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1721), who married Mary (1678-1742), widow of
James Bowling (?-1693) and daughter of Thomas
Brooke (1632-1676); and Aaron (1669-1704). SIS-
TERS: Rachel (1671-1730), who married Walter
Smith (?-1711); Elizabeth (1673-1743); Lucia
(1675-?), who married John Smith (?-1738); and
Sarah (1677-?), who married Robert Bradley (?-
1724). MARRIED in 1688 Sarah, widow of Jonas
Wingfield; daughter of Richard Hooper. CHIL-
DREN. SONS: Richard (1690-1739); Elisha (1692-
1753), who married first, Elizabeth (?-1721),
daughter of Philip Coale, and second, ca. 1722
Elizabeth, widow of John Chew (1687-1718) and
daughter of Richard Harrison. DAUGHTERS:
Elizabeth (1691-?), who married in 1708 Richard
Harrison, Jr.; Sarah (1694-1741), who married in
1711 Samuel Harrison; and Mary. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: raised as a Quaker; a nominal Anglican (at
least during his period of officeholding, 1696-
1704) who had pew in All Saints' Church, Calvert
County, 1703/4; a practicing Quaker by the spring
Of 1704. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: second
generation burgess. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Calvert County, 1697/98-1700
(Aggrievances 2, 3; Elections and Privileges 3, 4,
probably chairman 4), 1701-1704 (Elections and
Privileges 1, 3; dismissed from the 5th session for
failure to subscribe to the required oaths). LOCAL
OFFICE: justice, Calvert County, 1696-1698, by
1700-?. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: Op-
posed the revolution of 1689; Jacobite activity
brought his dismissal from his justiceship, 1698.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: ca. 1,500 acres (inherited from his fa-
ther in 1688). WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will pro-
bated on February 8, 1716/17. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY: TEV, £1,465.0.11 (including 31 slaves); FB,
£1,415.7.3. LAND ca. 1,500 acres.
HALL, HENRY (1702/3-1756). BORN: on March
2, 1702/3, in St. James' Parish, Anne Arundel
County; eldest son. NATIVE: second generation.
RESIDED at "Morley's Lott," South River, Anne
Arundel County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
Rev. Henry Hall (1676-1722), A.B., Cambridge
University, 1697; immigrated in 1698 from Hor-
sham, England, to become the first rector of St.
James' Parish, Anne Arundel County. MOTHER:
Mary (ca. 1682-?), daughter of Mareen Duvall (?-
1694). BROTHERS: Benjamin (1706-1709); Benja-
min (1710-1760), who married in 1731 Sophia
Welsh; Edward (1714-1744), who married Mary
Belt; John (1716-1790), who married in 1745
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Anne Wells; and William (1719-1770), who mar-
ried Rachel. SISTERS: Mary (1704-?), who married
first, Gundar Erickson, and second, John Smith;
Magdalene, who married Jonathan Davies; and
Martha (1708-1752), who married in 1726
Stephen West (1682-1752). NEPHEW. Stephen West
(1727-1790). MARRIED first, on September 25,
1723, Martha (?-1734), daughter of Ishmeal Bate-
man and wife Mary. MARRIED second, on Novem-
ber 12, 1734, Elizabeth Lansdale. CHILDREN. SONS.
Henry Ball (1727-1770); John Hall (1729-1797);
Benjamin (1732-?); Edward (1735-?), who mar-
ried in 1756 Martha Duckett; Isaac (1737-?), who
married in 1760 Ruth, daughter of Mordecai Jacob
(1714-1771); Thomas Henry (1744-1788), who
married Barbara Bowie, who subsequently mar-
ried Ignatius Taylor (?-1807); and William (1748-
?), who married Margaret Harwood. DAUGHTERS:
Mary (1724/25-?); Elizabeth (1739-?), who mar-
ried in 1768 John Dorsey; Martha (1741-1747);
Margaret (1746-?), who married Col. Richard
Harwood (1738-1826); Mary (1752-1771); and
Martha (1755-?), who married in 1769 (first name
unknown) Lawrence. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCA-
TION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican,
All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel County. SO-
CIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1742.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter; merchant, deal-
ing with John Buchanan and Silvanus Grove, mer-
chants of London, England, to whom he owed
£767.1.5 sterling at the time of his death. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Anne Arundel County, 1740-1741 (elected to the
1st session to fill vacancy; Arms and Ammunition
3), 1742-1744 (Arms and Ammunition 1, 2; Laws
2; Elections 2), 1745 (Arms and Ammunition;
Laws), 1745/46-1748 (Arms and Ammunition Cv
1, 1-3, 4; Laws Cv, 1-3, 4; Bills of Credit 1, 2),
1751-1754 (Laws 1-6), 1754-1756 (Laws 1-4;
died during the 4th session). LOCAL OFFICES: jus-
tice, Anne Arundel County, 1739-at least 1743
(quorum, 1742-at least 1743). WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca. 1,713
acres in Anne Arundel, Prince George's, and
Baltimore counties, plus 2 lots in Queen Anne,
Prince George's County (ca. 1,115 acres inherited
from his father, 1722; 350 acres by deed of gift
from his mother, 1724). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH:
purchased over 800 acres in Anne Arundel County
between 1742 and 1744 to enlarge his holdings
along the Patuxent River. Sold 275 acres in
Baltimore County in 1746 and 110 acres in Prince
George's County in 1756. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: on May 18, 1756, at "Morley's Lott'* near
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