Clement Hall (1706 - bef. 1742)

Born 20 Aug 1706 in Salem County, Province of New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Ashton) Hall — married 1730 (to 7 Jun 1742) in Salem County, Province of New Jersey

Descendants

Died before 7 Jun 1742 before age 35 in Salem, Salem, Province of New Jersey

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Clement was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Clement Hall, son of William Hall of Salem by Sarah his wife, was born the 20th of 6th month 1706.^[1]

Marriage Intentions of Clement Hall & Elizabeth Ashton

• 23 Feb 1729 (23 of the Twelfth 1729), Salem NJ^[2]
• 30 Mar 1730 (30 of the First 1730), Salem NJ ^[3]

Children

1. William
2. John
3. Ashton
4. Anne, under 18 in 1742

Abstract of will^[4]

"Clement Hall, Esq.; will of. Wife, Elizabeth. Sons--William Hall, my dwelling and 8 acres in the town of Salem, being part of the 16 acre lot devised by my father to my brother Nathaniel Hall; also 50 acres at the Town's End joining William Hall's land; John, 8 acres of said land, being the lower moiety of the sixteen acre lot; also all my land in Cows Neck; and Ashton, the plantation in St. George Hundred, purchased of James Byard. Daughter, Anne Hall, at 18 or marriage, to have £300. Remainder of real estate (plantation tracts and lots) and rights and shares of Proprietary Land to be sold and the monies divided among wife and children, William, John, Ashton and Ann Hall.

Executors--uncle, Clement Plumstead, cousin William Plumstead, brother William Hall and my wife, Elizabeth.

Witnesses--Phil. Chetwood, Stephen Carmick, Danl. Mestayer. Proved 7 June, 1742.

Letters testamentary granted to William Plumstead, William Hall and Elizabeth Hall, three of the executors named."

Research Notes

Shourds incorrectly stated he had only two children, his will names four.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Salem Monthly Meeting Records, image 19 of 68. Retrieved from Ancestry's Quaker Meeting Records database. [1] note that Ancestry has indexed this meeting's minutes incorrectly (see title page).
2. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Women's Minutes, 1682-1763; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 579;U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (Ancestry.com)
3. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1696-1740; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 572; U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (Ancestry.com)
4. ↑ Clement Hall of "Town and County of Salem, Esq."Place. Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. 1730-1750. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. (Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey), volume 30, pages 211-212
5. ↑ Shourds, Thomas. History and genealogy of Fenwick's colony, New Jersey. (Bridgeton, N.J., G.F. Nixon, 1876), 21

• U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607–1943. Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births and Deaths, 1686-1798; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:547.