These tombstones were photographed at the Huse Cemetery (Derryfield or Centre Cemetery) in Manchester, New Hampshire.
IN
memory of
LIEUT. DANIEL HALL
who died
Nov. 4th A. D. 1813
AE. 71 years
In memory of
Mrs. Jean wife
of Lieut. Daniel
Hall who died
April 13, 1822
From The History of Manchester, formerly
Derryfield in New Hampshire, by C. E. Potter, pages 181 and 182
“John Hall came to this country probably after 1730. He tarried some time in Londonderry, and then
moved upon a lot of land, near the west line of Chester, and in that part of
the town afterwards set off to form the town of Derryfield…His first house, a
log one, was built upon land now owned by George Porter. He kept a public house until his death. The original frame house built by him, but
added to according to business and fashion, until little of the original could
be recognized, was standing until 1852 when it was destroyed by fire…
Mr. Hall was the
agent of the inhabitants for obtaining the charter of Derryfield in 1751, and
was the first town clerk under that charter.
He was elected t that office fifteen years – and in one and the same
year was Moderator, first Selectman, and Town clerk. These facts show the estimation in which he
was held by his fellow townsmen. The
time of Mr. Hall’s arrival in this country, or his removal to Chester is not
known. He married in Londonderry Miss
Elizabeth Dickey, January 4, 1741. Upon
his marriage he moved into a house with Colonel Samuel Barr, when he lived some
years, and during which time some three or four of his children were born. He then moved to Chester, probably in 1748 or
1749. While living at Londonderry in the
house with Mr. Barr, his son Daniel Hall was born, July 28, 1744. This even had been anticipated some months,
by the birth of a daughter to Mr. Barr, January 4th of the same
year. The intimacy thus commenced by the
parents was continued, and their children were, Daniel Hall and Jean Barr, at
mature age, were united in marriage.
Their offspring comprises most of the people by the name of Hall in this
neighborhood.”
Daniel Hall, son of John Hall and Elizabeth Dickey, was born
28 July 1744 in Londonderry, New Hampshire, and died 4 November 1815 in
Derryfield. He married Jean Barr,
daughter of Samuel Barr, born in Londonderry 4 January 1744 and died 13 April
1822.
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Tombstone Tuesday ~ Daniel and Jean
Hall, buried in Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted September 12, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/09/tombstone-tuesday-daniel-and-jean-hall.html: accessed [access date]).
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