John Hall

1650 - 1721  (70 years)

• Name	John Hall
  Born	23 Nov 1650	Braintree, MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Sep 1721	Rehoboth, MA   [2]
  Person ID	I166	Ancestors & Descendants of the immigrant Edward Hall
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	Edward Hall,   b. Abt 1611, Henbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 27 Nov 1670, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Mother	Hester,   b. England. ,   d. Rehoboth, MA
  Married	Abt 1650	Probably In Braintree, MA
  Family ID	F118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Living
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Newell,   b. 10 Apr 1661, Roxbury, MA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	18 Nov 1684	Braintree, MA   [3]
  Children	1. John Hall,   b. 13 Oct 1685, Rehoboth, MA ,   d. Sep 1686, Rehoboth, MA  (Age 0 years)   2. Jeremiah Hall,   b. 11 Mar 1686-1687, Rehoboth, MA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Hall,   d. 11 Mar 1691   4. Living   5. Martha Hall,   d. Mar 1725, Rehoboth, MA   6. Edward Hall,   b. 10 Mar 1694, Rehoboth, MA ,   d. 10 May 1759, Rehoboth, MA  (Age 65 years)   7. Ester Hall,   b. 29 Feb 1696, Rehoboth, MA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Liuetenant John Hall,   b. 27 Mar 1698, Rehoboth, MA ,   d. 27 Sep 1780, Quincy, MA  (Age 82 years)   9. Prescilla Hall,   b. 27 Mar 1700, Rehoboth, MA ,   d. 28 May 1703, Rehoboth, MA  (Age 3 years)   10. Hannah Hall,   b. Abt 1702,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Ephraim Hall,   b. 26 Jul 1704, Rehoboth, MA ,   d. Abt 1794, Attleboro, MA  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John was a soldier in King Phillip's war and was in the swamp fight in 1675. He was in the Narragansett expedition in 1689 and was advanced 16 pounds to sustain the war. The following information was provided by Kathleen (Shaw) Mackell in her Genealogical History dated 1984: "John Hall, the oldest son of Edward and Esther Hall, was born in Braintree in 1651. He as only nineteen when his father died and he probably stayed with his mother to help with the farm. When King Philip's War broke out in 1675, he was one of thirteen men drafted from Rehoboth. For some reason, his name was omitted in Bodge's History of King Philip's War but in Old Rehoboth records (Rehoboth Rate Book II), he is listed as receiving 2 pounds, 18 shillings, and 8 pence and serving 39 days in 1675. He later advanced money to carry on the war. After the war was over, he returned to the farm, married Mary Newell in 1684, and was listed as a proprietor and inhabitant in Rehoboth in 1689. John Hall had land given to him by his father, Edward, which was evidently in the original Rehoboth North Purchase. It was fifty acres along both sides of the Ten Mile River and in a place called the Falls. He solt it to Samuel Penfield and John Stevenson and they later sold it to Thomas Daggett." The Plymouth Colon Records show that John Hall was born 23 Nov 1650 at Braintree, MA versus 28 Jan 1651 as recorded in the book "Halls of New England" by Rev. David B. Hall 1883. The date of 28 Jan 1651 could be a baptismal date. (Research):John Hall(2), Edward(1): The number of his children is not certain, or the order to their births. Mary, Esther and Hannah gave their portions of their father's estate to their brother Edward for 60 pounds, to take care of their mother and invalid sister Martha. And in 1721, Edward Hall and sisters Mary, Esther, Hannah and Martha, spinster, gave deed of property in Rehoboth to their brother John of Taunton. The word spinsters in the record should be in the singular number and has reference only to Martha. John Hall(3) of Taunton was not the Lt. John Hall who m. Hannah Penniman. He sold a house in Rehoboth partly finished in 1722 and was in Braintree in 1763. The above came from the Appendix of the "Halls of New England", page 295. I, Joseph S. Hall, Jr., do not understand why this was written, especially the part about Hannah Penniman or of John(3) being a Lieutenant, because none of this was mentioned in the first place in the original section of the book named above on page 528. There may have been some question as to this information when Rev. David B. Hall first received it or during his research, but to mention at the end of the book and not mention in the original writing on page 528 is somewhat confusing to me.

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] The entitled Braintree Town Records 1640 - 1793 states "John Holl, the sonne Edward Holl and Hester his wife as born (23) of (11) mo ___ 1650. [S66] Rehoboth Vital Records. [S26] Braintree Vital Records, page 168.