Elizabeth (Loomis) Hull (abt. 1619 - 1675)

Born about 1619 in Braintree, Essex, England

Ancestors

Wife of Josias Hull — married 20 May 1640 in Windsor, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 16 Nov 1675 at about age 56 in Killingworth, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

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

Elizabeth Loomis was probably born about 1619 in Braintree, Essex, England;^[1][2]the daughter of Joseph Loomis (son of John and Agnes Loomis) and his wife Mary White (daughter of Robert and Bridget (Allgar) White of Messing, Co. Essex, England.) Her father, a woolen-draper in Braintree, Co. Essex, England, sailed with his wife and family (five sons and three daughters) from London on April 11, 1638 on the ship Susan and Ellen and landed in Boston on July 17, 1638.^[3]

On May 20, 1640/1 at Windsor, Elizabeth Loomis married Josias (Josiah) Hull, the oldest son of George Hull and his wife Thamsen (Michell) Hull. The Hull family had migrated to New England in 1629-30 with their family.^[4][5]

Josias Hull, husband of Elizabeth (Loomis) Hull was a witness to the will of his wife's father, Joseph Loomis is found on page 23 & 122 of "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America."^[3]

Both Elizabeth and her husband are listed among those who came from Dorchester to Windsor on page 10 of "Some Early Records and Documents of and relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639 - 1703."^[6]

In 1643/44 Elizabeth and Josias moved to Killingworth, Connecticut where Josias was given land on the north side of Main Street, west of Indian River.^[4]

Josias Hull died at Killingworth on November 16, 1675 leaving behind eleven children^[4]Elizabeth was still living in 1665.^[7]

Children of Elizabeth and Josias Hull^[4]

(The first nine children born at Windsor, the last two at Killingworth.)^[8]

1. Josias Hull was baptized September 6, 1642 and died September 1670 at Killingworth. He married Elizabeth _____ (surname unknown) who died 2 October 1677. He married (2nd) to _____ Tallmadge.^[2]
2. John Hull was born December 27, 1644 and died July 24, 1728 at Killingworth. He married Abigail Kelsey in 1668; the daughter of William Kelsey.^[2]
3. Elizabeth Hull was born February 18, 1647. She married Israel Dibble on November 28, 1661 at Windsor. Israel was the son of Thomas and Miriam (_____) Dibble.^[2]
4. Mary Hull was born October 2, 1648 and died 29 June 1720. She married John Grant on August 2, 1666 at Windsor. John Grant, son of Matthew and Priscilla (_____) Grant. She married (2nd) to John Cross at Windsor on November 3, 1686.^[2]
5. Martha Hull was born June 10, 1650 and died after 1677. She married at Killingworth to John Nettleton son of Samuel Nettleton of Milford.^[2]
6. Joseph Hull was born August 10, 1652 and died in 1709. His wife's name is unknown, but she is said to have married (2nd) to John Mentor.^[2]
7. Sarah Hull was born April 9, 1654.
8. Naomi Hull was born February 17, 1656 and died after March 16, 1726. She married at Killingworth on January 4, 1676/7 to Thomas Burnham son of Thomas and Ann (Wright?) Burnham.^[2]
9. Rebecca Hull was born August 10, 1659.
10. George Hull was born April 28, 1662 and died September of 1670.
11. Thomas Hull was born March 21, (or 29) 1665 and died in 1720. At Killingworth on December 10, 1685 he married Hannah Sheather daughter of John and Susannah (_____) Sheather of Guilford.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. "Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd. Montreal. (1948) p.208.see at archive.org
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Early New England Families sketch of Josias Hullsubscribers$
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America, and his antecedents in the Old World" by Loomis, Elias. copyright 1909 by Elisha Scott Loomis, pub. November 1909 Berea Ohio. , p. 121.see at archive.org.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Weygant, Col. "The Hull Family In America" Published by The Hull Family Association. pp. 14 - 19. [https://archive.org/details/hullfamilyinamer00weyg/page/18
5. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston; 1995. Sketch of George Hull.subscribers$
6. ↑ Grant 10 Matthew Grant Record "Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to The Town of Windsor, Connecticut. (1930)see at archive.org
7. ↑ Loomis, Elias. "The Descendants [By The Female Branches] of Joseph Loomis" Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven. (1880) Vol. 1, p. 59.see at archive.org.
8. ↑ Ferris, Mary Walton. "Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines" privately printed. 1931. Vol. 2, p. 462.see at hathitrust

See Also:

• Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbel, History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; Self-published; New York: 1889see at archive.org
• David Thaler, Descendants of Thomas Loomis; http://www.armidalesoftware.com/issue/full/Thaler_329_main.html#FN36
• Lechford 137link
• WiLR Windsor, Connecticut Deeds (prob not online)
• NEHGR 55:23, 24subscribers$