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The Rev. Hull Company

The Rev. Joseph Hull was born in 1596 in Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England.  
He was educated at St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, receiving his B.A. Degree.

On 6 May 1635 he arrived at Boston, MA along with 104 others who would 
later be referred to as "Hulls Colony".  Joseph Hull married twice and 
had a total of twenty-one children.

The second generation in America was Joseph's son Samuel Hull, born 
ca 1649 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, died ca 1706.  He married 
Mary Manning on 16 Nov 677 an they had six children.  They lived in 
both Maine and New Jersey along with settlers who's background must 
have been similar.

The Hull family is then traced from New Jersey into Anson County, North 
Carolina and Moses Hull, was the fifth generation in the New World.  Moses 
was born ca 1729 in New Jersey and died ca 1778 in North Carolina.  His 
wife remains unknown.  Records and Moses' will reveal at least four 
surviving children:

William Jackson Hull See Note - born ca 1750 in New Jersey, died Jan. 1778 
in Leonardtown, MD.  He married Sarah.  They had three sons:
	Isaac Hull - Born ca 1771

	Jesse Hull - born 11 Sep 1773 in New Jersey, died 1863.  
	He married first, Rebecca Staley in 1796.  He was a resident of 
	Overton Co., TN in 1814.  To this union was born eleven children.  
	He married, second, Jan Ashenhurst in 1835.  They appear in the 
	1850 census of Overton Col., TN.

	Thomas Hull - born 7 Nov 1777 in North Carolina, died ca 1871.  
	He married Winifred Evans 17 Dec 1801.

Moses Hull - born ca 1751 in New Jersey.  He married Sally and they 
lived in Rowan Co., NC and Wilkes Co., NC before receiving a grant of 200 
acres in 1807 on Spring Creek, Cumberland Co., KY.  This land and 1900 
pounds were paid in 1782 in or on behalf of the American Rvolution.  We 
know there were other children but at least two were:

	Josephus Hull - born ca 1772 in North Carolina.  He married 
	Elizabeth Brown.  They lived in an area of Tennessee that fell 
	into the county of Fentress and probably died there.  They had 
	six children.

	Moses Hull - born ca 1774 in North Carolina.  He married 
	Elizabeth Crockett and they had eleven children.

Joseph Hull - born ca 1757 in New Jersey, died 1832 in Richmond Co., NC. 
	He married Sarah Miller.

Daniel Hull - born ca 1758 in New Jersey, died 1836 in Jefferson Co., NC.  
	He married Mary Busby Dec. 1788 in Wilkes Co., NC.




SITE OF THE HOUSE BUILT BY

REV. JOSEPH HULL

1595 - 1665

WHO WITH

ELDER THOMAS DIMMOCK

WAS GIVEN THE CHARTER FOR

THE LAND NOW OCCUPIED BY

THE TOWN OF BARNSTABLE



Correspondence January 5, 2002
As far as the introductory information on the Rev. Joseph Hull’s descendants 
is concerned, everything which begins with William Jackson Hull through 
Thomas Hull is incorrect. William Jackson Hull was not as son of Moses Hull.

This is a subject I’ve studied intensely over the years, as Wm. Jackson Hull 
was said to have been a Revolutionary War soldier. I published a book on the 
Hulls who served in the American Revolution and when I did my research on 
Wm. Jackson Hull (probably more correctly named just Jackson Hull), I 
investigated many original records. This research revealed that this man 
was probably of African-American origin or possibly a Mulatto. He had 
nothing at all to do this Hull line coming down to NC from NJ, which 
descends from the Rev. Joseph Hull. I can send an article on this 
particular issue if you would like to see it.

Others in the Hull Family Association also did exhaustive research on 
this same man and arrived independently at the same conclusion which I 
did, and, we published articles on this man, giving valid proof why 
Jackson Hull was not a son of Moses Hull.

I have traced back as to when and where this erroneous information began 
(it was many years ago) and I know where it has been published and 
continues to be republished today. However, the original Hull descendant 
and researcher, who contributed this information, was merely looking for 
a Revolutionary soldier to use in order to be able to join the SAR. 
Therefore, his work was faulty and incorrect, when he chose Jackson Hull 
for his Revolutionary War ancestor.

Phyllis J. Hughes
Hull Family Association Genealogist & Journal Co-Editor


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