Andrew Hall

Brief Life History of Andrew

When Andrew Hall was born about 1731, in Augusta, Hampshire, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, William Hall Sr., was 25 and his mother, Jane Jean, was 29. He married Margaret Thompson in 1759. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died before 5 February 1799, in Rockbridge Parish, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Hall
1731–1799
Margaret Thompson
1735–1799
William Hall
1759–1849
Jenny Hall
1761–1855
Mary Elizabeth Hall
1765–1788
John Hall
1765–
Margaret Hall
1773–
Andrew Hall
1775–1837
Isabella Hall
1777–1829
Joseph Hall
1760–
James Hall
1761–1816
Nancy Thompson Hall
1765–1866
Samuel Hall
1773–1840

Sources (13)

  • An Hall, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Andrew Hall - Published information: death: 1799;
  • Andrew Hall in entry for John Huston, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"

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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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