Land Deeds 1725/6 Hannah/John Hall

NEGHS Jan 13 1725/6 John/Hannah: 16/310

 

To all Christian People to whom these presents shall come Hannah Hall widow and ____ of Lieutenant John Hall deceased and her sons Joseph Hall, James Hall, Benjamin and Jacob Hall all in Taunton in the County of Bristol in her majesties province of the Massachusetts Bay lend greeting know ye.

 

That the said Hannah Hall, Joseph Hall, James Hall, Benjamin and Jacob Hall for in cooperation of five pounds money and as money to them in the hand paid by John Hall the Edest Son of John Hall deceased the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledges and ______ there with fully and resolutely satisfied ________ and paid and thereof do by these _____ fully, absolutely and clearly exonerate acquit and discharge the L John Hall his executor and ad___eny & forever. Have given granted bargained sold aliened ___ made over confirmed and delivered and by these presents do give grant bargain sell Alieve Enseosle make over confirms and delivers unto the said John Hall to his heirs and assigns forever twenty acres of land within the township of Taunton eastward from the meeting house the ___ six acres of places so called on the Neck Plain so called and ten acres of land bounded Eastward _____ son acres of ___ and Westward by the land of Phillip King and four acres of land joining to the northward side. Ten acres of land is bounded Eastward, Northward and Westward by the land of Thomas Dean which twenty acres of the land by agreement and settlement of the estate of the above Leiutenant John Hall deceased did belong to the above Hannah Hall for her material life but now the said Hannah Hall and her laid ___ to each of them. For the ___ ____ their heirs, executors and _____ tell and make over their ______ in the said twenty acres unto the laid John Hall and to his heirs and assigns forever.

 

To have and to hold the said twenty acres of land more or less as above mentioned  and bounded with all use ____ _____ rights and privileges with all the profits and benefits from thence _____ moreover the said Hannah Hall, Joseph Hall, James Hall, Benjamin and Jacob Hall do hereby  _____ their heirs, executors and _______ covenant promise & forever . 

 

The said John Hall his heir and assigns to have and to hold the ____ six acres of land and ten acres of land and four acres of land all ______ to twenty acres be it more or less with the previously as above ______ and the said John his heir and ____ _____ peaceably and quietly enjoy and _____ the land forever. By them the said Hannah Hall, Joseph Hall, James Hall, Benjamin and Jacob Hall their heirs executors and assigns …  (It goes on with more legal stuff)…

 

This third day of June in the year of Christ seventeen hundred on the first (?) year of the reign of the Queen anne over England, Scotland, France & Ireland defender of the faith.

 

 Hannah H. Hall

    Per mark

 Joseph Hall

 James Hall

 Benjamin Hall

 Jacob Hall

 

Ebenezer Robsuisore (?)

Josiah Robsuisore (?)

Taunton, Bristol County

June the …..  rest of the page cut off

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.