Mahlon Hall

Brief Life History of Mahlon

When Mahlon Hall was born on 7 July 1773, in Bedford, Virginia, United States, his father, Leonard Hall Sr, was 42 and his mother, Johanna Litton, was 41. He married Betsy Wickler on 19 February 1795, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died about 1840, in Lafayette, Missouri, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Mahlon Hall
1773–1840
Betsy Wickler
1770–1830
Marriage: 19 February 1795
William C Hall
1800–1877
Docia Hall
1814–
Albert Hall
1819–
Polly Ann Hall
1817–1839

Sources (3)

  • Malen Hall, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mahlon Hall -
  • Malen Hall, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital

On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, Irish, German, Norwegian, and Danish: from Middle English hall (Old English heall), Middle High German halle, Old Norse hǫll all meaning ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a hall or an occupational name for a servant employed at a hall. In some cases it may be a habitational name from any of the places called with this word, which in some parts of Germany and Austria in the Middle Ages also denoted a salt mine. Hall is one of the commonest and most widely distributed of English surnames, bearing witness to the importance of the hall as a feature of the medieval village. The English surname has been established in Ireland since the 14th century, and, according to MacLysaght, has become numerous in Ulster since the 17th century.

Swedish: ornamental or topographic name from hall ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), or a habitational name from a placename containing the element hall ‘rock’ (from Old Norse hallr).

Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 何 and 賀, see He 1 and 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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