Notes:

See: Asa Keyes, Genealogy [of] Robert Keyes of Watertown. 1635 [and] Solomon Keyes of Newbury and Chelmsford, Mass. 1653... [1880], 12.  This work married her (2) to an unidentifed Jewett.
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From Jeff Hall:

After the death of Timothy(2) around 1800, his wife Sarah Keyes Hall remarried an Ezekiel Jewett of Temple, NH where her son Timothy(3) lived. It may be that Sarah moved in with her son for a while before marrying Jewett. Timothy(3) is mentioned in the Town History of Temple as having served around the time of the war of 1812 in the Army.

I have found all the Jewett headstones in Temple's East View cemetery, except hers. She outlived Ezekiel and may have later moved in with a step daughter in Temple (based on my conjecture from Temple census records).

The Jewett house where they lived still stands and has a remarkable view of the Boston skyline from their front windows.

Ezekiel Jewett is a descendant of Maximillian Jewett of Rowley, MA per the Jewett Family of America history. He was the prime contractor for the first Temple meeting house and as he was building both his house and the meeting hosue simultaneously he ran into some problems meeting the deadline for the meeting house per the Temple history. Sarah Keyes Hall Jewett's brother also lived in Temple having moved there late in his life from Massachusetts.

Sarah married Timothy Hall, Jr. before 1775 in Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Timothy (son of Timothy Hall and Mary Coburn) was born on 18 Feb 1751/52 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died about 1800 in New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Ezekiel Jewett, of Temple, NH after 1800. Ezekiel died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Jeff Hall
http://www.designscience.com/Genealogy/richardhall/JoyPeachNEXUSarticle-Richard(2)Hall.htm

Timothy(3) moved to Temple, NH where he co-signed a petition to the Governor of NH to appoint a second Justice of the Peace on 11/19/1808. He was possibly "warned off" in Andover, VT some time later (per a third hand story related to me by a Weston, VT historian in 2002).

Timothy(3) and Sophia had a daughter Sophia Hall who is buried in Weston, VT (formerly Andover, VT). She married a Gutterson and had numerous descendants that are documented in the Gutterson history in Middletown, CT library.

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Family/Spouse: Sophia Parker. Sophia (daughter of Hananiah Parker, of Wilton and Miss [--?--]) died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Timothy Dale Holt. Timothy died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Nancy Moore in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nancy died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Jeff Hall:
http://www.designscience.com/Genealogy/richardhall/

James moved to Shrewsbury, MA and there married Silance Parker (see Genealogy of Dea. Thomas Parker). Silance was born in a part of Hubbardston known as Great Farm Number 1 that comprised 500 acres at the foot of Mount Wachusett. That exact land later became part of Princeton and accounts for the unusual missing eastern-most piece in the map of Hubbardston today.

James and Silance had a number of children who are documented in the Hall genealogy compiled by my brother William Carl Hall of West Hartford, CT.
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James was for a long time (100 years) the oldest member of the Hall family who had been traced.  He was born in 1787 as evidenced by the birth date on his gravestone.  This is also documented by a faded inscription in his bible noting his birth to be 1787 January __?  The exact day can not be read well.  In his death announcement in the National Aegis Newspaper and also in the death records of the State of Massachusetts his age is listed as 53 years old.  Since he died in August 1841 this would not correlate with a birth date in 1787 but rather 1788. At this time we cannot say for sure if his age or birth date is correct.  We did not know who his parents were or where he originally came from. James Hall was felt to have worked in Charlton or Sutton in his early years which is near Uxbridge. He was a carpenter/steeplejack by trade.

He was married to Silence Parker in October of 1811. Repeated efforts to find any Congregational Church records of his marriage in Shrewsbury have proved futile even with the help of a very enthusiastic church historian, Polly Kimmett. She has stated however that the records are quite disorganized. This marriage is noted in the Parker family genealogy book and was also verified by William Carl Hall in the vital records of the Town of Shrewsbury. His death was also verified by W.C.H. in the Massachusetts death records first compiled in 1841 and the microfilm viewed at the New England Historical and Genealogical Society in Boston. It was noted that he was 53 at the time of his death and that he died from a fall at a construction site in Worcester. Oral history from William Edgar Hall indicates that his son William Eustis Hall was working with him and that he too was a carpenter. A review of James's probate records, obtained by William Carl Hall, lists his place of residence as Northborough when he died. No specific address was given and no land was mentioned in his estate. His worldly possessions, consisting mostly of household items and carpenters tools, were appraised at about $85.00 and were left to his children (no one specifically).  His oldest son James Monroe Hall was mentioned in the legal papers as being of Shrewsbury at the time and signed papers turning over the handling of the estate to a local attorney.

He is buried in the third oldest part of the cemetery behind the Congregational Church in the center of Shrewsbury. The prominence and size of the plot (6 or 8 spaces) may be due to the prominence of his wife's family as she was buried first in 1832 following the birth of her last child.  Also buried there are William Judson Hall and his wife Annie Hovey as well as their son and his wife Robert Hall and Charlotte Williams. Oral history from William Floyd Hall has it that William Judson or his son Robert Judson had the present HALL monument erected on the Shrewsbury plot and used the old marker from James and Silence as the base for the newer and larger monument and put it atop the old stone!

Correspondence with the historian for the Town of Northborough in the summer of 2001, Bob Ellis, reveals that James Hall did live in town in at least 1839-1841 and paid poll taxes for 1839 and had his taxes paid for him in 1842 by the executor of his estate. He may have been in arrears for the years 1840 and 1841.  The small amount of his taxes would indicate that he did not own a house or land. He was hired in 1837 or 1838 to oversee the construction of the new Center District school, now the Grange Hall on School Street for 10 shillings per day but walked off the job much to the disadvantage of the town for reasons unknown. This was recorded in the Northborough history published in 1921. The tax records for the town from 1836 - 1838 were lost according to Mr. Ellis and James does not appear on any of the earlier records. Presumably, he may have been living in Shrewsbury or elsewhere then.

On Oct.18, 2001, William C. Hall reviewed the 1830 and 1840 census records for Worcester County and specifically the Town of Northborough at the NEHG. James was not found in the 1830 census in Northborough. He was however noted in the Northborough census for the year 1840.  His name was listed after Asaph Rice and before Harriett Eager, Elijah Ball Jr. and John R. Miller.  No middle initial is used for James Hall in this record. After James' name is listed 1 male 15-20 yrs., 1 male 50-60, presumably James himself, 1 female 5-10, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 20-30, for a total of six in the household.  His wife Silence had long since predeceased him. It also listed one person in the family employed in manufacturing and trades. A close scrutiny of the 1830 census records for Worcester County did show a James Hall at the end of page 277 next to the bottom of the page for Shrewsbury. After his entry as head of household is listed 1 5-10 year old male, (William Eustis), 1 10-15 year old male, (James Munroe), 1 40-50 year old male, (James himself), 1 5-10 year old female, (Mary Jane), 1 10-15 year old female, (Anna Parker), 1 15-20 year old female, (Louisa Augusta or Sarah Zebiah, one of these two may have been married, dead?, or out of the house) and 1 40-50 year old female, (Silence, the mother). Silence Maria had not been born yet. Under categories at the end of the census James is not listed as a foreigner, naturalized, or freeman of color other than white. Therefore, I believe him to have been born in the United States.  Also, no one was listed as deaf, dumb, or blind in the family. At the time of this 1830 census Shrewsbury was a town of 1386 people.

I, William C. Hall, feel that I have come across James Hall in the Worcester County census of 1820 in Sutton, Mass., a town that has had a great many Halls in it since the early 1700s. Two other bits of information are contributory here as I found no other James Hall listed in any Worcester County towns for this census period and the Parker family genealogy account has James Hall falling off the meeting house (not injured) in Sutton in 1828. At the time of this 1820 census report there was 1 male under 10 years of age, (James Munroe), and three females less than 10 years old, (Sarah Zebiah, Louisa Augusta and Anna Parker), and one female 26-45 presumably his wife Silence. Now, what is troubling is that there is no adult male checked off that would represent the father James. The answer I got to this question at the NEHG was that these were imperfect records and they probably just forgot!  Could you be in jail, or have left the family, been in the service, worked elsewhere, or been dead and this is the wrong James?

In an e-mail communication with Bob Ellis, Northborough town historian, He felt that James Hall and his family were most likely borders at the homestead of Asaph Rice. He was a widower of about 72 years of age and lived on a farm on Lincoln Street. There were no other immediate neighbors and it is quite possible that James Hall could have grown crops there as were mentioned in his probate records. According to Mr. Ellis, Asaph Rice was the cousin of Jacob Rice whose daughter, Sophia married James Hall's son James Munroe Hall in 1840. He stated that Jacob Rice married his wife Nancy Barber of Shrewsbury in 1805 and their daughter was Sophia Rice. There is a photo of this Rice family homestead in the Northborough Historical Society. The original house "perished" according to Bob Ellis in 1900.

Personal communication on June 28, 2001 with Denis Laurie of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Mass. show that he found mention of James Hall's fatal accident in the Massachusetts Spy Aug. 25, 1841. His recollection was that he was hit by a timber and "lingered" for two days before dying. Also mentioned was a previous fall he had had working on another project earlier in his life. There was also a death notice. He also found the probate postings on Sept. 15 and 22 of 1841 as well as the postings on Sept. 14, 21, 28 of 1842.  "If no claim against estate children would get inheritance."

William C. Hall personally visited the American Antiquarian Society on August 17, 2001 and found the microfilm record of James Hall's probate notice of September, 1841 in the Mass. Spy Newspaper. It revealed nothing that wasn't already known from his probate papers already obtained. The National Aegis, another paper in Worcester at the time, had James's death notice as of August 22, 1841 and listed his age as 53 years. In the August 25, 1841 Mass. Spy Newspaper there was a story of his accident which revealed that he was hit in the head by a timber while working constructing wood sheds for the Boston and Worcester Railroad in the rail yards in Worcester. He died two days after his accident.The newspaper article from 1841 about his death also commented on the fact that he had fallen "a few years earlier" from a meeting house spire in Charlton but was not visibly injured. This account is in conflict with the data from the Parker family genealogy which states that he fell from the meeting house spire in Sutton in 1828.

After a very rewarding consultation with Marcia Melnyk of the NEHG, I sent off, at her suggestion, for the death certificates of Wm. Eustis Hall and his brother James M. Hall to see if they listed the birthplace of their parents, most notably James Hall. I have received Wm. Eustis's report and it indicated an unknown city in New Hampshire. This I consider a real breakthrough! On March 18, 2002 Jeffrey Lee Hall cracked the case of the origin of James Hall! On information from his brother, William Carl Hall, Jeff located records in Concord, New Hampshire indicating that James Hall was the son of Timothy and Sarah Hall, and was probably the youngest of six children.

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James married Silance Parker about 13 Oct 1811 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Silance (daughter of Hollis Parker and Louisa Bragg) was born cal 1786 in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died about 19 Apr 1832 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 19 Apr 1832 in Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Jeff Hall:

She is said by William Edgar Hall to have married a cranky old seac aptain whose last name was Saltus, and they moved to Odell. Illinois (Ohio?). where they died and had no children.

There is at least one book of Albert E. Hall's that is inscribed to Albert from Aunt Louisa.

In the Parker family genealogy book she is said to have been a school-teacher in Northborough, Mass.

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Family/Spouse: Mister Saltus. Mister died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William Eustis Hall is the second and youngest son of James Hall and Silence Parker. His middle name of Eustis may be from one of the early governors of the State of Maine whom his father, it is said, held in high regard. I think there is a town in Maine called Eustis, and this name is a lead that should be followed regarding the origins of James Hall. 

He apparently took up the carpenters trade along with his father, and according to William Edgar Hall's oral history of the family, he may have been present on the job site when his father James died. 

He is said to have left Shrewsbury after his father's death in 1841, and first worked in Worcester then he went to Connecticut. It was from here that he got the idea from an associate to move to the Chicago area for work and opportunity. He apparently found both in abundance. Working first on the detailed woodwork on the interior of railroad passenger cars and later opening his own sash and blind business he seems to have amassed a sizeable fortune.

During the Civil War he paid one of his workers $500 to serve in his stead which was a commonly accepted practice of the time. William Edgar Hall related that the employee was killed in one of the early engagements of the war.

The family lived in Englewood, Illinois, a section of Chicago until they returned to Worcester, Mass. in embarrassment, it is said, from the divorce of their son Albert Eustis from his first wife Elizabeth Sarah Behrs. 

William Edgar Hall noted that his parents fought or did not get along well. Story has it that William Eustis and his wife encouraged Elizabeth to "go away" or leave her husband which she eventually did.  Also William Eustis is the one that was supposed to have negotiated and paid for the removal of William Edgar from his mother so that he might return to Worcester and be raised by Hall family. A sum of $600 dollars was involved in the transfer on the train, a move that would result in William Edgar never seeing his birth mother again.

Upon removing himself to Worcester, William Eustis apparently lived the life of a gentleman farmer with a property at 98 Woodland Street on what is now the grounds of Clark University. His house was for a time the faculty house until it was torn down. The date of sale of the house to Clark University was about 1920. It was demolished and a dormitory stands there now. William Edgar relates wrestling pigs at the place and that grandfather had buggies and a surrey with a fringe for traveling. His obituary indicates that he was not much of a joiner of clubs or organizations but did belong to the Pilgrim Church in Worcester.

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William married Miranda Sarah Wood on 3 Jul 1849. Miranda (daughter of Judson Adoniram Wood and Louisa Stimpson) was born on 15 Nov 1827 in Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 20 May 1902 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 20 May 1902 in Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Jeff Hall:

I do not have Ida listed as a child of James and Silence Hall by the V.R. of Shrewsbury, but William Edgar Hall said she existed and married a James Montague, and they went to California and had an orange grove in Riverside, California. They had a son "Jimmy" Montague who became a very successful lawyer on the West Coast (where?).

William Edgar Hall said that James and Silance had 9 children and I can only account for 7 of them at this time. I do think that Wm. Edgar was confused about Ida as the will of William Eustis Hall listed as one of his heirs Edna Montague, James M. Hall's daughter, as the person who moved to Riverside Calif and had a son who was a successful lawyer. I do not think at this time that there was an Ida Hall daughter of James and Silance Hall.

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Family/Spouse: James Montague. James died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Jeff Hall:

Could be one of the more interresting Halls. His parents had a good deal of wealth through hard work and he grew up in this environment. It is said that he was supposed to have attended Lake Forest School but may not have started or finished. 

At the age of 26 he apparently eloped with Elizabeth Behrs, a little educated first generation daughter of German immigrants. They went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to be married by a judge in 1881. It appears that this significantly displeased his parents. They had two boys within two years. 

As a result of fighting or the parents wish to separated them or because his mother wanted him to marry his cousin, Albert was packed off to Leadville, Colorado, to live on the range for two years.  When he returned the divorce was apparently begun and he and his parents removed to Worcester because of the scandal of divorce.

In Worcester, he eventually married his cousin, Mabel Fiske, and worked as a bookkeeper.

His wife died pregnant in April 1900 of uremia and he followed suit about three and a half months later. His obituary claimed that he died of grief and he apparently failed terribly after his wife's death. He had even enlisted the help of clairvoyants to contact his wife in death. He is buried in the family plot at Hope Cemetary in Worcester, Mass.

In recent conversations with Gloria Brown Engle, Elizabeth Behrs grand-daughter, she felt that Albert was of poor health and may even have had Tuberculosis. We know his obituary said that he had asthma.

Also Gloria thought that Elizabeth Behrs worked as a domestic, possibly cook, for the Wm. Eustis Hall family in Chicago. Elizabeth's father John Paul Behr was employed by the Pullman Company which is exactly where Wm. E. Hall worked when he first came to Chicago.

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Albert married Elizabeth Clara "Lizzie" Behrs on 17 Sep 1881 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, and was divorced about 1885 in Illinois. Elizabeth (daughter of John Paul Behrs and Sabina Elisabeth Mertes) was born on 7 Jul 1854 in Albany, Albany County, New York; died on 13 Nov 1920 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; was buried on 15 Nov 1920 in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married Mabel Estella Auduboro Fiske on 12 Jan 1892 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mabel (daughter of Isaac Fiske and Clarissa Mariah "Clara" Wood) was born on 1 Aug 1860; died on 17 May 1900 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 17 May 1900 in Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Annie L. Hovey on 13 Dec 1888. Annie (daughter of Eben J. Hovey and Margerett C. [--?--]) was born on 24 Jan 1866 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine; died in 1949; was buried after 1949 in Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]