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The estate was settled by the children. He had been a prosper- ous merchant, and his three daughters had each £200. His estate was £3,426, Os. 1d. He d. Feb. 12, 1797, aged 51 years. Will dated 1784. His nine sons all lived to manhood, and nine finer ap- pearing brothers were never found in Connecticut. His widow's dower set out in 1798; her sons James and Thomas agreed to the distribution.
BULL, CALEB, son of Capt. Caleb, m. first, Rebecca Butler, of Harwinton, in 1763; she d. Sepc. 26, 1775, aged 27, and he m. for his second wife, Abigail Morrison, widow of Normand Morrison, ( who d. at sea) 1779. His children were, 1. Wm. W. Bull, (called Beau Bill,) 2. Mary Otis Bull, m. John King, of Westfield. His broth- ers, Thomas and James, were executors ; will dated 1797. Widow Abigail's dower set out to her in 1798. Estate, £12,380. He d. Feb. 12, 1797, aged 51 years.
BULL, SAMUEL, son of Caleb, Jun., was b. Sept. 3, 1747 ; he m. Lydia Gleason, daughter of Capt. Joseph, of Middletown, March 10, 1771 ; they had a son b. Jan. 10, 1772, and d. next day ; and on the 24th of Jan., 1772, his wife Lydia d., aged 21 years. Sam- uel, m. for his second wife, Rebecca Cotton ; she d. Nov. 1, 1810. Samuel Bull himself, d. at Middletown, in a fit, June 28, 1818, aged 71 years.
BULL, WM., son of Caleb, Jun., was b. Aug. 22, 1748 ; he m. Mary, daughter of Rev. Wm. Hart, of Saybrook, Feb. 26, 1770. Mary, his wife, d. at Saybrook, Oct. 14, 1791, and he m. for his second wife, Ursula Bull, daughter of Isaac Bull, of Litchfield. Mr. Wm. Bull d. at Litchfield, Oct. 13, 1799, aged 51. Left no issue, and gave his property to his poorest relative ; and Russell Bull
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proved himself entitled to the estate. Russell's widow is still living.
BULL, JAMES, son of Caleb, Jun., was b. Sept. 29, 1750, and d. July 8, 1751, aged nine months, with whooping cough ; James, 2d, by the name of James, son of Caleb, Jun., b. Oct. 13, 1751; he m. Martha Collier, (daughter of Hezekiah, then deceased, ) Nov. 29, 1772. James, 2d, d. Sept. 4, 1820, aged over 68 years ; had no issue. He lived at the south corner of State and Front Streets, in Hartford.
BULL, FREDERICK, son of Caleb, Jun., b. March 11, 1753 ; he m. Lydia, daughter of Maj. Josiah Griswold, of Wethersfield, Oct. 17, 1771. He d. Feb. 20, 1797, aged 44 years. Lydia, his widow, d. at N. Y. at the house of her son Frederick, Dec. 3, 1811. Children,
1. Frederick, lived in New York in 1811.
2. Lydia Royce, daughter of Frederick, d. May 7, 1832, aged 59.
3. Mrs. Martha Cook, daughter of Frederick, of St. Armand, U. C., d. Nov. 3, 1832, aged 58. She first m. J. M. Chenevard ; he d .; second, m. Cook.
One of his grand-daughters m. first, Geo. Sheldon, and had one daughter ; second, John Butler, of Hartford, and had one daughter. Clarissa, m. Russell Bull. Clarissa is yet living in West Hartford ; James d. in N. York before his brother Frederick.
Esther, b. Oct. 6, 1754, m. Amos Hosford, of Berlin, Jan. 5, 1786, and died in childbed, of fever, Nov. 30, 1786, aged 32.
BULL, GEORGE, first son of Caleb, Jun., was b. Nov. 26, 1755, and d. March 13, 1759, aged 4 years.
George Bull, second son of Caleb, Jun., by the name of George, b. March 30, 1761 ; he m. Catherine, daughter of Samuel Marsh, May, 1789 ; she d. Sept. 20, 1800, at Northampton, Mass., and in- terred at Hartford. George, d. at the house of Thomas Bull, in Hartford, Feb. 23, 1812, aged 50, interred at the North burial yard. He left no children. He was a merchant, large, and of fine ap- pearance.
BULL, HEZEKIAH, son of Caleb, Jun., of Hartford, was b. May 24, 1758. He went supercargo of a ship to Ireland ; while there he m. Miss Sarah Hoyland, an Irish lady, March 5, 1785, in the County of Kiloare. Children, 1. Maria, b. in Hartford, Jan. 2, 1786 ; 2. Esther, b. July 21st, 1787, and Emily-sons Caleb and Tho's Jefferson Bull, went to Ohio.
Hezekiah, the father, d. at Kendall, Stark County, Ohio, May 26, 1821, aged 63 years. His widow, Sarah Hoyland, d. at Loudon- ville, Ohio, June 13, 1825, aged about 62 years.
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BULL, MICHAEL, son of Caleb, Jun., was b. March 4th, 1763 ; m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Butler, Feb. 5, 1791; she was b. Sept. 17, 1770, and had issue,
1. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14, 1792, single.
2. Sarah Cadwell Bull, b. Feb. 28, 1793, single.
His wife, Elizabeth, d. March 9, 1793, aged 22 years, and he m. for his second wife, Ann Whetten, daughter of Capt. Wm. Whetten, of New York, Dec. 15, 1795; she was b. at New York, Feb. 8, 1773, and had children, viz.,
3. Margaret Ann, b. Oct 13, 1796, at N. Y., d. 1798 ; inter'd in New York.
4. Esther Mariah, b. at New York, July 7.
5. Col. John Whitten, b. Oct. 13, 1800, of Hartford ; m. Mary King, of Ms.
6. 2d Margarett Ann, b. Sept. 3; now resides at Hartford, unmarried.
7. Morgan, b. Sept. 10, 1804, d. April 30, 1816, aged 11.
8. Mary Howard, b. at Hartford, where she resides.
9. Stella B., b. Feb. 13, 1810, m. Francis J. Huntington, Esq.
10. Henry Brevoort, b. April 11, 1313, d. young.
Michael, the father, d. Dec. 7, 1831, aged .69. His second wife, Ann, d. Aug. 7, 1851, aged 78. Mr. Bull was several years a mer- chant in the city of New York, where two of his children were born. He removed to Hartford, where he continued the business of a merchant.
BULL, COL. JOHN W., son of Michael, married Mary King, of Palmer, Mass., daughter of Dr. Aaron King, July, 1834, a descend- ant of the Earl of Montrose, and has children, viz., John W., d., second John W., Mary E., Harriet Ann, George H., Wm. W.
Col. John W. Bull has been one of many successful merchants in Hartford, where he now resides.
BULL, THOMAS, born June 5, 1765, son of Capt. Caleb, Jun., m. Ruth Butler, daughter of Moses, b. April 16, 1765; m. Aug. 26, 1786. Children were,
1. Thomas, b. Nov. 9, 1787, m. Sarah P. Clark, daughter of Russell Clark, of New Haven.
2. Ruth, b. Oct. 6, 1789, m. Richard E. Goodwin, son of George Goodwin, of Hartford.
3. Charles, b. May 8, 1791, unmarried.
4. Ursula, b. March 23, 1793, m. Fred. Bange, of Amsterdam, Holland.
5. Rebecca Butler, b. July 20, 1794, m Theodore D. Lyman, Greenfield, Ms.
6. Moses Butler, b. July 29, 1796, m. Sarah Symonds, of East Hartford.
7. Francis, b. Oct. 17, 1797, m. Samuel Dodd, of Hartford, Feb. 6, 1823.
8. Eliza, b. Dec. 16, 1800, m. Penfield B. Goodsell, of Hartford.
His first wife, Ruth, died June 5, 1806, and he m. for his second wife, Lucinda (Barnard,) widow of Nathaniel Blake, Nov. 29, 1806.
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The children by this marriage were,
9. Caroline, b. July 18, 1806, m. Rev. James Anderson ; settled in Vermont. 10. William, b. Sept. 11, 1808, d. Feb. 3, 1819.
Thomas Bull the father, d. March 4, 1830, aged 64 years.
BULL, CAPT. AARON, son of Caleb, Sen .; will proved 1793. Joseph and Caleb, his nephews, executors ; wife, Sarah. Children, 1. Abigail Brown ; 2. Mary Bull ; 3. Asher, and 4. Sarah Steel, wife of John Steel. He noticed his grandson Aaron, son of Asher, of New Hartford, and his grandson Epaphras Wadsworth Bull, grand- daughter Deborah Bull, and his grandson John C. Bull, in his will. Will dated 1790. He gave his property, in 1795, to his widow and his daughters Mary and Abigail. Epaphras was also his son.
BULL, COL. JOSEPH, son of Deacon Daniel, of Hartford, and grandson of Daniel ; his will proved 1797. Thomas Y. Seymour, James I. Bull and Thomas Chester, Esq's, executors. hildren, James I. Bull, Esther Margaret, (m. Thomas Chester, Esq.,) and Wm. Gidney Bull ; the last being 16 years old in 1797, chose his brother James I. Bull, for his guardian. Col. Joseph owned land in Hartford ; also 300 acres in Windsor, Vt .; 1,000 acres in Mid- dletown, Vt .; 750 acres in St. Johnsbury, Vt .; one-quarter of one ninety-sixth part of the Conn. Gore lands, and 6,666 acres in Geor- gia, &c., as inventoried. One of the grand-daughters m. J. M. Bunce, of Hartford, Ct.
BULL, MAJOR EPAPHRAS, of Hartford, son of Capt. Aaron, d. about 1788. Mr. Bull held a high rank with the whigs of Conn. during the War of the Revolution. In 1775, there was convincing proof that a design had been formed by the British ministry, to make an invasion from Quebec, upon the Northern Colonies ; some steps had been taken to carry their designs into execution. Some of the citizens in the vicinity of Ticonderoga, who were immediately ex- posed to incursions, for their own preservation had taken possession of that post and of Crown Point, where were then lodged cannon and military stores, exposed to be taken by the enemy, with the few offi- cers and soldiers stationed there. But as Connecticut had no com- mand of those posts exclusively, and as those posts were in posses- sion of the people of different colonies, it was considered impractica- ble for the officers and soldiers of Connecticut to return to Ticonde- roga or Crown Point at that time; and it became necessary that such officers and soldiers and their families, prisoners of war for the time being, should be provided for by the Colony. The General Assembly therefore resolved, and did appoint the following impor-
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tant Committee, or any three of them, at the expense of the Colony, to take care of and provide for the officers and soldiers and their families, &c., viz., Col. Erastus Wolcott, Capt. Samuel Wadsworth, Capt. Ezekiel Williams, Epaphras Bull, Henry Allyn, Col. Fisher Gay, Col. Matthew Talcott, Col. James Wadsworth, Capt. Jonathan Welles, Ebenezer White, and Col. Jonathan Humphrey. In Oct. of the same year, the Legislature appointed the same Committee who had been appointed to provide for a number of officers and sol- diers and their families, who were then prisoners of war at Hartford. And as the Assembly had made no provision for their confinement and support, it was now resolved that said Committee be authorized to take care of and provide for said officers and soldiers, at the pub- lic expense, as before directed. At a session of the Legislature of Connecticut, in Nov., 1776, Epaphras Bull, of Hartford, was ap- pointed Commissary of prisoners of war in Connecticut, to take care of all prisoners of war then in Connecticut, and such as should be sent into the State, and make his monthly returns to the board of war appointed by Congress, of the condition of the prisoners. It had been found necessary by Congress, that a Commissary of prisoners of war should be appointed in each State ; therefore the Legislature, in May, 1777, appointed Ezekiel Williams, Esq., a Commissary of prisoners in Connecticut, in place of Epaphras Bull, who was then serving as a captain in the Continental army. During the war, (family tradition says,) he was transferred to a Virginia regiment, who refused to serve under a Yankee ; Major Bull challenged some one of the regiment, and was shot in a duel. He died about 1788. He had children, 1. John Coleman ; 2. Deborah; 3. Epaphras Wadsworth. John C. and Deborah, chose their grandfather, Capt. Aaron Bull, for guardian, and the Court appointed Capt. Aaron Bull guardian for Epaphras W. Bull, in 1790. Epaphras W. became a lawyer of eminence, and located himself at Danbury, where he died in middle life, and left a young family.
BULL, MOSES, died at Bolton about 1745. His son Jonathan, aged 16, chose Major Jabez Hamlin, of Middletown, for his guard- ian, in 1750. In 1746, his widow, Mabel, was guardian for her son Jonathan. Moses, son of Moses Bull, of Bolton, chose Joseph Tal- cott, of Hartford, for his guardian, in 1753 ; perhaps others.
BULL, DANIEL, m. Mary ; he removed to Jamaica, L. l., and died there in 1729. He had children, Isaac, b. Oct. 9, 1714; he hose Daniel Bull, of Hartford, for guardian ; Susannah, aged 13,
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chose her mother, Mary, for her guardian ; Jonathan Seymour cho- sen guardian for Daniel, aged 17, and Aaron, aged 15.
BULL, SAMUEL, son of Deacon Thomas, of Farmington, learned the trade of a blacksmith, and removed and settled in Woodbury about 1696 or 7, when he became of age. He m. Eliz'th, the dau'r of Rev. Zachariah Walker, the first minister of Woodbury. They had no issue. He adopted John, (a son of his brother John, who settled at West Hartford,) a blacksmith by trade. This John m. Mercy Buck, and died quite young, July 21, 1737, and left a daugh- ter, Elizabeth, two days old. His widow was soon after called " Widow Millard," on record. Deacon Samuel, after John Bull's decease, next adopted Major Thomas Bull, of the Revolution, son of his brother David Bull, of Farmington. Deacon Samuel's wife, Eliz'th, died at Woodbury, Sept. 22, 1741, aged 67 ; and Deacon Samuel m. for his second wife, in his old age, widow Hicox, of Waterbury, (now Watertown.) He d. Oct. 27, 1749, aged 72 years. His second wife survived him, and returned to Watertown, and d. there with her children.
BULL, MAJOR THOMAS, of Woodbury, son of David, of Far- mington, an adopted son of Deacon Samuel Bull, m. Eliz'h, daugh- ter of Nathan Curtis, of Woodbury. She d. April 13, 1770, aged 37 years, and left two children, viz., Esther and David. Major Bull, in his old age, m. widow Prindle, of Newtown, the mother of Mrs. Nathan Preston and Mrs. Asa Stoddard, then of Woodbury. This second wife d. about a year before he did ; he d. Feb. 24, 1804, aged 74 years. Elizabeth, daughter of Major Bull, m. Rev. Ab'm Smith, of Great Hill, in Derby ; she d. about 1817, and left a daughter Elizabeth, who m. Rev. Samuel T. Babbit, and now re- sides in Illinois, if living, and has a large family.
BULL, DAVID S., b. 1763, son of Major Thomas Bull, (and father of Thomas, now of Woodbury,) d. Oct. 17, 1810, aged 47. He m. for his first wife, Ruth Emm Hinman, daughter of Sherman Hinman, Esq., of Southbury. She d. without issue by him, Oct. 24, 1796, aged 29 years. He m. for his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Mitchell; she died May 2, 1943, aged 65. They had issue, Thomas, b. Dec. 9, 1801, and David Samuel, born Sept. 6, 1805, d. Dec. 8, 1823, aged 18.
BULL, THOMAS, EsQ., son of David S. and Eliz'th, b. 1801, is one of the principal men of Woodbury. He has long been a Magis- trate, Judge of Probate, and Representative of the town ; a gentle-
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man farmer, with a handsome fortune. He m. Susan Sherman, of Woodbury, and they have issue, P
1. Elizabeth, b. 1825.
2. David S., b. 1826.
3. Julia E., b. 1829.
4. Susan, b. 1833.
Thus far are all the Woodbury Bulls. EBENEZER, son of Mo- ses and Mabel Bull, of Farmington, d. of fever at Woodbury, Jan. 26, 1760, aged 28, a single man, and a carpenter. His brother DR. MOSES BULL, of Sheffield, Mass., went to Woodbury to attend him in his sickness. He also took the fever, and d. April 15, 1760, aged 22. Their property was divided between their brothers and sisters, viz., Jonathan Bull, Susannah, wife of Daniel Hull, Abigail, wife of Dr. Ebenezer Lee, Sarah, wife of Daniel Butler, Mabel, wife of Moses Bull-sons of Moses, of Bolton, and grandsons of Jonathan, of Farmington.
BULL, ROGER, d. at Wethersfield. Estate distributed to his widow, one-third; only son, Russell, £280, 3s .; and only dau'r Eunice, £140, 1s. 2d., in 1785.
The family of Bulls in Hartford, have been so numerous, that but a small part of them can be published in a work like this, with only a single subscriber of the name.
BULL, WM., was in Charlestown, Mass., in 1638.
BULL, HENRY, made free in Mass. in 1637.
As to John Bull, his daughter Hannah, and son Edward Bull, see Saybrook Records, vol. 4, p. 20, showing they were of the Parish of Stowe, Gloucester County, in England, in 1679.
BULL, HENRY, Daniel, John and Henry Brown, and Samuel Bennit, were amongst the first settlers of Rhode Island.
BULL, ISACK, embarked in the America, for Virginia. JOHN, of Boston, free in 1691.
BULL, HENRIE, aged 19 years, came to New England with certificates from the minister of St. Savior's, Southwark, in the Eliz- abeth, from London, Wm. Stagg, master.
BULL, JOHN, of Hartford, had Elizabeth, b. July, 1652. Who was he ?
BULL, JOHN, son of John, of Harwinton, m. Dotha Austin, of Goshen, 1814, and had Lucretia, John Norris, Lucy Ann, Norman Austin, and Henry-five children.
BULL, ROB'T, of Saybrook, m. Phebe Jose, Dec., 1649, and had issue, Mary, b. Dec. 7, 1651 ; John, b. March 10, 1653; Phebe, b.
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Aug., 1655 ; Robert, b. March 1, 1662-3. (Robert is not of the family of Capt. Thomas.)
BULL, WM., was at Cambridge in 1644, (probably the same Wm. who was at Charlestown in 1638.) His children were Re- becca, b. 1644 ; John, b. March 9, 1647 ; Mary, b. -; Wm., b. 1652; Samuel, b. 1654 ; Elisha, b. 1657. Wife was Blyth.
There was originally Robert Bull, early at Saybrook, about 1649; Lieut. Thomas Bull, in Hartford in 1636. And John Bull had a daughter, Eliz'th, b. at Hartford in 1652. And Benedict Bull, from Rhode Island to Milford, about 1711.
Thomas Bull embarked for New England in the Hopewell, Babb, master, Sept. 11, 1635, aged 25 years, in company with Andrew Hulls, 29, John Kerbie, Jo. and Daniel Pryer and others, who came to Connecticut.
BULL, BENEDICT, a descendant of Gov. Henry Bull, of Rhode Island, came from Newport, R. I., and settled in Milford, Conn., about 1711 or 12. He left brothers in R. I., Joseph and John. Henry, his ancestor, embarked in the James, Jno. Maye, master, for N. E. There was also a Henrie Bull came over in the Elizabeth de Lon- don, Wm. Stagg, master, with certificates from the minister of St. Savior's, Southwark, &c., in 1635. Benedict Bull, from R. I. m. Sibella, daughter of Alexander Bryan, Jun., of Milford, Dec. 11, 1716, and had issue, born at Milford, viz.,
1. Benedict, Jun., b. 1717 ; killed by a fall from a ladder.
2. Sibella, b. Feb. 24, 1719, m. at Norwich.
3. Jirah, b. Oct. 10, 1721, m. Sibella Peck, daughter of Jeremiah.
4. Benjamin, b. Oct. 10, 1721, m. a daughter of Stephen Baldwin.
5. Content, b. Feb. 24, 1724, m. a Bryan.
BULL, JIRAH, son of Benedict, m. Sibella Peck, and had issue,
1. Sibella, m. Daniel Buckingham.
2. Jabez, b. Jan. 19, 1747, m. Naomi Bristol.
3. Jerusha, m. David Noble, of N. Milford.
4. Content, m. David Baldwin, of New Milford.
5. Henry, b. in 1754, m. Harriet, daughter of Dr. John Harpin, of Milford.
6. Jeremiah, b. March 10, 1757, m. Anne, daughter of Stephen Gunn, Esq.
BULL, BENJAMIN, son of Benedict, m. a daughter of Stephen Baldwin, of Milford, and had sons, viz.,
1. Benjamin, b. June 22, 1761, m. twice, but left no children.
2. Daniel, b. Oct. 23, 1763; he removed to Plymouth, Ct., and his descend- ants have been numerous.
BULL, BENEDICT JABEZ, son of Jirah and Sibella Peck, m. Naomi Bristol, and had issue,
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1. James, who m. Bryan.
2. Lucy, m. William Atwater.
3. Jirah.
BULL, HENRY, son of Jirah and Sibella, and grandson of Ben- edict, m. Harriet Harpin, and had issue, Frederick, John, Jerusha, Philip, d. in N. Orleans, and Wm. Harpin. Mary m. Woodhull, of Lockport. Cornelia Harriet m. Stephen A. Treat.
BULL, JEREMIAH, son of Jirah, of Milford, m. Anne Gunn, and had issue,
1. Anne, b. August 20, 1781, m. Edward A. Lambert, Jan. 16, 1806.
2. Jeremiah, b. 1784, d. in infancy.
The Bull family of Milford, have been numerous and respectable, from the first settler, Benedict Bull.
Coats of Arms .- Bull, (Bruan,) 1; Bull, (Ongar, County Essex,) 1; Bull, (Lord Mayor of London, 1774,) 1; Bull, (London, ) 2; Bull, (London, Yorkshire and Hockwold, Co. Norfolk,) 1; Bull, (Oxfordshire,) 1; Bull, (Walles,) 1; and four other coats of arms for the name of Bull.
BULLARD, at Ashford, at an early period. John, of Dedham, Mass .; daughter Abigail born there in 1640.
Six by this name have graduated at Harvard College, and three at Yale.
BULLEN, JOHN and SARAH, of Windham; son Joseph b. Aug. 30, 1716 ; Mary, b. June 11, 1721. David Bullen, of En- field, will dated Nov. 23, 1756. Wife Abigail. Children, Abigail Pinny, d. before her father ; Hannah Hardin; Juda Richardson ; David Bullen. He noticed his daughter Abigail's children, and made his son David, executor of his will. Estate, about £650.
CAPT. THOMAS BULL.
[When I find a Puritan who deserves the gratitude of all New England, as well as Albany and Schenectady, as much as Capt. Bull, I cannot refrain from giving him a passing notice. Capt. Bull was born in London, near the south part of the city, par- ish of Southwark, in 1610. He sailed for New England from London, Sept. 11, 1635, when about 25 years old. Perhaps was educated a soldier in England, as he is found a Lieutenant in the bloody battle against the Pequot Indians in 1637, under Capt. John Mason, where more bravery was displayed, and greater good achieved to New Eng- land, than by any battle which has since been fought, not excepting the battle of Bunker Hill. The Pequots were the most warlike and blood-thirsty Indian nation in New England. By this action they were defeated and ruined as a nation, as their fort was destroyed, seventy wigwams burned, about 600 Indians killed in the action by fire and sword, with only about seventy active white men in the field; by which Connecticut was saved. The war spirit which inspired the ancestor to vanquish the Pequots, induced his descendants, viz., Epaphras, Thomas, Jonathan, William, James and Moses Bull, to be active whigs during the War of the Revolution.]
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SAMUEL, freeman in Mass., 1641. SAMUEL and his wife Mary, of Dedham, had a daughter Mary, b. there in 1642. This name was early in New Jersey, and of good standing.
BULLEN has five coats of arms ; Buller, five. One, by this name, graduated at Yale in 1772.
BULLIER, JULLIAN, of Saybrook, m. Eliz'th Brooks, Jan. 15, 1665. He d. Jan. 14, 1677, and left no issue found. His widow Eliz'th m. James Fitzgerald, April 28, 1678.
BUMP, SAMUEL, resided in Bolton. His will dated April 15, 1730, and offered in Court in 1747. He had a son Matthew by his first marriage, and a son Samuel by his second wife. Both were minors at the death of their father. He appointed Edward Rose, of Bolton, guardian for Matthew, until he became of age, and Abel Gay- lor, of Bolton, guardian for Samuel. Inventory, £600.
BUNCE, THOMAS, was not an original proprietor of Hartford, yet he came early to Hartford, from Mass. He had lot No. 13, but was one of those settlers who had lots only at the courtesie of the town, with liberty to keep swine or cows on the common, and fetch wood, &c. He resided in Hartford, south of Little River, S. W. of John Wilcock, in 1640. His corn was pilfered by the Welchman, Lewis, for which Lewis was fined 40s. in 1645. Thomas Bunce, Thomas Bull and James Steel, appointed a Committee to consider the grievance of widow Lord, as to her common fence, Oct., 1662. Juror, Dec. 6, 1649. Thomas Bunce and James Olmsted drew 264 acres of land in the land division in E. Hartford, June 12, 1666. Hc was a soldier in the battle against the Pequot Indians in 1637. He d. in 1683. His wife Sarah, d. in January, 1693-4. He had children, John, Thomas, Jun., and Elizabeth White. In- ventory of his estate, taken Aug. 3, 1683, amounting to £767, in Hartford, and £257 in Wethersfield, which was a large estate at that time. He gave his son John his house, barn and home-lot in Hartford, which he purchased of Thomas Gridley, and 40 acres near Wethersfield line ; also his right in a saw-mill built by Mr. Gardner, Stephen Hosmer and himself; also, 16 acres in the south meadow ; also, a lot near Mr. Webster's. To Elizabeth he gave £20. He left a legacy to each of his grandchildren ; also, to his cousin, Eliz- abeth White, £5 ; to his sister, Katherine Clark, £10; he also pro- vided liberally for his wife, Sarah. To his son, Thomas, Jun., he gave, after the death of his wife, all his housing and lands, not dis- posed of before, and made his son Thomas, executor of his will.
BUNCE, SARAH, widow of Thomas, Sen., made her will in
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1689, in which she notices her grandchildren, Sarah, Thomas and Mehitabel Meekins, and the two oldest children of her son John Bunce, and gave the remainder of her property to her sons John and Thomas Bunce, executors of her will.
BUNCE, THOMAS, son of Thomas of Hartford, (supposed Dea- con,) will dated April 25, 1709, an aged man, (Will.) He was a man of large estate in lands ; had many lots south of Little River, on Rocky Hill, in Wethersfield, east of Great River, his house and home-lot in Hartford, where he lived, a right in five-mile purchase, interest in mills, &c., &c. He had children,
1. Thomas, to whom he gave most of the above property.
2. Joseph he also provided for, by giving him the home-lot and house in Hartford that had been his father's, and on which Joseph then dwelt, with all the housing, out-housing thereon, &c., and land east of Great River, &c. Jo- seph m. Ann Sanford, April, 1708; son Abijah, b. Feb. 11, 1709-10 ; Ann, d. Oct. 18, 1710.
3. Jonathan, he gave his housing, out-houses, home-lot, and all his upland in Wethersfield, (except a lot by Joseph Skinner's, he gave Thomas,) with all his right of commonage there, &c.
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