Hall, Ivory (1795-1880)

Name:

Hall, Ivory (1795-1880)

Other Names:

Hall, Gerry

Born:

08/25/1795

Birthplace:

Rumford, ME

Died:

11/15/1880

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Rumford, ME
Plattsburgh, NY 1816-1817
Concord, NH 1819-1833, 1834-1852, -1880

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Silversmith, including silver spoons, 1819-74
Clock & Watchmaker
Jeweler

Father:

Hall, Daniel (1755-1835)

Mother:

Davis, Deborah (1757-1822)

Relations:

Business:
Bought out business of silversmith Robert Davis in 1832; Davis and Hall were first cousins -- Ivory Hall's mother, Deborah Davis (1757-1822) was the sister of Robert Davis's father, David Davis (1761-1838).
Uncle of silversmith, Isaac A. Hall (1812-1834), who took over Ivory's business from 1833-1834. Isaac was the son of Ivory's brother, James M. Hall (1784-1861).
Succeeded by Austin M. Ward, 1852; Austin Ward was succeeded in same business by Elijah Knight in 1855.
Siblings:
Hall, Dorcas (1776-; b. Concord, NH; m. Joseph Sherburne)
Hall, Ebenzer (1778-; b. Concord, NH; m. Hannah Abbot)
Hall, Robert (1780-1803; b. Concord, NH; d. West Indies)
Hall, Joseph (1782-; twin; b. Concord, NH; m1. Judith Rolfe; m2. Mrs. Betsey Farnum Adams)
Hall, Jeremiah (1782-; twin; b. Concord, NH)
Hall, James M. (1784-1861; m. Ruth Morrill Abbot; children, including silvermith Isaac A. Hall)
Hall, Simeon (1786-)
Hall, Sally (1788-; b. Rumford, ME; m. Jeremiah Farnum)
Hall, Polly (b. 1790, d. young)
Hall, Daniel (1792-1862; m. Sally; b. NH)
Hall, Hannah (b.d. 1794, Concord, NH)
Hall, John Calvin (1798-)
Hall, Polly (1801-1803; b. Concord, NH)
Cousin: General Robert Davis (1790-1861; silversmith-jeweler-watchmaker; res. Concord, NH; m. Elizabeth Tapley Hall; children)
Grandparents: Sarah Walker (1737-1824) and Robert Davis (1734-1823); Dorcas Abbott (1728-1797) and Ebenezer Hall (1721-1801).
Great-grandparents: Dorcas Chandler and Edward Abbott; Sarah Kimball & Joseph Hall

Spouse:

1) Pamelia Clement (1799-1835), July 11, 1822
2) Sarah Dow, August 8, 1837

Children:

All children of Pamelia Clement and Ivory Hall born in Concord, NH:
Hall, Martha Green (1823-1825)
Hall, Charlotte Herbert (1824-1860)
Hall, Ann Augusta (1826-; school teacher)
Hall, Elizabeth Head (b.d.1830)
Hall, Henry Kirk (1832-1900; hostler, residing with father 1870s)
children of Sarah Dow & Ivory Hall:
Hall, Frank P. (1840-; b.NH; m. Jessie A.; helped in father's jewelry business in 1874; model maker; moved out west by 1900)
Hall, Pamela L. (c.1842-; b. NH)
Hall, Charles I. (c.1844-; b.NH; listed as jeweler in 1860)
Hall, Martha I. (c.1849-; b. NH)

Notes:

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Heritage Foundation, 1968), 239.

William B. Lapham, History of Rumford Oxford County, Maine From Its First Settlement in 1779 to the Present Time. (Augusta, Maine: Press of the Maine Farmer, 1890), 341.

George Thomas Little, et. al., Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. Volume II. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1909), 583.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Exeter, New Hampshire: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 107.

The New-England Mercantile Union Business Directory, Six Parts in One... (New York, New York: Pratt & Company, 1849), 93,

Concord Directories 1830, 1834,1844,1848,1850,1856,1858, 1860,1864.

Advertisement, Concord Observer, Concord, NH, May 31, 1819.

Advertisement, Daily Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, June 6, 1844.

Advertisement, Independent Democrat, Concord, New Hampshire, December 30, 1852.

Obituary, The Daily Monitor, Concord, New Hampshire, November 15, 1880.