THEODORUS (Theodore) HALL, B. 1690 IN
CHESHIRE ENGLAND, D. 1759
NOTE: Go to CHRIST
CHURCH in Philadelphia to learn more about Theodorus Hall
THEODORUS HALL came to America in 1700 from
Cheshire England, near Manchester, and settled North of Philadelphia PA in Bucks County, and subsequently moved across the
Delaware River to Hunterdon County New Jersey. At his death he and his wife, Gertrude, lived in or near Amwell, New
Jersey in Hunterdon County. (New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills, 1751-1760, page 141)
In
1729 Theodorus married GARTRUDE (Gertrude) GORDON B. 1710, D. 1805, of Middlesex County (Near Raritan River) New Jersey
at Christ Church in Philadelphia PA and they had 9 children: (not in order)
Jesse Hall, B. 1750, D. before 1797, Married
Elizabeth Heath = (Gordon Hall & Charles Hall)
Jacob Hall (had children) &
Elizabeth Davis, Ringwood, New Jersey
Isaac Hall (died early manhood) Ringwood, New Jersey
Rebeccah (Rebbecca?) Hall & Orvil Richards-Reading,
Pennsylvania
Mary Hall & John Lake (Dake?), Ringwood, New Jersey
Gertrude Hall & Luther Opdyke (Opdycke?) Ringwood, New Jersey
Joseph Hall, B. 1730 (Moved
to West Virginia)
SAMUEL HALL (1742–1805) PRIVATE in REV WAR (Married Ruhamah Everetts)
Susannah Fox (Susan Hall &
Ambrose Rex-West Virginia)
(Elizabeth Hall?)
After Theodorus' death in 1759, Gertrude remarried Joseph Howell of Kingwood Township, Hunterdon
County NJ. After Joseph's death, Gertrude willed all her lands to her sons Jacob Hall and Jesse Hall equally. Her other
children were paid cash. A codicil to her will dated 28 Dec. 1797 indicated that son Jesse pre-deceased her.
(New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills, 1801-1805, page 227)
A family document indicated: “Luther's
first wife was Gertrude Hall, who was the mother of all his children. Her father Theodore Hall was born in England and came
with his brother Jacob to the neighborhood of Philadelphia. Theodore married Gertrude Gordon in 1729, moved to Kingwood in
1757, living near the east bank of the Delaware River, engaging in the milling business on the west side. He was drowned by
the upsetting of his canoe while crossing the river during a freshet; his wife died in 1805, aged 95. Their daughter Gertrude
spent her youth in Virginia with her older brother and sister who had settled there; soon, after her father's death, she returned
to New Jersey and was married to Luther. After her death Luther married Mrs. Ruth Sinclair, a widow, who died in 1835; he
then married Mary Dalrymple.” Source: http://www.heritagepursuit.com/OpDyck/OpDyck5thGen.htm
Opdycke family history
Elizabeth Johnson Wife of Jesse Hall Sr. Betsy
came to USA in 1802
GENERATION 2
SAMUEL HALL (REV WAR) BORN 6/19/1742 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
near Philadelphia; DIED 12/22/1805 in Ringwood Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; he married RUHAMA EVERETT Born 7/16/1750
in Ringwood Township, near Raritan River, NJ and died in Ringwood Township, Hunterdon County NJ on 10/10/1831. They were married
in 1767. SAMUAL HALL served as a Private in Colonel Thomas Cray's Third Regiment of the Pennsylvania Continental Line
(Pennsylvania Patriot's Index, Page 296) & (Pennsylvania State Library, Muster Rolls, Harrisburg, PA). SAMUEL HALL &
RUHAMA EVERETT HALL had 13 children:
1. Susan Hall, b. 10-6-1767 NJ 2. Mary Hall,
b. 9-5-1769 Ringwood NJ 3. Martha Hall, b. 9-22-1770 NJ 4. Isaac Hall, b. 1-14-1773 (1778?) NJ, m. Elizabeth Stevens
5. Joseph E. Hall, b. 10-17-1774 NJ, d. Brookfield NJ 3-2-1842 6. Sarah Hall, b. 3-17(7?)-1777 7. JESSE HALL SR, b. 6-1-79, m. Elizabeth Johnson 1806 8. Priscilla Hall, b. 7-28-1780 [Family Tree says
Percilla & Lucinda were twins born 7/8/1782] 9. Lucinda Hall, b. 7-28-1782, d. 5-17-1785 10 Samuel Hall, b.
7-18-1784 in NJ, d. 12-22-1805 11 Ruhanna [Tree Ruhamah] Hall, b. 9-25-1786 in NJ, m. a “Lee” – (2nd
Eliza Cox) d. 10-20-185? 12 John Hall, b. 9-20-1788, d. 1883, Lived in Bristol IL, son Everett lived in NJ 13
Gertrude Hall, born 10-28-1791 [Tree 10/26/1771] m. Andrew Simpson, Freehold NJ
Note: In an
old handwritten family history, it contained this note about Theodore and Samuel in 1759: "He and his father were crossing
the Delaware in a boat; two thirds of the way across the boat capsized; Theodore drowned but Samuel crossed in safety.”
Theodore would have been about 69 years old at the time. Samuel would have been about 17 years old. Samuel went on to marry
Ruhanna Everetts, and they had thirteen children, including Jesse Hall Sr., who later moved out to what is now Renovo, Clinton
County, Pa. The early Halls definitely believed in the saying “Go forth and multiply”.
GENERATION 3
JESSE HALL, SR. 1779-1877 Married ELIZABETH "BETSY"
JOHNSON 1780-1854 JESSE HALL, SR. was born 6/1/1779 in Bucks County PA, and died on 10/14/1877 and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery,
Bristol, Illinois.
He married Elizabeth Johnson. Elizabeth "Betsy" Johnson was born in 10/21/1780
in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County NJ, and died on 8/2/1854, and was buried in the Old Hays Cemetery at Beech Creek Township
PA, a/k/a Hays/Fearon Cemetery, 1/4 mile from the town of Beech Creek PA. Coming from Mill Hall, there will be a left turn;
this road runs longside Route 150 for a short distance, and the cemetery will be on your left.
Jesse
Hall Sr. and Betsy Johnson* Hall had 12 children:
·John Hall, Married Frances Farwell - - - family
·Johnson Hall, Married Nancy Grugan (sp? Grucin?) - - -
family
·Nancy Hall, Married Asher Packer - - - family
·Ruhamah Hall, Married John Bridgens - - - family
·Joseph Hall, Married Temperence Sterling - - - family
·Saul Hall, Married Julia Slone (Stone?) - - - family
·Everett Hall, Married Elsie Ross - - - family
·Charlotte Hall, Married William Clark - - - family
·Thur Hall, Married Rachel McCloskey - - - family unknown
·Elizabeth Hall, Married James McCloskey - - - family
·JESSE ROYAL HALL (aka Jesse Hall Jr.), Married Mary Shafer - - - family
·Samuel Hall, Married Sara McCloskey - - - family
*Betsy's Father was Bethuel JOHNSTON of Gibson Township PA,
and her Mother was Ann SIMPSON Johnson
GENERATION 4
JESSE ROYAL HALL 1815-1865; married MARY ANN SHAFFER*
1819-1869; Jesse Royal Hall (a.k.a. Jesse Hall, Jr.) was born 4/10/1815 at Bennetts Branch near Benezette PA, and died
at Renovo PA on 12/21/1865. He is buried in the Old North Bend Presbyterian Cemetery. He married Mary Ann Shaffer on November
08, 1838 (or 2/5/1840?). She was born on 3/11/1819, and she died on 4/21/1869, and is buried in the Old North Bend Presbyterian
Cemetery also.
Jesse Hall Jr. & Mary Ann Shaffer Hall had 8 children (not in order):
1. Mary Hall, Married Winfield Summerson - - - family 2. Joseph Hall? 3.
EVERETT FRANKLIN HALL 1842-1915, Married Emma Wertz - - - (Clarence Hall & Alice Downs) - family 4. PHEBE ANN HALL-WERTZ 1855-1928, Married Taylor Zachery Wertz - - - family 5. Sara Jane Hall, Married Joseph Seese = (Emma & Howard Calhoun; Alice & Everett Wertz; more) 6. Elizabeth
"Libby"/"Eliza" Hall, Married Michael Stout – family [Elizabeth (2?), Married Robert Poorman?] 7. Nancy Artie Hall, Married James Till = (John & Carrie Bently; Mary & John Simpson; more) - - - family 8.
Rebecca Mandana "Dane" Hall, Married Edward Van Riper - - - family
*Mary Ann Shaffer's
Father was James SHAFFER, Sr., born 12/22/1787, and he died at Grove Township, near Sinnemahoning, Cameron County, PA on 8/25/1872.
Mary Ann's Mother was Margaret BROOKS Shaffer, born 1/28/1791, died 2/26/1876. Margaret and James were married in 1809, and
are buried in the Pine Street Cemetery at Sterling Run PA in Cameron County.
Margaret's Father
was Benjamin BROOKS (REV WAR.) born 3/11/1753 in Bucks County PA, of English and Irish descent, and he died in Gibson Township,
Cameron County, PA on 12/24/1838. He is also buried in the Pine Street Cemetery at Sterling Run PA (85y 8m 13d). Sergeant
Benjamin Brooks fought at the Revolutionary battles of Germantown and Brandywine in Pennsylvania.
Benjamin
married (1) Elizabeth Harkins, and they had nine children:
1. James Brooks 2. Joseph Brooks
3. William Brooks 4. Benjamin Brooks 5. David Brooks 6. Rebecaa Brooks 7. MARGARET BROOKS (my
ggg Grandmother) 8. Jane Brooks 9. Mary Brooks
Benjamin then married (2) Mary Wood, a native
of Monmouth County, New Jersey. She was of English and Welsh descent. Mary and Benjamin had two children:
1. John Brooks** 2. Washington Brooks
(2)Mary Wood Brooks is buried in the Pine
Street Cemetery at Sterling Run PA (79y 11m 20d).
**John Brooks was born in Lock Haven,
my home town. He became one of the first County Commissioners of Elk County PA when it was formed, and served three terms
in the Pennsylvania State legislature as a Republican.
GENERATION 5
EVERETT FRANKLIN
HALL was born in 1842 and died in 1915.
He married EMMA LOUSIA WERTZ, who was born in 1846 and died in 1904. Her Father was John W. Wertz, and
her Mother was Mary Ann Pfoutz. Everett and Emma were unable to have biological children, so they adopted their son, my Grandfather Clarence Richard (Wertz) Hall, at birth from their brother and sister, i.e.
Zackary Taylor Wertz & Phebe Ann Hall (who had 12 children):
TAYLOR ZACHERY WERTZ & PHEBE ANN
(HALL) WERTZ, who had 12 children (not in order):
• John Wertz, Married Maize Haas - - - family • Elial McVey Wertz, Married
Alice Delia W. Smith - - - family • Joseph Wertz, Married Cordie Croak - - - family • Beatrice
Wertz, Married John Croak - - - family (Minnie/Joe DeVaul) (Ruth/Tom Youngquist) • Deward Wertz, Married Ann
Hibler - - - family • Myrtle Wertz, Married Alvin Doebler (& 2 G. Goodman) - - - family • Lloyd
Wertz, Married Jane Askey - - - family • Edythe Wertz, Married Arthur Dadd - - - family • Elletta
Wertz, Married Robert Valentine - - - family • Everett Wertz, Married Alice Seese - - - family • Martha
Wertz - - - family unknown • CLARENCE RICHARD WERTZ (HALL), Married Alice T. Downs - - - my
immediate family
GENERATION
6
CLARENCE RICHARD (WERTZ) HALL (my Grandfather "Richard") was born 11/11/1880 in Hall's
Run, Noyes Township, Clinton County, PA, and died 10/19/1920 at Renovo PA.
He married
ALICE THEA DOWNS (my grandmother) on 10/9/1905 in Williamsport, Lycoming county, PA. She was born 8/27/1877 and died
12/22/1932 at Point Breeze, South Renovo, PA on the Hall Family Estate. Her original name was "Anna Althea Downs"
and she changed it to "Alice Thea Downs." ALice was the daughter of John Luther Downs and Matilda Florence
Wertz Downs (a sister of Clarence's biological father, Taylor Zachery Wertz). Clarence and Alice are both buried in Hall-Werts
Cemetery, Halls Run PA. They lived at Point Breeze, up below the reservoir in South Renovo. They had also lived on the
farm way up Barney Run Road near the river, and in Philadelphia.
Richard and Alice had
three children:
1) Emma Louise Hall B 9-8-1907 D 10/15/1991 DAR# 405901 (CA) 2) Belle Evelyn Hall
B 6-19-1910 D 12/26/1997 (San Francisco CA) 3) PEARL MADELINE HALL (my Mother) B 7-19-1913
D 2-5-1976 (Castanea PA)
(NOTE: Richard was buried at Kettle Creek Cemetery originally,
but I helped my Father and Clyde Wertz and his boys move his grave from Kettle Creek to the Hall-Wertz Cemetery in Halls Run,
next to his wife, my Grandmother Alice Downs Hall, because of building the Alvin R. Bush Dam on Kettle Creek. He was given
in adoption to Phebe's brother, Everett and his wife, Zachery's sister, because they were unable to have children. (Two of
my sons are buried next to them, John Richard Poorman and Randall Clay Poorman. -per Kenneth R. Poorman 9-17-2002).
GENERATION 7
Emma Louise
Hall was born 10/8/1907 at 1831 North Mervine Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died on 10/15/1991 in Manteca California.
(DAR# 405901) She married Tyler Frederick Hammond, Sr. on 12/30/1933 at the Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge National
Park. He was born on 5/31/1902 at Philadelphia, PA. They had three children:
1) Alice Downs Hammond O'Leary (living) (DAR# 452900) 2) Helena Hammond Rose Swift (living) 3) Tyler F. Hammond Jr. (deceased)
Aunt Emma's DAR
Info: Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot Name: Emma Louise Hall Hammond National Number: 901901 Chapter: 8017CA La Peurta de Oro-San Francisco Chapter Chapter website: http://www.cheryldar.com/index.html
Belle Evelyn Hall born 6/19/1910 and died
12/26/1997 in California. She married Valentine "Val" DeFilippo, no children.
PEARL MADELINE HALL born 7/19/1913 died 2/5/1976 married KENNETH JOHN POORMAN in 1941. (My Parents) They had
two children:
1. Kenneth Richard Poorman 2. Stephen Philip Poorman
(Clarence
Richard Hall had no boys, so end of the line for our Clarence Halls)
1896 Photo of the 8 children of Jesse Hall Jr & Mary Shaffer
The David Library of the American Revolution in Washington Crossing PA
posesses documents regarding Theodoras and Gartrude Hall (and Gartrude's second husband (Joseph Howell).
