P_10433_1948 – Thomas Hall
Thomas Hall (1692-1748), London merchant, shipowner and major slave-trader, owner or co-owner of at least 23 slaving voyages from London between 1729 and 1742, well-documented by Conrad Gill (1961). The extent of his engagement in the slave-trade is understated in the TASTDB, because he and partners owned several ships utilised by the South Sea Co., under whose names such voyages often appear. He was originally a factor, captain and merchant in the East India trade, moving subsequently into the slave-trade. He left landed estates in Hertfordshire: Goldings (which he had inherited and developed) and the nearby Waterford Hall and Halfhyde, both of which he bought in 1743.
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First name: Thomas
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Last name: Hall
Aliases: Hall, Thomas, Thomas Hill
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
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Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
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Internal migrant: Don't know
Foreign born: No
Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Philanthropy: Don't know
Plantation owner: Don't know
Sources: Conrad Gill, Merchants and Mariners of the 18th Century (1961) TNA C103/132 re Hall PROB 11/766/238 Sutherland London Merchant p. 115 described him as the leading EICo ship-husband 'of his time', which is not defined. The will of Dorothy Hall of Saint Bride proved 31/01/1733 NS (PROB 11/658/268), almost certainly his sister and shown by Conrad Gill as Dorothea and probably the 'Miss Hall' shown by Gill as a slave-trade investor, has not yet been examined.
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Crossings (24)
77048 - Mermaid (a) Sirena (1729 - 1730)
Role: Owner
76354 - Hiscox (1735 - 1736)
Role: Owner
77548 - Mary (1742 - 1742)
Role: Owner
77039 - Argyle (1733 - 1734)
Role: Owner
76892 - Asia (1737 - 1737)
Role: Owner
76891 - Assiento (1737 - 1737)
Role: Owner
76884 - Argyle (1736 - 1737)
Role: Owner
76855 - Faulcon (1735 - 1735)
Role: Owner
76814 - Princess Amelia (1732 - 1732)
Role: Owner
76783 - Argyle (1731 - 1732)
Role: Owner
76713 - Judith (a) Ruby (1732 - 1733)
Role: Owner
76712 - Hiscox (1738 - 1739)
Role: Owner
76579 - Mary (1735 - 1736)
Role: Owner
76567 - Mermaid (1734 - 1735)
Role: Owner
76370 - Sally (1741 - 1741)
Role: Owner
76367 - Mermaid (1742 - 1742)
Role: Owner
76366 - Mermaid (1741 - 1741)
Role: Owner
76365 - Mermaid (1736 - 1736)
Role: Owner
76363 - Mermaid (a) Sirena (1732 - 1732)
Role: Owner
76359 - Mary (1738 - 1738)
Role: Owner
76352 - Betty Gally (1736 - 1737)
Role: Owner
76351 - Betsey (1739 - 1739)
Role: Owner
76859 - Girlington (1735 - 1736)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1692
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Death
Date: 26/07/1748
Location: London (Middlesex)
Burial
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Location: Hertford (Hertfordshire)
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Residencies
Occupation: Merchant - General Overseas (Merchant)
Originally an East India factor, captain and merchant.
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Military training
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Other business activities
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Was slave trading profitable: No
Will
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Courts: PCC
Will of Thomas Hall of Bengeo, Hertfordshire made 16/11/1744 with codicils of 1747.
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Physical Imprints
Building Category: Rural
Type: Modified
Town/City: Hertford (Hertfordshire)
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Year: 1731
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Goldings, a country house modified by Henry Flitcroft in Palladian style for Thomas Hall, with gardens by William Kent. The house was razed in the 19th century.
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