Gershom Hall

M, b. 5 March 1646/47, d. 31 October 1732
     Gershom was born on Tuesday, 5 March 1646/47 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Hall.1 Gershom married Bethia Bangs, daughter of Edward Bangs and Rebecca Hobart, before 1669 in Massachusetts.2 Gershom and Bethia had children: Jonathan, Samuel and Mary [m. Mr. Chase].1 Gershom's wife, Bethia, died on 15 October 1696 in Dennis leaving him a widower. Gershom departed this life on Friday, 31 October 1732 in Dennis at age 85 years, 7 months and 26 days. He was buried there at Dennis in Hall Cemetery.

Family

Bethia Bangs b. 28 May 1650, d. 15 Oct 1696

Citations

  1. [S2129] The Bangs Family, page 157.
  2. [S457] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, BETHIA, b. Eastham 28 May 1650 [PCR 8:15]; m. by 1669 Gershom Hall [Bangs Gen 27-28, reproducing original Barnstable deed of 1 April 1729 in which Samuel Hall, Jonathan Hall and Mary Chess sell land in Eastham "that descended to us by the right & title of our honorable deceased mother Bethiah Hall wife of our honored father Gershom Hall which said right descended to her our said deceased mother from her honored father Edward Bangs deceased our honored grandfather"].