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GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 455
Hall was probably right ; but he was nevertheless morally bound
to fulfil the conditions of his bargain. He would not be morally
bound to do an illegal or immoral act ; but he was bound in honor
to restore money that he had obtained by an illegal contract, and
the court rightly held that he was so responsible.
Mr. Nathaniel Hall married before 1675, Ann, daughter of
Rev. Thomas Thornton of Yarmouth. There is no record of his
children in Yarmouth or Hingham. In reply to my inquiries, I
am informed that a family of the name settled early in Sussex,
but my correspondent was unable to ascertain whether the Halls
of that County were the descendants of Nathaniel.
(1-6.) Mr. Gersham Hall, son of John, Sen., was a prominent
man. He resided some time in Chatham, from which town
he was a deputy to the Colony Court in 1791. He resided in Harwich
most of his life, and was a useful and influential man during
the early settlement of that town. He built the grist mill known
as Hall's Mill, and his residence was in that vicinity. He married
first Bethia, daughter of Edward Bangs. She died Oct. 15,
1696, aged 54. For his second wife he married Dec. 7, 1696,
Martha Bramhall of Hingham. She died July 2, 1733, aged 69
years. He died Oct. 31, 1732, aged 85 years, and was buried in
the Hall burying ground in Dennis, where he and his wives have
monuments. The record of his family is lost. His children
were : 1, Edward, who married twice, and died in Harwich Jan.
22, 1727, and his widow Sarah married Aug. 12, 1728, Mr.
Daniel Legg of Yarmouth. His children were : 1, Bethia, born
Dec. 31,1709, married Andrew Clark, Jr., Aug. 20,1729; 2,
Hannah, Feb. 1, 1711-12, marriedFeb. 22, 1728-9, TuUy Crosby;
3, Mary, Oct. 15, 1714, married Nov. 28, 1734, Gershom Hall
4, Edward, April 19, 1717, married, had a family, and died Feb.
1797, aged 80 years; 5, Sarah, April 27, 1720, died young; 6,
Patience, July 15, 1726.
2. Jonathan Hall, son of Gersham, had by wife Hannah,
Gersham, born Oct. 25, 1715, who married his cousin Mary.
3. Samuel Hall, son of Gersham, born 1669, married Patience
Rider Feb. 2, 1696-7. He died in Harwich Feb. 19, 1729-30,
and his widow married Thomas Clark, Esq.
4. Mercy Hall, daughter of Gersham, married John Chase.
5. Bethia Hall, daughter of Gersham, married Kenelen
Winslow.
Capt. "William Hall, son of John Senior, removed to Mansfield,
Conn. He bought June 24, 1695, a thousand acre right of
land in "Windham, now Mansfield. He died June, 11, 1727, aged
76, and his wife Easter Feb. 19,1727. His children were: 1,
Isaac, who married April 24, 1700, Sarah, daughter of John
Reed of Windham, and had ten children ; 2, James, who married
Mehitable "Wood Oct. 15, 1716, and had ten children ; 3, "William,