Abraham B Hall Collection, bulk 1700s-1840s, 1970s
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Historic Geneva
- Extent:
- One Box
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains original land and military records, correspondence, and other papers that once belonged to Abraham B Hall. The collection covers the Hall family from the 1700s to the 1840s. One folder contains information from GHS research efforts on the family of John Hall; it’s unclear if the two families are related.
- Biographical / historical:
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John Hall married Catharine Bashara, likely in New Jersey where they were both living in the 1700s. Their third son Jacob Hall married Theodosia in NJ where they had 10 children, including John Hall and Abraham Bashara Hall. John was trained in watchmaking and married Eunice Howell of Newburgh, NY around 1805. They settled in Albany but soon moved to Geneva where they had eight more children.
Abraham moved to live with his brother John at age 17 where he learned the watchmaking business from him. He married Sally Haight in 1806 and moved to Geneva in 1810 where he and his brother ran their own business.
At the start of the war of 1812 between the United States and England, Abraham was called out to the Niagara frontier as a member of the Geneva Light Infantry. Because of a peculiar situation with his family and business, he was able to secure a substitute and returned home. He secured a position in 1816 with the 42nd Regiment NYS militia.
Abraham and Sally’s children were Samuel and Harriet, their second child Sally having died within 2 weeks of being born. Harriet married Truman Parmelee Handy in 1832 and they eventually moved to Cleveland. They had two children with only one daughter living to adulthood. Samuel studied law first before he entered the Union Theological Seminary in NYC and became a Presbyterian minister. Samuel married Caroline L Rankin in 1844 and they had one child.
Sally died in Geneva on July 5, 1863, Abraham on March 4, 1872; both are buried in Washington St Cemetery. (Most information taken from the papers of Anna Hall.)
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Places:
- Geneva (N.Y.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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N/a
- Location of this collection:
- Contact:
- 315-789-5151archivist@historicgeneva.org