John Hull (18 December 1624 – 1 October 1683) was the leading merchant and mintmaster of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He married Judith Quincy (1626–1695), daughter of Judith Pares (d. 1654) and Edmund Quincy (1602-1636), progenitors of the prestigious Quincy family.[1]

Among his apprentices was Jeremiah Dummer who became the first American-born silversmith.[2] In January 1658 he and several other men made a large land acquisition in Rhode Island known as the "Pettaquamscutt Purchase."[3]

Events:

• Emigrated to this country from England in 1635. A founder of First Church in Boston and maker of silver for it and many other churches in partnership with Robert Sanderson. From his services in coining the famous pine-tree, oak, and willow shillings and pence, and from his work as goldsmith, Hull became wealthy and established himself as one of the important merchants of the colony, with interests in shipping.
• Apprenticed about 1639 to Richard Storer in Boston MA 1In his diary, preserved at the American Antiquarian Society, he noted, "After a little keeping at school I was taken to help my father plant corn, which I attended to for several years together; and then by God's good hand I fell to learning by help of my brother {i.e. half brother Richard Storer] and to practice the trade of goldsmith."
• John married Judith Quincy, daughter of Edmund Quincy and Judith Pares, on 11 May 1647 in Boston MA. (Judith Quincy was born on 3 Sep 1626 in Achurch Northamptonshire England, died on 22 Jun 1695 in Boston MA and was buried on 24 Jun 1695 in Hull's Tomb Boston MA.)
• Master of the Mint
• Treasurer of the Colony of Mass Bay 1676
• Assistant 1683

Notes and references

1. Massachusetts Historical Society: Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, and Upham Family Papers, 1633-1910
2. Dummer, Michael (June 2005). "5: Richard and Early Days in New England". The Family of Dummer (7th ed.). pp. 26–27.
3. "Kingston Congregational Church Collection". Retrieved 2011-08-15. Studies on John Hull, the Mint, and the Economics of Massachusetts Coinage

Links

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/20641.htm