HALL, HENRY (1727-1770).
BORN: on May 27 [26, per VRs], 1727, in All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel County [Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's County, per VRs]; eldest son. NATIVE: third generation.
RESIDED: in Anne Arundel County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Henry Hall (1702/3-1756).
MOTHER: Martha Bateman (?-1734).
STEPMOTHER Elizabeth Lansdale.
BROTHERS: John Hall (1729-1797); Benjamin (1732-?).
HALF BROTHERS:
Edward (1735-?);
Isaac (1737-?), who married in 1760 Ruth, daughter of Mordecai Jacob (1714-1771);
Thomas Henry (1744-1788), who married Barbara Bowie, who subsequently married Ignatius Taylor (?-1807); and
William (1748-?).
SISTER:Mary (1724/25-?).
HALF SISTERS:
Elizabeth (1739-?);
Martha (1741-1747);
Margaret (1746-?), who married Col. Richard Harwood (1738-1826);
Mary (1752-1771); and
Martha (1755-?).
COUSIN: Stephen West (1727-1790).
MARRIED in 1748 Elizabeth (?-1789), daughter of Nicholas Watkins(?-1770), of Anne Arundel County, planter, and wife Margaret. Her brothers were John; Gassaway; Joseph; Thomas; and Jeremiah. Her sister was Ann.
CHILDREN.
SONS:
- Maj. Henry (1751-?), who married first, Margery Howard, and second, Rachel Harwood;
- Nicholas, who married first, Martha Hall Howard, and second, Ann Griffith;
- William, who married in 1782 Martha Duckett; and
- John Stephen, who married in 1788 Elizabeth Boyd.
DAUGHTERS:
- Martha (1755-?), who married in 1770 Joseph Howard;
- Mary, who married in 1778 David Steuart;
- Margaret (?-1805);
- Anne, who married first, Thomas Rutland, and second, John Watkins; and
- Elizabeth, who married John Watkins.
PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel County.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1764.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: merchant; land speculator.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE Lower House, Anne Arundel County, 1762-1763 (Grievances 1, 2; Bills of Credit 1, 2), 1765-1766 (Bills of Credit 2, 4; Elections 4; Public Offices 3, 4).
LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Anne Arundel County, 1752-1770 (quorum, 1761-1770); justice, Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, Anne Arundel County, commissioned 1764.
MILITARY SERVICE: major, period of service unknown.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 2,157 acres in Anne Arundel, Prince George's, and Frederick counties (ca. 980 acres inherited from his father, 1756), plus control of his younger brother's 452-acre inheritance until 1764.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: during the 1760s Hall patented ca. 7,815 acres in Frederick County and ca. 163 acres in Anne Arundel County. He sold off the land in Frederick County piecemeal, with several sales still pending at the time of his death, and mortgaged over 3,000 acres in Prince George's, Frederick and Anne Arundel counties to his brother John Hall (1729-1797) in 1764 and 1767.
WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: on January 11, 1770, in Anne Arundel County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY:
TEV, £1,358.4.5 current money (including 6 slaves, 49.5 oz. plate, books, dry goods, and hardware); FB, £105.10.1 current money.
LAND. 7,605 acres in Anne Arundel, Prince George's, and Frederick counties. He had already made contracts to sell at least 1,000 acres in Prince George's and Frederick counties, however, and directed in his will that ca. 5,700 acres in Frederick County should be sold to pay his debts and mortgages.
