A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Edward Stuart Hall
"Todd County, Kentucky, Family Histories", by the Todd County Historical Society, Turner Publishing Co., 1995, pp. 198-99 (obtained from Google Books):
EDWARD STUART HALL - Edward Stuart Hall (1788-1870) came to that part of Christian County that later became part of Todd in 1817. His bride, Jennetta (Jennettae) Ewing (1792-1845), accompanied him over the Wilderness Road from Augusta County, VA. Jenetta was the daughter of John Ewing (1761-1796) and Sallie Davis (daughter of Walter Davis and Martha Cunningham), all natives of Augusta County, VA.
Jennetta Ewing and her parents had started to Christian County in 1795; however, they stopped in Hardin County, KY, where her father, John Ewing, planted a corn crop. Unfortunately he died there. Her mother, Sallie Davis Ewing, resumed the journey with her four children and joined her brother, James Davis, a pioneer settler in Christian County. (James' will is the first on record in Christian County.) Unfortunately in 1805 Sallie Davis Ewing became ill and realized she would soon die. She sent her daughter Jennetta back to Virginia by horseback over the Wilderness Road, accompanied by her 18 year old nephew, Benjamin Harrison Reeves (1787-1849), to be reared by a nephew. When Jennetta was mature, she married in Augusta County, VA, and with her groom, Edward S. Hall, emigrated back to Christian County and took up the old Sallie Ewing farm. Here, about 1 1/2 miles south of Bell's Chapel, they lived until Jennetta died in 1845. Following her death, Edward S. Hall continued to live there until 1857 when he sold his farm and along with all of his children, emigrated to Tarrant County, TX, where he died in 1870. Edward S. Hall and Jennetta had four children that reached adulthood. Among these children, the oldest son was John E. Hall, about whom more will be said later.
Edward Stuart Hall was a descendant of Dr. Isaac Hall, a native of County Armagh, Ulster, North Ireland, who arrived in Virginia before the year 1740. His wife was Sarah (?) Jane Allison. Dr. Isaac Hall had at least four children, among whom was Edward Hall (c1719-1796), an early settler in Augusta County, VA. Edward married Eleanor Stuart (1724-1802), daughter of Archibald Stuart (1700-1759) and his wife, Janet Brown. Edward Hall's son, Major Alexander Hall (1759-1831) married Mary Patterson Stuart (b 1763), niece of Eleanor Stuart. Like his father, Major Alexander Stuart [sic] was an Augusta County, VA, farmer. He and Mary Patterson Stuart became the parents of 11 children, among whom was Edward Stuart Hall (1788-1870), who became the groom of Jennetta Ewing on Oct. 9, 1816 in Augusta County, VA.
The Stuarts were a large family, descending from Archibald Stuart and Janet Brown. Archibald's ancestors removed from Scotland to the north of Ireland during the reign of King James I of England. Archibald fled Ireland after an unsuccessful religious uprising in 1727. It was several years later before he was successful in bringing his wife and children to Pennsylvania. They later emigrated to Augusta County and settled on a farm adjacent to what is now Waynesboro, VA. It was here that his family intermarried with the Hall family.
Perrin's History of Todd County, published about 1885, contains some information about Edward S. Hall and notes his father was Major Alexander Hall. Edward S. Hall did not enter into political life in Todd County. He seems to have been a farmer who was more intent on rearing his children and making a living than he was in seeking public office. John E. Hall (1824, Todd County - 1879, Tarrant County, TX), son of Edward Stuart Hall, was reared in the Bell's Chapel neighborhood. He married Mary Ann Elizabeth Tandy (1828-1849), daughter of Henry Tandy (1800-1848) and Sarah Ann Davis (1809-1887), in 1847 in Todd County. Their son, James Henry Hall, was born on Sept. 28, 1848. James Henry's mother died on May 18, 1849, leaving an eight months old infant. He was taken by his grandmother, Sarah Ann Davis Tandy (1809-1887), and reared on the farm now known as the Tandy-Hall Farm. The nucleus of this farm, now consisting of 298 acres, was acquired in 1825 by John Davis (1778-1826) and his wife, Mary Pendleton (1775-1844), parents of Sarah Ann Davis Tandy (1809-1887). This land has been owned by some member of the family since.
James Henry Hall (1848-1911) and his wife, Henrietta Darnall (1850-1904), became the parents of James Darnall Hall (1889-1972). James Darnall and his wife, Fay McLain Petrie (1887-1971), daughter of William Sobieski Petrie, MD, (1856-1918) and Susie Lenora McLain (1866-1925), had three children: Marjorie Darnall Hall (Mrs Wm. Archie Cowherd), William Petrie Hall, M.D. (wife, Jane Vivian Jones), and Suzanne Hall (Mrs Robert Garland "Bob" Foster). Marjorie and Suzanne have spent most of their lives in Todd County. Submitted by Wm P. Hall MD.
The Parks manuscript describes Edward Stuart Hall as a nephew of Judge Archibald Stuart and it also describes Mary Stuart (wife of William Donley) as a niece of Judge Archibald Stuart. That might mean that Edward and Mary were first cousins, but I have not so far been able to find a family tree that shows this relationship.
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