Hepzibah (Jones) Hall (1734 - 1790)

Born 6 May 1734 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Hall — married 3 May 1753 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died 11 Aug 1790 at age 56 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Hepzibah Jones was born at Concord, Massachusetts on May 6, 1734, daughter of Ephraim Jones and Mary Ayres. ^[1]

She married Benjamin Hall of Medford, Massachusetts, at Concord on May 3, 1753. ^[2] He was born at Medford on January 27, 1731, son of Andrew and Abigail (Walker) Hall. ^[3]

In the 1762 division of her father Ephraim Jone's estate, among the heirs is listed

second daughter Hepzibah Hall. having already received a portion - £66: 13:4^[4]

Hepzibah died at Medford on August 11, 1790 aged 56. ^[3]

Benjamin Hall Jr., Ephraim Hall, Andrew Hall, Fitch Hall, John Brown Fitch & his wife Hepzibah were six of the twenty-two grantors in a 1793 quitclaim who identified themselves as the "heirs of our father and grandfather Ephraim Jones late of Concord" and who conveyed property "which was assigned to our mother and grandmother Mary Ayres then Mary Woolcott the late relict and widow of said Ephraim Jone[s] deceased as her dower or third." ^[5]

Given the above quitclaim and other evidence for the Hall family, it is reasonable to conclude that the above grantors Benjamin, Ephraim, Andrew, Fitch & Hepzibah were the surviving grandchildren of Ephraim and Mary (Hayward) Jones by their deceased daughter Hepzibah who died in 1790.

Benjamin died at Medford on February 2, 1817. ^[3]

Children

1. Benjamin Jr. born on August 9, 1754; died on September. 17, 1807  ;married Lucy Tufts on November 20, 1777. ^[3]
2. Ephraim born on June 1, 1756 ^[3]
3. Fitch born on January 28, 1759; died in December 1841; married Judith Brasher, May 14, 1783. ^[3]
4. Andrew born on September 26, 1761; died on April 20, 1805. ^[3]
5. Hepzibah born on June 25, 1764; married John Brown Fitch on January 27, 1785. ^[3]

Research notes

Medford Births

Hall, Benjamin, s. Andrew and Abigail, Jan. 27, 1730-1. [bp. Jan. 31, 1731. (p. 70)

Hall, Benjamin, s. Benjamin and Hephzibah, Aug. 9, 1754. (p. 70)

Hall, Ephraim, s. Benjamin and Hephzibah, June 1, 1756. (p. 72)

Hall, Fitch, s. Benjamin and Hephzibah, Jan. 28, 1759. (p. 72)

Hall, Andrew, s. Benjamin and Hephzibah, Sept. 26, 1761. (p. 70)

Hall, Hephzibah, d. Benjamin and Hephzibah, June 25, 1764. (p. 73)

Medford Marriages

Hall, Benjamin and Hepsibah Jones of Concord, May 3, 1753, in Concord. (p. 233)

Hall, Benja[min] Jr. and Lucy Tufts, Nov. 20, 1777. (p. 233)

Hall, Fitch and Judith Brasher, May 14, 1783. (p. 234)

Hall, Hepzibeth and John Brown Fitch of Boston, Jan. 27, 1785. (p. 234)

Medford Deaths

Hall, ___ w. Benja[min] Esq., Aug. 11, 1790, a. 56. [Hepzibah, dropsy,CR1] (p. 383)

Hall, Benja[min] Esq., old age, [buried] Feb. 6, 1817, a. 86. CR1 [d. Feb. 2, PR3.] (p. 383)

Hall, Benja[min] Jr., complicat[io]n, [buried] Sept. 19, 1807, a- 53 CR1. [d. Sept. 17, PR3.] [a. 53 y. 1 m. 8 d., PR5.] (p. 383)

Hall, And[re]w, cancer in his nose, [buried] Apr. 24, 1805, a. 43 CR1 [Capt., d. Apr. 20, PR.3.] (p. 382)

Hall, Fitch, Col., old age, [buried] Dec. 28, 1841, a. 83. CR1 (p. 384)

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Sources

1. ↑ Tolman, George compiler. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, Printed by the Town, T. Todd Printer, Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1891, p. 136
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-X2L2 : Fri Mar 08 04:21:20 UTC 2024), Entry for Benjamin Hall and Hepsibah Jones, 3 May 1753.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1907
4. ↑ Case 12839: p. 1-20: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14463/12839-co2/38303845
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-XD7T?cc=2106411&wc=MC1M-LZ9%3A361613501%2C364606101 : 22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1798-1799 vol 131-132 > image 15 of 554; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.

• Source: S1011450759 Repository: #R1000705196 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=108895519&pid=882
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• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-SLF5 : 24 November 2022), Benjamin Hall and Hephsibah Jones, 1753.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-X2LR : 18 October 2022), Benjamin Hall and Hepsibah Jones, 3 May 1753; citing Marriage, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-48HC : 18 October 2022), Hepzibah Hall, 13 Aug 1790; citing Death, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26903822/hepzibah-hall: accessed 19 March 2023), memorial page for Hepzibah Jones Hall (6 May 1734–11 Aug 1790), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26903822, citing Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by BobBoston (contributor 46926159).