The Republican journal., 1914-08-27
Hall Family History.
Record Traced Back to Hatevil Hall, Born
in Ebenezer Slain by Indians on

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TThe following historical sketch, written fol
The Rockland Courier-Gazette by Frank d
Ingraham and published in that paper several
years ago. was reprinted last week by request
and is here reproduced as of local interest.
The record of the family of Hatevil
Hall, chair-maker, relates that Hatevil
Hall was born in Dover, N. H., 1907.
His father was one of three brothers
who came from England, and were
among the early settlers of N. H., Mass,
and Conn. He married Sarah Furbush
of Kittery, Maine, moved from Dover
to Falmouth, where he died Nov. %,
1897, aged 80 years. leaving ATS descend
ants.
The names of his children were Dor
othy. Daniel. Hatevil. Mercy. John,
Ebenezer, Abigail, William, Andrew,
Jedediah. Nicholas. Paul and Silas.
Ebenezer Hall first married Hannah
Anderson and later married the Widow
Green, and settled on Matinicus Isle,
Maine, being the first white settler that
ever lived there. He was killed by the
Indians about the year 1749, his son
Ebenezer, Jr. being away at the time.
Ebenezer, first, was lieutenant in the
Louisburg expedition in 1745. lin manu-
script letter. Vol. XII Journal of the
House of Representatives, Page 236,
Boston State House, one may find an ac-
count of the death of Hall, and the cap
ture of his wife,
Ebenezer Hall lived at what is called
the Back Cove, Portland, Maine. There
he raised three children, two daughters
and one son, Ebenezer by name. The
girls married. One welded man by
the name of Proctor, the other man by
the name of Allen. and moved back into
the country in the town of Falmouth.
1t was shortly after this that the
mother died and Mr.. Hall married the
Widow Green. She had three children
one son by the name of Daniel, and two
daughters. The boy was IA years of
age and the girls nine ard seven. Mr..
Hall then with his family moved to the
island of Matinicus. it being at the close
of the French and English war, at which
time the English took the Canadas and
Nova Scotia from the French. He then
built stone house which he could use as
a fort for protection from the Indians.
The French, who were allied with the In
dians, offered a bounty for the scalp of
every white man they killed, whereupon
band of six Indians went to the Island
and camped about thirtysix feet south
of the house between two granite lodges,
on plot of grass about eight feet wide.
Then they besieged the dwelling. Mr..
Hall barred the door to keep them out
and was obliged to stay there nearly a
week surrounded by them. In their
determination to capture him and his
family they sent fire arrows into the
roof and burned it. AS fast as it took
fire Mr.. Hall would take pole and push
off the burning rafters SO they would not
fall within the walls of the house, and at
the same time his son shooting with a
gun whenever an opportunity offered.
At last the ammunition of the Indians
was nearly exhausted and in their desire
to lengthen out their supply they cut
their lead bullets in two, and as decoy
one of the Indians who had in his gun
the last half bullet went up back of the
house and took a position overlooking it
and prepared to discharge his gun at Mr..
Hall whenever he should show his head
above the wall of the house. The other
Indians made what noise they could
walking over the pebbly shore, and
hauling their canoe after them. Mr..
Hall hearing the noise that they were
making and thinking that they had given
up their hope and were leaving the island
climbed up and looked over the side of
the house facing the shore, when the
Indian back of the house brought his gun
to his shoulder and shot him through the
head, and he fell back into the room
dead. When his wife realized that he
was killed and she left without protec-
tor, she screamed for quarter, and the
Indians hearing her rushed up from the
beach and said, "Your husband will not
give any quarter" She said ''My hus-
band is dead" They Immediately broke
in the door and proceeded to bind the
mother and the two girls, removing the
scalp of Mr.. Hall. The boy Daniel had
escaped by the back window and hidden
in the woods back of the house in the
underbrush. (Another account says he
was hid in the rushes for three days. The
Indians took the mother and the two
girls in their canoes and after sinking
one of the fishing boats that lay in the
harbor proceeded to Canada. The boy,
after remaining hidden several hours and
feeling satisfied that the Indians had
given up the hunt for him and had gone,
emerged from his hiding place, and look
ing around upon the situation, espied a
fishing vessel lying at anchor off in the
bay. Finding half canoe be padded
off from the shore and when he had pro-
ceeded proper distance from shore he
took his paddle and placing his coat upon
it, signalled to the vessel. Seeing him
they came to his aid and ascertaining his
wants came on shore and helped him
bury his father. He then returned to
the schooner Capt. :Robert Thorndike,
mastery and sailed to the Fox Islands,
where the schooner belonged. The boy
was taken to Bristol, Old York, where
he served as sentinel at Fort Frederick
under Capt. Alexander Nichols from
August 18th to September Both, 1853.
The evening previous to the final at
tack the Indians built fire below the
house and proceeded to get their supper.
They took some corn and pounded it in
mortar and then cooked it. They then
emptied it out of the kettle into large
dish and seated themselves around it and
with their spoons all ate from the dish.
Mr.. Hall seeing them all busy eating
wanted to take Daniel and three good
guns they had loaded and creep out of
the back window to where ne could get
in range of them. There he thought he
could Kill them all, but his wife in terror
seized him and would not let him go.
AT the first opportunity Mrs. Hall
made her escape from the Indians and
returned to the island and later married
Chapman Cobb, in Boston. (Another &C.
count states she was carried to Canada
and from Canada to England, where she
was ransomed by Capt. AndrewWatkins.?