Stephen Bull (1708 - abt. 1750)

Born 18 Mar 1708 in Province of Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Godin) Bull — married 27 Apr 1731 in South Carolina, Colonial America

Husband of Judith (Mayrant) Pringle — married 2 May 1747 in South Carolina

Descendants

Died about 1750 at about age 41 in Province of South Carolina

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Biography

Stephen, son of William and Mary Bull, was born 18 March 1707/8 and baptized at St. Andrews Parish.^[1]

On 27 April 1731 he married Martha Godin at St. Philip's Church in Charles Town.^[2] They had two children: William (b.&d. 1732) and Stephen.

Following his first wife's death, he married Judith Mayrant on 2 May 1747.^[2] They had a son, William.

He was given a tract of land in Granville County, called Newbury plantation, by his father.

Will and Inventory

Stephen Bull of Granville County made his Will on a date which is now missing. He names as heirs his wife Judith and sons Stephen and William. His father Lt. Gov. William Bull is named as executor. The Will was proved 6 March 1749/50.^[3]

The inventory of his estate, listing his slaves by name, was made 26 April 1750.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Webber, Mabel L. “Register of St. Andrews Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina. 1719-1774.” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 12, no. 4 (1911): 175. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575315.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Salley, A. S.. ed. Register of St. Philip's Parish Charles Town, South Carolina, 1720-1758 (1904), pp. 161, 186 HathiTrust
3. ↑ Will of Stephen Bull "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JV9R-R?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-638%3A210905601%2C211466601 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1747-1752, Vol. 006 > image 339 of 684; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
4. ↑ Inventory of Stephen Bull "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JZ9Q-14?cc=1911928&wc=MPP1-VZQ%3A190562801%2C190562802%2C190630901%2C190560104 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Probate Court, Estate inventories > 1746-1751 > No File Description Available > image 212 of 265; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

• "The Bull Family of South Carolina"; Vol 1, January, 1900); The South Carolina Genealogical and Historical Magazine; pages 76 to 90.
• South Carolina; Year: 1670-1700; Page Number: 39; U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s; Filby, P. William, ed. . Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
• South Carolina, Compiled Marriage Index, Hunting For Bears, comp.. South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965. Martha Godin
• South Carolina, Compiled Marriage Index, Hunting For Bears, comp.. South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965. Judith Mayrart
• South Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1700-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Years: 1730 & 1740

• Volume Information. (1900). The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, 1(4). http://www.jstor.org/stable/27574925