Outline of our Hall family.

Its been a while since I posted anything. I suppose I have been going through a crisis of confidence. In tandem with a crisis of confidence in the present world, what is the truth? I have come to realise that many of my beliefs about history have been built on the shaky foundations of a flawed education,   my uncritical acceptance of anything in print, and prejudice nurtured by culture and society. I have been questioning the value of history. A painful journey - is it worth it? and why have I only just come to this conclusion? My poor little brain finds the absorbtion of information much harder than when I was younger. I also work at a much much slower pace. So apologies in advance if I don't make sense. Most of my energies at the moment are directed at trying to build up a historical framework rather than family history.
However, I have been inspired by Celia to look again at the Hall family. May I say here, that I respect and admire Celia in working so hard on research into our families. I should like to thank her again for her generosity in sharing freely her research.
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Hall is such a common name as to make it a difficult one to research.
I am not claiming that the following is completely correct, and I put it here so  people can make their own minds up. It is in no way complete, but it is what I feel happy at the moment to put on my tree.
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First a simple outline, then I will post sources.
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John Hall married Ann
they had the following 6 children
Dorothy Hall
Margery Hall
John Hall
David Hall
Ann Hall
Hester Hall
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of these children
Dorothy Hall married John Wilcockson
they had the following 6 children
Ann Wilcockson
John Wilcockson
Dorothy Wilcockson
Isaac Wilcockson
George Wilcockson
David Wilcockson

John Hall married Jane Smith
they had the following 8 children
John Hall
Jane Hall
David Hall
Martha Hall
Joseph Hall
Thomas Hall
William Hall
William Hall

David Hall married Sarah Botham
they had the following 6 children
David Hall
John Hall
Joseph Hall
Mary Hall
Ann Hall
Esther Hall
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Red shows the descent for the Lancashire Wilcocksons.
Blue is the Wilcockson that went to America.
Purple is the line that links to the Stretch family.
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John and Ann Hall lived in North Staffordshire and were early converts to the Quakers.
All around that area were many Hall families. Parish records are incomplete. At the moment it is not possible to say what Ann's maiden name was nor which families they belonged to.
(Celia tells us that John Wilcockson was in Staffordshire MM until 1711 and from then BreachMM)
John Wilcockson, from Derbyshire became a Quaker and married Dorothy. Their children were born in Staffordshire but they moved back to Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire after 1700?
As far as I have traced son John Hall, some of his children were registered in the Quaker records but  then they were baptised indicating that the family were no longer Quakers.
Son David Hall remained a Quaker in Staffordshire.