this is taken from the book "new england families, genealogical and memorial, volume IV, this is not my line. i found this info in the library and am passing it along in case it might be of help to someone. (The Hall Line). (I) Francis Hall, immigrant ancestor. was the son of Gilbert Hall, who lived in Kent, England. He came to America from Milford. county of Surrey, with his brother William, in the ship with Rev. Henry Whitefield and the latter's company. William Hall settled in Guilford, Connecticut, and Francis in New Haven, where he arrived in time to participate in a meeting of colonists held June 4, 1639. The following year he joined in the enterprise of planting a new settlement at the bead of a small inlet on Long Island Sound, which they named Fairfield. At this time Mr. Hall was thirty-two years old. In 1654 he purchased land in Fairfield, and in 1659 more land in Stratford, Connecticut, where he settled several years later. Here he was an attorney-at-law, and continued his practice almost to the time of his death. In 1669 he held the office of constable in Stratford, and May 11, 1676, was a deputy to the general court held in Hartford. He married (first) in England, Elizabeth (???), who with two sons, Isaac and Samuel, came with him from England. She died, it is supposed in Fairfield. July 6, 1665. He married (second), October 30, 1665, Dorothy, widow of John Blakeman, and daughter of Rev. Henry Smith. Francis Hall died March 5, 1689-90. His will was dated May 6, 1686, and proved March 14, 1689-90. Children: Isaac, born in England, mentioned below; Samuel, about 1635; Mary, Elizabeth, Rebecca, died March 28, 1690; Hannah, married, July 14, 1675, Joseph Blakeman, of Stratford. (II) Dr. Isaac Hall, son of Francis Hall was born about 1629, in the county of Kent, England, and came to this country with his parents when a boy. He settled in Fairfield with his father, and became an eminent physician and surgeon. In the latter capacity he rendered service in the colonial militia during the Indian wars, for which he received a grant of land in Fairfield. Previously, in 1660, he had received from his father a large estate in the same town. He took the oath of fidelity to the colonial government in 1659. He is supposed to have been a proprietor of Wallingford, Connecticut, in 1670. He married, January 16, 1666, Lydia, daughter of Nicholas Knapp, of Fairfield, who survived him. He died in Fairfield, in 1714. Children: Isaac, born November 8, 1667, mentioned below; Sarah, May 3, 1668; Lydia, September 20, 1670; Elizabeth, November 11, 1672; Samuel, September 14, 1674; Francis, September 26, 1676; John, February 8, 1677, died young; John, January 3, 1679; Mary, August 7, 1681; Abigail, April 1, 1683; Jonathan, December 2, 1684. (III) Isaac (2), son of Dr. Isaac (1) Hall, was born November 8, 1667. He married (first) about 1685, Hannah (???), who died in 1694. He married (second) Sarah Ann (???), widow. He became a physician and a partner with his father in the practice of medicine in 1680. He died in Redding, Connecticut, in August, 1757-67. Children: Samuel, mentioned below; Isaac; Lydia, baptized September, 1698; Burges, baptized November, 1701, in Stratford; Jesse. baptized 1703, in Stratford; Asa, baptized February, 1705-06, in Stratford; Joshua, baptized November, 1708, in Stratford; Ann, baptized July, 1711, in Stratford; Jane, baptized December, 1712, in Stratford. (IV) Samuel, son of Isaac (2) Hall, died February 8, 1734. He married, July 29, 1714, Sarah Silliman. Children: David, born July 12, 1715, died February 15, 1725; Martha, April 9. 1717; Samuel, December 16. 1720; Nathaniel, November 3, 1721; Ebenezer, March 12, 1723, mentioned below; Sarah, February 20, 1724; Mary, September 18, 1726: David, June 20, 1728: Abel, July 12, 1730. (V) Ebenezer, son of Samuel Hall, was born March 12, 1723. He married and had a son Daniel, mentioned below. (VI) Daniel, son of Ebenezer Hall, was born November 9, 1758. He married Jemima Turney, born May 28, 1762. Children: Tabitha, Mabel, Turney, Alanson, see forward, Zalmon, Alban, Benjamin. (VII) Alanson, son of Daniel Hall, was born in Trumbull, Connecticut, September 25, 1790, died June 18, 1863. He married Sophia Shelton Edwards, born October 2, 1795, at Long Hill, died January 7, 1862. Children: 1. Shelton Lynson, born April 11, 1813; married, in 1845, Elizabeth P. Appleton; children: i. Mary Appleton, married (???) Amos, child, Mary, died 1885; ii. James Appleton, drowned: iii. Elizabeth Shelton Appleton; iv. Samuel Edward Appleton, graduated at the University of Wisconsin; married Helen S. Durant, of Racine, July, 1886; v. Sarah Fuller Appleton, deceased. 2. Samuel Baldwin, born May 5. 1816, died December 23, 1870; married, December 25. 1845, Sarah Walker; children: i. Louise Sterling Hall, born September 22, 1846. died in 1887; ii. Frank Sylvanus Hall, born May 15, 1850, died in 1888 of heart disease. 3. Harriet, born November 9, 1817, died April 13. 1845; married, June, 1838, James D. Brinsmade: children: i. Franklyn P. Brinsmade, born June 6. 1840, married Julia Pardee; children: Hattie and Cora Brinsmade: ii. Hattie S. Brinsmade, died aged eighteen months. 4. Charles Hobart, born March 2, 1819; married, February 12, 1850, Delia Piumb: daughter, Ella Elizabeth Hall, born February 24, 1871, married, June 27, 1900. Edward O. Mara. 5. Claudius Bamford, born December 6, 1821; married, July 1, 1847, Anna V. Perry; children: i. Austin P. Hall, born October 9. 1850: ii. Clifford P. Hall. January 11. 1857; iii. Frank P. Hall, 1859: iv. Carlton Hall. 6. Edward Turney, born August 28, 1823; married, May, 1856, Sarah Jennings; (second) Mary Buckley: child of first wife: Minnie, died June, 1899; children of second wife: Eugene, Marietta, Edward. Clinton, died 1902. 7. Ormel Alanson, born April 1, 1825: married, July, 1848, Rebecca Nichols Hatch; children: i. Anna Marie Hall, died aged four years, eight months: ii. Ormel Howard Hall, married Lucinda G. Clark. deceased: one child. deceased; married (second) Carrie Lockwood; children: Ormel Howard, Jr. and Raymond Hall; iii. Anna Belle Hatch Hall, married Elliott P. Curtiss, and had a son and three daughters (see Curtiss IX): iv. Melville Edwards Hall. married Mary Hammond; children: May and Gladys Hall; v. Frederick Willey Hall, married Stella Nichols; children: Pauline and Ruth Hall; vi. Daniel Clifford Hall, married Grace Boughton; children: Grace Boughton and Helen Hall. 8. Eliza Jane, born March 3, 1827; married, March 22, 1866, James D. Brinsmade, whom her sister Harriet had formerly married; died August 6, 1904; child, Charles Edwards Brinsmade, married Ada Fairchild; children: Dora, Mittie and Arthur Dwight Brinsmade. 9. Francis Leander, born June 15, 1828; married Esther Andrews, and died June 27, 1867. 10. Theodore Sturges, born September 3, 1829, died February 22, 1867, aged thirtysix years. 11. Rufus Warren, born December 13, 1830; married Emily Smith; children: Adna, Emma, Mary Sophia, Rufus Warren; the father died June 4, 1880, aged fifty. 12. Susan Ann. born January 23, 1832, died February 12, 1895; married Charles E. Plumb; children: i. Willard Plumb, married Ida Summers; ii. Eddie Plumb. died October 28, 1863, aged four years; iii. Frank Plumb, married, November 27, 1890, Lizzie Tait; iv. Arthur Plumb, now deputy sheriff in Bridgeport, Connecticut; married, November 27, 1890, Lottie Bennett, deceased. 13. George Augustus, born January 8, 1835, died June 30, 1839. 14. Julia Gorham, October 2, 1836; married, December 25, 1861, Stephen M. Nichols, died July 29, 1870 (see Nichols IX). 15. George Augustus, born March 14, 1838; married Lottie Loper; children: i. Clarence Loper, died aged three years; ii. Frank Loper, died in infancy: iii. George A. Loper, married, in 1887, Emily Garlick; they reside in California; have one daughter, Irene; iv. Lottie Loper, died December 3, 1885.