Third Generation

34. Elizabeth LEONARD was born on 19 April 1694 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.¹⁵ She died on 9 October 1750 at the age of 56 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. David Brainerd Hall, "The Halls of New England, Historical and Genealogical," 1883, p. 571: "Joseph Hall3, Joseph2, George1, b. 1694, d. 1763; m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of James Leonard 2nd, the iron manufacturer; she was b. 1694, and d. in 1750; he m. 2nd, Mrs. Sarah (Dean) Williams. Capt. Joseph Hall was a wealthy business man, as the inventory of his estate indicates, which covers several pages, giving the names of a variety of valuables, among which were two slaves, a man and a woman, whom he willed to his wife; it being before the decree of emancipation in Massachusetts; he was master of a vessel, and was engaged in coasting and trading to and from New York, and the West Indies; he was also interested in land purchases and loaning of money; he was a prominent member of the church of Taunton, of which Rev. Samuel Danforth and Rev. Thomas Clapp were the fourth and fifth pastors." Children listed as he quotes them.

ECL has her as the daughter of Thomas2, James1, but Thomas' daughter Elizabeth married Jonathan Williams.

Elizabeth LEONARD and Capt. Joseph HALL were married in 1719 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. Capt. Joseph HALL¹⁰¹, son of Joseph HALL and Mary BELL, was born in 1694 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. He was born in 1694. He died on 9 November 1773 at the age of 79 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.¹⁰² Capt. Joseph Hall was a wealthy business man. He was master of a vessel and was engaged in coasting and trading to and from New York and the West Indies. He was also interested in land purchases and the loaning of money. He was a prominent member of the church of Taunton. He lived on Dean Street.

Elizabeth LEONARD and Capt. Joseph HALL had the following children: