Freeborn ("Freeburn") Hall was born 1781 in New York, according to the 1850 U.S. Census for Montgomery County, Virginia. This birth year has been confirmed by the Virginia death and burials index, which records his death on 22 May 1876.
Freeborn was a son of Jesse Hall and Lydia Freeborn. He evidently takes his first name from his mother's family name. The Freeborns were among the early Quaker founders of Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Portsmouth was the center of their large family, which also had branches in surrounding communities.
Indeed, there were so many Freeborns living near Portsmouth that one must make a disambiguation here: Freeborn Hall of New York is not identical to a cousin, also named Freeborn Hall, who was born 11 September 1786 at Portsmouth. This cousin Freeborn, the son of George Hall (1749 - 1830), was born on September 11, which Find A Grave has mistakenly given to the Freeburn Hall of New York (with no photograph of a headstone that would prove this assertion).
Freeborn's father, Jesse Hall, lived in Dutchess County, New York, prior to the war, but after the fighting was over he apparently went home to Rhode Island to marry a childhood sweetheart. Freeborn Hall and his brother John L. Hall were the offspring of that wedding, and they spent their first years in Dutchess County, New York.
In about 1790, the Hall family moved en masse from Dutchess County, New York, to Virginia. Lydia (Freeborn) Hall died at Montgomery County, Virginia, about 1794, when Freeburn was 13. Freeborn then became a step-son to Jesse's second wife, Phoebe Wilbur.
At age 25, Freeborn married Catherine Pate on 27 April 1807 at Montgomery County, Virginia. They had several children.
According to Findagrave.com, their children were:
Between 1811 and 1815, Freeburn Hall served in the War of 1812 as a Private in Col. McFarland's Indiana Militia Detachment. See the Wikipedia article "Indiana in the War of 1812" for a good overview.
The 1860 U.S. Census recorded 78-year-old farmer Freeburn Hall in Montgomery County (Alleghany Springs post office), Virginia, with Catherine, age 71, and George W., age 33 and also a farmer.
The adjacent household was occupied by John Hall (his brother) and family.
Freeborn passed away on 22 May 1876 in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA. He is buried in Ironto County, Virginia.
U.S. War of 1812 Service Records - FamilySearch.org Wiki page
Scott-Self, Judith. Ancestors and Descendants of the Hall - Poff Families of Mercer County, Virginia (1978).
"Freeborn Hall" Ancestry.com page, retrieved 8 Sept 2015: http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/freeborn-hall_29023427
Freeborn Hall family tree at Family Search.org: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:94RW-XZ4
Jesse Hall Family, from "Jewell or Jewel Family Genealogy," Rootsweb page retrieved 8 Sept 2015 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jewelfamily&id=I73
History Library Film: 805363. Accessed at Ancestry.com.
Doherty, Frank J. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), Originally published by Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent (Pleasant Valley, New York: Frank J. Doherty) ten volumes. 1990–2003. See Jesse Hall Vol. 6, pages 73-74. This entry has been checked against local genealogical records and land records, and it confirms that both Freeborn and his brother John L. Hall were born in New York state.
Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912). Vol. 4: Newport County: Births, Marriages, Deaths. See p. 23 Portsmouth Marriages for marriage of Jonathan Freeborn and Martha Brownell, the parents of Lydia Freeborn. See Hall family births in Portsmouth on p. 78 for the clear listing of Freeborn Hall's birth in Portsmouth on 11 September 1786.
Catherine Pate in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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Source Information Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
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Freeburn Hall
in the Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850
Source Information Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.
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Freeburn Hall in the 1810 United States Federal Census
Source Citation Year: 1810; Census Place: Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia; Roll: 70; Page: 624; Image: 00073; Family History Library Film: 0181430
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Original data: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Description This database details those persons enumerated in the 1810 United States Federal Census, the Third Census of the United States.
Freeburn Hall United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records
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United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-46PJ : 11 March 2016), Freeburn Hall, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 89; FHL microfilm 882,607.
Freeburn Hall in the 1820 United States Federal Census
Source Citation 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Ripley, Indiana; Page: 77; NARA Roll: M33_15; Image: 51
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Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Description This database details those persons enumerated in the 1820 United States Federal Census, the Fourth Census of the United States.
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG4-JZR : accessed 23 October 2017), Freeburn Hall, Ripley, Indiana, United States; citing p. 77, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 15; FHL microfilm 205,609.
United States Census, 1820 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number M33 Affiliate Film Number 15 GS Film Number 0205609 Digital Folder Number 005157038 Image Number 00051
Feeburn Hall United States Census, 1830
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5H-JBG : 19 August 2017), Feeburn Hall, Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia, United States; citing 69, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 198; FHL microfilm 29,677.
United States Census, 1830 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number M19 Affiliate Film Number 198 GS Film Number 0029677 Digital Folder Number 005156038 Image Number 00145
Freeburn Hall United States Census, 1840
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT2-CRJ : 20 August 2017), Freeburn Hall, Montgomery, Virginia, United States; citing p. 16, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 567; FHL microfilm 29,689.
United States Census, 1840
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number M704 Affiliate Film Number 567 GS Film Number 0029689 Digital Folder Number 005154917 Image Number 00397
Freebourne Hall United States Census, 1850
Household
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DX-S34 : 12 April 2016), Freebourne Hall, Montgomery county, part of, Montgomery, Virginia, United States; citing family 1057, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
United States Census, 1850 Household ID 1057 Line Number 21 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number M432 Affiliate Film Number 962 GS Film Number 444952 Digital Folder Number 004206384 Image Number 00161
Freeburn Hall United States Census, 1860
Household
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M412-97W : 1 October 2017), Freeburn Hall, 1860.
United States Census, 1860 Household ID 259 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number M653 Affiliate Film Number 1363 GS Film Number 805363 Digital Folder Number 005171732 Image Number 00093
United States Census, 1860, Enumeration sheet for Montgomery, Virginia; Roll: M653_1363; Page: 595; Family
Freeburn Hall United States Census, 1870
Household
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGR-YGV : 12 April 2016), Freeburn Hall, Virginia, United States; citing p. 46, family 311, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,163.
United States Census, 1870 Household ID 311 Line Number 10 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number M593 GS Film number 000553163 Digital Folder Number 004268795 Image Number 00050
Freborn Hall Virginia Deaths and Burials
Citing this Record
"Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5BT-XD7 : 12 December 2014), Freborn Hall, 22 May 1876; citing Montgomery Co., Virginia, reference cn 28; FHL microfilm 2,048,578.
Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 Indexing Project (Batch) Number B06980-2 System Origin Virginia-EASY GS Film number 2048578 Reference ID cn 28
Freeburn Hall Find-A-Grave Memorial No. 60368380
Go to website: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60368380
m. 4/27/1807 to Catherine "Caty" Pate, at Botetourt, Fincastle Co., VA, USA
Children:
Buried at Ironto Co., VA, USA
Family links: Parents: Jesse Hall (1760 - 1848) Phoebe Wilbur Hall (1761 - ____)
Spouse: Catherine Pate Hall (1789 - ____)
Children: Elizabeth Hall Garlick (1808 - ____)* Jesse Hall (1809 - 1892)* Phebe Hall Peas (1811 - ____)* Jeremiah Pate Hall (1812 - ____)*
Sibling: Freeburn Hall (1781 - 1876) John Hall (1790 - 1866)*
Burial: Unknown
Created by: Daryl & Barbara (Biggs)... Record added: Oct 20, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 60368380
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