Amos Hall

Born 11/21/1761 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut
Died 12/28/1827 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York

Biography

Amos Hall entered the military at the age of 15, as a fifer in his father's regiment during the Revolution. In 1790, he settled in Upstate New York, where he helped found the town of West Bloomfield. He took the first census of Western New York in 1790, served as a US deputy marshal, served in the state assembly, and was a state senator from 1809-1813. He rose to the rank of Maj. Gen. during the War of 1812, and was Commander In Chief of the Niagra frontier. Hall was the son of Capt. Stephen Hall and Abigail Sexton. He married Phoebe Coe in 1790 and was the father of 9 children