RECORD OF THE DESCENDANTS -OF- RICHARD HULL, -OF-- NEW HA.VEN. COr\N Containing the names of over One Hundred and Thirty families and Six Hundred and Fifty-four descendants and extending over a period of Two Hundred and Sixty years in America. COMPILF .t.> BY PU ELLA FOLL ET f (HULL) MASON, MILWAUt<:£E, WISCONSIN, August, 1894 Among the early New England colonists there were five persons by the name of Hull, or Hulls, as it was then spelled, who are supposed to be brothers, and came from Derbyshire, England. Their names w~re John, George, Richard, Joseph and Robert. John Hulls was made freeman by the Gen­ eral Court of Masf;. in 1632; was Captain of the Artillery Co.; died in 1670. George Hulls, of Dorchester, Mass., was freeman in 1633; was representative to the Gen'l Assembly; moved to Connecticut and was Ass' t Governor of that State Richard Hulls was made a freeman in 1634 ; sold his house in Roxbury to Philip Sherman, in 1637; moved to New Haven, Conn., in 1639. Joseph Hulls of Hing­ ham, was freeman in 1638; representative to Gen'l Assembly of Mass., in 1638-39. The town of Hull, Mass., is said to have been named after him. Robert Hulls, of Boston, was freeman in 1637; he died in 1666; his son John, was free­ man in 1649; he was a goldsmith and a highly respected citizen of Boston ; his children all died Pxcept Hannah, who married Judge Samuel Sewall, Chief ..Justice of the Province, in 1676. He (John) became Treasurer and master of the Mint, in 1652; he died in 1683, leaving a large estate·; when Hannah was married, her father put her on the scales and balanced her weight with silver coin, for her dowry. A Josiah Hull, married Elizabeth Loomis, in 1641; she was 3 daughter of Joseph Loomis-} osiah was Jeputy .to the Gen­ eral Court, in 1659-60-62; he moved to Killingworth, Conn., in 1662; ,vas deputy from that town, in 1-667; he died in 167 5. In the Genealogy of_ the Loomis family, there appear the names of 1150 descendants of Jo~iah and Elizabeth Loomis '- Hull. There is a good deal of information about these fan1ilies ,vhich is not noted in this record, the design being to compile a record of the descendants of Richard Hull only. The original intention was, to record only the lineal an­ cestors of Rev. Leverett Hull, for the benefit of his descend­ ants. So much data was obtained of the collateral lines, that it was determined to arrange in as compact a form .as possible, all the facts learned about the various lines of Richard's descendants, 1n order to preserve the same, to assist any one among such descendants, who might wish to write a genealogy of the Hull Family. The Record though incomplete, represents a great deal of labor and study and is the result of extended examination of town histories, numerous family records and genealogies, and extensive correspondence with descendants of Richard and with town and church clerks in various parts of the country. Some of the patties, corresponded ,vith, have lived in Wal- lingford or Cheshire all their -lives and have heard from their parents and grandparents, the family traditions prevailing in those towns. It has happened in several instances that different birth dates have been given by different authorities, for the same 4 individual. In these cases the dates which have the prepond­ erance of evidence are here given. The system of numbering is as follows: Beginning with Richard, the names are all numbered con­ secutively, his oldest child being numbered 2 and so on. This consecutive number in1mediately precedes each name, and immediately preceding this consecutive number, appears the number of the father of that person, so that each line can be traced back to Richard by the numbers. The different families in each generation are separated by a single red line across the page. PUELLA F. (HULL) MASON. Milwaukee, August 13th, 1894. 5 1 Richard Hull, of Derbyshire, England, was made freeman in Dorchester, :Mass. in I 634. Was in Boston in 1637. Moved to ~ew Haven in 1639, took the oath of fidelity there in 1644. \i\Tas representative to the General Court of Conn. He is on record in the New Haven colony as having sold six acres of upland to WilJiam Thompson in 1646. Made his will in August, 1662, and died in Septen1ber, 1662. His wife's name is not known. He moved to'New Haven, "because he would not endure puritanism.'' 1-2 Dr. John, was born in New Haven in 1640. He was a planter in Stratford in 1661, where he lived until 1668. Received grants of land there. ~esided in Pawgassett, afterwards called Derby, in 1668. Received grants of land there. Probably did not move his family to Dei:by until 1675. He was prominent in all town and church matters. He built the first parsonage ·and meetinghouse in Derby. , Was on the building com­ mittee and was chief director of the work. He' built dwelling houses for himself and sons, also built, the first corn and flour mill in Wallingford, Conn. His first wife's name is not known. He married 2nd, Mary Jones in 1672, and married 3rd, Rebecca Turner, on May 13th, 1675. Dr. John Hull and Joseph Hawkins 6 moved in the General Court at Hartford, to have the privilege of a plantation granted to the inhabitants of Pawgassett, there being twelve families settled there and as many more ready to settle. The General Court granted their motion. This plantation of Paw­ gassett was named by the court, Derby, as some of these first settlers came from Derby a shire town of England, I 27 miles from London. The original twelve settlers of Derby were Edward Wooster, Francis French, Stephen Pierson, John Hull, Joseph Hawkins, Sa1nuel Riggs, Ephraim Smith, Abel Gunn, J. Johnson, Jabez Harger, Ebe­ nezer Johnson and John Tibballs. In I677, at a town meeting, the rst church was organized, and John Hull, John Bowers and Joseph Hawkins signed the petition. Ab~l Gunn and Joseph Hawkins were appointed to present the petition. A certificate was given these men as their authority, signed by John Hull and S_am'l Riggs. The petition was granted. In r687, Dr. John Hull moved to Wallingford. The General ~ssembly granted him 700 acres of land in this town for services in King Phillip's war. He owned about r500 acres of land in Wallingford. He was selectman of the town of Derby1in r677-80-83-87, also a member of the G~neral Assembly from Derby. He acquired property with the mill in Derby, all of which he gave to his sons John and Joseph in 1696. He died Dec. 6, 171r. 1-3 Hannah, born in New Haven 1642. Married Edward Dormar. 7 1-4 Jeremiah, was the eldest son of Richard-the date of his birth is not known, and there is no further infor­ mation found about him, exc~pt that he was executor of his fathers will.* 1-5 Mary, married John Jackson. 2-6 l!r. John, born in 1662 at Stratford; married Mary Jacobs; was a farmer ; was representative and select­ man ; lived in Derby; died in I 7 53. 2-7 Samuel, born 1663; married Deborah Beers of Fairfield. 2-8 Mary, born in I 664 ; married John Prindle. 2-9 Cap't Joseph, born in Derby 1668; married in 1691, Mary Nichols, daughter of Isaac Nichols; she died in 1733.. He then married Hannah (Botsford) Prindle in 1735. She was ,vidow of John Prindle and was his third wife-his first wife having been Mary, daughter of Dr. John. Hull. Capt. Joseph was a representative to the General Assembly; had large business interests in Derby; was a captain of the militia. He died in 1744. He was the great great grandfather of Commodore Isaac Hull, who commanded the cele­ brated frigate ''Constitution.'' 2-10 Dr. Benjamjn, was born at Stratford in 1672. In 1693 he married Elizabeth Andrews. She was born in 167 4 and died April 27th, 1732. She was daughter of Samuel Andrews and Elizabeth (Peck) Andrews, of * The names of Richard's children appear on the records in the order gh·en here, but when the copy of Richard's will was obtained, Jeremiah was therein called the oldest. It was then too late to change his number, but this makes no material difference, since none of his descendants (if-he had-any), are entered in this Record. 8 New Haven, who ,vere married in 1661. Samuel Andrews was born in England in 1632. He was a son of William Andrews of Hampsworth, England, who came to America in the s~ip '·James" in 1635. He lande<l in Boston and was freeman there the same year. Was at New Hav~n with Eaton and Rev. John Daven­ port. His first wife's name is not known; she was the mother of all his children. His second wife ,vas Anna, widow of vVilliam Gibbons, colonial secretary in 1657. \Villiam Andrews died in 1676 at East Haven. Samuel Andre,vs toolr the oath of fidelity in 1654, and died in 1704. His wife, Elizabeth Peck, ,vas daughter of Deacon William Peck of New Haven, who was born in Londo_n, England in 1601 and was a n1erchant there. He was a representative to the General Assembly in N~w Haven in 1646. He held many positions of trust and was an influential citizen of New Haven.