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HISTORY OF THE HALL FAMIL y· AND ALLIED LINES BY GLADYS HALL MEIER AND ROBERT RENE MARTINDALE ~ Privately Printed BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS 1959 HALL To those brave men of our family who from the time they came to America, down through the generations, have fought to preserve the principles, for which our country stands, I dedicate this book. FOREWORD FoR SOME TIME NOW it has bothered me that there is no one in the family interested enough to continue my work or keep the files I have spent so many years accumulating-hence, this book with the data all under one cover. It is small enough to slip on a bookshelf where it won't be in anyone's way, yet it contains the information I have been gathering for so long a time along with the stories told to me by my grandmother, my aunts, and my mother. Some of them date back to the Revolutionary War, and with the passing of these people, they would have been lost to posterity forever. Bits of this and bits of that, they all help to form the picture that is the Hall family. I have tried to be as accurate as possible, but errors do creep in, and much of my information has been given to me by others. This has been especially true in some of the stories, because I found each person interviewed had their own version. In the two chapters pertaining to the Hall history, personalities and char acteristics are given in order to explain movements and situa tions. They are entirely from my own point of view. I cannot begin to thank the many people who have contri buted to this manuscript: librarians who gave their time with out charge, Regents and State officers of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, who, if they could not help me themselves, put me in touch with other members will ing to visit old cemeteries and courthouses, and to question old timers for needed data. Distant relatives were eager to exchange or give me what information they had. Some even sent histories of the family in book form, refusing pay for them. I particularly want to thank my son, Robert Martindale, who not only encouraged me to go ahead, but who spent many hours in research at the libraries in Austin, Texas, interviewed the printers, and finally helped me arrange the material to the best advantage. My cousin's wife, Mary Ann Cameron Harwood, vi HISTORY OF THE HALL FAMILY must not be omitted for a good part of the drudgery was hers. She crossed my T's, dotted my I's, took the split from my infini tives and cut the rope from my hanging participles-a tedious job of editing. I have been asked to straighten out my grandmothers Hall. Jane Philips married Justin Hall of Poestenkill, New York. In the very early records this town was called "Poesten's Kill," meaning Poesnten's creek. "Kill" is a Dutch work for creek. When Jane's son, Alfred Hall, married Martha Files, we had another Grandmother Hall. So Jane became "Poestenkill" Grandmother and Martha, Grandmother. I also want to say that there is a general list of references at the back of this book, but other references are given throughout as they were needed. We hope the future generations will enjoy reading this book as much as we have enjoyed putting it together, and that it may have something of value for other genealogists. GLADYS HALL MEIER TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I Our Men in Military Service, 1700-1958 .................. 1 II Hall Family Genealogical Chart .. ............................. 7 III Hall Family, History and Stories ................................ 16 IV Hall Family, History and Stories (continued) .......... 30 V Saunders, Clarke, Vars, Brown Families .................... 63 VI Philips Family .............................................................. 74 VII Lillie, Williams, Putney, Dennis, Porter, and Chester Families ................................................ 83 VIII File, Finkel Families ............................... .................... 94 IX Schmidt, Hayner, Mustier, Van Etten Families .......... 107 X Maxwell, Gillies, DeGraff Families ............................ 115 XI Dankers, Noel, Ferro}, Berry, Higgins, Demic, Wells, Brashier, Easter, and Rogers Families .......... 123 XII Ward, Granfield, Hill, Lord, Smith Families ............ 134 XIII Martindale, Markle, Brown, Dandridge Families ...... 140 XIV Harwood, Brown, Baker, Wallace Families ................ 155 XV McChesney, Cameron, Pattyson, Spencer, Sanford, Crowe, and Partenheimer Families ........................ 163 References .................... ................................................. 178 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Facing Page Hall Coat of Arms . ... ....... .. .... ·---·------- ____________ Frontispiece Barton Hall, 1786-1870 ·-------·-----·-------······--···························· 8 Poestenkill, 1800-03 ········--·-················•····-·-----------··-------···---- 24 William Phillips, 1771-1872 ---·--······--- ---------·------·------------····· 104 Robert Rene Martindale, 1919- ---·············--····------·-··--·········-·· 152 CHAPTER I OUR MEN IN MILITARY SERVICE, 1700-1958 CANADIAN EXPEDITION, 1711 LuD\VIG Sc1r1vrrnT, from i\nnesberg, N.Y. July 16, 1711 .. (See Mc Wethy, Book of Names.) FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS PETRUS PHILIPS, Livingston Manor, New York. COLONIAL WARS PETRUS PHILIPS, JOHANNES HENER, SR., and JR., MELLEGER PYLE (JoHN MELCHOIR FILE), LUDWIG SCHMIDT, and Petrus' broth ers, MICHAEL and JACOB PHILIPS. (See Annual Report, State Historian, N.Y., vols. I, II, pp. 814-15, Captain Abraham Van Aerman's company, colony of Rensselaer Wyck, N.Y., as "coming from above Poesten's Kill." Se also, vol. I, p. 443.) INDIAN AND COLONIAL WARS EBENEZER LILLIE, Indian scout from Massachusetts and Connec ticut. KING'S MILITIA, 1772 JOHANNES HENER (HAYNOR) II, called first Junior, then Senior. Certificate signed by Governor Tyron of New York State for appointment as Ensign in the King's Militia. Photostatic copies in possesion of Mrs. H. F. Meier and Mrs. Caroline Mc Chesney, of Brownsville, Texas. REVOLUTIONARY WAR FROM RHODE ISLAND WILLIAM HALL, Private, Captain Joshua Well's company, 1773. Captain Peleg Hoxey's company, 1778-9, Rhode Island Mili tia. Applied for and received pension January 30, 1834. Ref. 2 HISTORY OF THE HALL FAMILY 402 Senate Doc. Accepted by NSDAR, Gladys Hall Meier, Caroline Hall McChesney. JAMES SAUNDERS, SR., Patriot, Westerly, Rhode Island, 1776. This service accepted by NSDAR. His service with his son, James, Jr., not used due to confusion as to which man per formed which service in the following: 2nd Westerly Militia, John Gavitt's company, and the Westerly Alarm, Captain Edward Blevin's company, 1777. WILLIAM BROWN. According to family tradition, he served with a Rhode Island regiment, but there are so many by the same name, further research has not been done. Came from same vicinity as others who did serve. FROM NEW YORK STATE JOHANNES HENER, IL Private listed in New York in Revolution, p. 227, Land Bounty Rights, 6th Regiment, Albany County Militia. Johannes (John) III also given in same book. Line ac cepted by NSDAR. JOHN MELCHOIR FILE (MELLEGER FEYLE), Private, Tyron Co. Militia, 3rd Regiment, Colonel Frederick Fisher commanding. Captain Joseph Yoeman's company. Certificate No. 37169 of Treasurer, Vol. 8; N.Y. State Library, Albany, N.Y. Accepted by NSDAR. JoHN FINKEL (FINCKEL), Private, Albany County Militia, 8th Regiment, Colonel Robert Van Rensselaer commanding. NSDAR refused to accept, as another member had come in on this line who gave a different wife and children. Member refused to allow her papers to be checked, nor would she re ply directly to author. The author had the line proven back to ancestor believed to have been the soldier, so he either had two wives and sets of children or they were different men. Only one John Finkel is listed in Roberts, New York in Revo lution. He is with our other German ancestors serving at that time. PETRUS PHILIPS, Private. We know this man fought in the Rev olutionary War, as cousin Ralph Link has his powder horn. Tradition states t~at upon his return home from war he was shot in the back while entering his house. His assailant was HISTORY OF THE HALL FAMILY 3 never found. Family cemetery on farm, in which he was bur ied, has disappeared, so date of death is not known. State Li brary gave a number of pay vouchers for a Peter Philips, but no indication as to where he was from, or if he was the same man. Name found several times in Roberts, New York in Rev olution. The one on p. 110 being the most likely. (Colonel Van Alstine's 7th Regiment. Peter's brother Michael served in the 6th Regiment with another Van Alstine commanding.) FROM CONNECTICUT EBENEZER LILLIE, Private. Captain Grosvenor's company, Colo nel Durkee's regiment, 1775-76. Colonel Samuel vVyll's Con necticut regiment, Captain William Steven's company, of Continental Artillery. Frank Lillie of Bennington and Pow nal, Vermont, has his certificate of service. Both Ebenezer and his wife Jerusha Williams Lillie applied for pensions. (See Claim W-2047, Pension Bureau, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.) WAR OF 1812 BARTON HALL, Private, from New York State. Drafted for serv ice when fighting approached his neighborhood. Served three days. Received pension in later years for this service. CIVIL WAR, 1861-64 None. Both Hall and File families said to have been "copper heads." SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR None. WORLD WAR I None in actual service. Men in family over age limit. A daugh ter, Gladys Elizabeth Hall, served with the Army of National Defense in Long Island City, New York. Received discharge when Armistice was signed. Was married to Otis Farrington at the time. WALLACE BAKER HARWOOD, SR., b. April 12, 1896, d. June 1, 1935. Son-in-law of Russell McChesney. Doing premedical work at Davidson College, North Carolina. Enlisted in Air 4 HISTORY OF THE HALL FAMILY Corps Cadet Training School, Austin, Texas; 2nd lieutenant, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. Was pilot flying first plane from which photographs of San Antonio were taken. 1st lieu tenant, 1919. Discharged 1919. ROBERT BENJAMIN MARTINDALE, b.