Valentine Gill Hall Jr. (1834–1880)

## Overview

Valentine Gill Hall Jr. (1834 to 1880) was an American socialite, banker, and merchant who lived at the estate 'Oak Terrace' at Tivoli-on-Hudson, New York. He is the maternal grandfather of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

## Livingston connection

In 1861 he married Mary Livingston Ludlow (1843 to 1919), daughter of Dr. Edward Hunter Ludlow and Elizabeth Livingston of the Clermont Livingston line. Their eldest child, Anna Rebecca Hall, married Elliott Roosevelt and became the mother of Eleanor Roosevelt. The Livingston descent reaches Eleanor through Mary Livingston Ludlow, not through the Hall side.

## Family

- Parents: Valentine Gill Hall Sr. (1797 to 1880) and Susan Tonnelé

- Wife: Mary Livingston Ludlow (1843 to 1919)

- Children included Anna Rebecca Hall (Eleanor's mother), Elizabeth 'Tissie' Hall, Valentine Gill Hall III, Edward Ludlow Hall, Edith Hall, and Maude Hall

- Burial: Hall family vault, St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Tivoli, New York

## Sources

- Wikipedia, Valentine Hall Jr.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_Hall_Jr.

- Geni: https://www.geni.com/people/Valentine-Hall-Jr/6000000000769909482

- Historic Red Hook, Cemetery Crawl - The Hall Family: https://www.historicredhook.org/cemetery-crawl-the-hall-family