William Hall (1746 - 1798)

Born 1 Nov 1746 in Worcester, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Evans) Hall — married 1770 in Delaware

Descendants

Died 25 Oct 1798 at age 51 in Sussex, Delaware, United States

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Biography

William Hall was the son of Adam Hall and Mary Irving. He was born in Worcester county, Maryland, in 1746. ^[1][2][3][4]

William married Mary Evans in 1770 in Delaware. ^[5][6]

He died October, 1798 and his will was proved in March, 1799.

Will

William's will lists the following family members for bequests:

Mary Hall, wife

David Hall, son

Elisabeth Hall, daughter

Sarah Hall, daughter

Hannah Hall, daughter

Adam Hall, son

John Hall, son

William Spencer Hall, son

He seems to have been at particular pains to arrange care for his children Hannah, Adam, and William Spencer.

Regarding Hannah: "… and a home in my house [during] her lifetime, and for my wife to take care of her and her things, and if my wife should die before her for her to have her in the care of some of her friends to do for her."

Regarding Adam: "(my will is) for Adam to have a home and maintenance in it [the house] as long as he lives and to work with David [Hall, his brother] and have half the profit they make on the land and at Adam(‘s) death the land to fall to David and his heirs.

He designates his wife and then his son John to take care of William Spencer Hall: " (to) son John Hall, the other half of my lands when he comes to the age of twenty one years old but not to have but one fourth part of his half as long as his mother lives and for her to keep my son William Spencer Hall as long as she lives and at her death for my son John to take him and for my son Spencer Hall to have a home and maintenance with my son John …

His will manumits two enslaved people upon his death -- Candis [Candace] and her son Mike. Seven other people were left to family members: James, Nehemah [Naomi?], Jacob, Francis, George, Leah, and an illegible girl.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Hall
2. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Hall
3. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Hall
4. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Nancy Hall
5. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Evans
6. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Evans

• Sussex, Delaware Orphan’s Court dockets and minute dockets, 1728-1802. Image: 402. Images available at FamilySearch.org [1]

Aug 1782

• Sussex, Delaware Orphan’s Court dockets and minute dockets, 1728-1802. Image: 402. Images available at FamilySearch.org [2]

Aug 1782

JOHN BUCKLER, minor son of John Buckler, dec’d. Petition to choose William Hall as his Guardian. Granted.

William Roberts made known to the court that Alexander Roberts and Adam Roberts, a minor, two of the said William Roberts’s sons, had devised to them by Addam Hall, their grandfather, certain legacies. Petition for Guardian. Court appointed Wm. Roberts as Guardian. William Hall stands security.

Adam Hall Estate Settled

• Delaware Will and Probate Records, 1676-1971: Sussex: Wills, Books E-F, 1794-1813. Image 119-120. Database and images, Ancestry.com (pay site), Provo, UT.[3]accessed 29 Sept 2018. Original source: Delaware County, District and Probate Courts.

Will of William Hall, Sussex, Delaware

Will written 9 January 1795

Proved: 29 March 1799

witnesses: Elisha Evans, Shebna Cord, William Evans

• Source: S00003 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2006).

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Hall-3893 created through the import of Clayton Burton_2009-10-26.ged on Jul 4, 2011 by Clayton Burton. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Clayton and others.