a history of the north society of Middletown, Ct.
from 1650 to 1800
with genealogical and biographical chapters
on early families.
Charles Collard Adams
New York: Grafton Press, 1908.
THE HALL FAMILY
[transcribed by Coralynn Brown ]
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1. John Hall,, born in Co. Kent, England, had married Esther ____, who died in England. He was described in the Roxbury church records, 1638, as "Mr." and when he reached Hartford he was known as "John Hall, Senior," because the John Hall who had accompanied Mr. Oldham in his 1633 excursion to Windsor, was younger. This John Hall removed from Hartford to New Haven and then to Wallingford. Mr. James Shepard of New Britain, in his pamphlet, has cleraly distinquished between the two Johns who resided at the same time, though only for a few years, in Hartford. The deed of William Bloomfield to John Hall, Senior, October 12, 1642, and never recorded, descended from John Hall, Sr., through his son Samuel of the Upper Houses, to his descendant, Mr. David A. Hall of Portland, Conn., who kindly furnished it for this volume. It is in the handwriting of Deacon William Andrews, then schoolmaster in Hartford. It has been rendered into plain English by Mr. James Shepard and reads as follows: William Bloomfield to John Halle Senior This Indenture made the twelfth day of the eighth month one thousand six hundred forty & twoe between William Bloomfield of Hartford, Taylor within the iursdiction of Conectecot upon the river on the one part & John Halle Seniro of the same town & jurisdiction, Carpenter, on the other part, witnesseth that the sayde William Bloomfield hath bargayned & sould unto the aforesayde John Hall about three rods or an acre of grounds of his home lotte, the north side of it abutting upon the high way next the river, the south side of it upon the ground of Joseph Migat, the west side upon the grounds of the aforesaid John Halle the elder & John Wilcocke & the east side of it upon the ground of the aforesayd William Bloomfield, to have & to hold the grounds aforesayde to him & his heirs forever. And the aforesayde John Halle for himself Executors Administrators & Assigns doth covenant and remise to & with this aftersayde William Bloomfield his Executors, Administrators & Assigns that he the aforesayd John Hall his Executors Administrators & Assigns shall make & mayntaine a sufficient fence between the said WilliM Bloomfield and himself from the highway northward to the fence of Joseph Migat southward and also to mayntaine eight or none rods of fencing more between the aforesayd Joseph Migat & himself. And the aforesayd John Hall doth furhter conenant & remise to & with the aforesayde William Bloomfield to frame & set up the aforesayde William Bloomfield one barne twenty foote long & fourteen foote wide the st-d to be ten foote high between the ground still & the reising, at or before the fifteenth day of the first month next ensuing the day of the date hereof. And the sayde John Halle for himself his heirs Executors Administrators & Assigns doth further covenant & remise to and with the aforesayd William Bloomfield his heirs Executors Administrators & Assigns to grant unto him or some of them, one coew calf at or before the fifteenth day of November next or thirty shillings, wch of them, the aforesayde William Bloomfield, shall best like of within three months after he shall refuse the syde calfe. In witness to the truth hereof the parties abovesayde interchangeably have put to their hands & seals, the day & year above written. William Bloomfield Sealed & deliveredin the presence of us Willm Andrewes Abigail Andrewes John Andrewes. He was surveyor of highways in Hartford in 1650, in which year he removed with his children to Middletown. He died May 26, 1673, in the 89th year of his age. In his will, dated May 14, 1672, he says he is 89 years old and that it was the fortieth year of his being in New England. In 1659 he was appointed by the General Court for "the entry and recording of such goods as may be subject to custom." His sons were John, Samuel and Richard. John m. (1) Ann Wilcox, dau of John Wilcox, who d. July 20, 1673, in her fiftieth year; m. (2) Mary (Curtice) Hubbard, widow of Thomas Hubbard, of Upper Houses, who d. June 29, 1709. He was one of the first three deacons elected in 1670, town recorder from 1659 to 1691. He d. Jan. 22, 1695. His gravestone bears only capital letters and the inscription reads: Here Lies ovr Deacon Hall 2. Samuel Hall2,, b. abt. 1626, England, resided for a few years in lower Middletown. In 1657 he purchased of John Wilcox the Joseph Smith and Matthias Treat homesteads in Upper Houses and resided theron until his death of 1690. He m. 1662, Elizabeth Cooke, had come with the Whitfield Comany. The widow removed to Guilford to reside with her son, Deacon Thomas, who d. Feb. 11, 1753, aged 82, having married for his third wife and her second husband Rachel Savage Spinning, dau of John Savage. 3. Samuel Hall3,, b. Feb. 24, 1663-4, Upper Houses; m. (1) Jan. 8, 1690-91, Sarah Hinsdale, b. abt. 1670, dau of Barnabas Hinsdale (Robert) and Sarah White ( Elder John). (See Hinsdale Genealogy). She d. between 1716 and 1722. He m. (2) May 16, 1722, Elizabeth Stocking, widow of George Stocking (Samuel, George), who b. 1674; d. 1737. He d. Mar. 6, 1739. In 1709-10 he sold his homestead, inherited from his father, and removed to the east side of the Connecticut River, where many others went from the Upper Houses. But when the church in the Upper Houses was organized, Jan. 5, 1715, he became a deacon and remained such until the church was organized on the east side (East Middletown), of which he was the first deacon. The earliest record of a "Society" meeting in East Middletown, Mar. 2, 1710-11, was kept by Samuel Hall and shows that the first matter to be considered ws the erection of a meeting house. He was elected "first clerk" in 1714. He was on the committee to procure a minister. The church edifice was built adjoining his homestead. The church was organized in 1721. He was publicly ordained a deacon Jan. 17, 1724-25. All his children by his first wife were born in the Upper Houses. The only child by his second marriage was born in East Middletown. When all the tombstones were removed from the original cemetery, Mr. David A. hall had these placed in his own lot in Trinity Churchyard. He d. Mar. 6, 1740. She d. Sept. 2, 1737. Children of 1st marriage:
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