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Title: Hall family near Yorkshire , England in 1796
Post by: Lilydale on Wednesday 13 July 22 06:10 BST (UK)

My ggg grandfather  William Gall born 1796 was a shoemaker  when he arrived in Ontario,  Canada. He settled in Port Hope,  Ontario  by 1822. His grandfather may have been Samuel  Hall and his mother  was Elizabeth. He was Methodist. His oldest son David Hall was a tailor  born in Prince Edward County, Ontario.  The family used the names William. Henry .George and John.

Title: Re: Hall family near Yorkshire , England in 1796
Post by: Lilydale on Wednesday 13 July 22 06:11 BST (UK)

It should  read William Hall.

Title: Re: Hall family near Yorkshire , England in 1796
Post by: trish1120 on Wednesday 13 July 22 10:36 BST (UK)

I see his Burial has him born 29 MAY 1796 • Scarborough, Yorkshire.
So he would be bapt after that date.

I can see only 1 on F/S Scarborough ;
18 Oct 1797 Father JOHN

Now strangely there are 2 entries of bapts Scorborough for a William Hall 5 Aug 1797
With Parents as JOHN/MARGARET or WILLIAM/MARGARET

Hopefully someone with more access to records can help you :)

Title: Re: Hall family near Yorkshire , England in 1796
Post by: Daisypetal on Thursday 14 July 22 23:50 BST (UK)

Hi,

Welcome to RootsChat :)


Williams obituary says that he was born near Scarborough so I wonder if this could be him,

29 May 1796
Willerby by Scarborough, Yorkshire
William HALL
Mother:  Ann


I can see an image of this baptism, it says,

May 29th 1796,  William, son of Ann HALL of Staxton,  a Bastard


I realise that this is a baptism and not a DOB but maybe he didn't know both dates. I think it would quite a coincidence to have two William HALLs using the same date in the same area.

Where do you find his mother's name as Elizabeth?


Regards,
Daisy

Title: Re: Hall family near Yorkshire , England in 1796
Post by: Lilydale on Saturday 27 May 23 04:35 BST (UK)

Thanks Daisy re the Saxton, Yorkshire  baptism  for William  Hall. I highly  suspect  that is him. The Elizabeth was a guess from the naming pattern that William used for his children with his wife Elizabeth  Norris.  They had two daughters  Elizabeth, Elizabeth  M and Eliza Jane so Anne could have been Elizabeth Ann. Both daughters  lived well into adulthood so it was not like one daughter  had died young. I agree that William probably  thought  that his birthdate was that date of his actual baptism.  My cousin found a reference to Ann having another illegitimate child, I think a son, 10 years before William?. My cousin had kept in touch with an older gentleman  who lived in Saxton a while back who is now deceased.