Editing Lyman Hall (section)

== Early life and family ==
[[File:Coat of arms of Lyman Hall.svg|200px|thumb|left|Coat of Arms of Lyman Hall]]
Hall was born on April 12, 1724, in [[Wallingford, Connecticut]]. He was the son of John Hall, a minister,<ref name=":0">{{Harvnb|Garraty|Carnes|1990|pp=865–66}}</ref> and Mary (née Street) Hall, daughter of Rev. Samuel Street.<ref>{{Harvnb|Cook|2005|p=50}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/hallancestryseri00hall/page/254/mode/2up Hall Ancestry : a Series of Sketches], Charles S. Hall, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1896, p. 98-255-256</ref> He studied with his uncle Samuel Hall<ref name=":1">{{Harvnb|Dexter|1896|pp=116–19}}</ref> and graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1747,<ref>[[#CITEREFUnited_States_CongressH000061|United States Congress]]</ref> a tradition in his family. He was a nephew of Anne Law, daughter of Gov. [[Jonathan Law]], cousin of Dr. [[William Brenton Hall]], and a grandnephew of Capt. [[Theophilus Yale]] of the [[Yale (surname)|Yale family]].<ref>[https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G003445.pdf Family Records of Theodore Parsons Hall], W. C. Heath Printing Co., Detroit, Michigan, 1892, p. 10</ref><ref>[https://www.dsdi1776.com/signer/lyman-hall/ Lyman Hall (1721-1790)], 
Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence Society, Thornton C. Lockwood, 2008, Accessed January 26, 2024</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/hallancestryseri00hall/page/254/mode/2up Hall Ancestry : a Series of Sketches], Charles S. Hall, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1896, p. 98-255-256</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QjNVJnNF7_MC&q=theophilus+yale+john+hall+sarah+mary&pg=PA298 Early Families of Wallingford, Connecticut], Charles Henry Stanley Davis, Clearfield, Baltimore, Maryland, 1979, p. 297-298</ref> In 1749, he was called to the pulpit of Stratfield Parish (now [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]). His pastorate was a stormy one: an outspoken group of parishioners opposed his ordination; in 1751, he was dismissed after charges against his moral character which, according to one biography, "Were supported by proof and also by his own confession." He continued to preach for two more years, filling vacant pulpits, while he studied medicine and taught school.

In 1752, he married Abigail Burr of [[Fairfield, Connecticut]]; she died the following year.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 1757, he married Mary Osborne.<ref>{{Harvnb|Young|2010}}</ref> He migrated to [[South Carolina]] and established himself as a physician at [[Dorchester, South Carolina]], near [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]],<ref name=":1" /> a community settled by [[Congregational church|Congregationalist]] migrants from [[Dorchester, Massachusetts]], decades earlier. When these settlers moved to the [[Midway, Georgia|Midway District]]{{spaced ndash}}now [[Liberty County, Georgia|Liberty County]]{{spaced ndash}}in Georgia, Hall accompanied them. Hall soon became one of the leading citizens of the newly founded town of [[Sunbury, Georgia|Sunbury]].