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- i want to know if my ancestor HALL Robert,son of William,died in 24/04/1779 belong to clan Douglas?he leaves english navy for russian navy in1771.
His son Robert(9/2/1761-23/1/1844)became admiral of russian navy.
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I note a William Hall who died childless in 1779
A major slave-owner in St Andrew, Jamaica, who died c. 1780? Assumed to be the William James Hall, of St. Andrew, who died in 1779, brother of Cossley Hall and owner of Hyde Hall estate in Trelawney.
Apparently MP for Great Bedwin (although he doesn't appear in History of Parliament Online), author of a History of Jamaica, married Florence, daughter of Theophius Bletchyndon and cousin to the Countess Spencer. Died s.p. and left his Jamaica property to his brother.
William Ja. Hall of St Andrew, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1780. Slave-ownership at probate: 216 of whom 117 were listed as male and 99 as female. 51 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £26,775.96 Jamaican currency of which £15,770 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £5,236.04 currency debts and £408.6 currency plate.
Presumably just a coincidence on date of death?
Welcome to our group, Serge
What makes you think your ancestor has Douglas connections?
Robert appears to have been known as Roman Romanovich Gall to the Russians (who have no H in their alphabet, apparently).
I have this note:
Roman Romanovich Gall [Robert R. Hall} (17??-1822) was the son of Roman Romanovich Gall (1761-1844), an Englishman who joined the Russian navy at fifteen and remained in Russia, becoming a Russian citizen and rising steadily through the ranks to admiral. The son, who charted Bogeda bay, died in Rio de Janeiro on the Otkriytie's homeward voyage.
Russian navigator, explorer of the North Pacific, Admiral (1830). By origin an Englishman. In the Russian service since 1774 - midshipman. In 1779-1781 sailed from Kronstadt to Livorno (Italy), 1782 - on the Baltic and North Seas. In 1785, in the expedition of I. I. Billings. In 1786, he arrived at Okhotsk through Siberia, where ships for the expedition were built. In 1789, on the ship "Glory of Russia" moved to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. In 1790, on the same ship sailed to Kayak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. In winter, in Nizhnekamchatsk, he oversaw the construction of the Black Eagle boat. In 1791, the commander of the "Black Eagle" sailed to the island of Unalashka (Lisi Aleutian Islands) and to the Bering Strait. He sunk on Unalashka, where he received the ship “Glory to Russia” from G. A. Sarychev and handed him the Black Eagle boat. In 1792 both ships returned to Petropavlovsk, and from there all the members of the expedition on the boat went to Okhotsk. In 1794 he returned to Petersburg through Siberia, sailed in the Baltic and North seas. In 1805, he was suspended from service due to a break in relations between Russia and England. In 1807, the vice-admiral. In 1810 he took Russian citizenship and returned to St. Petersburg. In the years 1811-1815 the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, in 1830 the chief commander of the Arkhangelsk fleet, in 1836 a member of the Admiralty Council. Two capes in the Kara and Bering Sea are named after him.
I also note Vice-Admiral Robert Hall, CB (1817 – 11 June 1882), who was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Lord and Controller of the Navy.
Is there a connection?
But I can find no sign of a Douglas link.