Lorenzo Hull (abt. 1805 - 1843)

Born about 1805 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Oct 1843 at about age 38 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Lorenzo was born about 1805. He passed away in 1843. Documented sources of Lorenzo's lineage have been elusive thus far. Belief is that he is the son of Zephaniah Hull and Rachel Gilbert and was born in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut.

Information contained in Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872 [database on-line], Zephaniah Hull and Rachell Gilbert had six children, 5 of the children were listed as being alive as of 1855: Elizabeth Betsey Hull Ives, John C. Hull, Lucy Hull, Eben Hull and Curtiss Hull. The deceased child was not named.

The record indicates that one of the children had suffered an accident causing an injury to a hip and was referred to by witnesses as being "a cripple". The year of the documentation and the age of the do not disqualify Lorenzo as being this child.

The record also sheds light on the lack of genealogical records as Rachel Gilbert made application to receive Zephaniah's pension, after his passing in 1841. Rachel lamented that the church where they were married did not keep records and the family bible, which contained the information, was lost when the family needed to move from their home in Cornwall to Litchfield (witnesses mentioned that the family had fallen on hard times due to medical expenses of the child's injury and illness of Rachel. Zephaniah was unable to maintain his farm and sold his land and other assets to pay creditors.

Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., . Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.Based on his approximate year of birth,

Sources

Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7080476?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a2242364a64536a476f4b615168634535434653564f6c6c395a3568776e53562b396832664976436b74714d343d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d

1840 United States Federal Census (Connecticut/Litchfield/Litchfield) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7080550?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a225669486d39734b2b4b556d76706a6c474c4e7335516c65797661456b5458534c766d6b42345058557468413d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d

Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/996930:2900?tid=172367039&pid=372237679963&queryId=25ec563c0b1cc05900fb65f7f7e0a5a5&_phsrc=913924126&_phstart=successSource

The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 17

List of surviving children of Ze0haniah Hull and Rachel Gilbert as of 1855: found in U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900; page https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/30159:1995;