Reverend
Joseph
Hull
Born in Crewkerne, Somerset, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Hull
and Joane (Peson) Hull
Brother of
Elinor Hull, William Hull, Mary Hull, Agnes Hull, Richard Hull, Thomas Hull Jr, Robert Hull, John Hull, George Hull, Francis Hull and Joseph Hull
Husband of
Unknown (Unknown) Hull
— married
before 1620 [location unknown]
Husband of
Agnes (Unknown) Hull
— married
before 1635 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joanna (Hull) Davis, Joseph Hull Jr, Tristram Hull, Temperance (Hull) Bickford, Elizabeth (Hull) Heard, Griselda Hull, Dorothy Hull, Hopewell Hull, Benjamin Hull, Naomi (Hull) Daniels, Ruth Hull, Samuel Hull, Phineas Hull, Reuben Hull and Priscilla Hull
Died
at age 69
in Hog Island (Appledore), Isle of Shoals, Maine
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Disputed association:
‘There is evidence that it is highly unlikely for Joanna Coffin to have been Joseph Hull's first wife.' Please do not attach her. Joanne Coffin seems to have been confused with Joanna Coffin, but was not Joseph's wife. See here for a discussion: https://www.hullfamilyassociation.org/genealogist_errors_joseph.shtml
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Biography
Joseph, son of Thomas Hull was baptized 25 April 1596 in Crewkerne, Somerset, England. [1] [2] [3]
On 14 Nov 1614, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree at St Mary's Hall, Oxford. In the next five years, he studied theology while serving as a teacher and curate under his brother William, who was vicar of Colyton in Devonshire.
Joseph Hull married first, by about 1620, to ______ ______ and second, by 1635 to Agnes _____[4]
"The records of Northleigh, Devonshire, under date of 14th Apr 1621, contain the presentation of Rev Joseph HULL to the Rectorship by ?Thomas HULL, of Crewkerne.? [5]
Joseph resigned his rectorship at Northleigh in 1632. He was licensed as curate 16 Apr 1633 and again in 1634 at the parish of Broadway in the Crewkerne Deanery [6]
In 1635, with his second wife, Agnes, seven children and three servants, Joseph removed to New England. About 20 Mar 1635/6 An undesignated vessel departed Weymouth, England, for New England, likely the same ship as the 1635 Mary Gould. [7] [8] Joseph settled at Weymouth and ministered there, and at Hingham, Barnstable, York, Maine, Oyster River, and Isle of Shoals, where he d. in 1665. The early colonial records contain many references to him."
"At the end of forty-six days on the ocean and an uneventful passage, they sailed into Massachusetts Bay on the sixth of May, 1635, leaving the settlement of Hull on the left, and came to an anchorage before Governor's Winthrop's" little village "of Boston, where they remained until July 2d, waiting permission of the General Court to locate. After reconnoitreing for some time they decided Wessaguscus was their best location. They immediately passed in among the numerous islands in the bay and entered Fore River, and came to anchor about four miles from the mouth of the same." [9]
Wessaguscus was the location of the the second oldest permanent settlement in New England (the failed Wessagusset Colony) and the oldest in what would become Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1630 it was officially incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony; and in 1635, with the addition of 100 families under the leadership of Joseph Hull, the name was changed to Weymouth. [10] [11]
Rev Joseph Hull was the first minister at Weymouth, Mass. He founded Barnstable, Mass, 1639. He was excommunicated at Barnstable merely for going to Yarmouth without leave, but afterward readmitted, minister at Isles of Shoals. [12] He moved to Yarmouth in 1641, York by 1643 and then Oyster River and the Isles of Shoals. He returned to England by 1648 but was back here after 1662.
In 1636 two lots of land were “granted unto Mr Joseph Hull by the town of Hingham… for a houselot five acres of land… and… for a great lot and for a planting lot lying together five and forty acres”. [13]
He was a representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Hingham in 1638 and 1639 and to the Plymouth General Court for Barnstable in 1639. He was on the committee on wages and prices in 1638, committee to set a colony tax rate in 1638 and was a commissioner to end small causes at Hingham in 1638. [14]
On 05 May 1639 “Mr. Hull gave his farewell sarmon” at Hingham and “Dayes of Thanksgiveing since we came to Barnestable- 11 Dec 1639, att Mr Hulls house, for Gods exceeding mercye in bringing us hither Safely keeping us healthy & well in or weake beginnings & in our church estate. The day being very cold or praises to God in publique being ended, wee devided into 3 companies to feast togeather, some att Mr Hulls, some att Mr Maos, some att Brother Lumberds senior”. [15] [16]
On 04 Jun 1639 (14 Jun NS), the colony court granted permission to Messrs Hull, Dimock and others "to erect a plantation or town at or about a place called by the Indians Mattacheese (Barnstable)," [17] and he was appointed one of the first two deputies for the town of Barnstable. [18]
11 Dec 1639 “att Mr Hulls house, for Gods exceeding mercye in bringing us hither Safely keeping us healthy & well in or weake beginnings & in our church estate. The day being very cold or praises to God in publique being ended, wee devided into 3 companies to feast togeather, some att Mr Hulls, some att Mr Maos, some att Brother Lumberds senior”. [19]
Mr. Hull excommunicated for his willfull breakeing of communion wt us, & joyneing himselfe a member wt a companie at Yarmouth to be their Pastour: contrary to ye advise and Counsell of or Church, 01 May 1641. [20]
Our Syster Hull renewed her Covenaunt with us, renounceing her joyneing wth the [church] at Yarmouth confessing her evill in soe doeing wt Sorrow…11 Marc 1642. [21]
On 07 Sep 1642 in “the controversy betwixt Samuell Hinckley and Mr Joseph Hull, about the lands the said Hinckley bought of the said Hull in Barnestable, it is ordered, by the consent of both parties of the said Hull in Barnestable, it is ordered, by the consent of both parties and by the town of Barnestable, being referred to the bench, that the said Mr Hull, according to his own proffer, shall abate forty shillings of that the said Samuell Hinckley should have paid him for the said land, and that the town of Barnestable shall return the one half of the lands they took away from the said Samuell Hunckley to him again, and so a final end to be of all suits & controversies about the same”.[22]
On 07 Mar 1642/3 it “is ordered, that a warrant shall be directed to the constable of Yarmouth, to apprehend Mr Joseph Hull (if he do either exercise the ministry amongst them or administer the seals), to bring him before the next magistrate, to find sufficient sureties for his appearance the next General Court, to answer his doings (being an excommunicant)”. [23]
On 10 May 1643 Gov. Winthrop noted in his discussion concerning the formation of the New England Confederation that: “those of Sir Ferdinando Gorge his province, beyond Pascataquack, were not received nor called into the confederation, because they ran a different course from us both in their ministry and civil administration; for they had lately made Acomenticus (a poor village) a corporation, and had made a tailor their mayor, and had entertained one Hull, an excommunicated person and very contentious, for their minister”. [24]
Mr Hull in the acknowledgeing of his sinn, & renueing his covenaunt was received againe into fellowship with us, 10 Aug 1643. [25]
Richard Cornish had died under suspicious circumstances and in Nov 1644 at Agamenticus “something was discovered against the son of Mr. Hull, their minister” and the case was re-opened. [26]
When Roger Garde died at Agamenticus early in 1645: “Mr Hull offered to preach yet his funeral sermon and did and the people all solemnly interred him there with arms.” [27]
On 6 July 1646 Edward Godfrey sued “Joseph Hull, minister… for a parcel of marsh”. Edward won the suit. [28]
Joseph was the minister at Launceston, Cornwall from 1648 to 1652 and the rector at St Buryan, Cornwall in 1662, when he was ejected from that living. [29]
On 28 Dec 1669 John Bickford, age 60, and John Symonds, age 52, deposed that “about four and twenty years agoe or there about naomy hulls father and mother they went for England: and left theyer Children to the wid wilderness: and Left them very young and wear not tutred (tutored) as they ought to have been.” [30]
Joseph ended his ministry at the Isles of Shoals as in the inventory of his estate on 05 Dec 1665 is: “the Islands indebted to my husband for his ministry”, £20. Agnes was granted letters of administration on Joseph’s estate on 12 Jun 1666. The inventory amounted to £62.5s.5d. [31]
Family
Joseph Hull was the father of sixteen (16), possibly seventeen (17), children.
Joseph and _____ (_____) Hull were the parents of seven (7) children, [32]
- Joanna Hull, born about 1620
- Joseph Hull, born about 1622
- Tristram Hull, born about 1624
- Temperance Hull, baptized Northleigh, Devonshire, England, 20 March 1625/6
- Elizabeth Hull, born about 1628
- Griselda Hull, born about 1630
- Dorothy Hull, born about 1632
Joseph and Agnes (_____) Hull were the parents of nine (9), possibly ten (10), children, [33]
- Hopewell Hull, born say 1636
- Benjamin Hull, baptized Hingham, Massachusetts, 24 Mar 1639
- Naomi Hull, baptized Barnstable, 23 Mar 1639/40
- Ruth Hull, baptized Barnstable, 09 May 1641
- Dodovah Hull, born say 1643. There is some controversy about whether he is son of this Joseph or Joseph Jr. He is currently attached to Joseph Jr.
- Samuel Hull, born say 1645
- (possibly) Phineas Hull, born about 1647
- Reuben Hull, baptized Launceston, Cornwall, 23 Jan 1648/9
- Ephraim Hull, baptized Launceston, Cornwall, 13 Feb 1649/50
- Priscilla Hull, baptized Launceston, Cornwall, 30 Mar 1651
Research Notes
Family/Children. Robert Charles Anderson [34], Joseph had seventeen children by his two wives, including a possible Phineas.
Sources
- ↑ Anglican Parish Registers. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England. Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\crew/2/1/1 Accessed at Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
- ↑ Citing "Evans Festschrift 50," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol III, G-H (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), 452-460 (Joseph Hull), at 455; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
- ↑ Coddington, John Insley. "The Pyssing Ancestry of the Hulls of New England" in Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans, Linsay Brook editor." (Salt Lake City, 1989): pp 44-51.
- ↑ Without further reference, Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol III, G-H (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), 452-460 (Joseph Hull), at 455; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
- ↑ The Records of Northleigh, Devonshire: Vol 3.
- ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, "Notes on the Reverend Joseph Hull of Weymouth and Barnstable, Massachusetts, and York, Maine," The American Genealogist, 68 (1993): 149; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, citing the 1633 and 1634 Consignation Book for the Archdeaconry of Taunton (Somerset Rec. Office, Taunton)
- ↑ Packrat-Pro : Work, research and compilation done by Anne Stevens of packrat-pro.com Hull Family
- ↑ Portsmouth Athenaeum Hull, Joseph (Rev.), 1596-1665
- ↑ Kingman, Bradford. Descendants of Henry Kingman: Some Early Generations of the Kingman Family (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1912).p. 1
- ↑ James Kendall Hosmer “John Winthrop’s Journal • History of New England” : Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York 1908 Vol I p 154 [1]
- ↑ Weymouth, Massachusetts on Wikipedia.
- ↑ Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660 (Boston, Mass., 1908) p 104
- ↑ Hingham Book of Possessions- 97v
- ↑ Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England 1628–1686- Nathaniel Shurtleff, Ed., Boston, 1853- Vol I pp. 223, 235, 239, 242, 250; Plymouth Colony Records- Vol I pp 126, 137
- ↑ The Hobart Journal - Edward Egan - NEHGR- Vol 121, p 11 (Jan 1967); Scituate and Barnstable Church Records- NEHGR- Vol X p 39 (Jan 1856)
- ↑ Deyo, Simeon L “History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts” : Blake, New York 1890 p 368 https://archive.org/details/historyofbarnsta00deyo/page/n455/mode/1up?view=theater
- ↑ Deyo, Simeon Lyon. History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts (H.W. Blake, New York, 1890) p 368
- ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet & Pulsifer, David. Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England (AMS Press, New York, 1855) Vol 1 p 126
- ↑ The Hobart Journal- Edward Egan- NEHGR- Vol 121, p 11 (Jan 1967); Scituate and Barnstable Church Records- NEHGR- Vol X, p 39 (Jan 1856)
- ↑ Scituate and Barnstable Church Records- NEHGR- Vol X pp 39, 41 (Jan 1856)
- ↑ Scituate and Barnstable Church Records- NEHGR- Vol X pp 39, 41 (Jan 1856)
- ↑ Plymouth Colony Records- Vol II p 44; VII, 30-1
- ↑ Plymouth Colony Records- Vol II, p 53
- ↑ Hosmer, James Kendall “John Winthrop’s Journal • History of New England” : Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York 1908 Vol II p 99 [2]
- ↑ Scituate and Barnstable Church Records- NEHGR- Vol X pp 39, 41 (Jan 1856)
- ↑ Hosmer, James Kendall “John Winthrop’s Journal • History of New England” : Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York 1908 Vol II p 219 [3]
- ↑ The Great Migration- Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635- Article on Rev. Joseph Hull- Vol. III- database at NEHGS
- ↑ Province and Court Records of Maine- MHS, Portland, 1928 - Vol I p 93
- ↑ The Nonconformist’s Memorial- Edmund Calamy - London 1802 Vol I p 349
- ↑ NH Court Files- Vol I p 325- quoted by History of the Town of Durham- Everett Stackpole, Winthrop Meserve- Vol II p 222
- ↑ Province and Court Records of Maine- MHS, Portland, 1928- Vol I pp 261 269-70
- ↑ Citing "Hotten 283," and "TAG 68:149," among others, Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol III, G-H (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), 452-460 (Joseph Hull), at 455; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
- ↑ Citing "NEHGR 121:11," NEHGR 9:282," "YLR 11:14," "Monnette 227," "MPCR 2:492," "M&JCH 17:96" and "Ancestral Lines 318-22," among others, Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol III, G-H (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), pp 452-460 (Joseph Hull), at 456-457; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
- ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol III, G-H (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), 452-460 (Joseph Hull), at 455 (children with first wife) and 456-457 (children with second wife); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
- See also:
- Anderson, Robert C The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Vol III: G-H (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 2003), pp 452-460; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2021).
- Leslie Ann Ballou, "My Children's Ancestors" for Joseph Hull, ID I1515; online family file, WorldConnect (click here : accessed 2014).
- "The Hull Line," entry in "Third Generation" for Joseph Hull, Rev.; online family file, Rootsdigger-Parisho Family (click here : accessed 2014).
- Coddington, John Insley. "The Pyssing Ancestry of the Hulls of New England" in Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans, Linsay Brook editor." (Salt Lake City, 1989): pp 44-51.
- Dolor Davis: A Sketch of His Life by Horace Davis, p 32
- Statement from Phyllis J. Hughes, HFA Genealogist regarding the Myth of Joanna Coffin as the first wife of Reverend Joseph Hull, 1635 Immigrant
- "The Rev Hull Company"; online biographical material, Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild (accessed 2014). The apparent date of 20 Mar 1633/4 shown here might not be right - Anderson gives 1635, and uses that date with these ages to estimate birth dates. Temperance "age 9" was baptized 1625/6.
- Colonial Families of the United States of America, Via Ancestry.com
- Hull, Amy Eleanore E: Rev Joseph Hull and Some of his Descendants : Stonebraker Brothers Company, Baltimore 1904 archive.org
- Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, Vol: 1-3 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995)
- Great Migration Newsletter
- Weygant, Charles H • “Hull Family in America” : Hull Family Association; Pittsfield, Maine 1913 p 251 • archive.org
- Congregational Churches and Ministers in Rockingham County, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.) Vol 1 p 247
- "Rev. Joseph Hull came from England, and settled in Weymouth, MA, in 1635. He resigned in 1639, and afterwards preached at the Isles of Shoals. He is mentioned as "of the Isle of Sholes," by Dr Cotton Mather, in his list of the first class of New England mninisters. [Magnalia, Col I, B 3.]"
- Weis, Frederick Lewis • “Colonial Clergy and Colonial Churches of New England” : Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy; Lancaster, Massachusetts 1936 p 113 https://archive.org/details/colonialclergyco00weis/page/113/mode/1up? view=theater
- Thurtle, Robert Glenn and Lillian S King • “Pedigrees of Descendants of Colonial Clergy“ : Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, Ann Arbor 1976 p 113 https://archive.org/details/colonialclergyco00weis/page/113/mode/1up?view=theater
- Worthington, Dorothy • “Rhode Island Land Evidences, Abstracts 1648-1696” : Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence 1921 Vol 1 p 235 https://archive.org/details/rhodeislandlande00wort/page/235/mode/1up?view=theater
- Weymouth Historical Society Publications (The Weymouth Historical Society, 1881) No 1 p 19
- Wikipedia: Joseph_Hull
- https://commonheroes3.wordpress.com/12th-generation/hull-joseph-agnes/
- David Boatman, The Hull Family Register ... Supplement (1976), 10-17 ; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 1036711 (Item 5), Digital Collection DGS 7832704, images 425-457 of 987, at 427 for 11-17.
- Perley, Sidney • “History of Salem” : Record Publishing Company, Salem 1926 Vol II p 3
- Cutter, William Richard • “New England Families” : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1913 Vol II pp 707-709
- Spencer, Wilbur D “Pioneers on Maine Rivers” : Genealogical Publishing Company Inc Baltimore 1973 pp 141, 144
- Scales, John “Piscataqua Pioneers” : Charles F Whitehouse; Dover, New Hampshire 1919 pp 104-106
- Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet & Pulsifer, David. Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England (AMS Press, New York, 1855) Vol 1 pp 126, 137
- Shurtleff, Nathaniel B • “Records of the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay in New England 1628–1686” : W White, Printer; Boston 1853 Vol I pp 223, 235, 239, 242, 250
- Hosmer, James Kendall • John Winthrop’s Journal “History of New England” : Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York 1908 Vol I p 154
- Hosmer, James Kendall John Winthrop’s Journal “History of New England” : Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York 1908 Vol II pp 99, 219
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![Tristram Hull son of Rev Joseph Hull 1. [S2164] The Hull Family in America, Charles H. Weygant, compiler, (Bartlesville, Oklahoma: The Hull Family Association, 1913). Hereinafter cited as The Hull Family in America.](/photo.php/thumb/2/2a/Hull-216-2.jpg/300px-Hull-216-2.jpg)
- The Wives of Joseph Hull Oct 4, 2017.
Rejected matches › Joseph Nathan Hull (1809-1875) › Joseph Nathan Hull Jr. › Joseph Hull (1739-) › Joseph Hull (-bef.1818) › Joseph Hull › Joseph Hull (1834-) › Joseph H Hull (-1893) › Joseph Hull (1706-bef.1768) › Joseph Hull Jr (abt.1622-aft.1647)
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See: https://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2013/02/reverend-joseph-hull-of-somerset.html
Ann
Had the horrible feeling it didn’t show the record.
Ann
Could you go ahead and include the citation under “see also?”
Ann
Ann
If there are not reliable sources that support other data, may we update the sequence of the children's birth order (and birth dates/years) to follow Anderson? This would include updating the estimated date of Griselda Hull's birth.
Thank you in advance for any assistance you are able to provide.--Gene
Edited to add: For the older children, Anderson generally cites Hotten.
edited by GeneJ X
Marriage: "Somerset Marriage Index"
FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 10 August 2022)
Joseph Hull marriage to Agnes Hunt on 13 Mar 1633 in Wells, Somerset, England. </ref>
I’ll have a look as the licence may be in the Act Books
Ann
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008092306?cat=1057793
Ann
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/696346?availability=Family%20History%20Library
This may be a brother of Joseph
Detail Source Name: Hull, Thomas Dates: 1636 Place: Crewkerne, Somerset, England Book: Burialls (Burial) Collection: Somerset: - Calendar of Wills, 1537-1799, and Administration in the Court of the Archdeacon of Taunton Volume: Calendar of Wills in Bundles. 1597--1799. Chapter: Part 1. Wills in Registers 1537-1593. Text: Hull, Thomas, Crewkerne 75 1635
Edited to add, the register is fairly easy to read
Ann
edited by Ann Browning
Josephe, child of Thomas Hull, was baptised on 30 March 1593 in Crewkerne, Somerset, England.<ref> Baptism: "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812"
Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\crew/2/1/1
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60856 #2095656 (accessed 27 July 2022)
Josephe Hull baptism on 30 Mar 1593, child of Thomas Hull, in Crewkerne, Somerset, England. </ref>
First name(s) Joseph Last name Hull Junior Birth year - Baptism year 1594 Baptism date 30 Mar 1594 Denomination Anglican Place Crewkerne County Somerset Country England Father's first name(s) Thomas Father's last name Hull Junior Mother's first name(s) - Event type Baptisms, marriages & burials Archive Somerset Archives Document type Parish records Page 114 Archive reference D/P/CREW 2/1/1 Year range 1558-1650 Record set Somerset Baptism Index Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Parish Baptisms Collections from England, Great Britain
Ann
Hull, Joseph pleb. St. Mary Hall, matric. 22 May, 1612, aged 17; B.A. 14 Nov., 1614; rector of Northleigh, Devon, 1621, one of these names ejected in 1662 from the rectory of St. Buryan, Cornwall. See Calamy, i. 349; & Foster's Index Eccl.
edited by Ann Browning
It's a lot of work to try and do high-quality research and writing and to do it all manually while collaborating with lots of other folks but it's worthwhile. Glad you are enjoying your experience and best of luck with your genealogy research!
I don't see any reason to categorize him elsewhere but I suspect that someone who watches this profile can comment with some authority on this topic.
edited by M. Hebert
What a great find. Thx for sharing. I just discovered that Rev. Joseph Hull, deputy to the MA General Court, was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (AHAC) of MA. Thus his descendants are eligible to join the lineage society AHAC. Linda Alcott Maples
edited by Jill Piggott
This means Hull's unnamed first wife died in Northleigh, not Crewkerne as often given. He resigned from Northleigh when he married Agnes and moved the family to Crewkerne, his hometown. His first wife died in or shortly after childbirth, and he had 6 other young children to care for. The logic of these dates and places makes practical sense.
CCEd Record ID: 86746 - Linked to person: Hull, Joseph 1619-1633
Qualification: BA. Ordination Date 23 May 1619, Silverton Parish Church. Clerical Status: deacon. Letters Dimissory: No.
Appointed Rector, Northleigh: 28/3/1622. Source: Devon RO, Chanter 218 (Visitation Book). Ordinary/Jurisdiction: Cary, Valentine/Exeter 1621-26.
Resigned as Rector, Northleigh: 14/3/1633. Source: Devon RO, Chanter 22 (Register). Ordinary/Jurisdiction: Hall, Joseph/Exeter 1627-1641.
Appointment: 17/4/_ : Curate, Broadway. Source: SRO, D/D/Vc 58 (Subscription Book). Ordinary/Jurisdiction: Piers, William/Bath & Wells 1632-1670
Hull, Joseph. ID 57456. Clergy of the Church of England Database. https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?PersonID=57456
edited by Jill Piggott
"Several years ago, when I began compiling a book on the Rev. Joseph Hull and a line of his descendants, I decided to try to verify more about the life of Joanna Coffin and to especially obtain some dates. I also decided to try to trace back to the original source of this information. I was successful in this regard. Joanna Coffin, given as the first wife of the Rev. Joseph Hull, was a theory originally promulgated and published by another early-day (turn-of-the-century) Hull researcher, Orra Eugene Monnette, in some of his publications. He also contributed much information to the Rev. Joseph Hull branch of The Hull Family in America. He had some scanty circumstantial evidence for believing that Joanna Coffin was the first wife:
1. Rev. Joseph's first daughter was named Joanna. However Rev. Joseph's mother was also named Joane. 2. Rev. Joseph's third child was named Tristram and Joanna Coffin had a brother named Tristram; both were children of Peter Coffin and Johan/Joanna Thember. 3. The Coffins lived in Brixton, Devonshire, and Rev. Joseph Hull had ministries in Devon in Northleigh and Silferton/Silverton and earlier was at Colytn. 4. Tristram Coffin emigrated to the colonies and lived in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, where the Rev. Joseph Hull also lived for a short period of time.
One of the first steps in solving this problem was to investigate the English parish records. In my research in these original English church records, I found the baptismal record for Joanna Coffin. Joanna Coffin was baptized 29 Dec 1616 in Brixton, Devon, England, the daughter of Peter Coffin. Immediately, I saw that the date of her baptism would not support the conclusion that she had married the Rev. Joseph Hull for she was much too young.
Rev. Joseph's first child, Joanna, was born in the winter of 1619/1620. Rev. Joseph and his first wife would have married ca. 1618-9. Since the normal practice was to baptize progeny as infants, Joanna was probably only about three years old, at the most, when the Rev. Joseph Hull married for the first time. Thus Joanna Coffin, the daughter of Peter Coffin of the parish of Brixton, Devonshire, England, was far too young to have been the first wife of the Rev. Joseph Hull and have had children as early as she did. I also found that Joanna was a minor when Peter Coffin wrote his Will in 1627. Mr. Monnette has for several years been debunked by serious genealogists for the many incorrect judgments which he has made.
...No mention of either wife has ever been found. We do know that his second wife was named Agnes, as evidenced by (1) the 1635 shipping list (2) a 1645 York, Maine deed and (3) the 1665 Probate papers of the Rev. Joseph Hull which are also found in York, York County, Maine."
Hughes, Phyllis J. "The Myth of Joanna Coffin, Given as First Wife of the Rev. Joseph Hull, 1635 Immigrant." Hull Family Association Journal, vol 12, no. 1 (spring 2001): p 23. www.hullfamilyassociation.org/back_issues_recent.shtml
See also Phyllis J. Hughes, “Common Errors In the Joseph Hull Line,." www.hullfamilyassociation.org/genealogist_errors_joseph.shtml
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Writing in the 19th century, Barnstable historian Amos Otis put it plainly: Plymouth Colony "granted" Nauset land to an Englishman named Collicut who "came to Mattakeese, surveyed certain lands, and appropriated some of them to his own particular use." When Collicut failed to build homes there, Plymouth passed the land to Hull and Thomas Dimmock. The latter was "appointed by the Colony Court to exercise the Barnstablemen in their arms" (p 336). The arms were the point of the place: the English were outnumbered and wanted a line of defense (or offense).
Throughout New England and the Canadian Maritimes, native and non-native communities are partnering to return indigenous place names to the region's maps.
I'm writing an article about Hull and have added about 50 sources with reading notes into his entry on Family Search. I'd be glad to hear from others who also have an interest in the family.
Joseph Hull. Family Search. [1]
National Park Service. "The Archeology of Outer Cape Cod." [2]
Otis, Amos. "Genealogical notes of Barnstable families, being a reprint of the Amos Otis papers, originally published in the Barnstable patriot." Ed CF Swift. 1888-90. [3]