The HALL Family of Concord, Middlesex, MA, Stow, Middlesex, MA and Plainfield, Windham, CT

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Unknown Hall m. MARY WILCOX
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STEPHEN HALL (c. 1637 - 1724) of Concord, Stow and Plainfield m. Ruth Davis
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SARAH HALL (1688 - 1736) m. Dr. William Blodgett


Generation 1

MARY WILCOX

Parents: Unknown

Mary Wilcox married Unknown Hall. [Ref] Unknown Hall had a brother John Hall, who married first Bethia Unknown and married second Elizabeth Unknown. [Ref, p. 1]

Mary joined the church in Cambridge in 1652. [Ref, p. 1]

Mary is mentioned in the will of her brother, William Wilcox of Cambridge. [Ref, p. 1] In this will, dated 1653, William called Mary his "Sister Widow Hall"; he left her 20 shillings and 10 shillings each to her children John and Susan. [Ref, p. 294]

In 1662 the widow Mary Hall received land in Cambridge. [Ref, p. 294] After the death of her son William in 1667, she asked the court to order a division of his property for her benefit. [Ref, p. 294] It appears that she had assigned him property in return for his supporting her and that she had been living with him. [Ref, p. 294]

Children of Unknown Hall and Mary Wilcox:

  1. John Hall of Medford was born about 1627. He died on 18 Oct 1701, age 74. [Ref, p. 295] He married Elizabeth Green [Ref, p. 1] on 4 Apr 1656 in Concord. [Ref] Elizabeth was the daughter of Percival and Ellen Green of Cambridge. [Ref, p. 295]
    John was a member of the church in Concord. [Ref, p. 294]
    some descendants of John Hall
  2. Suzanne Hall [Ref, p. 1] was a member of the church in Concord. [Ref, p. 294]
  3. Stephen Hall was born about 1637. He died on 1 Oct 1724 in Plainfield. He married Ruth Davis.
  4. William Hall married Sara Meriam on 14 Oct 1658 in Concord. [Ref] He died on 10 Mar 1666/7. [Ref][Ref, p. 1]
  5. Mary Hall married Israel Meade on 26 Feb 1669. [Ref, p. 1][Not listed in Ref]
  6. Lydia Hall married Gershom Cutter on 6 Jan 1677. [Ref, p. 1][Not listed in Ref]

Generation 2

STEPHEN HALL (c. 1637 - 1724) of Concord, Stow and Plainfield

Parents: Unknown Hall and Mary Wilcox [Ref, p. 1]

Stephen Hall was born about 1637. He died on 1 Oct 1724, age 87, in Plainfield. [Ref] He married Ruth Davis [Ref][Ref] on 3 Dec 1663 in Concord. [Ref]

Stephen was of Concord. [Ref] He was taxed in Stow in 1688. [Ref] He was a Commissioner in Stow in 1688.[Ref] He was of Plainfield. [Ref]

Stephen was an early freeholder of Plainfield, living on the east side of the Quinebaug. [Ref]

Note: Stephen had a nephew Stephen Hall of Medford, who was the son of his brother John.

Children of Stephen Hall and Ruth Davis:

  1. Capt. Samuel Hall was born on 8 Dec 1665 in Concord. [Ref][Ref] He died on 12 Mar 1750, a. 84 y., 3 m. and 4 d., in Stow. [Ref] He married Hannah Unknown. [Ref] She died on 23 May 1753 in Stow. [Ref]
  2. Stephen Hall was born about 1667. [Ref] He died on 7 Nov 1749, age 82 [!]. [Ref] He married first Grace, the daughter of Thomas and Grace Willis. [Ref] She died on 19 Nov 1721. [Ref] He married second Martha Hill. [Ref] He married third Anne, the widow of Joseph Newell. [Ref] He was of Charlestown. [Ref]
    some descendants of Stephen Hall
  3. Ruth Hall was born on 12 Jan 1670/[?1] in Concord. [Ref]
  4. Mary Hall was born on 1 Jun 1677 in Concord. [Ref][Ref, p. 31] She died on 30 May 1719 in Plainfield, Windham, Conecticut. [Ref, p. 31] She married Thomas Stevens, Jr. [Ref, p. 31] on 26 May 1702 in Plainfield. [Ref][Ref, p. 31]
    some descendants of Mary Hall
  5. Elisha Hall [Ref, p. 3]
  6. John Hall [Ref, p. 3]
  7. Susanna Hall married John Smith on 25 Jun 169_ in Plainfield. [Ref]
  8. Elizabeth Hall was born on 7 Apr 1685 in Stow. [Ref][Ref] She died after 1765. [Ref] She married Edward Spaulding on 21 Oct 1708 in Plainfield. [Ref][Ref] Edward was born on 3 Feb 1684 in Chelmsford and died about 1770 in Plainfield. [Ref] Edward was the son of Edward and Mary (Bracket) Spalding, the grand son of John Spalding and the great-grandson of Edward Spalding. [Ref]
  9. Sarah Hall was born on 19 Jun 1688 in Stow. She married Dr. William Blodgett.

Generation 3

SARAH HALL (1688 - 1736)

Parents: Stephen Hall and Ruth Davis [Ref, p. 16]

Sarah Hall was born on 19 Jun 1688 in Stow. [Ref][Ref, p. 16] She married first Benjamin Spaulding, the son of Benjamin Spalding and Olive Farwell, on 21 Oct 1708 [Ref] in Plainfield [Ref exact year missing] She married second Dr. William Blodgett on 18 Aug 1714 in Plainfield. [Ref refers to her as Sarah, widow of Benjamin Spaulding] She died on 14 Jan 1735/6 in Plainfield. [Ref]

Children of Sarah Hall and Benjamin Spalding:

  1. Olive Spalding was born on 17 Jul 1709. [Ref][Ref, p. 30] She died on 21 Feb 1752. [Ref, p. 30] She married Capt. John Douglass on 13 Jan 1725 in Plainfield. [Ref, p. 30] John, the son of Dea. William and Sarah (Proctor) Douglass, was born on 28 Jul 1703 and died on 20 Apr 1766 in Plainfield. [Ref, p. 30] He married second as her second husband Priscilla Warren, the daughter of Jacob Warren. [Ref, p. 30]
  2. Sarah Spalding was born on 8 Oct 1711. [Ref] She died on 11 Jul 1776. [Ref] She married Samuel Coit on 30 Mar 1730. [Ref] Samuel, the son of Rev. Joseph and Experience (Wheeler) Coit, died on 4 Oct 1792 in that part of Preston that is now Griswold. [Ref]

References

Family Genealogies

Farwell, John Dennis, The Farwell Family: A history of Henry Farwell and his wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England, and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass., 1605-1927, with twelve generations of their descendants: also lineages of many allied families: records of John Dennis Farwell, Orange, TX, F.H. Farwell and F.B. Farwell, 1929.

Foster, Warren Woden, Some Descendants of Arthur Warren of Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Washington, D.C., Press of Judd & Detweiler, 1982.

Hall, David Brainerd, The Halls of New England: Genealogical and biographical, Albany, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1883.

Hall, Frank Nelson, A Hall Genealogy. Denton, TX, unknown, 1965.

Hayward, Kendall P., "Connecticut Descendants of John Spaulding," The American Genealogist 24, 1948, 220-230.

Stevens, Plowdon ,Stephens - Stevens Genealogy, New York, Frank Allen Genealogical Co., NY, 1909.

W.H.W, "Hall Family," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 13, 1859, 15-16.

Thompson, Bradley Deforest and Franklin Condit Thompson, Blodget-Blodgett Descendants of Thomas of Cambridge, Condord, NH, 1955.

Wyman, Thomas B., A pedigree of the Halls, in "Gleanings," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 15, 1861, 59.

Local Histories

"Early Settlers of Plainfield," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 14, 1861, 53.

Public Records

Editors, "Taxes under Gov. Andros," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 32, 1878, 81 - 82.

Vital Records

Barbour Vital Records for Windham County Connecticut, Windham County, CT USGenWeb Project.

Locke, J. G., trans., "Records of Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 12, 1858, p. 311 - 312.