Ancestors of Nancy Evaline Hall
wife of William J. Herren
First Generation in America
William Hall (1707, ENG - 1758 VA)
married Mary Stover (1709, PA - 1774, VA)
William Hall was born in England about 1707 and emigrated to the Pennsylvania colony with his family in 1713 at about age six.
William Hall married Mary Stover in Pennsylvania. Mary MAY be a daughter of Jacob Stover and Sarah Boone. If this is true, Mary Stover would be a cousin of Daniel Boone. (Sarah Boone was his aunt.) However, there is no proof that Jacob and Sarah Boone Stover had children, so the connection is conjecture at this point.
(Source: http://www.boonesociety.org/boonegenealogy/Boone1st5Gens.pdf)
William and Mary had at least six boys: John, Hezekiah, Elisha (our ancestor), Charles, William, and Thomas, and three girls: Sarah, Rebecca and Susannah.
(Source: http://www.illinoisancestors.org/menard/fam/ho_2.html)
The family moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia, in the region of Bedford County. The Cherokee Indians had come up from the Carolinas and were harrassing the English settlers in Virginia. In 1758, William Hall was killed by Indians in a battle that sparked the Cherokee Indian War (part of the French and Indian Wars) in Virginia.
Read more about this event at http://www.illinoisancestors.org/menard/fam/ho_1.html
Second Generation
Elisha Hall, Sr. (1743, PA - 1794, KY)
married Caroline Estes (1754, VA - 1799, KY?)
Elisha was born to William and Mary Hall in 1743 while they still lived in Pennsylvania. When his father was killed in Virginia in 1758, Elisha was fifteen years old.
Elisha's family lived in Virginia at the time of the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War! What an amazing, and yet difficult, time that must have been.
Elisha married Caroline Estes. Her family is not known at this time. However, we do have other Estes in our family, and she was likely related to them.
Elisha and Caroline at least three children: Samuel Hall, Elisha Hall (II), our ancestor, and Jeremiah Hall.
In their later years, Elisha and Caroline moved to Kentucky.
Third Generation
Elisha Hall, Jr. (1773, VA - 1851, MO)
married Alse DePriest (1773, VA - 1821, MO)
Elisha Hall (II) was born 1773, just three years prior to the Declaration of Independence.
Elisha Hall married Alse "Alice" DePriest in Knoxville, Tennesse. (Source: Moon and Mork.) Alice DePriest was a Virginian by birth, and her ancestors were French Huguenots.
Elisha and Alice had at least ten children, most of whom were born in Kentucky: William, James Elliott (our ancestor), John DePriest, Samuel, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, George, David Madison, Mary Ann "Polly," and Adaline.
The Hall family moved to Clay County, Missouri, sometime around 1820. Alice died there in 1821.
In 1822, Elisha served as a Grand Juror in the First Circuit Court of Clay County. This court was held in the home of David Todd, the uncle of Mary Todd Lincoln!
Elisha Hall died in Clinton County, Missouri, in 1851. He experienced the first thirteen presidencies of the United States during his lifetime.
Fourth Generation
James Elliott Hall (1798, KY - 1870, OR)
married Cynthia Ann Groom (1804, KY - 1897, OR)
wife of William J. Herren
First Generation in America
William Hall (1707, ENG - 1758 VA)
married Mary Stover (1709, PA - 1774, VA)
William Hall was born in England about 1707 and emigrated to the Pennsylvania colony with his family in 1713 at about age six.
William Hall married Mary Stover in Pennsylvania. Mary MAY be a daughter of Jacob Stover and Sarah Boone. If this is true, Mary Stover would be a cousin of Daniel Boone. (Sarah Boone was his aunt.) However, there is no proof that Jacob and Sarah Boone Stover had children, so the connection is conjecture at this point.
(Source: http://www.boonesociety.org/boonegenealogy/Boone1st5Gens.pdf)
William and Mary had at least six boys: John, Hezekiah, Elisha (our ancestor), Charles, William, and Thomas, and three girls: Sarah, Rebecca and Susannah.
(Source: http://www.illinoisancestors.org/menard/fam/ho_2.html)
The family moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia, in the region of Bedford County. The Cherokee Indians had come up from the Carolinas and were harrassing the English settlers in Virginia. In 1758, William Hall was killed by Indians in a battle that sparked the Cherokee Indian War (part of the French and Indian Wars) in Virginia.
Read more about this event at http://www.illinoisancestors.org/menard/fam/ho_1.html
Second Generation
Elisha Hall, Sr. (1743, PA - 1794, KY)
married Caroline Estes (1754, VA - 1799, KY?)
Elisha was born to William and Mary Hall in 1743 while they still lived in Pennsylvania. When his father was killed in Virginia in 1758, Elisha was fifteen years old.
Elisha's family lived in Virginia at the time of the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War! What an amazing, and yet difficult, time that must have been.
Elisha married Caroline Estes. Her family is not known at this time. However, we do have other Estes in our family, and she was likely related to them.
Elisha and Caroline at least three children: Samuel Hall, Elisha Hall (II), our ancestor, and Jeremiah Hall.
In their later years, Elisha and Caroline moved to Kentucky.
Third Generation
Elisha Hall, Jr. (1773, VA - 1851, MO)
married Alse DePriest (1773, VA - 1821, MO)
Elisha Hall (II) was born 1773, just three years prior to the Declaration of Independence.
Elisha Hall married Alse "Alice" DePriest in Knoxville, Tennesse. (Source: Moon and Mork.) Alice DePriest was a Virginian by birth, and her ancestors were French Huguenots.
Elisha and Alice had at least ten children, most of whom were born in Kentucky: William, James Elliott (our ancestor), John DePriest, Samuel, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, George, David Madison, Mary Ann "Polly," and Adaline.
The Hall family moved to Clay County, Missouri, sometime around 1820. Alice died there in 1821.
In 1822, Elisha served as a Grand Juror in the First Circuit Court of Clay County. This court was held in the home of David Todd, the uncle of Mary Todd Lincoln!
Elisha Hall died in Clinton County, Missouri, in 1851. He experienced the first thirteen presidencies of the United States during his lifetime.
Fourth Generation
James Elliott Hall (1798, KY - 1870, OR)
married Cynthia Ann Groom (1804, KY - 1897, OR)
James Elliott Hall was born in Madison County, Kentucky in 1798 -- just three years after Kentucky was admitted to the union. Although he was the fourth generation of Halls, America was still very young at his birth -- John Adams was still serving as the second president of the United States.
Cynthia Ann Groom was born in 1804 in Kentucky. Family lore says that she had a brother named Spencer and that both of their parents died before they reached adulthood. Researchers have not yet been able to determine who Cynthia's parents were.*
Cynthia married James Elliott Hall in July of 1824, in Liberty, Missouri. Missouri had only been a state for two years.
James and Cynthia Hall had fourteen children, of which our ancestor, Nancy, was the fifth. Perhaps James and Cynthia were romantically minded, because many of their children had fanciful names. There was Angelina Moore, Benjamin Franklin, Amanda Malvina, Joseph, Nancy Evaline, Florinda Davidson, Gilbert Galetain, Adaline Eglinetine, Albert Galetain, James Christopher, America Frances, William, Elisha, and Mary Ellen (the only one of the fourteen born in Oregon).
In 1845, with a newborn baby (Elisha), the family traveled the intrepid Oregon trail to become early settlers of that new land. Baby Elisha made it to Oregon Territory, but died there in October of that year when he was only ten months old.
Cynthia Ann Groom died in 1897, at the age of 92, having outlived her husband and many of her children.
*Peggy Contreras has been a relentless pursuer after Cynthia Groom's family, and has found many clues, but no positive identification as of yet.
Cynthia Ann Groom was born in 1804 in Kentucky. Family lore says that she had a brother named Spencer and that both of their parents died before they reached adulthood. Researchers have not yet been able to determine who Cynthia's parents were.*
Cynthia married James Elliott Hall in July of 1824, in Liberty, Missouri. Missouri had only been a state for two years.
James and Cynthia Hall had fourteen children, of which our ancestor, Nancy, was the fifth. Perhaps James and Cynthia were romantically minded, because many of their children had fanciful names. There was Angelina Moore, Benjamin Franklin, Amanda Malvina, Joseph, Nancy Evaline, Florinda Davidson, Gilbert Galetain, Adaline Eglinetine, Albert Galetain, James Christopher, America Frances, William, Elisha, and Mary Ellen (the only one of the fourteen born in Oregon).
In 1845, with a newborn baby (Elisha), the family traveled the intrepid Oregon trail to become early settlers of that new land. Baby Elisha made it to Oregon Territory, but died there in October of that year when he was only ten months old.
Cynthia Ann Groom died in 1897, at the age of 92, having outlived her husband and many of her children.
*Peggy Contreras has been a relentless pursuer after Cynthia Groom's family, and has found many clues, but no positive identification as of yet.
Fifth Generation
Nancy Evaline Hall (1830, MO - 1905, OR)
married William Jackson Herren (1824, KY - 1891, OR)
"When Nancy Evaline Hall was born on September 23, 1830, in Liberty, Missouri, her father, James, was 32 and her mother, Cynthia, was 25."
Nancy traveled the Oregon Trail with her parents and many brothers and sisters when she was fifteen years old. Shortly after reaching the Oregon Territory, she "married William Jackson Herren on October 14, 1847, in Salem, Oregon. They had eight children in 25 years. She died on November 17, 1905, in Salem, Oregon, having lived a long life of 75 years, and was buried in Turner, Oregon."
Source:http://person.ancestry.com/tree/82872/person/-2129790454/story
Nancy traveled the Oregon Trail with her parents and many brothers and sisters when she was fifteen years old. Shortly after reaching the Oregon Territory, she "married William Jackson Herren on October 14, 1847, in Salem, Oregon. They had eight children in 25 years. She died on November 17, 1905, in Salem, Oregon, having lived a long life of 75 years, and was buried in Turner, Oregon."
Source:http://person.ancestry.com/tree/82872/person/-2129790454/story