Meshack Hull was under age 14 when his father's will was written on 1 Jan 1747/8 which implies that Meshack was born after 1733. [1]
In May 1749, Meshack was mentioned in his grandmother's will. Meshack was the son of Benjamin Hull and Rhoda Martin. His father Benjamin Hull was the son of Benjamin Hull and Sarah Drake (daughter of Rev. John Drake). Widowed Sarah Drake later married Israel Folsom and the widowed Sarah Folsom wrote her will on 2 May 1749. The will was proved 22 May 1749. In the will, Sarah left a bequest to several of her grandchildren including her Grand Son Mesheck Hull Son of Benjamin Hull.[2]
The marriage bond for the marriage of Masheck Hull and Elizabeth Dunn was signed by Masheck Hull and Elijah Dunham on 3 Mar 1764 (Middlesex County, New Jersey).[3]
On 2 May 1776, Meshack Hull purchased a tract of land in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (from Thomas and John Martson), recorded 1811, Deed Book 18, page 521.[4]
Meshack Hull one of 6 elected and chosen trustees for the Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, 21 Mar 1788, per the Hunterdon New Jersey Deed book 1, page 266, item titled: Corporation of the Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem
John Opdycke and Meshack's son-in-law George D. Wells were given Letters of Administration for the estate of Meshack Hull on 18 Dec 1816 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The Orphan Court Minutes (Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Feb 1817) state that his land descended to his children and grandchildren. Because his heirs included the minor children of his deceased children, the division could not be done "by argument". The Orphan Court Minutes of Hunterdon County, New Jersey in Feb 1825 identified his heirs: James Hull, Mary Wells and the children of deceased children Rachel Myers and Phineas Hull.
The Orphan Court Minutes of Hunterdon County, New Jersey identifes his children and some of his grandchildren. An petition for division of real estate of the estate of "Mashil Hull" deceased identifies the heirs of Meshack Hull:
The heirs sold this land; the deeds from the children of Phineas Hull, identified the relationship to Phineas Hull and to Meshack Hull in each deed. Although all seven of the children of Phineas Hull resided in Pennsylvania in Feb 1825 when they requested the division of property, six of the seven resided in Richland County, Ohio in 1835 when the property was sold.[7]
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