Connecticut
Pease family in West Cemetery, Somers, CT
Sunday, August 24th, 2008As we explore some of the Hall/Pease connections in Enfield and Somers, CT I return to the gravestones that mark some of that early history in West Cemetery, Somers, CT. Given that tomorrow marks the Democratic National Convention in Denver where Barack Obama will formally accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for President, I thought it [...]
Historical Sketch of the Town of Enfield
Sunday, August 24th, 2008Those familiar with the Hall history will recognize the family names of Parsons and Pease in the manuscript which follows. Many Halls married into the Parsons and Pease families. Indeed, they are in integral part of our early American history. AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE TOWN OF ENFIELD, BY JOHN CHAUNCEY PEASE, M. D., 1829. [...]
North Cemetery, Somers: Josiah Hall descendants
Saturday, June 7th, 2008Samuel Hall and Sarah Rising had eight children, including our direct ancestor Samuel Hall who married Hannah Parsons. Samuel’s siblings include Sarah Hall, Mercy Hall, Bethia Hall, Abigail Hall, Eunice Hall, John Hall and Josiah Hall. Samuel’s brother Josiah married Sarah Bush in Somers. Their children include Josiah Hall Jr., Joseph Hall, Sarah Hall, Vashti [...]
Somers
Saturday, June 7th, 2008from History and Antiquities of Every Town in Connecticut by John Warner Barber (1836) pp. 553 – 555 Somers is bounded N. by the Massachusetts line, W. by Enfield, E. by Stafford, and S. by Ellington. It is about six miles in length from north to south, with a mean breadth of about five miles. [...]
Letter from Somers Historical Society
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008The following is a letter kindly written to me by Phyllis Lumb from the Somers Historical Society. The date on the envelope is May 12, 2003, Hartfield, CT. Kathryn Hall *********************************************************** May 10, 2003 Dear Kathryn Hall: re: Halls, Pease, Parsons, etc. Luke Hall- b. July 4, 1744 Somers son of Samuel Hall and Hannah [...]
Somers North Cemetery: Hall Gravestones
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Following are photos of gravestones of our direct Hall family, taken last fall by one of my first cousins who made the trek to the North Cemetery in Somers, Connecticut to document our family. To her we are grateful. 1. Gravestone of Samuel Hall, son of Samuel Hall and Sarah Rising, b. 2 Dec 1710 [...]
The Kibbe Manuscript on Halls of Taunton
Sunday, April 27th, 2008The following is a manuscript completed originally in 1908 by genealogist James Allen Kibbe, a member of the Connecticut Historical Society, documenting the Halls of Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts who removed to Suffield, Stafford and Somers, Connecticut, precisely the Hall families we are tracing on this blog. We are indebted to Mr. Kibbe for this [...]