Facts for Richard(1) Hall:
- Town
vote: Mentions: “…Goodman Hall’s fence below the burying place…” 1/5/1665.
This date is of interest since it is a full 6 years before Martha and
Richard are married. (Did Richard go to Hull
from Bradford and get in trouble with Martha and then return to Bradford to live?)
- Richard
and Martha have a daughter, Sarah, c. 1671, who is conceived out of
wedlock. (see below). Sarah dies in 1690, age 19.
- October
31st, 1671, Richard Hall and Martha Benson are summoned to
Suffolk County Court from Hull, Massachusetts, but do not appear, as they have
removed to Hauarell (Haverhill).
A warrant is put out for them with the Sherriff of Merrimack. They are
charged with “fornication”.
- April
30th, 1672, Richard and Martha Hall, now married, are sentenced
to 15 lashes or 40 shillings.
- Applied
for Freeman status 10/11/1676
- Town
meeting: A committee was chosen “…for to advise and consult… as to ye
settling ye Rev. Zecheriah Symmes in office. Mr. Symmes, John Tenny,
Richard Hall...” 1/11/1681
- First
Deacons of Bradford: “David Hazeltine and
Richard Hall were ‘nominated to provide elements for the Lord’s supper
Nov. 2, 1682.’
- With
18 others, signed the covenant to form the first church in Bradford, MA
12/27/1682
- Also
in 1682: “Martha, wife of Richard Hall, Dis. From Haverhill”
indicates that Martha Hall joined the Bradford church from Haverhill, as did
almost all of the first members, as that was where they had previously
been worshipping.
- Deed:
Richard Hall to Francis Wainwright 6/20/1687, 3 acres in Bradford
- Deed
Richard Hall from Samuel Hazeltine et ux 7/30/1697 in Bradford
- Deed:
Richard Hall of Bradford to Philemon Dalton of Hampton, NH
, 12/28/1700 (Abigail Dalton’s brother b. 12/15/1664)
- First
Deacons of Bradford: “The list of deacons
is as follows: John Tenney, Joseph Bailey, Richard Hall, (Probably the
first Deacons, and chosen Dec. 13, 1702)”
- Deed:
Richard Hall Senior to Ebenezer Kimball 3/24/1707, six acres in Bradford on Little Pond
- Deed:
Richard Hall to Robert Mullikin 2/24/1712 in Bradford
- Deed:
Richard Hall to Province of Massachusetts
Bay 5/2/1719 in Bradford
- Deed:
Richard Hall of Bradford to Nathan Webster of Chester, NH
- Deed:
Richard Hall to Thomas Kimball 4/27/1723 in Bradford
- Will:
Mentions children John, Joseph, Richard, Martha Bond, and Mary (Bradford
vital records do not show the birth of Sarah, who David Hall states died
young)
- Will:
November 18th, 1723 Witnessed by Nathaniel Griffin, Daniel
Buzell, and Ichabod Boynton
- Will:
Witness Nathaniel Griffin was Richard(2)’s brother-in-law by Nathaniel’s
marriage to Hannah Barker, the sister of Richard(2) Hall’s second wife,
Mehetable Barker.
- Inventory
of property: 5/11/1730; witnesses were Executors John Hall, and Joseph
Hall, plus the above witnesses to his original will
Facts for Richard(2) Hall:
- Marriage
to Abigail Dalton, April 24, 1699, Hampton,
NH
- Abigail
was the step-daughter of Zecharias Symmes, Bradford’s
first minister
- Deed:
Richard Hall to Solomon Wood 5/22/1707, ¾ acre in Bradford
- Deed:
Richard Hall, Jr. from Samuel Hazeltine et ux, 3/27/1710, 35 acres in Bradford on Little Pond Brook
- Deed:
Richard Hall, Jr. et al from John Simons et al 10/1/1713 in Haverhill
- Intentions:
Andover
4/26/1715
- Deed:
Richard Hall, Jr. et al from Solomon Wood 4/17/1717 in Bradford
- Deed:
Mehetable (ux Richard) et al to William Barker 12/18/1729 in Andover, MA
- Deed:
Mehetable (ux Richard) et al to Job Marble 12/18/1729 in Andover, MA
- Deed:
Mehetable (ux Richard) et al to Job Marble 12/18/1729 in Andover, MA
- Deed:
Richard Hall et ux et al to Wm. Barker 12/18/1729 in Andover, MA
- Deed:
Richard Hall to Benj. Barker et al 2/28/1746 in Bradford
- Deed:
Richard Hall et ux et al to Job Marble 10/23/1765 in Andover, MA
- Deed:
Richard Hall et ux et al to Job Marble 10/23/1765 in Andover, MA
- Shabikin
Rebellion: 12/8/1747 Richard and his son Timothy sign a petition to the
towns of Harvard, Groton
and others to form a new town out of the various pieces requested of those
towns. The effort fails.
- Death:
After 9/29/1760
- Many
additional facts about Richard(2) are contained in the above document by
Joy Peach. This document also contains the link to Timothy(2) Hall of Wilton, NH,
son of Timothy(1) Hall of Harvard, MA
Facts for Joseph Hall (son of Richard(1) Hall):
1. Military
service: in Capt. Hazeltine’s “snowshoo men”
Facts for Timothy Hall (Richard(2), Richard(1)):
1. Mother
was Mehetable Barker
2. Marriage:
Mary Coburn, daughter of Jacob [Daniel(2) & Sarah Blood, Edward(1)] Coburn
and Johanna (Jewett) Varnum, in 1744