Amos HALLAM

Amos married Phebe GREENMAN on 8 Dec 1716. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John HALLAM was born on 7 Nov 1719 in Stonington, New London Co. Connecticut.

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• Occupation: Sea captain and merchant

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Mr. John Hallam, who was born in Barbadoes, West Indies, in the year 1662, came with his mother and younger brother, Nicholas Hallam, and his stepfather, Mr. John Liveen, of New London, Conn., in the year 1676, where he continued to reside, until he came to Stonington, soon after 1680, when and where he became acquainted with the family of Mr. Amos Richardson, one of the most prominent families in the town, whose daughter, Miss Prudence Richardson, he m. March 15, 1683. Mr. Hallam a once engaged in the mercantile business, which was the employment of his stepfather, in the West Indies, and at New London, after they had taken up their residence there. Mr. Hallam enlarged his business here and opened commercial relations with merchants at Barbardoes, which he very successfully prosecuted for several years. His mother, Mrs. Alice Hallam, when she m. John Liveen had an estate of about one thousand dollars, which she placed in her husband's hands, with the assurance from him that he would give the same, with its accumulations, to her two sons, the said John and Nicholas, after his death, which assurance he did not fulfill, but gave the same to the ministry of New London. This disposition of the property by Mr. Liveen was so at variance with his repeated promises, made to their mother before her marriage to him, and to her sons afterward, that they would receive their mother's property after his death, that they refused to abide by his will and appealed therefrom, which appeal after an extended controversy both here and in England, was disallowed, and the validity of Mr. Liveen's will was contested and finally confirmed by all the Courts having jurisdiction of the same.

Mr. Hallam, in prosecuting his commercial relations with Barbadoes and the West Indies, acted as super-cargo of the vessels conveying his goods to these islands, and in person superintended the sale thereof, and exchange of the same for goods of the islands, which he brought home and sold to the merchants in this region round about. During the year 1700 Mr. Hallam purchased and fitted out one of his vessels with the products of neighboring farms and went with the same to the West Indies as super-cargo. Somewhere on his return he caught the smallpox, with which he d. Nov. 20, 1700. Mr. Hallam, after his marriage with Miss Prudence Richardson, purchased a large and valuable tract of land of her brother, the Rev. John Richardson, whose father, Mr. Amos Richardson, had given him as a wedding present, on his marriage.

The protracted lawsuit concerning Mr. Liveen's will, was not concluded until after Mr. Hallam's death. His brother Mr. Nicholas Hallam continued the litigation to its close, incurring a large amount of additional expense, which he charged to his brother's estate, which claim was considered exorbitant, and payment thereof refused. He then instituted legal proceedings which resulted in a recovery by him of a moiety of the entire expense of the litigation, concerning said will, which was so heavy that it required the sale of a large part of said purchase to liquidate the same, as related before.

John married Prudence RICHARDSON on 15 Mar 1683 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. Prudence (daughter of Amos RICHARDSON and Mary ?) was born on 31 Jan 1661 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 6 Aug 1716. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]