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FATHER: John Hall (?-1736), of Kent County.
MOTHER. Ann (?-after 1736). BROTHERS: George;
John. MARRIED Mary (?-by 1746). CHILDREN.
SON: William Hall (1723-1780). DAUGHTERS:
Elizabeth, who married by 1745 James Gray; Sa-
rah, who married by 1745 James Woodland;
Mary; Rachel, who married Andrew Hynson; and
Margaret, who married by 1745 George Wilson.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican, Shrewsbury Parish, Kent
County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent.,
1745/46. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUB-
LIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Kent County, 1732-1734, 1734/35-1737. LOCAL
OFFICES: churchwarden, Shrewsbury Parish, Kent
County, in office 1724, 1729; Shrewsbury Parish
Vestry, Kent County, in office 1725, 1726-1729,
and 1745-1746. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 115 acres in Kent
County. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired an
additional 435 acres in Kent County by 1737.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between March 13,
1745/46, and April 7, 1746, in Kent County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,234.13.4 current
money (including 16 slaves and 1 servant); FB,
£141.12.0. LAND: possibly 550 acres in Kent
County.
HALL, ELIHU (1724-ca. 1791). BORN: in 1724 in
Cecil County; second son. NATIVE: fourth genera-
tion. RESIDED: in North Susquehanna and Oc-
tarara hundreds, Cecil County. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: Elihu Hall (1692-1753), of
Calvert, Anne Arundel, and Cecil counties; son of
Elisha Hall (1663-ca. 1716/17). MOTHER:
Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Harrison (?-
1716/17), of Calvert County. BROTHER: Elisha
Hall (1723-1757), who married in 1746 Ruth,
daughter of Jacob Hall. SISTERS. Elizabeth; Sarah,
who married Andrew Bay, of South Carolina.
OTHER KINSHIP: his father married first, in 1730
Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Coale. His great-
grandfather was Richard Hall (?-1688); his great-
uncle was Benjamin Hall (1667-1721); his great-
aunts were Rachel Hall (1671-1730), who married
Walter Smith (?-1711); Lucia Hall (1675-?), who
married John Smith (?-1738); and Sarah Hall
(1677-?), who married Robert Bradley (?-1724).
MARRIED on June 16, 1757, Catharine (1736-?),
daughter of John Orrick (?-1749) and wife Susan-
nah. Her brothers were John; Nicholas; and
Charles. Her sisters were Rachel; Rebecca; Sarah;
and Susanna. CHILDREN. SONS: Elihu (1758-ca.
1793), who married Charity; John (1760-1826);
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James (1762-1793); Elisha John (1764-1835);
Charles (1767-1821); Samuel Chew (1769-?), who
never married; George Whitefield (1770-?), who
never married; Henry (1773-1808), a physician,
who married Hester, daughter of the Hon. Wil-
liam Maclay, the first U.S. senator from Pennsyl-
vania; and Washington (1776-?). DAUGHTERS: Su-
san (1766-1852), who married Robert Lyon
(1754-1842), of Baltimore County; Elizabeth Har-
rison (1772-?), who married first, (first name un-
known) Ogle, and second, (first name unknown)
Gordon; Catharine Orrick (1775-?), who married
(first name unknown) Churchman; and Julia Reed
(1778-?), who never married. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: he
came from a Quaker family; his son Elihu was an
elder of the Presbyterian Church, West Notting-
ham, Cecil County, 1792. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: Mr., 1779; Esq., 1790. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: probably a planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Cecil
County, 1779-1780 (resigned on April 29, 1780).
LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Cecil County, 1756-1771
(quorum, 1758-1771), probably 1772-1776 (prob-
ably quorum; records missing), 1777 (quorum);
justice, Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol De-
livery, Cecil County, commissioned 1762; justice,
Orphans' Court, Cecil County, commissioned
1777. MILITARY SERVICE: 2nd major, Susque-
hanna Battalion, Maryland Militia, appointed
1766. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: His son, Elihu,
served in the First Maryland Regiment and was
taken prisoner at Staten Island in August 1777,
where he remained until exchanged in October
1780. He resigned in May 1781, but later served in
the Maryland Militia. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed value £627.0.0,
including 12 slaves and 8 oz. plate, 1783. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION: 1,353 acres in Cecil County
(inherited 1,746 acres from his father in 1754, but
sold 393 acres of it by 1764). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION
AND DEATH: he was charged with 610 acres in
Cecil County, 1783. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
between December 17, 1790, and February 16,
1791. LAND: 270 acres in Cecil County mentioned
in his will, plus several other tracts with unspeci-
fied acreage; may have had as much as 600 acres.
HALL, ELISHA (1663-ca. 1716/17). BORN: in
1663 in Calvert County; first son. NATIVE: second
generation. RESIDED: in Calvert County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: Richard Hall (?-1688).
MOTHER: Elizabeth. BROTHERS: Joseph (1665-
1705), who married Ann; Benjamin Hall (1667-
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