I see I didn't put the precise dates in for the Adam Hall I have.  From the Marshfield Vital Records: (^ for superscript)     Adam Hall y^e Son of Adam Hall Ju^r & Keziah His wife was Born January y^e 27^th. 1757 Thursday   Entries for other children of Adam and Keziah say that   Mercy, b. 7 Sep 1759   Susanna, b. 8 Nov 1761   Kezia, b. 30 Dec 1764   Luke b. 20 Apr 1767   Samuel, b. 3 Aug 1770   William, b. 28 Aug 1774   I didn't see any other references to Adam Hall in the vital records, in particular, Jesse is not mentioned.  Maybe his birth wasn't recorded, or maybe he was born somewhere else.  Anyway, it's clear that Adam and Keziah were in Marshfield until at least 1774.  I agree that it's very unlikely that these Halls of MA and NC are the same.    I looked at the surnames of relatives you listed and noted Cook and Freeman, other names of Plymouth County, MA, but as they're such common names, nothing can be made out of that.  I don't know much about the Hall family of Marshfield.  According to Richards, who wrote a history of the town, the first "Adam Hall, of transatlantic birth. Came to Marshfield early in the 18th century," which makes him a late comer, so there are few Halls compared to other families in that area.     Sincerely,     Dave Pane-Joyce       Worcester, MA

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