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