Person:Joseph Hall (87)

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Joseph Hall
b.Abt 1701 Calvert County, Maryland
d.Aft 1748 prob Maryland
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1701
  1. Joseph HallAbt 1701 - Aft 1748
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joseph HallAbt 1701 - Aft 1748
  • W.  Sarah SmithAbt 1720 -
m. 1722
  1. Rachel HallAbt 1725 -
  2. Ann HallAbt 1728 -
  3. John HallBef 1738 -
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Facts and Events
Name Joseph Hall
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1701 Calvert County, Maryland
Marriage 1722 Calvert County, Maryland[she is the widow Richardson]
to Sarah Smith
Other[2] 7 Apr 1747 Calvert, Maryland, United Statesnamed in Will of Sarah Smith, mother in law
Death? Aft 1748 prob Maryland
References
  1. ↑ Family Recorded, in 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)
    426:388.

    HALL, JOSEPH (ca. 1701-?).
    BORN. ca. 1701 in Calvert County; only surviving son.
    NATIVE: third generation.
    RESIDED: in Calvert County.

    FAMILY BACKGROUND.
    FATHER: Joseph Hall (?-1705), son of Richard Hall (?-1688).
    STEPFATHER: Rev. Thomas Cockshutt (?-1722), of All Saints' Parish, Calvert County. MOTHER: Ann (?-1742).
    UNCLES: Elisha Hall (1663-ca. 1716/17); Benjamin Hall (1667-1721).
    AUNTS: Rachel Hall (1671-1730), who married Walter Smith (?-1711); Lucia Hall (1675-?), who married John Smith (?-1738); and Sarah Hall (1677-?), who married Robert Bradley (?-1724).
    STEPBROTHER: Thomas Cockshutt (ca. 1708-1734), who married Rebecca.
    STEPSISTER: Martha Cockshutt, who married ca. 1714 Thomas Lingan.
    STEPSISTERS OR HALF SISTERS: Elizabeth Cockshutt; Ann Cockshutt.

    MARRIED in 1722 Sarah, widow of William Richardson; daughter of John Smith (?-1738), of Hall's Creek, Calvert County, a merchant, and wife Sarah.
    Her brother was John Smith.
    Her sisters were
    - Rachel, who married Thomas Gantt (ca. 1710-1785);
    - Jane (?-by 1738); and
    - Tabitha (ca. 1690-1769), who married Thomas Sheredine (1699-1752).
    Her nephews were
    - Upton Sheredine (1740- 1800);
    - Thomas Gantt, Jr. (?-1808).
    Her niece was Rachel Gantt (?-1793), who married Richard Brooke (1716-1783).

    CHILDREN.
    SON: John (by 1738-?).
    DAUGHTERS Rachel; Ann.

    PRIVATE CAREER.
    RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican.
    SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES. Gent., 1728.
    OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: probably a planter.

    PUBLIC CAREER.
    LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Calvert County, 1739-1741 (Aggrievances 3), 1742-1744 (Aggrievances 1, 2), 1745, 1745/46-1748.
    LOCAL OFFICES: Christ Church Parish Vestry, Calvert County, 1725-1730, 1736-1739; deputy commissary, Calvert County, by 1730-1734; justice, Calvert County, in office by 1731-at least 1733 (quorum); churchwarden, Christ Church Parish, Calvert County, 1735-1736.

    WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
    LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 934 acres in Calvert and Prince George's counties (287 acres through his marriage).
    SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: mortgaged 647 acres in Calvert County, 1747; may have patented 128 acres in Anne Arundel County and 45 acres in Sussex County, Delaware, 1749-1753.

    WEALTH AT DEATH.
    LAND: probably 934 acres in Calvert and Prince George's counties.

  2. ↑ Will Abstract of Sarah Smith, in Gibb, Carson. Abstracts of Wills
    MSA S538, Liber 25, 1768-1748 [1].

    Liber 25, folio 143
    7 April 1747
    SMITH, SARAH, Calvert Co., [widow].
    To son-in-law Joseph Hall, negro man Roger, negro woman Phillis, dec husband.
    To nephew Parker Young, negro woman Darkey.
    To son John Smith, negro man Cesar, Negro woman Pegg, & all the maps & pictures hanging in the hall.
    The rsidue to s Joseph Hall & Parker Young, my extrs.
    Witn: T[homas] Sheredine, William Holland, Jr.
    13 Oct. 1747, sworn to by both witn.

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