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Of these children, John Read Hill married, June 24, 1896, Miss Min- nie E. McCollum, born Aug. 7, 1870, in Croton Falls, N. Y., and has one son, Berkley Hotchkiss, born Nov. 28, 1901. Mr. Hill, in Septem- ber, 1890, took a position with D. E. Rogers, of Danbury, in a house- furnishing and furniture store, which position he resigned in 1896 to be- come a member of the Danbury Hardware Company, of which corpora- tion he is now Secretary and Treasurer. He is also Secretary and Treas- urer of the Sanitary Plumbing and Heating Company of Danbury. Mr. Hill is a member of the First Congregational Church of Danbury, and of Union Lodge, No. 40, Free and Accepted Masons; of Eureka Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Crusader Commandery, No. 10, Knights Tem- plar of Danbury; of Pyramid Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and of Lafayette Consistory of the Scottish Rite of Bridgeport, Conn. He is also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He has repre- sented the First Ward in the Common Council of Danbury four years.
Frederick H. Hill married Maboth Wolfenden, April 17, 1901; has one son, Ernest Wolfenden, born March 30, 1906. Mr. Hill is in the jewelry manufacturing business at Attleboro, Mass.
Ernest William Hill, graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, 1900; married, Octo. 14, 1903, Gertrude Irvin, of Tuseola, Il1. He is in the New York banking house of N. W. Harris & Co.
Moses Hill, son of Deacon Joseph Hill, married Esther, daughter of Ebenezer Burr, of Fairfield, June 17th, 1773. The children by this mar- riage were: William, Abigail, and Esther. William married Betsey,
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daughter of Nathaniel Barlow, brother of the poet, and had children, Bradley, Abigail, Horace, Burr, and William.
HERON .*
In Revolutionary days and before, Squire Heron lived in a house on Redding Ridge, just south of the Episcopal Church. After the war be became a prominent character in the town, and although somewhat bigot- ed, and imbued with the Old World notions of caste and social distinc- tions, is said to have exercised a great deal of influence in public affairs, especially at town meetings. "We must keep down the underbrush" was a favorite remark of his in speaking of the common people. The follow- ing story, illustrating in a marked manner the customs of the day, is re- lated of him :
At one of the annual town meetings a somewhat illiterate man was nominated for grand juror. Squire Heron, in laced waistcoat, ruffles, and velvet breeches, and aiding himself with his gold-headed cane, arose to oppose the motion. "Mr. Moderator," said he, "who is this -? Why, a man brought up in Hopewell woods : he fears neither God, man, nor the devil. If elected, who will be responsible for his acts? Will you, Mr. Moderator-or I? Why, sir, he can arrest anybody ; he can arrest your Honor, or even myself"; and with like cogent reasons suc- ceeded in defeating the obnoxious candidate.
Squire Heron died January 8th, 1819, aged seventy-seven years, and is buried in the old Episcopal churchyard on Redding Ridge. His chil- dren were: William, Maurice, Elizabeth, Lucy, Elosia, Margaret, and Susan. William never married. He lived on the old homested in Red- ding all his days, and was a man much respected in the community. His brother Maurice graduated at Yale College, and shortly after was killed in a steamboat explosion on the Connecticut River, near Essex.
HULL.
By Clinton T. Hull, San Francisco, California.
George Hull, born in England, about 1590, married at Crew Kerne, Somerset, England, August 27, 1614, Thamzen Michell, of Stockland, Engl. With his wife and children, he sailed from Plymouth, Devon, England, March 30, 1629, in the ship Mary and John, Captain Squeb; settled at Dorchester, Mass .; was made freeman Mar. 4, 1632, represent- ative for the town to the first Great and General Court held in the colony, May 14, 1634. He was a member of the first board of selectmen of Dor- chester, and "appointed to fix the rate, 1633-1634." He moved to Wind- sor, Conn., 1636; surveyed Windsor, and Wethersfield; moved to Fair-
*See Chapter vi, for a sketch of Squire Heron.
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field about 1646. His wife died previous to the removal to Fairfield. After 1654 he married, second, Sarah, widow of David Phippen, of Bos- ton. He was a member of the General Court of Connecticut for many terms. He was Associate Magistrate, and with ex-Governor Ludlow, held a monopoly of the beaver trade on the Connecticut River. He died at Fairfield, Conn., 1659. His will, admitted to probate October 20, 1659, names his children : I, Mary, bap. at Crew Kerne, Eng., July 27, 1618; married Humphrey Pinney, of Dorchester, Mass. 2, Josiah, bap. in Crew Kerne, Nov. 5, 1620; married Elizabeth Loomis, at Windsor, Conn. 3, Elizabeth, bap. at Crew Kerne, Oct. 16, 1625; married Samuel Gaylord. 4, (2), Cornelius, married at Fairfield, Conn., Rebecca Jones, daughter of Rev. John Jones, pastor of the first church established in Fairfield. 5, Martha. 6, Naomi.
Cornelius Hull, 2, (George I), born in England about 1626, came with his parents to Dorchester, and to Connecticut. He was a surveyor like his father, and a large land holder, there being thirty-one entries in the land records at Fairfield in which his name occurs. He was a deputy to the General Court eight terms; Lieut. for Fairfield County, May, 1661; Lieut. of the Hon. Major Treat's Life Guard, February 25, 1675. (This was the crack corps of the Conn. levies at the time of King Philip's War.) October 26, 1675, he was ordered by the Governor and Council "to take two men, and make such discoveries of the enemy as you may, and post to us with all speed what intelligence you can of the enemies motions." For his services he received a grant of land. (Colonial Records, iv, 83, 84.)
"The first house in Hull's Farms stood on the long lot which runs northward from Mr. John H. Hull's house. The grant of this long lot is recorded in the first volume of land records of the town of Fairfield : 'Granted to Cornelius Hull by ye town of Fayerfieild a parsell of Land lying in ye woods Called his Long Lott, and bounded on ye Northeast with ye land of Steven Hedges deceased, on ye Southwest with ye land of John Burr, on ye Northwest with ye wildarness at ye farther end of ye town bounds, and on ye Southeast with ye half mill (mile?) Common. Recorded this 23 of Feb. 1686-7, and is in bredth twenty-eight rods, re- sarvin to ye towne necessary highways.'" (From the Story of Hull's Farm, by Cyrus Sherwood Bradley.)
"Oct. 13, 1692, Lieut. Cornelius Hull was appointed to lay out grants of land to John and Jehu Burr." (Colonial records, iv., 83, 84.) His will, dated September 16, proved Oct. 7, 1695, names his children: I, Samuel, married Deborah Beers, married second, widow, Jane (Hubbell) Frost, dau. of Richard Hubbell; 2, (3) Cornelius, Jr., married Sarah San- ford; 3, Captain Theophilus, married Mary Sanford; 4, Rebecca ; 5,
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Sarah, married Robert Silliman, ancestor of Prof. Robert Silliman; 6, Martha, married Cornelius Seator. Stratton.
Cornelius Hull, Jr., 3, (Cornelius 2, George I) born at Fairfield about 1653, 1655, married Sarah Sanford, 5. (Ezekiel 4, Thomas 3, Anthony 2, Ranulf Sanford I.) "Cornelius Hull, Jr., and wife, Sarah, were ad- mitted to full communion April 20, 1701." (Fairfield Church records.) Greenfield Hill was made a parish 1725, with Cornelius Hull's name at the head of the list of its members. "He died May 7, 1740, when the village he had founded was bright with the beauty of spring time. He was buried in Greenfield Hill, where lie all the generations that have suc- ceeded him, and the handsome stone that marks his resting-place is still unbroken. He was the first who had a farm there, so it was called Hull's Farms." (From the Story of Hull's Farms.) His will, dated 1734-5, names his children: 1, George (4), born 1686, married Martha Gregory ; 2, Sarah, bap. August 26, 1694, married - Sanford; 3, Rebecca, bap. Aug. 26, 1694, married - Meeker ; 4, Nathaniel (4), bap. Apr. 7, 1695, married Elizabeth Burr (See Todd's Burr Family) ; 5, Ebenezer (4), bap. Jan. 20, 1697, married Martha -?; 6, Elizabeth, bap. Oct. 15, 1699, married June 8, 1721, Deacon Stephen Burr (for descendants see Burr Family Genealogy) ; 7, Martha, bap. July 13, 1701, married Daniel Sherwood, ancester of Cyrus Sherwood Bradley (author of "The Story of Hull's Farms") ; 8, John (4), born about 1703, married Abigail -? 9, Eleanor, bap. Sept. 15, 1706, married - Pherry ; 10, Cornelius, Jr. (4), born May 14, 1710, married Aug. 24, 1731, Abigail Rumsey.
George Hull 4 (Cornelius, Jr. 3, Cornelius 2, George I), born at Greenfield Hill, 1686; married Martha Gregory, daughter of Samuel Gregory of Stratfield, now called North Bridgeport. In the parish records of Greenfield Hill: "There were admitted to membership George Hull, and wife Martha, May 18, 1726, from Fairfield." It is probable that they retained their membership in the church at Greenfield Hill un- til the church was organized at Redding, as he seems to have moved to Redding about 1724, from the fact that his name appears on a petition to the General Court to be held in Hartford, May 25, 1725, in reference to granting certain lands for a "Common."
In May, 1729, permission was granted to establish a church in Red- ding. The following August a meeting was held for organization, of which George Hull was chosen Moderator, and afterwards elected Dea- con. At a meeting of the church held May 8, 1732, Deacon George Hull was instructed to attend the Association meeting held at Stamford, to ask advice as to extending a call to Mr. Mix to become their pastor, but appears to have failed. At a meeting of the society, held January 31, 1732-3, George Hull was chosen Moderator, and a call was extended to Nathaniel Hunn. By a deed, dated Danbury, May 19, 1729, a tract of
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land on Chestnut Ridge, between Danbury and Fairfield, was conveyed to George Hull, and his heirs, by Jonathan Squires. George Hull died Feb. 9, 1769.
"We place his name with the name of his father, Cornelius Hull, Jr., the founder of Hull's Farms, with the name of his grandfather, Cornelius Hull, who was a Lieutenant in King Philip's War, and a repre- sentative to the general court for many years, with the name of his great- grandfather, George Hull, the friend and assistant of Gov. Roger Lud- low. From them was inherited the ability which has distinguished the Hull Family for nearly two hundred years. Always restless, always pressing forward; coming from England to help found Dorchester ; go- ing from Dorchester to help found Windsor; going from Windsor to help found Fairfield; going from Fairfield to found Hull's Farms; go- ing from Hull's Farms to help found Redding; going from Redding westward with the march of civilization, they have left a name behind them of which their descendants may well be proud." (From the Story of Hull's Farms.)
His estate was distributed March 6, 1770, to his children: I, Abigail, bap. at Fairfield, 1712, died young ; 2, Mary, bap. -- , married Jona- than Squires ; 3, Joseph, bap. at Fairfield, Oct. 9, 1715; 4, Abigail, the second, bapt. in Fairfield, June 7, 1721, died Dec. 17, 1760 ; 5, Thaddeus, bap. at Fairfield, April 14, 1723, died about 1761, unmarried ; 6, George, Jr., bap. in Greenfield Hill, Sept. 24, 1727; 7, Martha, bap. in Greenfield Hill, Sept. 22, 1731, married - Bixby ; 8, Seth Hull (5), bap. in Red- ding, July 29, 1733, married Elizabeth Mallory ; 9, Rebecca, bap. in Red- ding, May 25, 1735.
Seth Hull, 5, bap. in Redding, July 19, 1733, married Elizabeth Mal- lory ; she was born Dec. 22, 1738, and died Feb. 22, 1795. Seth Hull died April 15, 1795. Children: I, Abigail, born Jan. 28, 1762, married Hezekiah Read, two of their descendants were Elaine and Dora Read Goodale, the poets ; 2, Jonathan (6), born Oct. 25, 1763, married Eunice Beach; 3, Eliphalet, born Dec., 1765, married Prudence Smith, of Brook- field; 4, Walter, born Nov. 21, 1767, drowned at sea off Capt Hatteras, N. C., Mar. 6, 1804; 5, Lazarus, born January 16, 1770, married, Nov. 2, 1794, Anna Read; they moved to Sharon, Mich., where he died Sept. 12, 1838; 6, Hezekiah, born Mar. 24, 1772, died at Redding, Sept. 23, 1810; 7, Martha, born Apr. 28, 1774, married David Belden, an Episcopal minister, had one son, John A. Belden, whose daughter married Levi Warren, M. D .; 8, Eleanor, born Nov. 20, 1775, died at Redding, 1778; 9, Elizabeth, born June 12, 1779, married Henry A. Townsend; 10, Sarah, born Dec. 20, 1784, died May 27, 1828.
Jonathan Hull, 6, (Seth 5), born Oct. 25, 1763, married Eunice Beach daughter of Lazarus and Lydia (Sanford) Beach; she was born
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Nov. 23, 1769, died Sept. 19, 1822. Jonathan Hull owned vessels trad- ing to the West Indies, having a very excellent and prosperous business, but the interruptions caused by the Napoleonic wars, compelled him to retire with a loss of nearly all his capital. With his son Seth he deter- mined to try his fortune in the new lands which were then being opened in the West. They went to the head-waters of the Allegheny River, where they built a flat boat, in which they floated down that river to the Ohio, and down the Ohio to Shawneetown, Illinois, where they com- menced to make a settlement, but soon afterwards, that is, on Dec. I, 1820, Jonathan was accidentally killed. Children : I, Lemuel Beach Hull, (7), born April 10, 1792, married, Oct. 18, 1824, Polly Waterbury; 2, Eleanor, born May 20, 1794, died Sept. 21, 1814; 3, Seth, born July 31, 1796; May 22, 1823, married Nabby Eveleth. He went with his father to the head-waters of Allegheny River, where they built a flat boat in which they floated down the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers to Shawnee- town, Illinois. His father, Jonathan, was killed in a mill, in which he was working, at Newhaven, Gallatin Co., Ill., Dec. 1, 1820. Seth moved to the village of Newhaven, where he joined the Owen Community, and died April, 1835.
Lemuel Beach Hull (7), (Jonathan 6), born April 10, 1792, was ap- prenticed to a tanner, and served his full time, but his mind turned to theological subjects, which being noticed by one of his wealthy relatives, he was enabled to take a regular course at a theological institute, after which he was ordained rector of Christ Episcopal Church of Redding, 1824, and served until 1836. Oct. 18, 1824, he married Polly Waterbury ; she was born Apr. 19, 1800, died Aug. 1, 1881. Children: 1, Eleanor Susan, born July 13, 1825, died January 27, 1875; 2, Hannah White, born Mar. 27, 1827, died Sept. 6, 1843; 3, John Beach Hull (8), born Sept. 17, 1828, married - ? died March 17, 1891 ; children : I, Walter B. Hull; 2, Clara Hull, now living at Milwaukee, Wis.
Nathaniel Hull 4, (Cornelius, Jr. 3), bap. Apr. 7, 1695; married, Nov. 29, 1716, Elizabeth Burr, daughter of Daniel Burr. He died 1749. His estate was appraised at £6639 15 shillings, a very large estate for those days. Their children were: Sarah, Elizabeth, Esther, Stephen, Nathaniel, Jr., Peter, Sarah, the second, Ezekiel, David, Aaron, Silas, and Hannah. Esther, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Burr) Hull, was the second wife of Samuel Barlow; one of their children was Joel Barlow, the poet, and Minister to France. Stephen, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Burr) Hull, married Hannah E. Wakeman. Their chil- dren were: Sarah, Rouhamah, David, William, Wakeman, Peter, and Walter.
Nathaniel Hull, Jr. 5, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth, married Abi- gail Platt, daughter of Timothy and Margery (Smith) Platt. They
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moved to New York State, settling not far from Poughkeepsie. Their children were: Samuel, Nathaniel, Jr., Abigail, Esther, Daniel, Eunice, Ezekiel, and Esther. Of these children, Samuel, 6, married a French lady, Bathena Norton, moved to Southwest Virginia about 1789, and set- tled where Marion now stands in Smyth County. One of his descend- ants, David D. Hull, and his daughter, Jennie Bane Hull, reside at Marion, Va. Mrs. W. S. Staley, a sister of David D. Hull, took great interest in the Hull family history, and had collected a large and valuable amount of records of her branch of the family, which is now in the pos- session of her niece, Jennie Bane Hull, of Marion, Va. Other descend- ants of Samuel 6 ( Nathaniel, Jr. 5), are, Mrs. Smith, and her daughter, Mrs. Churchill, Kinderhook, Ill .; Mrs. Lusk, Quincy, Ill .; Mrs. Reed, Camppoint, Ill .; Mrs. Jennings, Oregon City, Oregon, and Mrs. Ostran- der, Goldendale, Wash.
Ezekiel Hull 6 (Nathaniel, Jr. 5) married, moved to Virginia with his brother Samuel, but soon after moved to Ohio; he raised a large family, some of whom moved to Indiana, and to Pike County, Illinois, where a post office was established, named Hull for one of them, and E. S. Hull, one of the descendants is the present postmaster. Another descendant is Rev. Moses Hull, President of the Spiritualist College, White Water, Wisconsin.
Nathaniel Hull, Jr. 6 (Nathaniel, Jr. 5), brother of Samuel and Ezekiel, went West in an early day, engaged in fighting Indians in Ken- tucky, and then moved to Illinois. He was Commandant of Fort Kas- kaskia for a number of years. About the year 1800 he returned to his old home in the East, and was accompanied by his brother Daniel. One of his descendants, M. J. Hull, resides in Washington, D. C., another, Mrs. Cox, in San Francisco, California.
Silas Hull 5 (Nathaniel 4) married Huldah Goodsell; second, Ellen Bradley ; third - Smith ; fourth, Elizabeth Hoyt. Children : Hannah, married Phillip Keeler ; Huldah, married Jeremiah Keeler ; Bradley, mar- ried Mary Chapman Hull, daughter of Lieut. Jedediah Hull 5 (Cornelius, Jr. 4). The other children of Silas were, David, and Sarah, who died young.
Bradley Hull 6 (Silas 5) and Mary Chapman (Hull), had, Burr, Pamelia (who married Elias Burchard; one daughter, Miss Mary Burch- ard, resides in Mill Plain, Conn.), Cherry (married George Crofut), Silas, Aaron B. (married Electa Love), Charles R. and Mary.
Aaron B. 7 (Bradley 6) and Electa (Love) Hull, had Henry A., who rendered distinguished service in the Civil War, 1861-65, and is now a prominent dentist at New Brunswick, N. J .; Graham, a soldier in the Civil War, whose daughter, Laura B., married Anthony Rundle, Danbury,
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Conn .; Bradley, a dentist in Cleveland, Ohio, and Rev. Albert, an Episco- pal minister in New York.
Bradley Hull 6 (Silas 5), married, second, Susan Hubbell, and had : Bradley Hubbell, Moses Chapman, LeGrand, and Susan Cornelie.
Bradley Hubbell Hull 7 (Bradley 6), married Mary Peabody Hull 8 (George 7, Chapman 6, Lieut. Jedediah 5). Children: George, Mau- rice, Henry, DeWitt, and Caroline. George 8 married Anna Bouton, re- sides in Bridgeport, Conn .; Maurice 8, married Julia Henderson, Brook- lyn, N. Y. ; Dewitt 8, married Delia Burr, South Wilton, Conn .; Henry 8 and Caroline 8 died young.
Ebenezer Hull 4 (Cornelius, Jr. 3), bap. January 20, 1697; married Martha -? "Among those admitted to full communion were Ebe- nezer Hull and wife Martha." (From Fairfield Church records.) In Greenfield Hill Parish records we find: "Among those admitted to mem- bership, Ebenezer Hull, of Fairfield, May 18, 1726." It is possible that they did not move to Greenfield Hill, but transferred their membership to that place till a church should be organized in Redding, where he moved about 1724, as his name appears on a "Petition to the General Court, to be held in Hartford, the second Thursday in May, 1725." The General Court of 1712 had ordered that all the lands lying between Dan- bury and Fairfield, not taken up by actual settlers, should be sold at pub- lic auction in Fairfield. The land was not sold till Aug., 1722, and no notice of sale having been given to the settlers, it was bid off by Captain Samuel Couch, for himself, and Nathan Gold, Esq. When the news of the sale reached the settlers, they addressed a petition to the Gen. Court, asking that body to annul the sale, but failed, and a second petition was sent to the Gen. Court of 1725, which is signed by Ebenezer Hull. The first church was organized in Redding 1729. On June 5th of that year the first society meeting was held, at which one of the three places for posting notices of meetings, was "In the lane by Ebenezer Hull's house." The place where this house stood can not now be located. The records of the First Church of Christ in Redding read: "Among the original mem- bers were Ebenezer Hull and wife from Greenfield Hill." He was ap- pointed on the Grand Jury, 1745. Children: Daniel, Ebenezer, Abigail and Nehemiah.
Daniel Hull 5 (Ebenezer 4), born 1722; married, 1748, Mary Betts, daughter of Stephen Betts of Redding. Daniel Hull was Lieut. in the Redding Company, May, 1754, and captain of the same company, Octo- ber, 1759 (Colonial records of Conn., Vols. 10 and II). Redding was incorporated at the May session of 1767, and at the first town meeting, held June, 1767, Daniel Hull was chosen Constable. With his wife and children he moved to New York State in 1770, and settled where South Berlin now stands in Rensselaer County. He was a Lieut. in the Sixth
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Albany Regiment in the Revolutionary War, and a Magistrate for the county which was then called Albany. He died 1811. Children born in Redding: I, Martha, married Ephraim Jackson, moved to Addison, Vermont ; 2, Hezekiah, was a Lieut. in the Sixth Albany Regiment, mar- ried Lucy Randall; 3, Justus, was a sergeant in the Revolutionary War, under Col. Van Rensselaer, and took a prominent part in the attack on Fort Edward; he entered the ministry of the Baptist Church, and devot- ed fifty-six years of his life to that work; was at one time pastor of the church at Danbury; 4, Abigail, married Samuel Hamlin; 5, Peter, was a soldier in Capt. Shaw's Co. of the Sixth Regiment, married Amy Day; 6, Esther, died young ; 7, Daniel, Jr., married Phebe Green ; he inherited the home farm, and it remained in the possession of his descendants one hundred and twenty-five years; 8, Stephen Betts Hull, born in Redding, Conn., 1769; moved with his parents to N. Y .; married Betsey Reynolds; married, second, Electa Morgan; 9, Harry, born in N. Y .; 10, Ebenezer, born in N. Y.
Of the descendants of these children of Daniel 5 (Ebenezer 4), now living, there are: Halbert D. Hull, Troy, N. Y .; his daughter, Mrs. Pratt G. Smith, Utica, N. Y .; Mrs. Maria E. Tifft, Buffalo, N. Y .; Har- vey Hull, West Burlington, N. Y. ; Frank S. Hull, Newburgh, N. Y .; Mrs. Phebe A. Vary, Newark, N. Y .; Morton D. Hull, Chicago, Ill .; Mrs. Mabel (Hull) Bear, Chicago, Ill .; Miss Julia E. Hull, Stillman Valley, Ill. ; Mrs. Helen M. Vars, Edelstein, Ill .; Mrs. J. H. Towne, Woon- socket, R. I .; Arthur D. Hull, Newark, N. Y .; Hull McClaughray, As- sistant Postmaster of San Francisco; Clinton T. Hull, San Francisco. and the descendants of Rev. Cyrus Betts Hull. who died at Willow, Glenn County, California, Oct. 27, 1905, aged 89 years, I m., 27 days, leaving Io children, 54 grand-children, and 46 great-grand-children, all residing in California.
Ebenezer Hull, Jr., 5 (Ebenezer 4) married Ruth Betts, daughter of Stephen Betts, and a sister of Mary Betts, who married Daniel Hull (5). Ebenezer was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and as a result of the hardships and exposure in camp lost his sight, being totally blind. He passed his last years with his son Ezra, at Mohawk, N. Y., where he died Mar. 23, 1797, and was buried on the banks of the Mohawk River, at Westmoreland, now called Mohawk, in Herkimer County, N. Y. His children were: Huldah, Sarah, Hannah, and Ezra.
Ensign John Hull 4 (Cornelius 3), married Abigail --? He went with the Provincial troops to Cuba, 1741, and died of yellow fever. He sent his musket home to his eldest son, with a request that it should descend to the eldest son of each succeeding generation, and it is now in the possession of Myron A. Hull, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Children : Tim- othy, James, John, Jr., Anna, Abigail and Esther.
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Timothy Hull 5 (Ensign John 4) married Anna Gray, daughter of John Gray. Children: Hannah, married Samuel Mallory; Sarah, mar- ried John Fairchild; Ezra; Eunice, married George Perry; John or Jonathan, Abraham, David, Samuel, Hezekiah; Anna, married Lemuel Burr; and Abigail, who married Timothy Perry.
Ezra Hull 6 (Timothy 5) married Elizabeth Coley, and second, widow Mary (Banks) Bradley, daughter of Gershom Banks. Children: Eu- nice, married Hiram Jackson; Laura, married John Eckert; Polly, Ezra, Jr., Charles, and Aaron B.
Aaron B. Hull 7 (Ezra 6), born August 27, 1817, married, June 23, 1850, Anna Maria Darling, of Easton. She died leaving two sons: My- ron A., and Arthur B., and he married second, Sarah S. Godfrey. He was the freight agent of the Danbury and Norwalk R. R. at Danbury, and employed all his leisure time collecting material for a history of the Hull family. He was a frequent contributor to the Danbury papers on historical subjects, and contributed the Hull history in Hurd's history of Fairfield, also Schenck's, and the Hull genealogy in Todd's History of Redding, edition of 1880. He died March 8, 1884; all his records ap- pear to have been lost. Inquiry has been made among his associates in the office at Danbury, but no trace of them has been found. It is earn- estly hoped that the search for these valuable historical papers will be continued.
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