(Family 18.) Hiland Hall4, Thomas3, Samuel2, John1: b. in Guilford, Conn., Sept. 30, 1703, and died there.
An upright marble tombstone was erected at his grave in the old Guilford cemetery, which, when the ground was made a public common, was removed with his remains about four miles to the farm of Minor Fowler, one of his descendants, where it is now (1864) standing. The inscription is as follows:
"In memory of Hiland Hall who departed this life June 16, 1781, in the 78th year of his age."
Hiland Hall, m. Rachael Bishop, March 17, 1725, who was dau. of Daniel Bishop, of Guilford, and his wife Mary Hall, and grand-daughter of William Hall who was an emigrant from Rolvendue Kent county, England, in the company of the Rev. Henry Whitfield the first minister of Guildford, in 1639. (See Barber's Conn. Hist. Coll. Guildford.) ...
... Rachael Bishop, wife of Hiland Hall, being granddaughter of William Hall, these descendents have two emigrant ancestors of the name of Hall, viz.: John Hall, of Middietown, who came to Roxbury in 1633; and William Hall who came to Guilford in 1639. Dea. John Bangs, who kept a bill of the mortality of Guilford, placed the prefix of honor "Mr." before the name of Hiland Hall.
Children were born in Guilford : ...
