The Founders of Hartford
John Hall, born in the Co. of Kent, 1584 ; freeman, Boston, 1635 ; went with John Oldham to view the lands
in Connecticut, in 16331 ; Hartford, 1639, was a proprietor “by courtesie of the town;” his
home-lot was on the brow of “the Hill,” about where the Catlin place now is; this lot he sold to William
Spencer; removed to Middletown, where his land is recorded, June 10, 1654; collector of customs there, 1659; m. (1)
Esther, who prob. died bef. he left England; (2) Ann, dau. of John Willcock, of Hartford; lie d. May 26, 1673,
“in the 89th year of his age, and the 40 of his being in N. E.” His widow, Ann, d. July 20, 1673,
aged ab. 57.
1 Hall Family Records, P. 1
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