Individual Details

Major General Amos HALL

(21 Nov 1761 - 28 Dec 1827)

Events

Birth21 Nov 1761Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut
MilitaryAbt 1775served as a fifer in the Revolutionary War - Connecticut
MilitaryAbt 1777served as a fifer in his father's company, Col Swift's Regiment and ended his career as a sergeant - Connecticut
Occupation1789surveyor of the Phelps and Gorham purchase - Western New York
Residence1790and bought 3000 acres of land and was the marshall for the first census in Western New York - Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York
Miscellaneouswas a member of the Cincinnati by right of his father
Marriage11 Dec 1791Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts - Phebe COE
MiscellaneousBet 1796 and 1798was surrogate of the county - Ontario County, New York
Election1798member of the Assembly of New York Legislature - Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York
Election1799member of the assembly - Ontario County, New York
Election1804member of the State Assembly - Ontario County, New York
Election1805member of the State Assembly - Ontario County, New York
Election1808member of the State Assembly but resigned - Ontario County, New York
ElectionBet 1809 and 1813member of the Senate and member of the Council of Appointment - Western New York
Military1812was major general of militia in the War of 1812 - New York
Military1812was major general of militia in the War of 1812 - New York
Military1813was unsuccessful in defending Buffalo from General Riol and it was captured - Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Military1813was unsuccessful in defending Buffalo from General Riol and it was captured - Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Death28 Dec 1827Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York
Miscellaneouswas commissioner in dividing estates including the 100,000 acres of Sir Johnson of England & Conn. - New York

Families

SpousePhebe COE (1771 - 1841)
ChildEnoch Augustus HALL (1792 - )
ChildDavid Saxton HALL (1794 - 1877)
ChildStephen HALL (1796 - 1817)
ChildEmilia Catherine HALL (1798 - 1846)
ChildHiland Bishop HALL (1800 - 1847)
ChildJustus HALL (1802 - 1841)
ChildMorris HALL (1804 - 1873)
ChildThomas HALL (1806 - 1869)
ChildHeman HALL (1810 - 1852)
FatherStephen HALL ( - )
MotherAbigail SAXTON ( - )