Samuel Hull jr (1755)

Born 5 Aug 1755 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte Leonora (Phelps) Hull — married 7 Nov 1779 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

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Mistaken Identity

The Samuel Hull of this profile is not the Samuel Hull who married Grace Lytton and died in Columbiana County, Ohio in 1831.^[1][2][3]

Charles Weygant in The Hull Family in America incorrectly states that the Samuel Hull who was the son of Joseph Hull and Eliza Clark married Grace Lytton.^[4] An examination of more trusted sources has found that the Samuel who was the son of Joseph Hull and Eliza Clark instead married Charlotte Leonora Phelps.^[1][5][6][7]

Weygant states that the Samuel who married Grace Lytton settled permanently in Ohio.^[4] Whereas the Samuel of this profile (husband of Charlotte Leonora Phelps) started out in Derby, Connecticut, then spent a large part of his adult life in Eden, Maine before returning to Connecticut in 1817.^[1] There is no indication that he ever lived in Ohio.^[1]

Unfortunately, Samuel's mistaken identity in The Hull Family in America has propagated into many online, privately maintained family trees and this misinformation continues to be copied as factual.

Biography

Samuel Hull was born on 5 August 1755 in Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut. He was the son of Joseph Hull and Eliza Clark.^{[1][8][9][10][11]}

Samuel Hull married Charlotte Leonora Phelps on 7 November 1779 in Oxford Congregational Church, Oxford, Derby, Connecticut.^{[1][5][6][7][12]}

Samuel and his wife had moved to Eden, Maine by the time their first child, Elizabeth "Betsy" Hull was born in 1781.^[13][14] According to Eden town birth records, all of their children were born in Eden, Maine. A less trusted source, The Phelps Family Of America...^[7] shows the children as born in Derby, Connecticut, the former residence of Samuel Hull. The children were^[1]:

1. Elizabeth "Betsey" Hull, b. 1 Apr 1781^[13], m. James L Walter
2. Mary "Polly" Hull, b. 6 Apr 1783,^[15] m. Israel Higgins
3. Nancy Hull, b. 7 Sep 1785,^[16] m. Royal Gurley
4. Stephen M Hull, b. 2 Jul 1787,^[17] d. 10 Sep 1801 at age 14
5. Emily Hull, b. 2 Sep 1788,^[18] m. James Bassett
6. Sophia Hull, b. 26 Jun 1790,^[19], d. 1 Aug 1873, 1st m. John Moulton, 2nd m. Nathaniel Bacon
7. Henry William Hull, b. 26 Sep 1793,^[20] d. 26 Oct 1793 as an infant
8. William H Hull, b 7 Mar 1798 (twin),^[21] never married
9. Harriet Leonora Hull, b. 7 Mar 1798 (twin)^[22], d. 1872, m. Sheldon Bassett

The first town meeting of the newly founded Town of Eden was held on 4 April 1796 at the home of Samuel Hull.^[23][14] His home was in the village of Hull's Cove which was named after him.^[23][14] He served on the town's board of selectman.^[23]

Samuel moved back to Connecticut in 1817.^[1][23]

He was closely related to at least two notable people. General William Hull was Samuel's brother.^[14] Commodore Isaac Hull was his nephew (son of Samuel's brother Joseph).

Research Notes

The Town of Eden, Maine was renamed Bar Harbor in 1918, a hundred years after Samuel had moved back to Connecticut.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Hughes
2. ↑ Cruchon
3. ↑ Phyllis Hughes post to Ancestry Boards
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Weygant
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} ChurchRec
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Higgins
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Phelps
8. ↑ White
9. ↑ Jacobus
10. ↑ Orcutt
11. ↑ CTBirths
12. ↑ Campbell
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Maine Vital Records, Betsy Hull
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3} Dyer
15. ↑ Maine Vital Records, Polly Hull
16. ↑ Maine Vital Records, Nancy Hull
17. ↑ Maine Vital Records, Stephen M Hull
18. ↑ Maine Vital Records, Emily Hull
19. ↑ Maine Vital Records, Sophia Hull
20. ↑ Maine Vital Records, Henry William Hull
21. ↑ Maine Vital Records, William H Hull
22. ↑ Maine Vital Records, Harriet Hull
23. ↑ ^{23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3} Street

• Campbell, Hollis A., Rev. Seymour Past and Present (W. C. Sharpe, Publisher, Seymour, Conn, 1902) Page 386: "Sheldon [Bassett], son of William and Lucy (Smith) Bassett, married Harriet S., dau. of Lieut. Samuel and Charlotte L. (Phelps) Hull, of Derby, Ct., Jan. 21, 1827"

• "Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920," database, Ancestry.com, Vol. 87, Oxford Congregational Church, Page 33 "Hull, Samuel, Jr. of Derby, m. Charlotte Phelps of Simsbury, Nov. 7, 1779"

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74G-PT5 : 9 December 2019), Samuel Hull, 5 Aug 1755, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4R-SK1H : 21 September 2019), Samuel Hull, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272234.

• Cruchon, Barbara J. Knight and Hughes, Phyllis J."Will the Real Samuel Hull Please Stand Up? - Part II: Samuel Hull of Columbiana County, Ohio" Hull Family Association (HFA) Journal, Vol. 6, No. 3, Autumn 1995, Pages 67-68, 90, 95

• Dyer, Deborah. "Historical Records: Early island ownership," Bar Harbor Times, April 1917. The village of Hull's Cove was named for the family of Samuel Hull who settled there after the Revolutionary War. The first Eden Town meeting was held in Samuel Hull's house.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (New Haven Genealogical Magazine), Vol. 4, Page 886: "Samuel [son of Joseph Hull and Elizabeth Clark], b 5 Aug 1755, DV [Derby, Connecticut Vital statistics]"

• Higgins, Katharine. Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth (K.C. Higgins, Worcester, Mass., 1918) Page 299: "Israel Higgins… married (1) Jan. 26, 1800, Mary Hull, born 1782; died Feb. 22, 1818; daughter of Samuel and Charlotte Leonora (Phelps) Hull of Derby (Oxford), Conn."

• Hughes, Phyllis J. and Cruchon, Barbara J. Knight "Will the Real Samuel Hull Please Stand Up? - Part I: Samuel Hull of Derby, Connecticut & Eden Maine" Hull Family Association (HFA) Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 1995, Pages 41-42

• Phyllis J. Hughes 30 Jan 2002 comment on Ancestry Boards:

"Samuel Hull and Grace Lytton Hull were NOT from Derby, CT. That was an error published in 1913 in The Hull Family in America. The Samuel Hull from Derby, CT was a completely different man, with a different wife and children. I serve as Co-Editor of the Hull Family Association Journal and we published a series of two articles on this error in our Journals, explaining and giving information on each of these Samuels. These issues can still be obtained by members of the Hull Family Association."

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HV6-954 : 17 October 2017), Samuel Hull in entry for Betsey Hull, birth, 1 Apr 1781; citing Eden, Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HV6-95Z : 17 October 2017), Samuel Hull in entry for Polly Hull, birth, 6 Apr 1783; citing Eden, Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKL-ZPL : 3 November 2017), Samuel Hull in entry for Nancy Hull, birth, 7 Sep 1785; citing Eden, Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKL-ZP5 : 3 November 2017), Samuel Hull in entry for Stephen M Hull, birth, 2 Jul 1787; citing Eden, Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKL-ZPY : 3 November 2017), Samuel Hull in entry for Emily Hull, birth, 2 Sep 1788; citing Eden, Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HV6-95G : 17 October 2017), Samuel Hull in entry for Sophia Hull, birth, 26 Jun 1790; citing Eden, Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKL-Z57 : 3 November 2017), Samuel Hull in entry for Henry William Hull, birth 26 Sep 1793; citing Eden, Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HV6-9RW : 17 October 2017), Samuel Hull in entry for William H Hull, birth, 7 Mar 1798; citing Eden, Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKL-Z58 : 3 November 2017), Samuel Hull in entry for Harriet Hull, birth, 7 Mar 1798; citing Eden, , Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

• Nicholls, Walter. Sergeant Francis Nicholls of Stratford (Grafton Press, New York, 1909) Page 38, #153: "Samuel Hull [son of Joseph Hull and Elizabeth Clark], born Aug. 5, 1755"

• Orcutt, Samuel. The History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (Springfield Printing Co., Springfield, Mass. 1880) Pages 734 - 735: "Samuel [son of Joseph Hull and Elizabeth Clark], b. Aug. 5, 1755, at 7 o'clock in the afternoon… served as a lieutenant in the Revolution."

• Phelps, Oliver. The Phelps Family Of America And Their English Ancestors (Eagle Pub. Co., Pittsfield, Mass., 1899) Vol. 1, Pages 348 - 349: "Charlotte Leonora Phelps, b. Simsbury, Ct., 4 Oct., 1761, m. Capt. Samuel Hull, b. Derby, Ct., where he settled and died."

• Pontius, Kay. The Pettibone Registry, Descendants of John Pettibone, 1633 - 1713, (self published, 1970), 101

• Street, George Edward. Mount Desert; a history, (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1926). Samuel Hull is mentioned on the following two pages:

Page 158: "...the first town meeting at Eden, held at the dwellinghouse of Captain Samuel Hull at Hull's Cove, April 4, 1796…"

Page 165: "Samuel Hull was a sea-captain and came from Derby, Conn., and settled on the south side of Hull's Cove prior to 1789… He was the chief citizen of the little village, and the cove was named for him… He lived at Hull's Cove until 1817, when he moved back to Connecticut."

• Weygant, Charles H. The Hull Family in America (Sun Printing Co., Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1913) Page 480 (#392), Page 493 (#392). This source contains significant errors for Samuel and his family. It is left here to illustrate the problem. See the discussion above.

• White, Lorraine C. The Barbour Collection (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1994) Vol. 8 (Derby, Connecticut Vital Records), Page 247: "Samuel [Hull], s. Joseph & Elisabeth, b. Aug. 5, 1755"