John Hall (abt. 1757 - aft. 1814)

Husband of Mary (Pyle) Hall — married 15 Jul 1774 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware

Descendants

Died after 1814 after about age 57 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

John was born about 1757. ^{[1] [2]} He married Mary Pyle in 1774. ^[3] He passed away in 1836. ^[1]

Married Mary Pyle, daughter of Dr. John Pyle and Sarah Baldwin Children:

• Samuel 1777 - 1848 m. Nancy Steele
• William c1779 - bef. 1850 m. 1) Nina ____ 2) Anna Pugh
• Son c1781- bef 1800
• Robert 1783 -1858 m. Sarah Pyle
• Sarah c1785 - m. Aaron Skeen
• Beulah c1787-1835 m, Thomas Pugh
• John c1789 -1836 m. Eleanor Hinds/Hynes
• Mary c1791- bef 1810 m. Samuel Lindley
• Joseph c1793 -1869 m. Sarahs Hinds/Hynes

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Research Notes

Part of the Hall Family History, as written by George Perry Hall, Chico, California, 1933

The first dim dawn of the history of the Hall family of which I have any knowledge dates from about the year 1754. This early history is purely legendary and may be more or less incorrect in detail, but I am led to believe that some of the outstanding legends must be founded mainly on fact by the great number of members of the Hall family who possess knowledge of them. I have found that some of the legends are known by members of the Hall family spread practically all over the North, and in some instances the South American Continent. Perhaps the greatest discrepancy in the outstanding legends is the different opinions held as to what the Christian name of the man who is considered to be the founder of this branch of the Hall family in America really was. Members of this family who are spread out over the South and Southwest part of the United States usually consider his name to have been William, while those groups farther to the North believe that his name was John. Possibly his name was John William. But the legend is so nearly the same in every instance as to leave no doubt that the man known under these different names was one and the same.

The legend follows: Some time near the year 1755, a baby boy was rescued from a derelict ship on the Atlantic Ocean, all others having died of Asiatic cholera. He was found in one of the hallways of the ship and was too young to walk or talk. The ship had sailed from somewhere in Western Europe and carried a number of emigrants bound for America, but what this baby's name was or nationality was, there was no way of knowing. The Captain of the rescue ship cared for the baby waif and kept him on his ship and when old enough he became the Captain's cabin boy. One theory is that he was given the name of Hall because he was found in the hallway of the ship. Another is that the Captain of the rescue ship's name was Hall, and he took or was given the name of the Captain. Even my father, John P. Hall, who was removed only two generations, was perfectly familiar with this legend could not answer this question, but he often told me that his grandfather was once a sea Captain's cabin boy. My father described him as being a small man, who weighed little if any over one hundred pounds. After arriving at manhood he left the sea and probably lived somewhere around Chesapeake Bay. There is evidence that he married and lived near the sea for some time, as my father once told me that his father used to gather oysters.

His wife's maiden name was Mary Pyle. She like her husband was small. She was a woman of strong personality and indomitable character. She was intensely religious, being a convert of the noted Pioneer Evangelist, Benjamin Abbott. She died in 1846 and is buried in Shelby County Illinois where a marble slab marks her grave.

The year 1814 found the Halls and a contingent of the Pyle family living on Haw River in Chatham County, North Carolina. John Hall probably died there as his family had grown to manhood, had married and had families. I only have knowledge of three sons. Their names were Joseph, William and Samuel. Whether there were other sons and daughters, I do not know. In the spring or summer of 1814, Joseph and Samuel and some of the Pyles moved to Hopkinsville, Kentucky with their families. I know that a number remained there at Hopkinsville and their descendants are still there for I have met some members of the family from Hopkinsville in California. One man was related to my mother and his wife was related to my father, but neither knew it until I told them. I suppose that the Halls and Pyles made the trip from North Carolina by ox team as I have often heard my father, John P. Hall, who was a son of Samuel Hall speak of the long and arduous journey over the Blue Ridge.

There is a considerable contingent living at Columbia, South Carolina, and I have met members in Oklahoma and Arizona. There is very strong evidence that a very considerable ranch of the Hall family drifted into some of the New England States.

However, there are numerous Halls who do not seem to belong to this line at all. These are all as far as I have been able to determine, are of English descent, and I am informed that Hall is a common name in England. I will now go back and consider the history of my grandfather's descendants or as many of them as I can.

As already stated a number of the Hall and Pyle families moved from Chatham County, North Carolina to Hopkinsville, Kentucky in the spring of the year 1814. After arriving at Hopkinsville they engaged in agriculture. But after two years in Kentucky, Joseph and Samuel Hall crossed the Ohio River with their families and settled at Lebanon, near Bellville, in St. Clair County in Kentucky. Joseph and Samuel Hall remained at Lebanon one year, and the country being low lying malaria proved to be so bad that they again decided to change their residence. Once more they moved their families about on hundred miles northeast of Lebanon, Joseph settling near Vandalia and Samuel about twelve miles south of what is now Shelbyville, where both their families grew to manhood and womanhood and where they spent the remainder of their lives.

As already stated, Joseph Hall settled near Vandalia which at that time was the Capital of Illinois. Joseph Hall's wife's Christian name was Nellie, but what her family name was I do not know. I only have knowledge of one son whose name was years and who was a Colonel in the Union Army in the Civil War of 1861 and afterwards Postmaster at Shelbyville. I believe there were other sons and daughters but have no absolute knowledge of them. I have been told that one daughter married one of the McCormick's of the harvester fame and that Cyrus Hall McCormick was their son. I cannot verify not dispute this.

I know that Preston Hall who lived near Tower Hill was my father's cousin, but who his father was I do not know. Some of the descendants of Preston Hall went to Oregon many years ago and settled on the lower part of the Willamette Valley, near Woodburn and spread out all over the entire lower part of the valley many are now living near Hillsboro.

My grandfather, Samuel Hall took up his residence on the East side of Mitchell's Creek, about due east of where Old Williamsburg afterwards stood. My grandfather's wife maiden name was Nancy Steel. She was of English descent. They were married I believe in North Carolina. Their children were Susan, born 1803; Jehu, born 1805, John P. born 1807, I cannot give the dates of the other birth, but they were: Cyrena, Thomas Dow, Mary, Samuel, William and Nancy. Note: Eliza Rose Ann Hall Evans was a descendant of Thomas Dow Hall.

Created by: Rev. Dale Sims Record added: Sep 06, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 116627047 (presumably son John's FAG memorial) William E. Hall: The History of the Ancestors and Descendants as of June 1961 By Grace M. Hall (his daughter)

(source: “Pioneers of the Prairies”: Minneola Diamond Anniversary Historical Book, printed by The Minneola Record (newspaper), Minneola, Kansas, 1961. Available in the Family History Library, US/CAN 978.177/Mi H2P. The booklet was printed in connection with the Minneola Diamond Anniversary Celebration and the Kansas Centennial Year (1961). It was compiled from material written by residents and former residents of the area.)

My great, great grandparents, John and Mary (Pyle) Hall had a large family; the girls were Beulah, Mary, and Sarah; the boys were William, John, Joseph, Samuel and Robert, who was my great grandfather. He is believed to have been born in 1773 in North Carolina and to have seen military service in the Black Hawk War of 1831 and ’32.

Great Grandfather Robert Hall was married in March 1812 to Sally (Sarah) Pyle, in Christian County, Kentucky. Their children were: Mary, December 29, 1812; Beulah, October 14, 1814; Sarah, February 6, 1820; Nancy, July 18, 1826; and Eliza Agnes, March 11, 1829. Their only son, Elihu, born January 13, 1823, in Christian County, Kentucky, was my Grandfather Hall.

Great Aunty Nancy was the only one of the aunts that I ever knew about. She married a man named Curtright and they had a daughter, Sally, who became the wife of my Uncle Robert (Bob) Hall. Aunt Nancy’s grave was the first grave ever to be placed in the Appleton Cemetery near Minneola, as far as I know.

Grandfather Hall, of Scotch Irish descent, married Sarah Jane Goode (pronounced Gude) in the early 1850’s, probably in Christian County, Kentucky. Grandmother’s birthdate was January 15, 1822, in South Carolina. After the grandparents came to Kansas in the early 1890’s they lived most of the time with their several children. Grandpa died June 6, 1895, at age 72; Grandma passed away on July 26, 1904, at age 82. Both are buried in the Appleton Cemetery.

Eight children were born to my grandparents: Benjamin, John, William E. (my father), Laura, Robert, Joseph, Richard Lee (father of Clayton, Sr. and Gene Hall), and Jennie. All were born in Christian County, Kentucky.

Uncle John Married Ida Bobbitt. Their children were Cora, Eva, a son who died as an infant, John Jr., Harry, Grover, Hansel, Roy, and Pauline.

Aunt Laura married a Gilliland and they had twelve children. She was buried in Arizona.

Uncle Bob married Sally Curtright. Their children were Huston Arthur, who died in 1915 and is buried in Appleton Cemetery; Effie Lee, born in 1888, died in 1926, and buried in Appleton Cemetery; Emma, who married Alva E. Moore. They had three daughters and two sons. Emma died and was buried in California. Byron, the youngest child born to Uncle Bob and Aunt Sally, is married, but they have no children. He is the only one of the branch still living. Uncle Bob died in 1910 and Aunt Sally in the fall of 1930. Both are buried in the Appleton Cemetery.

Uncle Joe was born in 1858, was married and died in April 1925. He is buried in Appleton Cemetery. Their children are Noble (who lives in Newton and is a locomotive engineer on the Santa Fe Rail Road), Dixie, and Flossie. All three are married and still living. Noble and Flossie have grown children and grandchildren.

Richard Lee — (History given elsewhere in book, “History of Minneola).”

Aunt Jennie died as a teenager in Christian County, Kentucky.

My father, William E. Hall was born April 22, 1855 near Hopkinsville in Christian County, Kentucky. He grew to manhood there was married to Mary Ellen Davis in 1877. My mother was born on February 8, 1856, also near Hopkinsville. Each taught about one term in a subscription school before their marriage.

My brother, Othor, who was the eldest child, was born March 26, 1878 in Christian County, Kentucky. He died in Ford County, Kansas, December 1, 1887, when he was nine years old. He was buried in the Appleton Cemetery.

My parents, with Othor about a year old, came by covered wagon from Kentucky in 1879 to near Belle Plaine in Sumner County, Kansas. After about a year they returned to Christian County, Kentucky.

The second child, my sister, Maudie, was born November 10, 1880 in Kentucky. She died November 5, 1881, when she was five days less than a year old, in Christian County, Kentucky and is buried there. Maudie is the only one of my immediate family who is buried in Kentucky.

The third child, my brother, Roscoe, was born January 17, 1883 in Christian County, Kentucky. (His history will follow.)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Pyle-Pile Family in American, 1642-1954,Pyle, Howard Thornton, pg 114, 568 https://archive.org/details/pylepilefamilyin00pyle_0
2. ↑ Livingston, Lela & Tate, Florence & Pyle, Homer & Goodwin, R. Dean. Pyle Family History 1594-1954 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
3. ↑ "Delaware, Church Records, 1707-1939," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-M3MB : 12 February 2020), John Hall and Mary Pyle, 15 Jul 1774; citing Marriage, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover.
4. ↑ The Pyle-Pile Family in American, 1642-1954,Pyle, Howard Thornton, pg 114, 568-570 https://archive.org/details/pylepilefamilyin00pyle_0