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GENERATION 1

THEODORUS (Theodore) HALL, B. 1690 IN CHESHIRE ENGLAND, D. 1759

NOTE: Go to CHRIST CHURCH in Philadelphia to learn more about Theodorus Hall 

THEODORUS HALL came to America in 1700 from Cheshire England, near Manchester,
and settled North of Philadelphia PA in Bucks County, and subsequently moved
across the Delaware River to Hunterdon County New Jersey.  At his death he
and his wife, Gertrude, lived in or near Amwell, New Jersey in Hunterdon
County. (New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills, 1751-1760,
page 141) On April 29, 1729 Theodorus married GARTRUDE (Gertrude) GORDON
B. 1710, D. 1805, of Middlesex County (Near Raritan River) New Jersey at
Christ Church in Philadelphia PA and they had 9 children: (not in order)

    Jesse Hall, B. 1750, D. before 1797, Married Elizabeth Heath = (Gordon Hall & Charles Hall)  
    Jacob Hall (had children) & Elizabeth Davis, Ringwood, New Jersey
    Isaac Hall (died early manhood) Ringwood, New Jersey
    Rebeccah (Rebbecca?) Hall & Orvil Richards-Reading, Pennsylvania
    Mary Hall & John Lake (Dake?), Ringwood, New Jersey
    Gertrude Hall & Luther Opdyke (Opdycke?) Ringwood, New Jersey
    Joseph Hall, B. 1730 (Moved to West Virginia)
    SAMUEL HALL (1742–1805) PRIVATE in REV WAR (Married Ruhamah Everetts)
    Susannah Fox (Susan Hall & Ambrose Rex-West Virginia)
    (Elizabeth Hall?)

	
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Christ Church Philadelphia
After Theodorus' death in 1759, Gertrude remarried Joseph Howell of Kingwood
Township, Hunterdon County NJ.  After Joseph's death, Gertrude willed all
her lands to her sons Jacob Hall and Jesse Hall equally. Her other children
were paid cash.  A codicil to her will dated 28 Dec. 1797 indicated that son
Jesse pre-deceased her.  (New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills,
1801-1805, page 227)

A family document indicated: “Luther's first wife was Gertrude Hall, who was
the mother of all his children. Her father Theodore Hall was born in England
and came with his brother Jacob to the neighborhood of Philadelphia. Theodore
married Gertrude Gordon in 1729, moved to Kingwood in 1757, living near
the east bank of the Delaware River, engaging in the milling business on
the west side. He was drowned by the upsetting of his canoe while crossing
the river during a freshet; his wife died in 1805, aged 95. Their daughter
Gertrude spent her youth in Virginia with her older brother and sister
who had settled there; soon, after her father's death, she returned to New
Jersey and was married to Luther. After her death Luther married Mrs. Ruth
Sinclair, a widow, who died in 1835; he then married Mary Dalrymple.”

Source: http://www.heritagepursuit.com/OpDyck/OpDyck5thGen.htm Opdycke family history.


GENERATION 2

SAMUEL HALL (REV WAR) BORN 6/19/1742 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, near
Philadelphia; DIED 12/22/1805 in Ringwood Township, Hunterdon County,
New Jersey; he married RUHAMA EVERETT Born 7/16/1750 in Ringwood Township,
near Raritan River, NJ and died in Ringwood Township, Hunterdon County NJ
on 10/10/1831. They were married in 1767.  SAMUAL HALL served as a Private
in Colonel Thomas Cray's Third Regiment of the Pennsylvania Continental Line
(Pennsylvania Patriot's Index, Page 296) & (Pennsylvania State Library, Muster
Rolls, Harrisburg, PA). SAMUEL HALL & RUHAMA EVERETT HALL had 13 children:

1. Susan Hall, b. 10-6-1767 NJ
2. Mary Hall, b. 9-5-1769 Ringwood NJ
3. Martha Hall, b. 9-22-1770 NJ
4. Isaac Hall, b. 1-14-1773 (1778?) NJ, m. Elizabeth Stevens
5. Joseph E. Hall, b. 10-17-1774 NJ, d. Brookfield NJ 3-2-1842
6. Sarah Hall, b. 3-17(7?)-1777
7. JESSE HALL SR, b. 6-1-79, m. Elizabeth Johnson 1806
8. Priscilla Hall, b. 7-28-1780 [Family Tree says Percilla & Lucinda were twins born 7/8/1782]
9. Lucinda Hall, b. 7-28-1782, d. 5-17-1785
10 Samuel Hall, b. 7-18-1784 in NJ, d. 12-22-1805
11 Ruhanna [Tree Ruhamah] Hall, b. 9-25-1786 in NJ, m. a “Lee” – (2nd Eliza Cox) d. 10-20-185?
12 John Hall, b. 9-20-1788, d. 1883, Lived in Bristol IL, son Everett lived in NJ
13 Gertrude Hall, born 10-28-1791 [Tree 10/26/1771] m. Andrew Simpson, Freehold NJ

Note: In an old handwritten family history, it contained this note about
Theodore and Samuel in 1759: "He and his father were crossing the Delaware
in a boat; two thirds of the way across the boat capsized; Theodore drowned
but Samuel crossed in safety.” Theodore would have been about 69 years
old at the time. Samuel would have been about 17 years old. Samuel went on
to marry Ruhanna Everetts, and they had thirteen children, including Jesse
Hall Sr., who later moved out to what is now Renovo, Clinton County, Pa. The
early Halls definitely believed in the saying “Go forth and multiply”