He is described as a son of
Andrew and Abigail [Walker]
Hall, born in
Medford, January 24, 1739.
Now
Capt. Isaac Hall married on October 8, 1761, Abigail
Cutter, and had a number of children.
The second was Eleanor, born July 23, 1764, and the fourth was James, born December 25, 1768.
Eleanor was married by
Peter Thacher on April 24, 1791, to
Charles Stimpson the son of Recompense
Wadsworth Stimpson, a merchant of
Boston, Mass., and the writer of this communication is a grandson of this couple.
The article above cited gives
Capt. Isaac's death, (p. 102) (November 24, 1789). This I believe to be a mistake, and that it should be
November 13, 1805.
The Boston Directory for 1796 and ‘98 gives the name of Isaac Hall and locates him as a distiller, Distill House square,
House No. 12, Franklin Place.
The same name appears in the directories which follow, with his residence on Franklin Place, till 1803, when its occupation is given a boarding house, 12 Franklin Square.
1
In 1806 the name changes to
Abigail Hall, boarding house, 12 Franklin Square,
2 and so continues for several years.
The
Suffolk Co. Deed Records show that one
Abigail Howard sold a house at No. 12 Franklin Place to Isaac Hall, distiller, on June 21, 1796.
At the time
Charles Stimpson (his son-in-law) was twenty-one he began to keep a diary of some of the important events of his life.
He was a trader, and from 1789 to 1801 did business at
Petersburgh, Virginia, making frequent trips to and from
Boston.
Among the events so recorded is that of his wedding to Eleanor Hall, on April 24, 1791, and of a visit Isaac Hall made him in
Portland from August 1, to September i, 1801.
On November 24, 1805, the record is ‘
Mr. Isaac Hall died at Boston Aged 66’
One other event he records: October 14, 1814, Abigail Hall broke up her housekeeping at Franklin place.
By reference to a Bible Record kept by my Uncle William
Cutter [p. 62] Stimpson.
3 I find ‘Died at Our
House Sept 28, 1825
Mrs Abigail Hall, Grandmother (maternal) of W. C. S. (a—yrs mo) She was on a visit to us, a stroke of Paralysis deprived her of speech and the use of her limbs, in which condition she lay nine days, and then took flight to that world of Spirits whither she had there long since directed her eyes and thoughts,—and in which, to all human appearances, she was, by God's grace prepared to enjoy the company of those who have been redeemed of the
Lord Her mortal remains were disposed of by the filial attention of her son
James Hall Esq.’