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• FamilySearch ID: LDPZ-JF7

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Benjamin married Ruth Sharp before 1718. Ruth was born on 26 Jan 1680/81 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Nov 1755; was buried on 12 Nov 1755 in Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L8B5-XTQ

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Joshua married Elizabeth Giles on 8 Feb 1736/37 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Giles and Esther Swinnerton) was born before 2 May 1713; was christened on 2 May 1713 in Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in Dec 1753 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LHQ9-QV6
• Group: Veteran or Patriot of Revolutionary War

Notes:

From Halls of New England, p. 376:

Benjamin Swinnerton, who parents came from England; he resided in Croydon, from 1769 to 1780; removed to Hartland, Vt. He was drowned in 1786, as he was crossing the Quecha river quite early in the morning, with another man; the other man fell into the water, and Mr. Swinnerton in attempting to save his life, lost his own.

Children of Bejamin Swinnerton and Elizabeth Hall:

1.  Betty.
2.  Peter.
3.  Cyrus.

All three died near the same time with canker rash, while

4.  Asa, the baby also had it and whom his mother saved when near to death, by lancing the swelling inside his throat, no physician being near.  (Family 235)

5.  Hannah (Family 236).
6.  Lucy (Family 237).
7.  John, died at Dracut a little before the time set for him to be married.
8.  Betsey (Family 238).

FamilySearch ID:
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Group:
Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier.

Benjamin married Elizabeth Hall on 21 Dec 1769 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Stephen Hall and Sarah Taft) was born on 28 Feb 1749/50 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 22 Apr 1750 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Oct 1821 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; was buried after 24 Oct 1821 in Flat Cemetery, Cornish Flat, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: MXK4-BZ1
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
• Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft

Notes:

From Halls of New England - Halls of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 384.

(Family 235.) ASA SWINNERTON⁵, (Benjamin Swinnerton) Elizabeth Hall⁴, Stephen³, Percival², John¹: m., Jan. 10, 1807, Chloe, dai. of Samuel R. Hall; residence Cornish, N. H. They only had one child, Hannah Hall, b. Oct. 5, 1807; m., Oct. 25, 1841, Rev. Charles Pulsifer, of Plymouth, N. H., and had no children.

In the spring of 1842 they were sent out as teachers to the Cherokee Indians, among whom they laborer for six years; they spent one year in New England to regain health and Strength, after which they were sent out by the A. B. C. F. M. as teachers, to labor among the Ojibway Indians on Lake Superior; they arrived at La Point, Madaline Island, Nov. 10, 1849. In 1853 Rev. C. Pulsifer, Rev. Sherman Hall and Rev. Henry Blatchford left La Point to establish a mission at the moutn of the Crow Wing, west of the Mississippi river, where part of the Ojibway tribe had been removed; but before the mission could become established, war broke out between the Ojibways and the Sioux, and the Missionaries returned to La Point, except Rev. S. Hall, who withdrew. In 1855 Mr. Pulsifer's eyes failing him, he removed to Illinois, where he died, May 6, 1861.

Mrs. Pulsifer m., 2d, March 25, 1866, Abram W. Rice, and removed to Granby, Vt.; she was his 2nd wife; Mr. Rice died Jan. 15, 1868, and she was living in Granby in Jan., 1882. She has very kindly furnished the record of the posterity of her grandmother Elizabeth Hall Swinnerton, and Thompson, and of Rev. Samuel Read Hall, of Rumford, Me., with the co-operation of her uncle, Rev. Dr. Samuel R. Hall, of Brownington, Vt. And additions have been made by Alonzo Allen, Esq., town clerk of Croydon, N. H.

FamilySearch ID:
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Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

Asa married Chloe Hall on 10 Jan 1807 in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Chloe (daughter of Reverend Samuel Read Hall and Elizabeth Hall) was born on 11 May 1786 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 7 Dec 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: K81S-K4M
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
• Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft

Notes:

From Halls of New England - Halls of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 384.

(Family 236.)  HANNAH SWINNERTON⁵, pedigree as before : m., her cousin Samuel Hall (See Family 246 1/2).

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Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

Hannah married Samuel Hall on 5 Dec 1805 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Samuel (son of Reverend Samuel Read Hall and Elizabeth Hall) was born on 23 Apr 1782 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 8 Mar 1813 in Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
• Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft

Notes:

From Halls of New England - Hall of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 385

(Family 237) LUCY SWINNERTON⁵, pedigree as before : m. John Rogers, a lawyer of Oxford, N. H. Children were :

1. John.
2. George.
3. Charles.
4. William.
5. Louisa.
6. Edward

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

Lucy married John Rogers before 1802. John died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: KHZ5-797
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 137572431
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
• Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft

Notes:

From Halls of New England - Hall of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 385

(Family 238) BETSEY SWINNERTON⁵, pedigree as before : m. August 1, 1806, William Allen, a farmer of Croydon, N. H., and in 1809, set off to Cornish; he died Oct. 1, 1856; she died April 25, 1857.

William Allen was the son of John and Sarah Allen, son of William, son of William, son of Joseph, son of Ralph, son of George, the immigrant of Lynn 1636, representative 1637, removed to Sandwich, Cape Cod, before 1640, representative 1641, and several afterwards, he d. May 2, 1648, ae. 80. Children of William and Betsey Allen were :

1.  Hiram, b. March 13, 1807 (Family 312).

2.  Joseph Cornell, b. Feb. 1811; d. young.

3.  Lucy, b. Feb. 2, 1812; m., May, 1847, Levi Richards, s. p.

4.  Almira, b. Dec. 31, 1814; d. unmarried.

5.  Elizabeth Hall, b. July 31, 1818; d. 1834, she was called the beauty of the family

6.  Sabrina Follet, b. Feb. 5, 1821 (Family 313).

7.  William Cornell, b. Aug., 1824 (Family 314).

FamilySearch ID:
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137572431

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

Betsey married William Allen on 1 Aug 1806. William (son of John Allen and Sarah "Sally" Langford) was born cal 30 Aug 1782 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Oct 1856 in Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]