Person:John Hall (10)

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John Hall was born in England in 1617. He first appeared in New England in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He was made a freeman 6 May, 1635. He moved to Dover and was on a tax list there from 1648 to 1677. He was deacon of the first church in Dover in 1635. He laid out many roads, was a selectman in 1660. He was a grand juror, town clerk, and held other town offices. He lived in Cambridge from 1667 to 1675.

He bought lands in Medford 27 June, 1675, of Caleb Hobart which he mortgaged the same day as security, and he redeemed the mortgage 2 May, 1681 for 260 Pounds.

John took the fidelity oath in Middlesex County in 1652, and that same year Cambridge apportioned to him 20 acres of church land in Billerica. He lived in Concord for several years previous to 1667 and then returned to Cambridge.

In Medford in 1677, John Hall was chosen Constable and Selectman. In 1699 he made a will dividing his large landed estate between his sons, who were to pay his daughters their portions in money. Widow Elizabeth had rights reserved for her during her lifetime and had use of portion of the house and cellar. Stephen and Thomas had house and land near it. The house was east of the railroad station in Medford and demolished long ago. The cellar was filled in, in 1837.

In the old burying grounds in Medford stands a thick slab of slate, about as high as wide, arched at the top. On the arch is carved Death's hand, under which is an hour glass flanked by two winged figures. On one upper corner is carved "Memento More" and on the other, "Fugit horo". It is John Hall's stone.

He died 18 October, 1701 in Medford. He had married in Concord 2 June, 1656, Elizabeth Green, daughter of Percival and Ellen Green. She died 4 February, 1714. Their children were born in various towns, wherever John was accumulating lands.

1. Elizabeth, b. 18 July, 1658 in Concord, married Thomas Pierce, later John Oldham.

2. John, b. 13 October, 1660 in Dover, d. 14 November, 1720, married Jemima Still of Cambridge 2 December, 1687.

3. William, b. 1664 in Dover, d. 4 January, 1683, unmarried.

• 4. Nathaniel, b. 7 March, 1666 in Dover, d. 14 April, 1725, married Elizabeth Cutter.

5. Mary, b. 23 May. 1668 in Charleston, d. 18 April, 1758, married John Bradshaw, b. 1655.

6. Stephen, b. 1670 in Charleston, d. September, 1755, married Grace ---, in February 1739, married Mrs. Anna Nevell.

7. Percival, b. 11 February 1672 in Cambridge, d. 25 December, 1752.

8. Susannah, b. in Cambridge.

9. Jonathan, b. 28 September, 1677 in Medford, d. 12 January, 1754, married 1I February, 1712 Lydia Cutter, who died 1754.

10. Sarah, b. 31 March, 1679 in Medford, d. 1764, married Benjamin Pierce of Medford 2 December, 1702.

11. Thomas, b. 11 November, 1681 in Medford, d. 25 January, 1757, married Hannah Cutter 2 December, 1702, who died 1704; married Abigail Palfrey, who died 1746; married Elizabeth Davis, who died 1757.

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Nathaniel Hall was born 7 March, 1666 in Dover, Massachusetts. He died 14 April, 1725 in Medford. He married Elizabeth Cutter of Cambridge, daughter of Richard and Frances (Amsden) Cutter on 16 March, 1690. She was born 1 March, 1669, died 17 November, 1742 in Medford. Their children were all born in Medford:

1. Elizabeth, b. 9 January, l692, married Samuel Polley.

2. Nathaniel, b. 25 October, 1694, d. September, 1773.

3. Susannah, b. 30 August, 1696, married John Bishop 27 March, 1718.

4. Sarah, b. 8 September, 1698.

• 5. Tabitha, b. 9 November, 1699, married William Binford of Boston, 16 September, 1723.

6. William, b. 9 February, 1705, d. 1784.

Sources: "Medford Vital Records"; "Cutter Genealogy" Cutter; "Binford Supplement" Bruner; "Dover Vital Records"; "Cambridge Vital Records"; "Hall Genealogy, Hall of Medford"; "Massachusetts Pioneers" Pope; "Genealogical Dictionary" Savage; "Charlestown Vital Records"; "Ancestral Heads" Holmes.