Draft:William Hall (Rhode Island judge)

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William Hall (17__ – YEAR) was a justice of the Colonial Rhode Island Supreme Court from May 1749 to May 1750, again from May 1761 to August 1763, and again from May 1765 to June 1767.[1]

Of Little Compton.[2]

"They thereupon chose William Hall, of Little Compton, in the County of Newport, Esq; to be a Judge of the Court aforefaid".[3]

? (c. 1724 Westerly, Washington, RI–1769)
? William HALL (8/3/1723 Portsmouth, Newport, RI-1796) m. Mary SLOCUM (12/23/1727 Portsmouth, Newport, RI-8/24/1796 Portsmouth, Newport, RI)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Manual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1891), p. 208-13.
  2. ^ Samuel H. Allen, "Rhode Island Judiciary", in James N. Arnold, ed., The Narragansett Historical Register (1889), Volume 7, p. 60.
  3. ^ Act and Resolves At the General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America, 1747-June 1776, p. 61.


Category:Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court


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