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Josias Hull (bef. 1616 - 1675)

Lieut. Josias "Josiah" Hull
Born before in Crewkerne, Somerset, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 20 May 1640 in Windsor, Connecticutmap
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Died after age 59 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticutmap
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Biography

Josias Hull immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

JOSIAH (Josias) HULL, of Killingworth was the eldest son of George Hull and his wife Thamzen (Michell) Hull,and was baptized at Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England, 10 November 1616,[1][2]

He sailed to New England in 1632, at age 16 years with his parents and siblings: Mary, 14; Martha, 12; Elizabeth, 7; Cornelius, 4; and possibly brother Joshua, 2; and sister Naomi whose birth is estimated at 1632.[3]Schenck says they sailed on the ship Mary and John,[4]but Anderson in "Great Migration Begins" does not agree since Joshua was baptized in Crewkerne on November 5, 1630 and the first record of his father George Hull was when he was admitted as a freeman on March 4, 1632/3.[5]

The family, and others in the party first settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts which was a neck of land in Massachusetts Bay Colony originally called Mattapan by the Indians. He with his father, brother-in-law, Humphrey Pinney (husband of Mary Hull), and others removed to the valley of the Connecticut River and they founded the town of Windsor in 1636. We find them there as farmers and owners of adjoining lands.[1][2]

We learn from the Connecticut Colonial Records that he was a co-defendant in a suit for L30 by Thomas Ford of Windsor.[3]He was a member of the Grand Jury on July 16, 1660 and was one of those on a list who paid 6 shillings for seating in the Meeting House on July 18, 1659.[1][2]

Militarily, he was one of the dragoons at Windsor who received a powder pouch from Thomas Dibble in July 1667 and a confirmed lieutenant of the train band of Killingworth in October 1666.[3]

On May 20, 1641 at Windsor, he married Elizabeth Loomis born probably at Braintree, England about 1620.[3] Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph Loomis and his wife, Mary White whom he married in England on June 30, 1614.[1]Joseph Loomis, before coming to New England, was a woolen draper of Braintree, Essex County, England. They came to New England on the ship "Susan and Ellen," leaving England in 1638 when Elizabeth was 18 years old.[1][3]

At Windsor, Josiah had a lot granted to him that was twelve rods wide.[6]He was on the General Court from Windsor in 1659, 1660, and 1662.[3]On March 7, 1664 he sold his seat in the Meeting House to Nathaniel Bissell[1]as well he sold his lot and house[6]in his preparation to move to Killingworth in 1662-63.[3]He was one of the first settlers at Killingworth which was originally called Hammonascet. Then the name was designated as Kennelworth until it was by mistake recorded as Killingworth and that was the name that finally prevailed.[1]

Josiah Hull is on a list of freemen from the Town of Killingworth in 1669. At Killingworth, he was chosen first Town Recorder October 2, 1665; was Lieutenant of Train Band in 1666 Deputy to the General Court 1659, 1660, 1662, 1667, and 1674;[1][4]and Commissioner in 1671.[3]

He died at Killingworth on November 16, 1675.[1][4][7][3]

The Eleven children of Josiah Hull and his wife Elizabeth (Loomis) Hull
all except last born at Windsor:
  1. Josiah was born September 6, 1642 and died September, 1670 at Killingworth.[3] He married Elizabeth (______)[2][1]who later married (2nd) (_____) Tallmadge.[3]
  2. John was born December 17, 1644 and died July 24, 1728 at Killingworth.[3]He married Abigail Kelsey[1] on December 3, 1688.[2]She was born at Hartford on April 19, 1645 the daughter of William Kelsey; died at Killingworth on May 17, 1717.[3]
  3. Elizabeth was born on February 18, 1647. She married Israel Dibble[2][1]at Windsor on November 28, 1661. Israel was born at Windsor August 29, 1637 son of Thomas and Miriam Dibble. He died at Windsor on December 11, 1697.[3]
  4. Mary was born October 2, 1648 and died June 29, 1720.ref Name=Weygant/>She married 1st John Grant[1]on August 2, 1666 at Windsor.[2]He was born at Windsor on September 30, 1642 to parents Matthew and Priscilla Grant. He died at Windsor on July 22, 1684. Mary married (2nd at Windsor on November 3, 1686 to John Cross who died July 23, 1721.[3]
  5. Martha was born June 10 1650 and died after 1677. She married John Nettleton[1][2]of Killingworth, son of Samuel Nettleton of Milford on May 29, 1669. He died at Killingworth on March 18, 1690/1.[3]
  6. Joseph was born August 10, 1652 and died in 1709[2][3]His wife's name is unknown, but he did marry about 1676.[2]Weygant in his book, "The Hull Family In America states that his wife's name was Mary Merwin.[1]Early New England Families gives no name for the wife but says she "is said to have married" John Mentor.[3]
  7. Sarah was born April 9, 1654.[2][1]
  8. Naomi was born February 17, 1656[2]or 1657[1]and died after November 1, 1726.[3] She married Thomas Burnham on January 4, 1676-77[2][4]at Killingworth. He was the son of Thomas and Ann (Wright?) Burnham born about 1649 and died at Hartford on March 19, 1726.[3]
  9. Rebecca was born August 10, 1659 at Killingworth.[2][1]
  10. George was born April 28, 1662 and died September, 1670[2][1]at Killingworth.
  11. Thomas was born May 21 or May 29, 1665 at Killingworth, baptized at Windsor on July 30, 1665 and died in 1720. He married Hannah Sheather on December 10, 1685[2][1]at Killingworth; daughter of John and Susannah (_____) Sheather of Guilford. She died in 1714.[3]

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Col. Weygant, compiler, "The Hull Family in America" (Published by the Hull Family Association)1913. pp 14-19.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Ferris, Mary Walton. "Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes"(privately printed) 1931. Vol II, p. 461 - 462
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) subscribers$
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbel. "History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Publication'""(Self-published, New York) 1889. Vol. I, p. 381, 382.
  5. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Sketch of George Hull.subscribers$
  6. 6.0 6.1 Trumbull, J. Hammond."The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884"(Edward L. Osgood, Publisher, Boston) 1886. Vol. II, p. 553.
  7. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870(Barbour Collection). Killingworth Vital Records 1667-1850.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1063/VBMDUSACT1634_0021-0067/72113?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/21932342/person/19063828398/facts/citation/323804660712/edit/record subscribers]
See Also
  • Source: S1168 Author: Gregath, Ann Cochrane and Cook, Fredea Gregath Title: "Early New England Families and Some of Their Descendants Publication": Name: The Gregath Publishing Company; Location: Wyandotte, Oklahoma; Date: 1992; Repository: #R10
  • Jacobus, Donald Lines. "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield,"(The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven, Connecticut) 1930. vol. 1, p. 307.link
  • Torry, Clarence A.. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD)2004. Josias, Josiah & Elizabeth Loomis; 20 May 1641 at Windsor CT/ Killingworth, CT. p. 401.subscribers




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This person immigrated to New England between 1621-1640 as a Minor Child (under age 21 at time of immigration) of a Puritan Great Migration immigrant who is profiled in Robert Charles Anderson's Great Migration Directory (or is otherwise accepted by the Puritan Great Migration (PGM) Project).

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posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
profile updated with latest research from "Early New England Families."
For the latest research, see Early New England Families by Alicia Crane Williams. Source added to this profile.
posted by Michael Stills
Was just wondering why Josiah is a questionable Magna Carta Gateway Ancestor? Have u not found the link. I can tell you I'm a direst descendant of Josiah and to 5 Magna Carta Surety Barons, but neither a Hull or a Foote makes the list of Gateways. How can we find out? if u need any help with this let me know, I would be willing to help.
Latest research published in "Early Families of New England". See "Josias Hull (m.1641)" http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=260063610
posted by Rick Pierpont

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