Melmoth Turton Hall

Melmoth Turton Hall was baptised 13/11/1809 in St Andrew, Jamaica, the tenth of twelve children born to William Dennis Hall (1762-) and his wife Harriet nee Turton (1770-). He was a magistrate in Kingston in 1857.

William Dennis Hall was the son of William Hall (1731-1794), a sugar refiner and merchant, and his first wife Elizabeth nee Montgomery. He was also a great-grandson of William Melmoth the Elder (1665-1743) through his daughter Sophia Melmoth and Joseph Hall (who married 01/11/1729 in Fleet Street, London).

Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]. Ancestry.com, London, England, Clandestine Marriage and Baptism Registers, 1667-1754 [database online]. Jamaica Almanac (1857).

For relationships, see PROB 11/725 Will of William Melmoth (1743); PROB 11/1102 Will of Thomas Melmoth (1783); PROB 11/1598 Will of Melmoth Charles widow (1817).

We are grateful to Dawn Good for her assistance with compiling this entry.