Edward Hull (1741 - 1804)

Born 1 Mar 1741 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Weeden) Hull — married 18 Nov 1762 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island Colony

Descendants

Died 1804 at about age 62 in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Edward Hull was born on 1 March 1741/42 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island.^[1][2][3] He was the son of Robert Hull and Thankful Ball.^[1][2][3][4]

He married Mary Weeden on 18 November 1762 in Jamestown, Rhode Island.^[1][2][3][4]

Edward died in 1804 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island.^[3][4] New Shoreham is coextensive with Block Island, Rhode Island.

Research Notes

Mistaken identity: Edward Hull or Robert Hull?

There are several sources that identify Robert Hull instead of Edward Hull as the wife of Mary Weeden. This error first appeared under the heading "New Shoreham Births and Deaths" on page 27 of Vital record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850, Volume 4 published in 1893.^[1] The phrase "of Robert and Mary" in the entry for Alice Hull (born 1764) and five of her siblings should instead be "of Edward and Mary" (referring to Edward Hull and Mary Weeden).

In contrast, the page listing "Jamestown Marriages" does correctly show "Edward Hull" as the husband of Mary Weeden.^[1]

References to several alternative sources that were not derived from the faulty Vital record of Rhode Island page have been added to this profile and they correctly show Edward Hull as the husband of Mary Weeden and the father of their children.^[2][3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Arnold
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Genealogies of Rhode Island Families
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Livermore
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Weygant

• Arnold, James Newell. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., Providence, R.I., 1893) Vol. 4, Newport County contains:

• New Shoreham, Births and Deaths, Page 27: Under a line that identifies the parents as Robert Hull and Thankful: "Edward, March 1, 1741-2". This page also includes an entry for "Alice [Hull], born Oct. 28, 1764" that incorrectly identifies her parents with the phrase "of Robert and Mary" when in fact her parents were "Edward [Hull]and Mary [Weeden]". The page also lists five of Alice's siblings.
• Jamestown, Marriages, Page 10: "Edward [Hull], of Robert, and Thankful, and Mary Weeden, of Daniel and Johannah; m. by Joseph Underwood, Warden, Nov. 18, 1762"

• Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1989) Vol. 2 (Niles - Wilson) Page 355.

• Livermore, Samuel Truesdale. A History of Block Island (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1877) Page 332.

• Weygant, Charles H. The Hull Family in America (Sun Printing Co., Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1913) #617, Page 283, Page 299.

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 February 2022), memorial page for Capt Edward Hull (1741–11 Sep 1804), Find A Grave: Memorial #83103989, citing Island Cemetery, New Shoreham, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA; Maintained by Researcher (contributor 47314859). The gravestone inscription is unreadable in the photo attached to this record.