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- THE FAMILIES OF OLD FAIRFIELD, by Jacobus, pages 249-250:
HALL, FRANCIS. Deputy for Stratford, CT, May 1661, May 1676, Oct 1677, Oct 1678, May and Oct 1679, May and Oct 1680, May 1685.
An original signer of New Haven Covenant, 4 June 1639. Had three in family 1641. Brought John and Thomas Whitehead from England, nephews of Thomas Alcott in the "Bay" (Massachusetts) and of Mr. Alcott of Roxbury. Bought land from Thomas Fugill which he sold to John Meigs, 1649, and removed to Stratford.
He purchased land in Fairfield in 1654, and in 1659 in Stratford,CT. On 12 April 1654, being then of Stratford, he purchased with his wife, Elizabeth, land in Fairfield from Thomas Wheeler, yeoman.
Married (1) Elizabeth -------, who d. at Fairfield, 6 July 1665. She inherited a house and land in England, which he sold about 1664, and in 1687 their son Isaac entered a caveat to prevent his father from selling Fairfield lands, which he claimed for the children of Elizabeth.
Married (2) at Stratford, last of Oct. 1665, Dorothy , widow of John Blackman. She was dau. of Rev. Henry Smith of Wethersfield, and m. (3) early in 1692, Mark St. John of Norwalk, and (4) Deacon Isaac Moore of Farmington.
He d. (rec. Fairfield) 5 Mar 1689/90.
Children by first wife:
i. Isaac
ii. Mary b. abt 1635
iii. Elizabeth
iv. Rebecca
v. Hannah
vi. Samuel
TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF 2885 ENGLISH EMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND 1620-1650, by Charles Edward Banks, page 174:
HALL, FRANCIS English Parish Name: Bulkington
Ship: not given
New England Town: New Haven, CT
Various Referenc: Aspinwall
(Note: Francis came too late to be included in NEHGS Great Migration.)
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