Benjamin Hull (1639 - abt. 1713)

Born 24 Mar 1639 in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (York) Hull — married before 1668 in NH

Descendants

Died about 1713 at about age 73 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey

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Biography

From Col. Weygant's work, The Hull family in America (?1913),^[1]

CAPT. BENJAMIN HULL, 1639-1713, of Oyster River (Durham) and Dover in N. H., and Piscataqua, N. J., son of (1) Rev. Joseph Hull and his wife Agnes, was married about the year 1668 to Rachel York.(*)

He was baptized at Hingham, Mass., Mar. 22, 1639, by Rev. Mr. Hobert. In 1659 he had a grant for a considerable tract of land southwest of Lamphrey Falls, and from 1659 to 1669 paid taxes at Oyster River. At the commencement of the Indian wars he was a member of Capt. Robert Mason's troop of horse, and was subsequently commissioned Captain. For several years previous to 1676 he lived at or near Cocheco (Dover), in the heart of the Piscataqua country. On Mar. 22, 1678, he deeded his land at Dover to one John Rand, and removed to Piscataqua, Middlesex Co., N. J., where he had previously purchased 498 acres of land. In the year last named he was granted a license to keep a tavern in said New Piscataqua. It is said that the business of hotel keeping then established by him was carried on continuously under the Hull name for nearly two hundred years. The records show numerous transfers of land to and from him.

from Founders of New Jersey, some additions to Weygaunt: it is "New Piscataqua", and the township was Piscataway. "In 1677, the area that became the village of Piscataway was purchased from two Indian chiefs, Canackawack and Thingorawis."

(*) Richard York, of Dover, N. H., in his will dated 1672, mentions his daughter "Ratchell Halle." It is quite probable that the writer of the will wrote Halle when he should have written Hull, see N. H. State Papers, Vol. XXX page 134.

Weygant (?1913) lists the children of Benjamin Hull as,^[2]

Elizabeth Hull, b. May 5, 1669; m. 1690, Thomas Higgins.

Grace Hull, b. May 5, 1672; m. 1692, Nicholas Fitz Randolph.

Joseph Hull, b. Jan. 9, 1674; d. 1743; m. (2nd) Hannah Stapley,(3rd) Frances (???)

Rachel Hull, b. July 9, 1676; m. 1694, John Dennis.

Sarah Hull, b. Sept. 27, 1678; m. 1696, Benjamin Carle.

Benjamin Hull, b. Apr. 4, 1680; d. 1732; m. 1704, Sarah Drake.

Temperance Hull, b. Dec. 28, 1683; m. Joseph Manning.

Tristram Hull, b. Aug. 23, 1685; d. Oct. 10, 1687.

Tristram Hull, b. May 18, 1688; m. about 1715.

Hopewell Hull, b. 16--; d. Apr. 3, 1693.

Martha Hull, b. 16--; d. Dec. 5, 1694.

Research Notes

Benjamin Hull Miscellaneous Sources

Errors in Weygant, The Hull Family in America (1913). See Phyllis J. Hughes, HFA Genealogist, ret., "Common Errors in the Joseph Hull line"; web content, The Hull Family Association."Benjamin Hull, was not a Captain in the Troop of Horse in New Hampshire. This service is for another Hull in 1676–79, whose given name is not known and occurred after Benjamin Hull had already moved to New Jersey and had been a resident there since 1668."

1697 deed. Jeremy Andress, citing William Nelson, Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey 1664-1703 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), 282,^[3]

1697‐8 March 10. Confirmation to John Royse, Thomas Higgens, Edward Slater, John Drake, Edmund Dunham, John Smallie, Wm. Sutton, Thomas Sutten, Judah Sutten, Capt. Geo. Drake, Benjamin Corle, Justinian Hall, Benjamin Hull, Capt. Samuel Walker, Hugh Dun, John Molleson, Walter Robison, Joseph Rendolph, Charles Smallier, Isaac Smallie and Jedediah Higgens, all of Piscataway, for small tract of meadow there, on the Northside of Rariton R., West of the lower landing.

Sources

1. ↑ Charles H. Weygant, The Hull family in America ([?1913]), 254-255, for Capt. Benjamin (10) Hull entry; digital images, Internet Archive (accessed 2014).
2. ↑ Charles H. Weygant, The Hull family in America ([?1913]), 254-255, for Capt. Benjamin (10) Hull entry; digital images, Internet Archive (accessed 2014).
3. ↑ Jeremy Andress, "Benjamin Hull, 1639-1713, NJ Records," Hull Surname Forum message post of October 24, 2002; web content, GenForum, for various transcribed entries, citing William Nelson, Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey 1664-1703 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), p. 36, 42, 60, 63, 113, 120, 126, 137, 140, 167, 194, 198, 202, 220, 233. 237. 240, 242, 266, 273, 277, 282, 299, 310, 331 and 333.

See also--

• Robert C. Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England|The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Vol. III: G-H (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), 452-460 (Joseph Hull) at 456; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.org, Benjamin Hull in Joseph Hull child list.
• The Hull Family in America, compiled by Charles H. Weygant. Published 1913 by Sun Printing Co., Hull Family Association. 647 Pages. Available online via Openlibrary.org.
• Founders of New Jersey: First Settlements, Colonists, and Biographies by Descendants, Evelyn Hunt Ogden, 3rd Ed., 2016, p.49. Available online via Wayback Machine.
• Contributions to East Jersey by William A. Whitehead, 1856 p 401. Reprinted in First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge Olde East Jersey 1664-1714 by Orra Eugene Monnette, Part 1, Leroy Carmen Press, CA 1930 pgs. 70-71.
• Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Water Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine, Southworth Press [originally in 5 parts, paginated consecutively], 1928-1938; rpt, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), in particular,

Philip "Teag" Cartee. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Water Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine, Southworth Press [originally in 5 parts, paginated consecutively], 1928-1938; rpt, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 130; digital images, InternetArchive (borrow), especially for Philip Cartee married, 23 September 1668, Elizabeth York.

Salathiel Denbo. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Water Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine, Southworth Press [originally in 5 parts, paginated consecutively], 1928-1938; rpt, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 192 (1-Salathiel [Denbo], born about 1642); digital images, InternetArchive (borrow), saying his wife may have been a ______ Roberts; she married (2) William Graves. Authors refer to "Ancestry of Lydia Harmon, Davis, 1924, pp. 26-28."

John Gilman. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Water Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine, Southworth Press [originally in 5 parts, paginated consecutively], 1928-1938; rpt, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012, 264 (10-John Gilman, son of 4-Edward Gilman); digital images, InternetArchive (borrow), especially for his age, 27 and "Jr." in 1677, married 31 May 1675, Grace York, daughter of Richard; her sister married Philip Cartee.

William Graves. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Water Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine, Southworth Press [originally in 5 parts, paginated consecutively], 1928-1938; rpt, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012, 283 (6-William Graves, aged about 60 in August 1685); digital images, InternetArchive (borrow), especially for his first marriage, before October 1680, to Elizabeth, the widow of Richard York; Graves married (2) the widow of Salanthiel Denbo.

William Pitman. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Water Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine, Southworth Press [originally in 5 parts, paginated consecutively], 1928-1938; rpt, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012, 558 (11-William Graves, blacksmith, Oyster River); digital images, InternetArchive (borrow), including "In 1657 he liv. on lan of Wm. Roberts who deeded to him and s. Ezekiel n 1664, giving rise to suppos. that the w. Ann was a Roberts, but Wm. had no such daughter."

Capt. Benjamin Hull. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Water Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine, Southworth Press [originally in 5 parts, paginated consecutively], 1928-1938; rpt, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012, 357 (1-Capt. Benjamin Hull; Oyster River, Dover); digital images, InternetArchive (borrow), especially for marriage, about 1668, Rachel York, daughter of Richard; saying five of Benjamin's eleven children appear born in New Hampshire; all married in New Jersey, "save 3 d. y." Included in his children is daughter, born 27 September 1678, Sarah Hull.

Rev. Joseph Hull. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Water Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine, Southworth Press [originally in 5 parts, paginated consecutively], 1928-1938; rpt, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012, 357-358 (6-Rev. Joseph Hull; York, Oyster River, Isles of Shoals); digital images, InternetArchive (borrow).

Richard York (1602-1672). Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Water Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine, Southworth Press [originally in 5 parts, paginated consecutively], 1928-1938; rpt, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012, 775 (3-Richard [York]); digital images, InternetArchive (borrow), including especially for his daughters, Elizabeth York married 1668, Philip Cartee, and Rachel York married 1-Benjamin Hull. Richard's daughter Grace York, not yet 18 in 1672, married 10-John Gilman.

• Martin Hollick, "Surname Saturday : York Family," blog post of April 17, 2010; web content, The Slovak Yankee.
• Edith B. Sumner, Ancestry of Edward Wales Blake and Clarissa Matilda Glidden with ninety allied families (Los Angeles, 1948), 279 (York); digital images, Hathi Trust.
• David Boatman, The Hull Family Register ... [a] Supplement (1976), 23-24 (10-Capt. Benjamin Hull); digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 1036711 (Item 5), Digital Collection DGS 7832704, images 425-457 of 987, at 433 for 23-24.
• Jeremy Andress, "Benjamin Hull, 1639-1713, NJ Records," Hull Surname Forum message post of October 24, 2002; web content, GenForum, for various transcribed entries, citing William Nelson, Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey 1664-1703 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), p. 36, 42, 60, 63, 113, 120, 126, 137, 140, 167, 194, 198, 202, 220, 233. 237. 240, 242, 266, 273, 277, 282, 299, 310, 331 and 333.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011.
• WikiTree profile Hull-1259 created through the import of JUDY-PINNER_2012-06-03-LundieAnc.ged on Jun 4, 2012 by Lundie Pinner.
• A version of this profile was entered by Greg Rose on Wednesday, March 5, 2014.