In a message dated 2/11/04 10:00:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, ri1654@earthlink.net writes: > > <quote> Benjamin Hall, son of Seth and Elizabeth Hall, was born at > Bellingham, Mass., July 9, 1770, and died there Feb. 21, 1824. He married > at Cumberland, R.I., April 20, 1797, Sarah Bates, born at Bellingham, Mass., > May 1, 1777; died there Nov. 29, 1821. <unquote> Intentions are recorded in the Bellingham Vital Records BATES, Sarah, Mrs. and Benjamin Hall int. Jan 22, 1797 ------- I looked above in the Bates marriages to see if anyone else had married a Sarah (maiden name unknown) in that time period and I don't see any. Jes