Richard John Hall was the father of Joseph Hall (Richard) who married Sarah Kimball. Their son was Benjamin Hall below.
Third Generation
Benjamin Hall (Joseph, Richard) was born April 27, 1712 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, and died October 27, 1795 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts. Benjamin married Rebecca Farnham on October 9, 1735 in Massachusetts. She was born March 14, 1715 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, and died February 25, 1785 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts. Her parents were Jonathan Farnham and Elizabeth. Benjamin Hall married secondly to a woman named Mary. Benjamin and Rebecca’s children:
Farnham Hall (Benjamin, Joseph, Richard)
Farnham was born June 28, 1752 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts. He died May 14, 1834 in Massachusetts. He married Sarah (Sally) Bailey on July 23, 1774 in Methuen. She was born August 13, 1754 in Massachusetts and died December 26, 1836 in Methuen (or Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts). They had the following children:
Polly Hall born June 13, 1775 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts, died July 23, 1847
Farnham Hall, Jr. born February 2, 1778 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts and died March 13, 1850 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York
Enoch Bailey Hall born April 20, 1779 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts and died August 5, 1793 in in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts, died
Benjamin Hall born April 18, 1781 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts and died April 22, 1781 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts.
Sally Hall born August 31, 1784 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts and died January 7, 1825
Abiah Osgood Hall born July 4, 1786 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts and died September 24, 1875. She married Ralph Hall December 21, 1802 in Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Frye Hall born October 21, 1788 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts and died August 3, 1849 in Belfast, Waldo, Maine.
Betsey Hall born born July 18, 1790 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts and died December 22, 1828
Joseph Hall born born June 26, 1793 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts, died December 31, 1859 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Enoch Bailey Hall born January 26, 1796 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts, died April 1, 1815 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts
Stephen Abott Hall born February 18, 1798 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts, died January 1819
Richard John Hall born September 14, 1800 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts, died March 18, 1891 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. See below.
Mary Hall
Nothing known
Anna Hall
Nothing known
Benjamin Hall, Jr.
Nothing known
Rebecca Hall
Nothing known
Elizabeth Hall
Nothing known
Mehitable Hall
Nothing known
Fourth Generation
Richard John Hall (Farnham, Benjamin, Joseph, Richard)
Richard John Hall (Farnham, Benjamin, Joseph, Richard) born September 14, 1800 in Metheun, Essex, Massachusetts and died March 18, 1891 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Picture is of his second wife Mary “Caroline” Fisher Holbrook.
John was married September 3, 1822 probably in New York to Abigail Bentley. Abigail was born July 21, 1801 in Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania and died September 3, 1838 in Ellington, Chautaqua, New York. John and Abigail had the following children:
John D Hall (Richard, Benjamin, Joseph, Richard)
John was born July 12, 1822 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York, died December 2, 1896 in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. He married Melissa Arnold (probably New York) who was born June 21, 1828 in Maine and died January 24, 1884.
Their children:
- Eliphlat Ingolls Hall born July 13, 1848 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York, died June 9, 1927 Lewis County, Washington. Married first in 1874 to Alice May Page (1854-?) and had one daughter: Florence Bell Hall (1893-1972). Married second in 1872 in New Jersey to Clara Belle Geer (1868-1922) and had two children: Edgar and Norman Cecil.
- Josephine Rebecca Hall (aka Rebecca Josephine) (John, Richard, Benjamin, Joseph, Richard) married Charles E. Bailey.
- Mary Hall born May 27, 1853 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York and died about 1946 in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota. She married January 4, 1875 in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin to James Roderick Perkins and had seven children: John, Roderick, Maude, Willard, Norman, Abbie, and Harry.
- Lennie Maria Hall born about 1864 in Wisconsin, died February 26, 1955 in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, married 1893 Burt Clarence Smith (1865-1935) and had three children: Asa, Lottie, and Florence.
Melissa Arnold Information
Melissa Arnold Hall is shown in the 1880 U.S. Federal Census as 60 years old and living with Charles E. and Rebecca Bailey. She shows herself and her parents as all being born in Maine.
It is odd that there was no death certificate for Melissa Arnold in Eau Claire County, although they may have lived across the river in Chippewa county. Since they were living in Wells, Monroe, Wisconsin in 1880, it’s possible she died there. However, she is buried in Augusta, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. There is a probate record for a Melissa Hall who died May 29, 1882. The probate records are from 1883-1889 in Koshkonong, Jefferson, Wisconsin. It states that she lived in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Wisconsin. Chauncey Converse was the executor and he was also an inheritor as well as her sister, Mrs. Jane Peirce and a Charles D. Handy. This makes no sense to me as you would think that she would leave money to her immediate family.
Rebecca Ann Hall
Rebecca born November 28, 1825 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York, died April 28, 1885 in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin. She married about 1844 to Amos Jacob Hollenbeck (1824-1864). Their children:
- Frances R. Hollenbeck 1844-1921
- Henry Dewitt Hollenbeck born 1847 in New York, died October 14, 1923
- Fidella Hollenbeck May 20, 1850 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York, died after 1930 in Viroqua, Vernon, Wisconsin.
- Marinda Hollenbeck 1853 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York, died January 2, 1922 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
- Jeffrey F. Hollenbeck born March 31, 1857 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York, died December 7, 1933 in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin.
- Lilly J. Hollenbeck 1859-?
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Benjamin was born November 14, 1830 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York and died September 1862 in Carrollton, Orleans Parish, Lousiana.
Charles D Hall
Charles was born July 23, 1833 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York and died December 1859 in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin. He married Maria Betsey Hitchcock and they had two children: Darlin Orlando and Clara Alta.
Joseph Farnham Hall
Joseph was born April 18, 1836 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York, died January 2, 1910 in Augusta, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He was married to Amelia Ann Burlingame (1841-1926). They had nine children: Henry Johnathan, Etta Jane, Abbie M., Eda May, Lutheria Ann, Richard Farnham, Alpha William, and Mable Clare.
Richard married second to Mary “Caroline” Fisher (previously married to a Holbrook) on November 20, 1838 in Augusta, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Caroline was born May 8, 1815 in New York or Massachusetts and died June 20, 1880 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Richard and Caroline had the following children:
Eliza Jane Hall
Eliza was born July 14, 1841 in Chili(?), New York (probably Ellington, Chautauqua, New York) and died January 4, 1923 in Iowa. She married George Washington Daniels and had ten children: Harriet Ann, Frank, Phronetta, Phonina, Ida M., John M., Minnie, James Harvey, George, and Orpha.
Sarah A. Hall
Sarah was born January 20, 1846 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York. She may have married James K. Lynn in 1864.
James A. Hall
James was born June 1852 probably in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York and died September 17, 1917 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado. He married Mary F. Gregg on August 2, 1899 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado. They had three children: Lorenzo A. and Lee T.
A funny story…
Sources
1880; Census Place: Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: 1424; Family History Film: 1255424; Page: 365D; Enumeration District: 127
Ancestry.com.. Wisconsin, State Censuses, 1895 and 1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Eau Claire Ward 3, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: 1787; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0025; FHL microfilm: 1241787
Year: 1870; Census Place: Augusta, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1712; Page: 232A; Image: 465; Family History Library Film: 553211
Year: 1910; Census Place: Eau Claire Ward 9, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1710; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0057; FHL microfilm: 1375723
Year: 1920; Census Place: Eau Claire Ward 3, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1984; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 122; Image: 11
Check out the Deacon Richard (1) Hall (c. 1645 to 1729/30 ) and Martha (Benson) Hall (c. 1644 to after 1729/30 ) of Hull (before 1671), Haverhill (1671-?), and Bradford (as early as 1676), Massachusetts website.
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A distant cousin shared this funny story with me recently. He also shared the picture of Richard “John” Hall. On Saturday the 6th day of January, 1838, near the same spot where a quarter of a century before the first settler in the Town of Ellington felled the trees and erected his rude log cabin …
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