Children of Hannah and John Hall

On Wednesday se'nnight, at the Friends' meeting-house, Whitehaven, Mr. Isaac Hall, check and thread manufacturer, of Great Broughton, near Cockermouth, to Miss Richardson, daughter of Mr. Henry Richardson, of the Ginns.

JANE WATSON,                        76                     26  6 mo. 1862

Cockermouth. An Elder. Widow of Joseph Watson

This beloved friend may be compared to a shock of corn fully ripe, gathered in its season. She pursued her path in a meek and quiet spirit, and died full of faith in the efficacy of her Saviour's love and redeeming power, and in a happy assurance of a glorious immortality.

Her intellects were clear to the last, and her heart seemed overflowing with love to God and her fellow-creatures. A short time before her departure, she was heard to say, "The messenger has come," and then peacefully passed away, we reverently believe to join the ransomed of all generations before the throne of God and the Lamb

TO be LET, and may be entered upon immediately, a neat COUNTRY RESIDENCE, with excellent Orchards, at BRIGHAM, near Cockermouth, lately occupied by Mr Dufton. Apply to THOMAS HALL.

Brigham, 2d Mo. 16th, 1839.

THOMAS HALL,               77                 29  4mo. 1867

Overend, Greysouthen. A Minister.

Thomas Hall was the son of John and Hannah Hall, and was born at Little Broughton near Cockermouth, in the year 1790. In early life his health became so delicate, as to lead to an expectation with himself as well as others, that he should not long survive. But He who sees the end from the beginning blessed the means used for his restoration. He gradually improved, and resumed his daily occupation: and there is ground to believe that this visitation of illness was blessed to him, by inducing serious thought on the necessity of seeking Diving help in preparing for the world to come.

When about thirty years of age he was united in marriage to Mary Whinney, and removed to the village of Brigham, where he followed the pursuit of agriculture. He was exemplary in the attendance of meetings, and took a leading part in the discipline of the Society, for which he was especially qualified; His wife died in 1835, leaving a son and a daughter; and soon after he believed it required of him to speak as a Minister of the Gospel; and he yielded to an impression of duty, in paying private visits to several persons in his own meeting, in which (to use his own words) he was made willing to appear to others as a fool for Christ's sake. A few years later he was recorded as a minister by Pardshaw Monthly Meeting; and was often engaged in visiting the small meetings within his own Quarterly Meeting. It appeared also to be a special part of his service to visit the sick, and those who from various causes had lost their membership with Friends.

Retiring from business, Thomas Hall for some years filled the office of Superintendent at the Friends' School, near Wigton, where he again entered into the married state with Jane Gummersal. Of later time, the health of our dear friend gradually declined, and while in a very feeble state, he lost his second wife by death; which bereavement he bore with Christian resignation.

During the last two or three years, his mind was at times clouded, and he was unable to give much consecutive expression to his feelings: yet his friends in visiting him had the satisfaction to know that he was resting on Christ, and were sensible of a feeling of peace; looking upon him as a servant in waiting, ready to meet his Lord at his coming. Nearly the last words he was heard to say when in a state of consciousness, were, "farewell, I am going to my eternal rest."