Paul Hulse (abt. 1719 - 1799)

Born about 1719 in Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, NY

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Died 7 Feb 1799 at about age 80 in Middle Island, Suffolk County, Long Island, NY

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Paul Hulse is the first one of this family whose direct line can be definitely traced. There can be no doubt but that he was the grandson of Richard and Hanna Hulse who were in Brookhaven, L.I. between 1665-1670 but through which son is not known. In a deed given by Paul’s son Caleb Mapes Hulse he mentions “land that was my father’s” but a thorough search at Riverhead fails to reveal any land belonging to Paul, owning no doubt to deeds being unrecorded.

Paul Hulse was a Deacon in the Presbyterian Church at Middle Island, L.I., and is buried in its cemetery across the road from its edifice and his gravestone shows that he died Feb. 7, 1799 in his 91st year. He married first in Southold, L.I., Dec. 2, 1747, Esther daughter of Caleb and Tabitha (Alibon) Mapes. When she died is not known. He married second, July 22, 1773, widow Mary Filer of Drowned Meadow who survived him. He made his will at Brookhaven, Oct. 10, 1785, which was proven April 12, 1799 in which he mentions his wife Mary and bequeaths his son Isaac “the place where I live” and names his other children as Caleb M., Tabitha and Martha. This will is filed in Riverhead, L.I. Liber B. p. 43.

During the Revolutionary War, he was Deacon Paul Hulse, of the 4th Company of Militia under Capt. David Mulford, signed the Association in Brookhaven, in May 16, 1775 and June 8, 1775.** Buried at Union Cemetery, Middle Island, NY https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Hulse&GSfn=paul&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1799&GSdyrel=in&GSst=36&GScnty=2029&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=32943664&df=all&

Sources

• • (The Refugees of 1776 from L.I. to Conn. pp. 1060 and 1061.)

• [S012546] Colonial Families of Long Island, NY, and Connecticut Being the Ancestry & Kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith, Seversmith, Herbert Furman, (Los Angeles, 1944).

p.1540, 1546

[S013058] The Union Cemetery of the Presbyterian Parish of Middle Town, Located on the Middle County Road, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, Van Buren, Elizabeth R., (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Library).

[S013029] The Salmon records : a private register of marriages and deaths of the residents of the town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y., and of persons more or, Robbins, William A, (New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1918).