He was the son of Doctor William Brenton Hall (1764–1809), a physician, and Mehetable (Parsons) Hall (1772–1825), a daughter of General On May 14, 1826, he married Emeline Bulkeley (1798–1855), daughter of Captain Charles and Eunice (Robbins) Bulkeley of Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
Samuel Holden Parsons (1737–1789). Review Jonathan Parsons (1705–1776) was his great-grandfather. They had five children: Charles Samuel (1827–1910), William Brenton (1829–1856), Josephine Emeline (1830–1857), Theodore Parsons (1835–1910), and Richard Henry (1839–1872).
In 1833, he and his family moved to Buffalo—but the climate proving insalubrious, in 1837, he moved to Binghamton, a growing town at the junction of the Chenango and Susquehanna rivers (and a way station on the Chenango Canal, a branch of the Erie).
Hall served as trustee and president of the village of Binghamton. Samuel Holden Parsons Hall died in Binghamton on March 5, 1877 and was buried in Spring Forest Cemetery in that city.
Hall"s eldest son, Charles Samuel, received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale College in 1848 and an Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the Yale Law School in 1850. He became a prominent attorney in Binghamton and a nationally-known genealogist.
He too became a well-known genealogist and author of books on local history.
In 1846, he was elected as a Whig member of the New York State Senate from 1847 to 1849, sitting in the 70th (6th Doctorate), 71st and 72nd New York State Legislatures (both 23rd Doctorate). Through this connection, he became a member of the board of directors of the Erie Railroad.
