Hello again - what dates to you have for Colonel Joseph Hall of Hall Place Lurgan?
I found a Joseph Hall buried in 1793 in Lurgan, might he be the same one?
Pardon my ignorance, but what would he have been a colonel of? (My knowledge of military matters is about zero)
Cheers,
Cathy
Wow! Thats great information. Thank you so much.
If Colonel Joseph Hall is the distiller who died in 1793, then I suspect his son, Joseph Hall, distiller, was the lunatic. However, as I stated in my previous post, I know that there is will dating from c. 1793 for a Joseph Hall, distiller, but I am not sure whether this man died in 1793 or merely proved his will in1793. In the article link I posted, there is reference to Mary Ann MacCormac, nee Hall, (1765/6-1846), the daughter of Colonel Joseph Hall, falling on hard times on the death of her husband, John MacCormac, but her not being able to rely on her near relatives, because they had their own trouble (i.e. probably the lunancy of Joseph Hall)-see p. 2 of the article link I posted.
There is more confusion over whether Colonel Joseph Hall is the 1793 Joseph Hall because in the article I posted on the MacCormacs, Henry MacCormac, the grandson of Colonel Joseph Hall through Mary Ann MacCormac, nee Hall, (1765/6-1846), stated that he rememered seeing his grandfather's house with a mill nearby and also seeing the bags of corn carried away. However, if Colonel Joseph proved his will in 1793, but died later, then these individuals (the Colonel, the Hall described as a "lunatic", Joseph Hall whose was proved in 1793) may all be one and the same.
Regardless there is strong possibility Colonel Joseph Hall died in 1793. If so I suspect that the tree would fall like this:
Colonel Joseph Hall d. 1793
Joseph Hall, distiller, fell on hard times
Joseph Hall b. 1790 in Toberhuney, Lurgan,
Joseph Hall and William John Hall-your ancestors
or if Colonel Joseph Hall was the lunatic:
Joseph Hall, distiller, 1793
Colonel Joseph Hall-fell on hard times
Joseph Hall b. 1760s/1770s
Joseph Hall b. 1790
Regardless of how I look at it, unless Colonel Joseph Hall remarried later in life, I suspect he was at best the grandfather of the Joseph Hall born in Lurgan in 1790.
