Mehitable Hall

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• Alternate birth: Bef 26 Mar 1769, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire

Mehitable married Elijah Allen about 1788. Elijah (son of Samuel Allen) was born in 1763 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died on 19 Oct 1839 in Limerick, York, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Theophilus Hall Allen was born on 7 Jun 1789 in Wakefield, Carroll, New Hampshire; died before 1855 in Parsonfield, York, Maine.
2. Andrew Lee Allen was born on 24 Nov 1791 in Limerick, York, Maine; died on 14 Aug 1870 in Provo, Utah, Utah.
3. Elijah Lorenzo Mortimer Allen was born on 14 Jan 1794 in Corinth, Orange, Vermont; died on 5 Jan 1876.
4. Mehitable Allen was born on 5 Mar 1796 in Corinth, Orange, Vermont; died on 4 Jul 1821 in Cornville, Somerset, Maine.

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• Alternate death: 5 Aug 1820, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire

Notes:

Graduated from Yale, 1756; ordained minister of the First Congregationalist Church at Rochester, New Hampshire, 15 Oct 1766. Dimissed 10 Apr 1775; removed to Wakefield, where he was a magistrate and justice of the peace.

Avery married Hannah Chesley about 1766. Hannah (daughter of James Chesley and Mehitable Waldron) was born about 1737 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; died about 1770 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Wentworth Genealogy, English and American shows Hannah Chesley as a daughter of James Chesley and Mehitable Waldron, and says that she "married (his first wife) Rev. Avery Hall, pastor of the church in Rochester, N. H., from 15 October 1766 to 10 April 1775; and had two children", but it gives her no birth, death, or marriage dates.

Heard-Hurd Genealogy calls her "Mary Chesley", but concurs with other sources in calling her husband Avery Hall and her daughter Mehitable Hall.

Notes:

Graduated from Yale, 1727. Ordained first minister of Meriden, Connecticut, 29 Oct 1729.

From Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Lee and Clarinda Knapp Allen:

"He was a man of quite small stature, but possessed much dignity of manners united with the greatest affability, persuaded of the truth of Christianity, and deeply sensible of its importance, he was well able to defend it; his sermons were ably written and delivered with great fervor; his pastoral visits were frequent and conducted judiciously; he was humble, self denying, full of the love of souls, prayerful and zealous for the cause of Christ; during his ministry of 37 years in Meriden, 250 were added to the church; he possessed great firmness of character, and was a zealous advocate of civil and religious liberty; he published two sermons on the death of Rev. Isaac Stiles; two on faith; and one on the ordination of Rev. Matthew Morrison, of Berwick, Maine."

Theophilus married Hannah Avery on 22 May 1734. Hannah (daughter of James Avery and Mary Griswold) was born on 7 Apr 1712 in Groton, New London, Connecticut; died in Oct 1791 in Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 18 May 1706, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

James married Mehitable Waldron about 1727. Mehitable (daughter of John Waldron and Mary Ham) was born about 1708 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; died on 21 Aug 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Love Royce on 2 May 1704 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Love (daughter of Nathaniel Royce and Sarah Lathrop) was born on 27 Jul 1687. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 29 Jul 1687, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Notes:

History of Wallingford mistakenly gives her as "Lois Royce."

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• Alternate death: 18 Sep 1754, Groton, New London, Connecticut

James married Mary Griswold in 1696 in New London, New London, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Deacon John Griswold and Mary Bemis) was born on 1 Feb 1673 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 26 Nov 1750 in Groton, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Feb 1673, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
• Alternate birth: Feb 1674

Notes:

Killed in an ambush by native Americans.

James married Tamsen Wentworth on 29 Dec 1704 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. Tamsen (daughter of Ezekiel Wentworth and Elizabeth) was born in 1687 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; died on 30 Dec 1753 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Tamsen, widow of James Chesley, and daughter of Deacon Ezekiel Wentworth." [Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, citation details below.]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 12 May 1740, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

John married Mary Ham on 29 Aug 1698. Mary (daughter of John Ham and Mary Heard) was born on 2 Oct 1668 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; died after 1 Oct 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Lee and Clarinda Knapp Allen:

"John Waldron's two oldest daus. Sarah and Bridget, ages 9 and 7, were killed by Indians. They were turning out the calves into a pasture near the house, when nine Indians suddenly appeared, seized them and cut off their heads directly before the door, with an axe upon a log, and in sight of their mother in the house, who dared not give any alarm. They carried off the heads with them, but [the heads] were found by their father some weeks afterwards in some bushes, where the Indians had thrown them after taking their scalps; and he buried them with their bodies."

Mehitable Waldron was John and Mary Waldron's child immediately following Sarah and Bridget.