Cinda, Yes thank you I would love to have a copy of the pages. This is the first I have heard of the publication and it may lead me to know if William's son John may be the John Hall who is mentioned in Richard Hartshorne's will. Thank you again. I have been striking out everywhere. Roberta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cinda Marsh" <cindam80501@yahoo.com> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [RI] 1783 Rhode Island Census >I tried to reply to you at your private addy, but it > came back, so I'll send what little I have here. > Cinda > > I have found an online history of the Halls of > Portsmouth, RI. It begins with a William Hall whose > Will was probated in 1673, with wife Mary as > executrix. He has sons Benjamin, William and Zurill. > Daughters Elizabeth, Rebecka and Deliverance. Son > William had a son John, and Benjamin had a son > Benjamin. These names tie in with what little you > know...I can see if I can scan it and send you > relevant pages, if you like. It's called The Halls of > New England: Genealogical and Biographical History. > Let me know if you think these are important to your > research. My guess is that any LDS library would have > a tape of it...Cinda > > --- roberta hall <jhallvoyager@att.net> wrote: > >> Cinda, >> I don't have much to work with. >> I found a reference to a John Hall listed in " A >> history of Monmouth and >> Ocean counties, embracing a genealogical record of >> earliest settlers in >> Monmouth and Ocean Counties......" New Jersey >> >> In this book there is a page titled Genealogical >> Record page xxxi >> >> On this page there is a reference to a John Hall who >> was awarded a share of >> land in N.J. in 1670. It goes on to say he was >> probably from Portsmouth, >> R.I. as a John Hall is named there among original >> settlers. Again in N.J. >> John in 1722 is listed as a witness to a Richard >> Hartshorne's will, I'm not >> sure if this is the same John Hall but I think it >> is. There is also again in >> the Monmouth co. book a Benjamin Hall listed for the >> purchase of land in >> 1702 (could this be a son of John?) >> The above mentioned Richard Hartshorne married >> Margaret Carr in Newport, >> R.I. on 11-27-1670. >> I am hoping to find out more about this John Hall. >> How long was he in R.I. >> and is there any way to determine if he had other >> family members living near >> him. >> Richard Hartshorne according to N.J. information was >> a prominent member of >> the Quaker society. I don't know if John was also. >> Hope some of this is of some use to you that you >> maybe able to find >> something. >> >> Roberta > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster > Total Access, No Cost. > http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com > ------------------------------- > > RIGENWEB MAILING LIST > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and > history information pertaining to Rhode Island. Despite the list name, > the list topic is not related to GenWeb in any way. > > Contact the List Admin at rigenweb-admin@rootsweb.com, or to search the > list archives or find other useful information to help you use the list > more effectively, please click on the following link: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/USGenWeb/RIGENWEB.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RIGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message