GraftonHallFamily The HALL Family of Grafton MA


 CAPT. SAMUEL HALL JR.
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Birth Date: 7 May 178749
Birth Place: Newton, MA
Death Date: 24 Feb 1878
Death Place: Grafton, MA
Burial Place: River Side Cemetery, Grafton, MA
Occupation: Blacksmith and musician.

Notes:
Samuel Hall was Captain of the Grafton Militia, and was the oldest man in town at the time of his death.   He took the whole care of his garden during the previous summer and grafted some high pear trees, on a ladder, o his 90th birthday, and up to four weeks before his death could sing and play on this bass violin from notes, without glasses.  He never used them except occasional evenings.  The brass band of Groton, MA and many friends honored him on his 90th birthday.  In about 1815 or 1816, he removed from Newton, MA to Grafton, MA where he died.

Spouse: SOPHIA KING
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1788
Birth Place: Newton, MA
Death Date: 3 May 1872
Death Place: Grafton, MA
Burial Place: River Side Cemetery, Grafton, MA
Spouse Father: JOHN KING
Spouse Mother: LOIS JACKSON

Spouse Notes:
Sophia King was the daughter of John and Lois (Jackson) King of Newton.

John King, of Newton, was the son of Dr. John and Sarah (Wiswall) King of Newton, who was the son of Henry and Abigail (Green) King, who was the son of William and Rebecca (Wakefield) King, the most wealthy and influential of the first settlers of Sutton, who was the son of John and Elizabeth (Goldthwait King of Salem, born 1638, the son of William who emigrated from London, England to Salem in 1635 at the age of 28. 13

Abigail (Green) King was the daughter of Captain Samuel and Elizabeth (Upham) Green, from Malden, original settlers of Leicester, son of Thomas and Rebecca (Hills) Green of Malden, whose father Thomas and wife Elizabeth early came to Malden.13

Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1813
Marriage Place: Newton, MA

Children: SARAH
 SAMUEL
 SIMON
 SALMON DAVIS
 SANFORD JACKSON
 SOPHIA ABIGAIL
 SOPHRONIA WOODWARD
 SUSAN ELLEN
 SATIRA MARIA
 SAMANTHA ANNE
 SYLVIA JANE
 SABRINA

 SARAH HALL
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Birth Date: 12 May 1813
Birth Place: Newton, MA

Spouse: WILLIAM MIXTER STOWE
Birth Place: Southboro, MA

Marriage Date: 15 Nov 1832

Children: EMILY ELIZABETH
 WILLIAM HENRY

 SAMUEL HALL
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Birth Date: 18 Feb 1815
Birth Place: Grafton, MA
Death Date: 1907

Spouse: HARRIET BRIDGE
Birth Place: Boston, MA
Death Date: 23 Mar 1851
Spouse Father: JOHN BRIDGE
Spouse Mother: REBECCA BEALS

Spouse Notes:
Harriet (Bridge) Hall most likely died of complications due to child birth as she died only 8 days after the birth of her son, Frank Rockwood Hall.

Marriage Date: 24 Aug 1840

Children: FRANK ROCKWOOD

Other Spouses MARY ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH

 SIMON HALL
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Birth Date: 22 Nov 1816
Birth Place: Grafton, MA
Death Date: 25 Nov 1816
Death Place: Grafton, MA

Notes:
All that is known of Simon is that he died young.

 SALMON DAVIS HALL
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Birth Date: 15 Jun 1818
Birth Place: Grafton, MA
Death Date: 1888
Occupation: Deputy Sheriff of Worcester County.

Notes:
The last known residence of Mr. and Mrs. Salmon Davis Hall was Grafton, MA.

He was educated there in public schools.  He learned the trade of shoemaker and for seventeen years worked for the firm of E. B. & A. M. Bigelow, shoe manufacturers, advancing to a responsbiel position in the business.  In 1858, he was appointed the high sheriff of Worcester County, and he held this important and responsible office until his death, January 4, 1888. He was well known, especially in the legal fraternity of the County and to his own townspeople.  He represented the town of Grafton and his distric in the general court in 1866.

Spouse: ELIZABETH GATES STAPLES
Birth Date: 1823
Death Date: 1909
Spouse Father: ALPHEUS STAPLES
Spouse Mother: POLLY TORREY

Marriage Date: 8 May 1843

Children: SAMUEL
 MARY ELIZABETH
 EDGAR CLIFTON
 HARRY LINCOLN

 SANFORD JACKSON HALL
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Birth Date: 31 Mar 1820
Birth Place: Grafton, MA

Notes:
The last known residence of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Jackson Hall was Springfield, MA.

Spouse: EMILY PRENTICE
Birth Place: Grafton, MA
Spouse Father: DEACON ROBERT PRENTICE

Marriage Date: 6 May 1845
Marriage Place: Grafton, MA

Children: MARY SOPHIA
 NELLIE FRANCES

 SOPHIA ABIGAIL HALL
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Birth Date: 15 Apr 1822
Birth Place: Grafton, MA

Spouse: DEACON LEWIS HOLBROOK
Birth Place: Grafton, MA

Marriage Date: Circa 1856

SOPHRONIA WOODWARD HALL
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Birth Date: 22 Jan 1824
Birth Place: Grafton, MA

Spouse: DEACON HORACE BATCHELLER
Birth Place: Grafton, MA

Marriage Date: 6 Oct 1846
Marriage Place: Grafton, MA

Children: ARTHUR HENRY
 EMMA SOPHIA
 GEORGE HORACE
 SANFORD LUTHER

 SUSAN ELLEN HALL
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Birth Date: 19 Sep 1825
Birth Place: Grafton, MA

Spouse: WILLARD ALDRICH MORSE
Birth Place: of Millbury, MA

Spouse Notes:
Willard A. Morse was from Putnam, CT.

Marriage Date: 17 Nov 1846
Marriage Place: Grafton, MA

Children: MASON HUNTING
 CHARLES WILLIAM
 GEORGE AUGUSTUS
 EMILY JANE
 FRANKLIN ALFRED
 LILLA MARIA
 FANNY ELLEN

 SATIRA MARIA HALL
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Birth Date: 1 Aug 1827
Birth Place: Grafton, MA
Death Date: 23 Feb 1867

Spouse: JOSEPH DANIELS
Birth Date: 1827
Death Date: 1907

Spouse Notes:
Joseph Daniels was of Grafton, MA.

Marriage Date: 11 Oct 1854

Children: MARTHA MARIA
 ELLA JOSEPHINE
 ALVAN JOSEPH
 HORACE LELAND

 SAMANTHA ANNE HALL
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Birth Date: 11 Jun 1829
Birth Place: Grafton, MA
Death Date: 24 Mar 1878
Death Place: Rockford, IL

Spouse: CHARLES E. BUSWELL
Birth Place: of Whitefield, NH
Death Date: 7 Mar 1875
Death Place: Rockford, IL

Spouse Notes:
Charles E. Buswell was of Whitefield, NH.

Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1852

Children: CHARLES LINCOLN
 JOHN SELWYN

 SYLVIA JANE HALL
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Birth Date: 1 Aug 1831
Birth Place: Grafton, MA
Death Date: 7 Oct 1859

SABRINA HALL
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Birth Date: 3 Aug 1832
Birth Place: Grafton, MA
Death Date: 2 Oct 1832
Death Place: Grafton, MA