Nathan HALL, DEACON
974.29/J1 H2a VOL. 2, p 364, 365. SETTLED IN DRACUT, MASS., REMOVING IN 1747 TO PEPPERELL, MASS., AND 4 YEARS LATER TO MASON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. DEACON NATHAN HALL BORE HIS FULL SHARE IN THE LABORS, TRIALS AND PRIVATIONS ATTENDING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE NEW TOWN. HE BEGAN UPON THE FARM ON WHICH CAPT . JOSEPH SAUNDERS NOW RESIDES. IN 1752, IN THE REPORT MADE BY THE COMMITTEE , AT THE PROPRIETOR'S MEETING, OF "WHAT EACH MAN HAS DONE IN NO. 1," HE IS ENTERED AS FOLLOWS: "NATHAN HALL, A HOUSE AND SEVEN ACRES OF LAND, SIX OF IT BROKE UP, AND DWELLS THERE." HE WAS FREQUENTLY APPOINTED ON COMMITTEES IN THE BUSINESS OF THE PROPRIETARY, AND AFTER THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN, HE WAS ELECTED TOWN TREASURER, WHICH OFFICE HE HELD EIGHT YEARS IN SUCCESSION. HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, AND ELECTED A DEACON AT THE FIRST ELECTION OF THOSE OFFICERS, AND HELD THE OFFICE TILL HIS DEATH . HE DIED MAY 7, 1807, AGED 91 YEARS, LEAVING BEHIND HIM A REPUTATION FOR SPOTLESS INTEGRITY AND A USEFUL AND BLAMELESS LIFE, WHICH HIS POSTERITY MAY CHERISH AS THE BEST LEGACY HE COULD LEAVE FOR THEM. NATHAN HALL RECORDED AS CHILD OF RICHARD HALL AND MEHITABLE HALL BECAUSE OF DEATH DATE OF RICHARD'S FIRST WIFE, ABIGAIL DALTON. SHE DIED ABT 1710 SO COULD NOT HAVE BEEN NATHAN'S MOTHER.
015.188 JAFFREY, CHESHIRE, N.H. TOWN REC., p 391. 974.29/J1 H2a VOL. 2 pp. 365, 412. "HIST. OF JAFFREY - GENEALOGY". 974.29/J1 H2c "HIST. OF JAFFREY - GENEALOGICAL REGISTER" p 236, 370, 103, 104. INDEX TO MARR., CHESHIRE CO., N.H. (1,001,269) CAME TO JAFFREY ABOUT 1777. 1780 WAS SEATEED IN THE MEETING HOUSE, PEW #40. LIVED ON LOT 16, RANGE 5, , ON OR NEAR THE PRESEENT (1931) FARM OF PETER N. PROCTOR . SERVED AS FENCE VIEWERR 1779 AND HIGHWAY SURVEYOR 1783. 1784 HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE JAFFREY TRAINING BAND. HE WAS A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER. SOMETIME BETWEEN 1790 AND 1793 HE MOVED TO SPRINGFIELD, VT.
He married Mary Chapman 1742 . Mary Chapman was born at Boxford, Mass. 29 Mar 1723 .
They were the parents of 11
children:
child Hall
born Abt 1742.
James Hall
born 25 Jul 1743.
Mary Hall
born 9 Mar 1746.
Nathan Hall
born 23 Aug 1748.
Mehitable Hall
born 24 Dec 1750.
child Hall
born Abt 1752.
David Hall
born 24 Jan 1754.
Daniel Hall
born 5 May 1756.
Henry Hall
born 26 Oct 1758.
Elizabeth Hall
born 5 Mar 1765.
Richard Hall
born 12 Sep 1768.
Nathan Hall, Deacon died 7 May 1807 at Mason, Hillsboro, N.H. .
Mary Chapman died 27 Oct 1810 .