Hello to all my fellow Hall researchers! I have hit a brick walls on my Hall lines, so I thought I would pose a question that may provide a break through, and at least give us something to chuckle about. Do any of you have and Hall ancestors that were hung as horse thieves in England? At one point in time my grandfather Elmon Hall had the ancestry compiled on his family. The story passed down to me was that his wife's line was related to Stephen "Grover" Cleveland (the late president) and John Hancock (of Declaration of Independence fame), but his most notable ancestors on the Hall line were horse thieves that were hung in England. One evening as the family was perusing the information, family members began teasing him about the contrast in his family background and his wife's. He apparently did not have too good a sense of humor about the teasing and gathered all the papers and threw them into the fireplace, where they quickly were turned to ashes. Needless to say, no one in the family ever mentioned it to him again, but the story has been passed down ever since. In my research, I did find a direct connection to Cleveland and a connection by marriage to John Hancock, so I believe the story is more fact than fiction, especially given the very formal nature of this grandfather. I have traced this Hall line back to Dr. John A. HALL who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio about 1825, became a medial doctor in Tennessee, married Hanna Elizabeth BEMIS(S) in Tippecanoe, Indiana in 1848, moving to Danville, Illinois in about 1875 where he remained till his death in 1896. I have yet to find any further information on him regarding his parents or possible siblings, though I am following up on a Lawrence Hall naturalized in Tippecanoe, Indiana about the time of John's marriage to Hanna, as the given name of Lawrence has been used several times in successive generations. I do know that John's father was the original immigrant from England. My husband is also descended from a Hall line which we have traced back to a Will or William Hall in Arkansas. We know he died sometime after about 1970, but haven't located his exact location or birth or death dates as yet. This William had at least one son named Eulis Hall born Sept 3, 1909, and died Nov, 1981 in Salem, Arkansas. Eulis's wife was Velma Lane born Oct. 14, 1910 and died May 29, 1997 in Franklin, Arkansas. Please contact me if anyone has any possible connections to either of these Hall lines, or if you have any rumors of ancestors that were hung as horse thieves in England. Looking forward to some interesting replies on this post! LOL Maggie Hall