John Smythe Hall graduated from McGill with a B.A. (1874)and a B.C.L. (1875). For a time he was a partner in the law firm of Sir Adolphe Chapleau, premier, federal minister and later Lt.-Governor of Québec. Hall was counsel for the Québec government, and was elected as Conservative M.N.A. in 1892 and in 1897. He held the position of Provincial Treasurer from 1892 until 1894. Hall retained close ties with McGill University, serving as the president of both the McGill University Society and of the Graduates' Society, and as a member of Corporation. He passed away in 1909

John Hall was a tanner, baker, and farmer who lived in Montreal. He was born on 10 February 1771 in Andover, Massachusetts, to William Hall and Christina Barbara Juncken Hall. John worked as a tanner in Hanover until moving to Montreal in approximately 1800. There, he worked as a farmer and then as a baker. He also joined a Masonic lodge in Montreal. He married Charlotte Morrison, daughter of the merchant James Morrison, on 15 February 1807. They had two daughters who survived to adulthood, Charlotte and Harriet Ann. John's wife Charlotte died on 22 September 1818, and John died on 15 July 1822. After their deaths, John's daughters were raised by his brother, Benjamin Hall.

Joseph Hall was born in Andover, Massachusetts to William Hall and Christina Barbara Juncken Hall. He moved to Montreal in approximately 1797, and became a businessman there. He also joined the Union 8 Masonic Lodge. Joseph's first wife, Susannah, died in childbirth in 1799, as did the infant, Julia. They had one other daughter together named Amelia. Joseph remarried to Nancy Kneeland on 16 August 1804 in Andover. Together they had several children: Alice Julia, George, Jacob, and Julia Ann. Joseph died in 1834.

Rebecca Ferguson was born in approximately 1789. She lived in Quebec for some time, and then married Jacob Hall in Montreal on 1 or 2 November 1811. They had three children together: Archibald, Jacob, and Rebecca Christina (who died during childhood). She died on 19 August 1861.

Robert Newton Hall was born on July 26, 1836, in La Prairie, Quebec.

He was a lawyer, educator, judge, and politician. He completed his studies at the University of Burlington, Vermont in 1857. He was called to the Bar of Lower Canada in 1861 and practiced law for several years in Sherbrooke. In 1873, he became one of the first directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was also a director of several companies and president of the Quebec Central Railway, the Sherbrooke Gas and Water Company, and the Massawippi Railway. From 1877 to 1881, he served as bâtonnier of the district of Saint-François and was elected bâtonnier of the province in 1878. He was appointed to the King's Council in 1880 and became Dean of the Faculty of Law at Bishop's University in 1881. He was a member of Parliament for the Liberal-Conservative Party for the federal riding of Sherbrooke (1882-1891). Hall was appointed a judge of the Queen's Court in 1892 and served until his retirement in 1907.

In 1862, he married Celina Diana Kendrick (1838- ). He died on June 30, 1907, while visiting Beaminster, England.