas had the house and land near it; the house was situated a few rods east of the railroad depot in West Medford, and was demolished many years ago, and the old cellar filled up in 1876; Daniel A. Gleason who married a descendant of John Hall, owns a house and lot in Medford near where the old house stood.

In the old burying ground in Medford, is a thick slate gravestone about as wide as it is high, and arched at the top, in the arch is a death's head, under which stands an hour glass, flanked by two winged figures; at one of the upper corners is written "Memento Mori," at the other "Fugit hora," and on the body of the stone is engraved as follows:

"Here lies the body of JOHN HALL, aged 74 years,
Died the 18th of Oct., 1701.
The memory of the Just is blessed."

By the side of this stone is another on which is engraved "In memory of Elizabeth, wife of John Hall, who died Feb. 4, 1713, in the 74th year of her age."

And on the other side of the first mentioned stone is a smaller one "In memory of William Hall aged 19 years who died Jan. 4, 1683."

John married GREEN, Elizabeth on 2 Apr 1656 in Middlesex County. Elizabeth (daughter of GREEN, Percival and ELLEN) was born in 1637 in Cambridge, MA; died on 4 Feb 1712/13 in Medford, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married GRACE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]