 1600 - 1669 (69 years)
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| Name |
George Hall |
| Birth |
1600 |
Devonshire, England  [10] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Emigration |
1636/7 |
Devonshire, England [2, 4] |
| Founded |
3 Sep 1639 |
Taunton, Plymouth, British America [4, 11] |
| Member |
Aug 1643 |
Taunton, Plymouth, British America [12] |
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| Freeman |
1645 [11] |
| Will |
16 Oct 1669 [11] |
WILL OF GEORGE HALL.
Annexed is a copy of the will of George Hall, ancestor of the foregoing descendants. He was the first clerk and business manager of the ancient Taunton Iron Works, "commenced Anno 1656," and continued so (with the exception of one year) until the time of his death in 1669. [From record of Capt. Thomas. Leonard2, afterwards clerk, son of James1, now in possession of the compiler:]
"Oct. 16, 1669--The Last Will and Testament of George Hall, of Taunton, deceased, exhibited to the Court held at New Plvmouth, the first day of March, 1669, on the Oath of Richard Williams:
In the name of God, amen--I George Hall, of Taunton, in the jurisdiction of New Plymouth, being in health and memory, blessed be the Lord, do here make my last will and testament in manner and form as followeth: I commit my spirit into the hands of the Lord and do dispose of my goods as followeth:
Item--I give to my wife during widowhood, the part of my dwelling house, that part which I built last, and the garden joining to it, and half my new barn and half the stall against the barn:
Item--I give her that I bought of Benjamin Wilson, lying between Richard Williams and that which was Nicholas White's which is eight acres which lyeth on the North side of the great River:
Item--I give unto my Wife the land that is called by the name of Cobb's neck, and the land that I broke up in the neck that John Hall hath and one acre more if she want it:
Item--I give her more at Broad cove, a carriage of hay, half in Samuel's and half in Joseph's, if she doth want it for herself, this is my wife's during her widowhood, after to be disposed of as followeth, and make her my executrix:
Item--I give unto my son Joseph half the neck of land called by the name of Jane Wyatt's bed, and the land the house stands upon, and the four acres that reaches against John Cobb's land, and the neck called by the name of Cobb's neck, and seventy-six acres by the great River at the further side of Thomas Deane's land on the east side, to him and his heirs forever:
Item--I give unto my son Samuel Hall my great lot viz: all my land lying from the great river to James Leonard's land, the one side is against Hezekiah Hoar's land the other side against Mr. Pool's land, and twenty-two acres against the Great River on the north side of Thomas Deane's:
Item--I give unto my son Samuel my twenty acres and the meadow belonging to it at the three mile River, called Rumford, and half my meadow at Broad cove:
Item--I give to my daughter Charity six pounds:
Item--I give unto my son Joseph Hall my home lot, which is eight acres, two acres where I bought of William Harvey, and six acres over the great river, and I give unto him that which I bought of Benjamin Wilson which is eight acres upon the north side of the great River, the east side against Richard Williams:
Item--I give him half my meadow at Broad cove--Samuel is to parcel it equally and Joseph is to choose the half he will have, and I give him my purchase and ten acres from the town of my-division:
Item--I give to each of my grand-children forty shillings:
Item--I give to my daughter Sarah twenty pounds, and if she do not match to her mother's mind she is to have but fifteen pounds:
Item--I give to the church in Taunton, forty shillings to buy cups:
Item--I give to William Evans, twenty shillings:
Item--I give to my son John, my new purchase:
Item--I give to my daughter Mary, forty shillings:
Item--I give to my son Samuel, six acres of land that is due me from the town and three acres of swamp:
(Signed) GEORGE HALL.
Witnessed by RICHARD WILLIAMS,
WALTER DEANE."
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| Death |
30 Oct 1669 |
Taunton, Plymouth, British America [1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10] |
| Probate |
Mar 1670 [10] |
| Person ID |
I16777 |
Duane's Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
26 Mar 2017 |
| Family |
Mary ________, b. 1604, Devonshire, England d. 1690 (Age 86 years) [6, 7, 8, 9, 13] |
| Marriage |
Bef 1635 |
Devonshire, England [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] |
| Children |
| | 1. Charity Hall, b. Abt 1635, Taunton, Plymouth, British America d. 3 Jun 1711, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 76 years) |
| | 2. John Hall, b. 1640, Taunton, Plymouth, British America d. 1693 (Age 53 years) |
| | 3. Joseph Hall, b. 1642, Taunton, Plymouth, British America d. 17 Apr 1705 (Age 63 years) |
| + | 4. Samuel Hall, Sr., b. 11 Dec 1644, Taunton, Plymouth, British America d. 1689/90 (Age 45 years) |
| | 5. Sarah Hall, b. Abt 1648, Taunton, Plymouth, British America |
| | 6. Mary Hall, b. Abt 1650, Taunton, Plymouth, British America |
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| Family ID |
F5775 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Apr 2020 |
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| Sources |
- 1. [S940] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2, 333, 00191.
- 2. [S492] Families of Ancient Windsor, CT, Vol. 2, 363, 00184.
- 3. [S502] The Woodbury Family, 175, 00552.
- 4. [S230] Matinicus Isle, 168, 00370.
- 5. [S480] TMD, 38:73, 00371.
- 6. [S259] NEHGS Register, 161:37, 00390.
- 7. [S1161] Nicholas White Family, 15, 01010.
- 8. [S1357] NEXUS, 2:115, 00206.
- 9. [S1357] NEXUS, 6:19, 00206.
- 10. [S503] Halls of New England, 567, 00247.
- 11. [S503] Halls of New England, 566, 00247.
- 12. [S259] NEHGS Register, 4:258, 00390.
- 13. [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 6769439, 00974.
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