Richard Hull of New Haven

Richard Hull

• Born 3 Dec 1599 in Derby, Derbyshire, England
• Died 1662 in New Haven, New Haven Colony
• Son of Unknown Hull and [mother unknown]
• Brother of Andrew Hull
• spouse(s) unknown]

Family

Richard Hull married an unknown woman.

Children of Richard /Hull/ are:

1. Hannah Hull was born BEF 26 FEB 1640/41 in New Haven, CT, and died BEF SEP 1700.
2. John Hull was born BEF 24 MAY 1640 in New Haven, CT, and died 6 DEC 1711 in Wallingford, CT.
3. Jeremiah Hulldied 13 JUN 1700 in New Haven, CT.
4. Mary Hulldied 26 FEB 1663/64 in New Haven, CT.

Biography

Was in Dorchester, England in 1634. Made a freeman in 1634. Was in Boston in 1637; in New Haven 1639,where he took the "Oath of Fidelity" in 1644. Made his will Aug. 1662; died Sept. 1662. Also have his death @ Oct.1,1683? Took his home in New Haven, Conn. where he was representative of the General Court. He was active in all public affairs. Among his descendants were: Commodore Isaac Hull, hero of the Constitution, Captain Joseph Hull, General William Hull, Admiral Andrew Hull Foote, commander of Fort Donelson, General Elias Hull, of Georgia, hero of the War of 1812, & Judge Andrew Hull.

He owned a parcel in the 1641 Plan of New Haven

Richard Hull, of Derbyshire, England, was made freeman in Dorchester, Mass, in 1634. Was in Boston in 1637. Moved to New Haven in 1639, took the oath of fidelity there in 1644. Was representative to the General Court of Conn. He is on record in the New Haven colony as having sold six acres of upland to William Thompson in 1646. Made his will in August, 1662, and died in September, 1662. His wife's name is not known. He moved to New Haven, "because he would not endure puritanism."

Richard first resided in the Massachussetts Colony and was freeman 1 Apr 1634. He was in Boston short time about 1637, then in New Haven by 1640. He named in his will of Aug 1662 children Jeremiah, John, Hannah, and Mary.2

Savage and others have identified this Richard Hull (of New Haven in 1640) with the Richard Hull admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay 1 Apr 1634. That Richard was listed among men of Dorchester suggesting he would be the brother of George and John Hull of Dorchester. Anderson5 says there is no particular reason identify the two Richards, or to connect either to a "Richard Hull, carpenter," who was in Boston in 1637.

Disputed Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hull-467

Disputed Parents: DNA Evidence

Some genealogy sources incorrectly identify Thomas Hull, 1552 – 1636 (the father of George Hull and Rev. Joseph Hull), as also being the father of Richard Hull, the subject of this WikiTree profile. A comparison of DNA samples provided by descendants of these individuals shows that Richard Hull was not a descendant of Thomas Hull. This is shown in the Y-DNA results page for the Hull DNA project.[1]

Disputed Wives

Disputed Wives

None of the existing records found even hint at a given or surname for Richard's wife. Therefore Margery (Resinge) Hull and Dorothy Hiner were disconnected for lack of evidence.

Disambiguation

One Richard? Two? Three?

A Richard Hull, was freeman of Massachusetts Bay on 1 April 1634.[3]
A Richard Hull, carpenter, on 28 6th mo. 1637 (Boston), was given liberty to sell his house and ground to Phillip Sherman of Roxbury. [4]
Savage's Dictionary[5] and others, list the above man/men as the same man who went to New Haven, Connecticut.

Anderson's Great Migration points out there is no particular reason to believe this.[6]

References

• New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Page: 75:188
• Families of Ancient New Haven, Donald Lines Jacobus, Page: 872
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michelott...
• http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_324.html#P29671

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