- 1776: Signers of the US Declaration of Independence
- 1783-1784: Governor of Georgia
- Clergyman & Physician
John Hall was born 12 April 1724 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States to John Hall (1693-1773) and Mary Street (1698-1778) and died 19 October 1790 Burke County, Georgia, United States of unspecified causes. He married Abigail Burr (1729-1753) 10 May 1752 in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. He married Mary Osborn (1736-1793) 24 July 1759 in Christ Church, Bristol, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States.
He was a physician and a minister, as well as a politician and a statesman.
Biography
Hall attended Yale University and graduated in 1747. He went on to study medicine and became a successful physician in Connecticut. However, he eventually became interested in religion and became a minister. He was ordained in 1757 and served as a pastor in Connecticut for several years.
In 1765, Hall moved to Georgia and became involved in politics. He was elected to the Georgia Provincial Congress and was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777. While in Congress, Hall signed the Declaration of Independence on August 2, 1776.
After his service in Congress, Hall returned to Georgia and continued his work in politics. He was elected governor of Georgia in 1783 and served in that position until 1784. He was also a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, where he supported the idea of a strong federal government.
In addition to his political and religious work, Hall was also involved in the establishment of the University of Georgia. He donated land for the campus and served on the board of trustees.
Overall, Lyman Hall was a multifaceted individual who made significant contributions to both medicine and politics in his lifetime.
Continental Congress
In 1775, Hall was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress and traveled to Philadelphia to attend the meetings. On his way to Philadelphia, he stopped in Massachusetts and stayed there for a few months.
While in Massachusetts, Hall became friends with John Adams (1735-1826) and Samuel Adams (1722-1803), two prominent leaders of the American Revolutionary War. He also met with members of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and discussed the ongoing conflict with Great Britain.
Hall's visit to Massachusetts was significant because it helped to forge stronger ties between the southern and northern colonies. It also gave him the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the political climate in the north and to exchange ideas with other leaders who were working towards American independence.
Death and legacy
In 1790, Hall moved to a plantation in Burke County, Georgia, on the South Carolina border, where he died on October 19 at the age of 66. Hall's widow died in November 1793.
Lyman Hall is memorialized in Georgia where Hall County, Georgia, bears his name; and in Connecticut, his native state, where the town of Wallingford honored him by naming a high school after its distinguished native son. Elementary schools in Liberty County, Georgia, and in Hall County, Georgia, are also named for him. Signers Monument, a granite obelisk in front of the courthouse in Augusta, Georgia, memorializes Hall along with Button Gwinnett and George Walton as Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence. His remains were re-interred there in 1848 after being exhumed from his original grave on his plantation in Burke County.
Family Life
In 1752, he married Abigail Burr (1729-1753) of Fairfield, Connecticut; she died the following year.[1][2] In 1757, he married Mary Osborn (1736-1793).[3] He migrated to South Carolina and established himself as a physician at Dorchester, South Carolina, near Charleston,[2] a community settled by Congregationalist migrants from Dorchester, Massachusetts, decades earlier. When these settlers moved to the Midway District – now Liberty County – in Georgia, Hall accompanied them. Hall soon became one of the leading citizens of the newly founded town of Sunbury.
No known surviving issue?
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Isaac Hall (1753-) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Baby Girl Osborn Hall (1757-) | |||
| Baby Boy Osborn Hall (1759-) | |||
| John Hall (1765-) | |||
| James Hall (1773-) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Mary Hall (1717-1792) | |||
| Hannah Hall (1717-1799) | |||
| John Hall (1719-1737) | |||
| Street Hall (1721-1802) | |||
| Lyman Hall (1724-1790) | 12 April 1724 Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States | 19 October 1790 Burke County, Georgia, United States | Abigail Burr (1729-1753) Mary Osborn (1736-1793) |
| Susannah Hall (1726-1768) | |||
| John Hall (1728-) | |||
| Eunice Hall (1729-1803) | |||
| Kesia Hall (1730-1751) | |||
| Giles Hall (1733-1789) | |||
| Rhoda Hall (1734-1751) | |||
| Mary Hall (1736-) | |||
| John Hall (1737-) | |||
See Also
Related Pages
- Hall Family
- Lyman Hall - disambiguation
- Hall in Burke County, Georgia
- Hall in Hall County, Georgia
- Hall in New Haven County, Connecticut
- Hall Family of Massachusetts
Further reading
- Brown, E. R. (1906). "Friday, June 15 – Wallingford Day: Address by E. R. Brown". In Atwater, Francis (in en). Centennial of Meriden: June 10-16, 1906. The General Centennial Committee of Meriden, Connecticut. Journal Publishing Company. pp. 229–31. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ff4nAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA229.
- Clark, Walter A. (March 16, 1910). "Dr. Lyman Street Hall: Connecticut's Contribution to Colonial Georgia". Hartford Courant. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21669330/16/.
- Hall, Charles Samuel (1896) (in en). Hall Ancestry. G. P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 304–12. https://archive.org/details/hallancestry00hallgoog.
External links
- wikipedia:en:Lyman Hall
- Lyman Hall at Find A Grave
- Lyman Hall, signer of the "Declaration of Independence", Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/Lyman-Hall-signer-of-the-Declaration-of-Independence/6000000003528374484, retrieved 01 May 2023
- Lyman Hall, The Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
- Lyman Hall historical marker
Leadership Succession
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Martin |
Governor of Georgia 1783–1784 |
Succeeded by John Houstoun |
References
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