Thomas Bull (1744 - 1837)

Born 28 May 1744 in Chester, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Hunter) Bull — married 28 Feb 1771 in Whiteland, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1837 at age 93 in Nantmeal township, Warwick, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Colonel Thomas Bull was a Prisoner of War during American Revolutionary War.

Colonel Thomas Bull served with Chester County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Thomas Bull is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A016799.

Military Service commission of Lieut. Colonel, and was attached to the corps called the Flying Camp. Thomas Bull, 1776, was captured at Fort Washington and suffered on the prison ship "Jersey." He received a pension. He was born in Chester county, 1744, where he died, 1837.

VILLAGE RECORD, July 19, 1837 Departed this life at his residence in East Nantmeal township, Chester county, on the 13th inst. Col. Thomas Bull, in the 94th year of his age.

It is due to the memory and character of the deceased, that something more than the mere notice of his death should be presented to the public. He was one of our revolutionary patriots, and acted a conspicuous part in our struggles for liberty. At the commencement of the war he received the commission of Lieut. Colonel, and was attached to the corps called the Flying Camp. They immediately marched to York Island, where they entered into conflict with the British forces. The superior numbers of the latter soon caused the Americans to retreat to Fort Washington. They were pursued by the enemy, and after a brave and spirited resistance were compelled to yield themselves prisoners of war. The Col. in company with Col. Ethan Allen, and several others, was then taken to the Jersey prison ship, where he was closely confined, and for three days deprived of food. He remained a prisoner for eighteen months, at the end of which time he was exchanged, and returned to his family at Warwick Furnace.

When our Independence had been achieved, he was called upon by his fellow citizens, to aid in remodeling the constitution of his native state, and was likewise for many years a member of the Legislature of the commonwealth, the duties of which he discharged with entire satisfaction to his constituents. Col. Bull sustained all the duties of private life with exemplary fidelity. He was an affectionate husband, a kind parent, and an obliging neighbor. In him it may truly be said, the poor have lost a friend. [1]

Thomas second married in 1819. to Mrs. Lydia Crowell of Cape May, New Jersey. She died there in 1842, her will being registered there that year. He died July 13, 1837, and is buried with his first wife in the churchyard of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Warwick, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Sources

Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 29 Dec 2018), "Record of Thomas Bull", Ancestor # A016799.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Jersey_(1736)

Lineage Book, Volume 12 By Daughters of the American Revolution Pg 117 Also Nos. 870, 4026, 4256, 6751, 6924, 7604, 10781.

Thomas Bull Obituary from the Villiage Record

Find A Grave Index Name Thomas Bull Event Type Burial Event Date 1837 Event Place Warwick, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America Photograph Included N Birth Date 28 May 1744 Death Date 13 Jul 1837 Affiliate Record Identifier Find A Grave: Memorial #70131107 Cemetery Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery Citing this Record "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2J-168F : 13 December 2015), Thomas Bull, 1837; Burial, Warwick, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery; citing record ID 70131107, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Record of the Descendents of John and Elizabeth Bull, Early Settlers pg 13

Chester, PA

St James Pew Registery

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