Lot Hall was a Vermont attorney, politician, and judge. A veteran of the American Revolution, Hall served as a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1794 to 1800. His name sometimes appears in written records as "Lott Hall".
In June, Payne and Hall procured a ship, the Eagle, and supplies in Connecticut and started to sail for Charleston, South Carolina. They encountered and captured three British ships, which members of their crew sailed to Boston as prizes. Payne and Hall subsequently captured a fourth British ship; they intended for Hall to command it and sail in tandem with Payne while Payne continued to command the Eagle. The two ships were separated by weather, and the British prisoners on Hall's prize overpowered Hall's crew and re-took the ship. Hall was a prisoner in Glasgow until April 1777, when he was exchanged for the commander of one of the ships Payne and he had previously captured. He sailed for America, and was captured again when the ship on which he was traveling was seized by the British near Cape Henry, Virginia. Hall was exchanged 10 days later, after which he made his way home to Massachusetts, where he arrived in February 1778. After the war, Hall spent many years attempting to obtain the pay and benefits to which he was entitled for his wartime service; after his death, the United States Congress voted to award his descendants a portion of what Hall had sought.
Hall continued his involvement in Vermont's government after statehood in 1791. He represented Westminster in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1789, 1791, 1792, and 1808. In 1792 he was one of Vermont's presidential electors, and cast his ballot for the ticket of George Washington and John Adams. In 1799, Hall was named to the state Council of Censors, the body which met every seven years to review the actions of the Governor and Council and the House of Representatives to ensure their constitutionality. In 1794, Hall was appointed as a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, and he served until 1800.
Death and burial
While attending the 1808 session of the Vermont House, Hall suffered an attack of cattarh; the infection proved fatal, and he died in Westminster on May 17, 1809. Hall was buried at Old Westminster Cemetery.
Family
In 1786, Hall married Mary Homer, a fifteen year old orphan then residing in Boston. Their children who lived to adulthood included Daniel, Mary, Benjamin, and Timothy.
