General Notes: From ; Halls of New England

Author: David Brainard Hall
Call Number: R929.2 H174Genealogical and biographical sketches of the Hall Family of New England.

Bibliographic Information: Hall, David Brainard. Halls of New England. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell’s Sons. 1883.

 

 

2. John Hall (George1) was born in 1635.

John married Hannah Penniman on 4 Feb 1670/71 in Taunton, MA. (Hannah Penniman was born about 1640.)

Children from this marriage were:

   8 M    i. John Hall was born on 27 Jun 1672 in Taunton, MA.

   9 M    ii. Joseph Hall was born on 7 Apr 1674 in Taunton, MA.

   10 M    iii. James Hall was born on 8 Dec 1675 in Taunton, MA.

   11 M    iv. Benjamin Hall was born on 6 Dec 1677 in Taunton, MA.

 

John, the eldest son of George, born in 1640, died in 1693, married, February 4, 1671, Hannah Penniman, having children, John, Joseph, James, Benjamin, Sarah, Jacob, Hannah. His descendants are numerous and he was ever prominent in all town affairs serving some years as constable and selectman. He, like his father, was interested in the church, of which he was a member, contributing five acres of land in its aid in 1687. From this branch of the family, through John 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Brian, Silas and Richard Hutchens, one of Taunton’s mayors Richard Henry Hall, is descended (HISTORY OF TAUNTON)

He took the oath of fidelity in 1659; was on a jury of inquest in 1664; was constable in 1666; succeeded his father as shareholder and clerk in the iron bloomery in 1669, in 1671, and in 1677; was on the board of selectmen in 1684,1685, 1686, and 1691; was on the committee of seven for considering proprietors’ claims in 1680; was deputy to Plymouth Colony general court in 1689-91; was a member of the Congregational church, contributing five acres of land in its aid in 1687, under the teachings of Rev. Samuel Danford; was a large landholder and a large proprietor in “Taunton South Purchase” of 1663 and in the “North Purchase of 1668, also having a right in the original “Purchase”; and was a leading man in business affairs.

 

Married 4 FEB 1671 in Taunton, The American Genealogist, 28:253-54.

 

John Cary and Increase Robinson, the husband of Sarah Penniman, were among the commissioners who divided the estate of Lt John Hall of Taunton, husband of Hannah Penniman, on 29 Dec 1694: Rounds, H. L. Peter, “Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachuetts Probate Records”, 1988, p. 180.