Milford chronicle., 1907-10-18
Places and PEOPLE Of Milford Neck From
1870 10 1907.

+ The tract Of land situated on the south
i side of the read, and extending from
{ Beaver Dam to Kings Causeway, was
formerly the property Of the late Win
lock Hall and was in two farms. Mr..
i Hall is remembered as an elderly gem
e tleman with very prominent features
!, He was a man of considerable import
e ance in his day, and one f the largest
LAND. holders of Milford Neck owning
several farms at the time OF his death.
He died al an advanced age, about the
year 1871, leaving three sons to survive
him. To William, his oldest and most
trustworthy son, he left the greater por
ton of his wealth. To his second son,
Draper, he left a home and a yearly
income during his life. To his youngest
son John he left one farm, with an ad-
ditional bequest in money. His grand.
sOns, Winlock H. Tomlinson and John
A Hall, were each given a farm. After
his fathers death William Hall, who
had become owner Of the homestead as |
well as the adjoining farm. assumed
control of the property. By virtue of
his fathers will he was guardian OF the |
two grandsons, Winlock H. Tomlinson |
and John A. Hall. Shortly after the
death Of his farmer he bought of his
brother, John M. Hall, the farm which
he inherited situated on the Beaucamp
brig creek and about one mile north Of
the NJ. E. Church, containing one hun.
bred and fifty-six acres. 1t was leased
TO different individuals for a period Of
nearly thirty years. Mr.. Hall planted
large orchard Of apple trees consist
ing Of arch, cider, grixOn, russell and
cain apple; about the only varieties
then known In this section. When
this orchard came into profit Mr.. Hall {
utilized the crops by converting them 6
into cider and brandy. He continued c
the business Of distilling brandy, which
had been profitably conducted by his t
father, for number fyeaTs and finally
abandoned it entirely. He occupied o
the farm situated on Mispillion River, r
which he received from his father, for
nearly forty years, during which time o
he was a prominent and useful man.
He was honest and upright in all his Il
transactions, and merited and Il
held the implicit confidence of the en-
tire community. He died in 1870, in st
the sixty.eighth year Of his age and it "
can truly be said of him, without fear
Of successful contradiction, his POCKET NJ
never jingled with a dishonest dollar. p
Ia the settlement of he estate of viii
lam Hall, DR.. Thomas Cahall, admin. &C
stratOr, sold all the real estate except
he Daniel Mason tract Of one hundred
md fifty-six acres. His brother, John
v. Hall, bought the home farm his |
'ldest son, John Wesley Hall, bought
he adjoining farm and Joshua Bennett,
IT,, bought the Parsons tract. In 1873 Sc
William E. Hall, one OF the heirs, OBJ da
aiRed a decree Of court for the division til
+ the remaining land. The commits
toner's appointed by the court were
smes Pestles, William T. Masten,
ames D. Supple, John w. Kirby and
saac r. Jester. With the assistance =
James H. POstles, a skillful surveyor, -
ley succeeded in making, as nearly as
Ossible, an equitable division, giving
, each of the six heirs an average of
bout twenty. eight acres. Charles,
[enry and George sold theirs to Esquire
aunar y novis who ont fla tim hor
nd sold the land to Maurice Mosley.
Iexahder David sold his share to
aniel q. Thompson, who converted
into a nice little farm. Maurice Mos 4
y cleared the land, built upon it and
ade a valuable farm of about sixty
res. William E. Hall and his brother
Unlock held theirs, built upon the
nd and so improved it that in few
ars each had nice home and valu
lie little farm. William E Hall sold
8 two ears ago to Gibson Walls for or
ght dollars per acre. Winlock B. sly
all still holds his he and his brother st7
I'm Wesley being the only two that
We any of the real estate formerly be- smi
lging to their ancestors John Wesley eX
ALPS farm contains about one hundred tn,
d twenty-five acres and is located on an
, MispilliOn River; it is highly i'm
)ved and very productive. The farm ex
Joining, formerly the homestead, is he
W the property of Edward s. Bes- CHI
ok. 1t is beautifully located on the clu
spillion River and was formerly sold tas
the heirs of John NJ. Hall to Mr.. yol
swick's uncle, Robert J. Beswick.
ISAAC r. JESTER. "
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