Richard HALL

                       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.