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CHAPTER 1
ARRIVAL IN HOBART TOWN
In 1800 Richard Hall, _aged twenty-nine, the son of John Hall of
Coppy House, Yorkshire, an grandson of Henry Hall of Leventhorpe Hall,
Yorkshire, settled in Liverpool as a merchant .
He lived at Carnavon Hall,
Lancashire, until his death on September 25, 1825 , at Westby near Kirkham .
He and his \'life, Elizabeth S\.,rarbreck , already had three children :
born in 1794, James 1797, and Wil liam 1799 .
Liverpool, four more sons were born:
After they settled in
Alice
Richard 1800 , John whose date of
birth and life are not known, Ed\.,rard Swarbreck November 13, 1804, and
Henry 1807.
It is Ed\.,rard S\.,rarbreck, the sixth child and fifth son, \'lith
whom this study is concerned.
Both parents claimed descent from ancient and honoured families .
The Hall fami ly coat-of-arms named Rodolph, Count of Hapsbrg and Emperor
of Germany in 1273, the founder of the fami ly.
In 1283 Rodolph's son,
Albert , was Duke of Austria and later became Emperor of Germany . In 1310
Albert 's son, Frederick, \'las 1ivi_ng in the Tyrol \'lith the title ttLord of
Hallett from whence the family later adopted the surname 11Halltt.
Frederick 1 s
son, Sir Frank Hal l, entered the service of Edward III of England in 1344,
and was joint Marshall with Sir Walter Manny of the army of the Duke of
Lancaster in the \'lar of Guienne ; he \'las one of the heroes of Poi tiers ,
serving with the Black Prince, the fortieth knight of the Garter, and the
. . .
Governor of Calais .
under Henry IV .
In 1399 Sir Frank Hall' s_ grandson, Robert Hall, served
He married the heiress to Sir John Leventhorpe and founded
the family of Halls of Leventhorpe Hall, which became one of the most eminent
in the county until the end of the ighteenth century, with its members
frequently representi_
Lord Mayor of York .
Elizabeth Swarbreck was descended from the noble, German-born
Ed\.,rard Van Schwartzbreck, who in 1689 t_ogether with his ttuterinett brother,