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Jacob Hall

Male Abt 1790 - 1879  (88 years)


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  • Name Jacob Hall 
    Birth Abt 1790 
    • Jacob Hall was the slave of Robert Dunkinson, who lived in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Jacob and another slave, Abram, escaped from Dunkinson during the War of 1812, when the British military set up a blockade on Maryland waterways. The British offered immediate emancipation to any slave who would fight with the British in the war against America. Jacob Hall went on board the British ship Havannah with at least eight other fugitive slaves from St. Mary's County. Following his escape, Jacob Hall went with a British officer to the home of George Loker to retrieve his wife Lucinda "Lucy" Hall and their daughter Letty. In addition, six other slaves escaped to the Havannah from Loker's property. The refugees boarded His Majesty's Ship Havannah were later transferred to H.M.S. Orlando. They were carried to Tangier Island, where they remained until after the war.

      After the war Jacob Hall and his family were carried to Nova Scotia. The Hall family settled in the Annapolis Valley community of Horton Bluff in Nova Scotia. Jacob and Lucy Hall had seven more children, including William Hall.

      - Maryland State Archives
    Gender Male 
    Death Before 1879  Horton Bluff, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I330  Hantsport Families
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2021 

    Family Lucinda,   b. Abt 1794   d. 21 Sep 1883, Horton Bluff, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Children 
     1. Letty Hall,   b. Abt 1810, St. Mary, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Horton Bluff, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Lucy Ann Hall
     3. William Nelson Hall, VC,   b. 28 Apr 1827   d. 27 Aug 1904, Lockhartville, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     4. Jacob Henry Hall
     5. Charles G. Hall
     6. Margaret Maria Hall
     7. Mary Jane Hall,   b. b. 1836
     8. Rachael Hall,   b. Abt 1840, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F30  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2021 

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