Lyman Hall

1724 - 1790  (66 years)

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• Name	Lyman Hall  [1, 2]
  Birth	1724	Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Born	12 Apr 1724	Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	3671
  Died	19 Oct 1790	Augusta, Burke, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I3671	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	John Hall,   b. 13 Sep 1693, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 18 Jun 1773, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Street,   b. 16 Apr 1698, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 12 Oct 1778, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Burr,   b. 1729, Connecticut, USA
  Married	1752	Connecticut, USA   [1, 2]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  12th Governor of Georgia--Signer of the Declaration of Independence LYMAN HALL was born on April 12, 1724 in Wallingford, Connecticut. It was not in the state of his birth, however, that Hall would gain fame as a colonial congressman, but further south, in Georgia. Hall studied for the ministry at Yale where he graduated in 1747 at the age of twenty-three. Soon after, he married Abigail Burr and subsequently decided he would rather heal unhealthy bodies than tainted souls. So he studied long and hard and by 1754 he was ready to practice medicine. First he opened an office in South Carolina, then he and his family settled in Sunbury on the Georgia coast. As a dedicated doctor, Hall's practice expanded and prospered - so much so that he was financially able to acquire a vast and successful rice plantation in Burke County, Georgia. While the Georgia legislature was at first reluctant to send a representative to the Second Continental congress in 1775, Lyman Hall was determined to change this posture. He called a citizen's meeting that was filled with patriots who outwardly supported his loud cry for total independence. Thus, he was elected as a delegate to congress. He had no authority to vote, however, until the following year when his appointment was confirmed by the Georgia legislature. In 1776, two other representatives for Georgia joined Hall at the Old State House in Philadelphia. He was the oldest of these signers and the one who spoke out most forcefully for freedom and a breakaway from the rule of England. During the Revolutionary War, while Hall was still serving in Congress, the British destroyed his beautiful plantation. Hall's family, however, managed to escape to the north, later joining him in Philadelphia. In 1782, LymanHall retuned to Georgia, where he was elected to the office of governor. He served just one year before returning in 1784 to a new plantation. Hall died on October 19, 1790 in Burke County, Georgia, at the age of sixty-six. Lyman Hall 1724-1790 Representing Georgia at the Continental Congress Born: April 12, 1724 Birthplace: Wallingford, Conn. Education: Graduated Yale College, (Physician.) Work: Elected to Continental Congress, 1775; Delegate to the Georgia House of Assembly, Elected Governor of Georgia, 1783; Judge, 1785. Died: October 19, 1790 Lyman Hall was born in Connecticut in 1724. He studied medicine at Yale College, graduated in 1756 and went to Charleston, South Carolina, shortly after to establish a medical practice. He bought land in Georgia in 1760 and established a plantation there, while continuing to practice medicine. Two years later he returned to South Carolina, still as a physician. In 1774, by this time partisan in revolutionary politics, he again came to Georgia and earned the unflattering attention of the Royal Governor, James Wright. He also secured election to the Continental Congress, where he was involved in provisioning food and medicine for the Revolutionary Armies. He was reelected to congress through 1780 but retired to his adopted state in 1777 when state matters, including the situation of his longtime friend Button Gwinnett, demanded his attention. A short time later, the war reached Savannah. Hall's property was burned and he stood accused of high treason. He fled to Charleston, which was also overtaken by the British. He then fled to Connecticut, some say, where he was harbored by family. He returned to Georgia in 1782, to reclaim his lands, was elected to the House of Assembly in 1783 and then elevated to the office of the Governor. After a single year as Governor, he served one more year in the Assembly, then a year as judge. He then returned to private life and was involved in the continued development of agriculture in the state. Hall died in 1790 at the age of 66.

  
  

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  [S3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Record for Lyman Hall [S24] Published Genealogies, Families of Ancient New Haven.