Thomas Williamson Hall 1819 - 1895 Sarah Hall, nee Young, 1816 - 1899
Thomas was the last of the three Hall brothers who emigrated from Hull in the 1850s. Like his brothers he too was educated in England, France and Germany before doing his apprenticeship at sea. He received his Certificate as a Master Mariner in 1849. He married Sarah Young 3 May 1845 and by 1850, like his brothers, was interested in immigration. He, Sarah and three sons arrived in Wellington in July 1853 having survived the shipwreck off the Australian coast of their immigrant ship The Mohammed Shah. The three brothers farmed in partnership for a short while then went their separate ways.
Thomas owned runs south of the Rakaia. L G D Acland writes for Blackford (abbreviated) "Thomas Williamson Hall took up Run 201 in 1857 and Run 264 in June 1858. He sold Blackford to Henry and Albert Gray about 1859." From research in the Terrace Station archives it would seem that when Thomas Hall owned these two runs (201, 264) he called the property Elloughton after the home of his father in Yorkshire. Subsequently these runs were owned by Henry and Albert Gray and called Mount Hutt. Later Run 329 was added and the property called Blackford.
Thomas, in partnership with his brothers and others, owned properties in the Mackenzie Country. He, Sarah and family moved to Timaru in 1859. By 1868 he was living on a run below the Opihi River and again he used the family name, calling his property Elloughton Grange. Thomas was prominent in local politics, being on the Harbour Board, Hospital Board, and a member of the Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works. He and Sarah spent their final years in Invercargill where two sons had a legal practice.
More information about George and Thomas Hall and their families can be found in Letters to Grace, Writing home from Colonial New Zealand, edited by Jean Garner and Kate Foster, pub 2011; and in Sailors, Settlors & Sinners by Moira Taylor, pub 2019.
Thomas was the last of the three Hall brothers who emigrated from Hull in the 1850s. Like his brothers he too was educated in England, France and Germany before doing his apprenticeship at sea. He received his Certificate as a Master Mariner in 1849. He married Sarah Young 3 May 1845 and by 1850, like his brothers, was interested in immigration. He, Sarah and three sons arrived in Wellington in July 1853 having survived the shipwreck off the Australian coast of their immigrant ship The Mohammed Shah. The three brothers farmed in partnership for a short while then went their separate ways.
Thomas owned runs south of the Rakaia. L G D Acland writes for Blackford (abbreviated) "Thomas Williamson Hall took up Run 201 in 1857 and Run 264 in June 1858. He sold Blackford to Henry and Albert Gray about 1859." From research in the Terrace Station archives it would seem that when Thomas Hall owned these two runs (201, 264) he called the property Elloughton after the home of his father in Yorkshire. Subsequently these runs were owned by Henry and Albert Gray and called Mount Hutt. Later Run 329 was added and the property called Blackford.
Thomas, in partnership with his brothers and others, owned properties in the Mackenzie Country. He, Sarah and family moved to Timaru in 1859. By 1868 he was living on a run below the Opihi River and again he used the family name, calling his property Elloughton Grange. Thomas was prominent in local politics, being on the Harbour Board, Hospital Board, and a member of the Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works. He and Sarah spent their final years in Invercargill where two sons had a legal practice.
More information about George and Thomas Hall and their families can be found in Letters to Grace, Writing home from Colonial New Zealand, edited by Jean Garner and Kate Foster, pub 2011; and in Sailors, Settlors & Sinners by Moira Taylor, pub 2019.
