Person:John Hall (382)

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John Hall, Esq., of The Vineyard
b.24 Nov 1729 Prince George's, Maryland, United States
d.8 Mar 1797 Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 25 Sep 1723
  1. Mary Hall1724/25 -
  2. Maj. Henry Hall1727 - 1770
  3. John Hall, Esq., of The Vineyard1729 - 1797
  4. Benjamin Hall1732 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Hall, Esq., of The Vineyard1729 - 1797
  • W.  Eleanor DorseyAbt 1739 - 1805
m. 23 Aug 1767
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] John Hall, Esq., of The Vineyard
Gender Male
Alt Birth[2] 23 Nov 1729 Anne Arundel, Maryland, United StatesAll Hollow's Parish
Birth[3][4] 24 Nov 1729 Prince George's, Maryland, United StatesQueen Anne's Parish
Marriage 23 Aug 1767 Maryland, United Statesto Eleanor Dorsey
Death[2] 8 Mar 1797 Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United Statesat The Vineyard ; no known issue
Burial[1] Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United Statesat The Vineyard
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Warfield, Joshua Dorsey. The founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: a genealogical and biographical review from wills, deeds and church records. (Baltimore, Md.: Kohn & Pollock, 1905)
    99.

    ... John, born 1729.
    This last was Barrister John Hall, a very distinguished lawyer, who refused an admiralty, but was a member of the Council of Safety, and of the Continental Congress. He married Eleanor Dorsey, of " Hockley," but left no descendants. He was buried on the farm called "The Vineyard," some seven miles from Annapolis. A portrait of him is now in possession of Miss Nellie Ridont, whose grandmother was a sister of his wife. ...

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Papenfuse, Edward C; Alan F Day; David W Jordan; and Gregory A Stiverson. A Biographical dictionary of the Maryland legislature, 1635-1789. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Johns Hopkins University Press, c1979-1985)
    426:385, 386-388.

    HALL, JOHN (1729-1797).
    BORN: on November 23, 1729, in All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel County; second son.
    NATIVE: third generation.
    RESIDED: in St. Mary's County until ca. 1764; Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, 1765; "Vineyard," Anne Arundel County, ca. 1788.
    FAMILY BACKGROUND.
    FATHER: Henry Hall (1702/3-1756).
    MOTHER: Martha Bateman (?-1734).
    STEPMOTHER: Elizabeth Lansdale.
    ...
    MARRIED on August 23, 1767, Eleanor (ca. 1739-1805), daughter of Richard Dorsey (1714-1760), of Anne Arundel County, and wife Elizabeth (1711-ca. 1776); ...
    CHILDREN. Died without progeny.

    PRIVATE CAREER.
    EDUCATION: received legal training.
    RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County.
    SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq., by 1754.
    OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: lawyer, admitted to the following courts: Prince George's County in June 1752; Charles County in March 1753; Provincial Court in April 1753; Anne Arundel County in November 1754; Chancery Court by February 1761; Frederick County Court in August 1763. He appeared as an attorney in the Anne Arundel County Court over 300 times between 1754 and 1768.

    PUBLIC CAREER.
    LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1762-1763 (Elections 1, 2; Grievances 1, 2; Public Offices 1), Annapolis, 1765-1766 (elected to the 2nd session to fill vacancy; Public Offices 2—4; Grievances 4; Laws to Expire 4), 1768-1770 (Public Offices 2, 3; Elections 3), 1771 (Elections), Anne Arundel County, 1773-1774 (Elections 1, Cv, 2, 3; Public Offices 1, Cv, 2, 3); Conventions, Anne Arundel County, 1st, 1774, 2nd-3rd, 1774 (chairman 3rd), 4th, 1775, 5th, 1775, 9th, 1776 (Elected to fill vacancy); Lower House, Anne Arundel County, 1777 (Elections 1; Grievances 1, 2; Laws to Expire 1), 1777-1778 (Elections 1, 2; Grievances 1; Manufactories 1; resigned on June 9, 1778), 1778-1779 (Elections 1; Grievances 1, 3), 1779-1780 (Elections 1; Grievances 1), 1780-1781, 1781-1782 (Grievances 1, 2), 1782-1783 (Grievances 1, 2), 1783 (Grievances), 1784 (Grievances), 1785; Senate, Western Shore, Term of 1786-1791: 1786-1787, 1787-1788, 1788, 1789, 1790, Term of 1791-1796: 1791-1792, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795.
    OTHER STATE OFFICE: Council of Safety, Western Shore, 2nd, 1776, 3rd 1776, 4th, 1776, 5th, 1776-1777.
    LOCAL OFFICES: recorder, Annapolis, in office 1 766; St. Anne's Parish Vestry, Anne Arundel County, in office 1769-1772.
    OUT OF STATE SERVICE: delegate, Continental Congress, 1774 (elected in December 1774, but no meetings of Congress were held), 1775 (elected in April 1775 and August 1775; resigned on December 9, 1775), 1779 (elected in December 1779, but did not attend), 1783 (elected on December 9, 1783, to fill vacancy, but did not attend; resigned by March 8, 1784, because of poor health).
    STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: he was allied with Matthias Hammond (1740-1786) and Rezin Hammond (1745-1809) in a radical coalition of the Popular Party, 1774-1776. He voted to exempt military personnel from the General Assembly in 1777 because of his belief in the complete separation of the legislative and executive branches of government. Because the executive controlled the military, Hall believed that there was the potential for conflict of interest.

    WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
    PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed value £1,270.0.0, including 27 slaves and 60 oz. plate, 1783. Throughout his career Hall held a number of mortgages on land and personal property.
    LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 317 acres in St. Mary's and Anne Arundel counties, plus 3.5 lots in Annapolis (probably all by purchase).
    SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: owned and leased out at least 2 additional lots in Annapolis; increased his home plantation on the south side of the Severn River to over 880 acres (ca. 660 acres of which he acquired through his marriage); bought a 5,400-acre tract in Frederick County from the estate of his brother Henry Hall (1727-1770) in 1772, and sold off at least 3,800 acres of it during the next 25 years; acquired 670 acres in Anne Arundel County from a default on a mortgage he held.

    WEALTH AT DEATH.
    DIED: on March 8, 1797, at "Vineyard," Anne Arundel County.
    PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £5,811.19.5 current money (including 31 slaves and law books); FB, £1,363.11.9.
    LAND. 1,570 acres in Frederick County and 1,554 acres in Anne Arundel County, plus 2.5 lots in Annapolis.
    ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: his principal heirs were the children of his brother Henry Hall (1727-1770), although his wife received a life estate in his Annapolis and Anne Arundel County land. His will provided for the manumission of his slaves.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Marriages and Births – Queen Anne’s Parish (1700s), Prince George’s County, Maryland Salt Lake FHC Film No. 0014304, Item 3.

    John Hall Born November 24, 1729

  4. ↑ Hall, Thomas John. The Hall family of West River and kindred families. (Denton, Maryland: Rue Publishing Company, 1941)
    139.

    - John Hall, of “the Vineyard,” born 1729. Married Eleanor Dorsey. No issue.

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