William Bull

According to the 2008 Bull Genealogy Line of John page 1 Notes section for William Bull and Sarah Wells, William Bull came to America about 1715, landing in New York.

He was the son of John Bull and Joane Clark or a 2nd unknown wife from Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. William's grandparents were Peter Bull and Ellenor Unknown, who were residents of Wednesfield, a hamlet two miles east of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.

William and Sarah's story is well documented in the original Bull Family Blue Book published in 1974.

According to "Some Interesting Facts about William Bull and Sarah Wells" publication of the William Bull and Sarah Wells Stone House Association, Inc., he was a stonemason and progenitor of the Bull Family of Orange County, New York.

He was an immigrant to America in 1715 after learning the trade of stonemasonry in Dublin, Ireland.

He is the Builder of "Grey Court" 1716, near Craigville, for Daniel Cromeline, an original owner of the Wawayanda Patent.

He was the builder of the stone house circa 1716-1718 where his descendants, the Roe Family, have resided since 1827.

He was granted 100 acres for 5 shillings, New York currency, where he built his residence call Hamptonburgh in honor of his birthplace in 1722; now known as The Bull Stone House.

He was granted 2600 acres by King George of England in 1723.

He was granted an additional 500 acres in 1724 where his son Thomas (his 4th child and 2nd son) built Hill-Hold in 1769, now an Orange County museum.

He was the builder of Knox's Headquarters in Vails Gate, NY in 1754 - the oldest building contract known in Orange County is on display there.

He died in 1756 leaving a will proved 19 June 1756 giving "my dear wife Sarah Bull my dwelling house and farm".

He was buried on Bull Burying Hill, now known as the Hamptonburgh Cemetery.

William Bull's stone masonry trade was carried on by some of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who erected many fine stone building in Orange County.

entered by Virginia Porter Harkness 1/1/2009

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Excerpt from article in The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Oct 1910, Sun, Page 16:sore straits. He had held a contract to build a bridge near Dublin, but failed to complete it within the stipulated time. Unable to meet his obligations he escaped imprisonment for debt by sailing for America. When he arrived the captain insisted that his passage money was insufficient and that he must be sold to bondage to make up the deficit. Cromline advanced the money finding that Bull was a stone mason, and took him back to his camp. should become sweethearts. It was also, perhaps, just as natural that Mr. and Mrs. Denn should look askance at the young and penniless stranger until he proved his worth. He proved it. Settlers were coming fast into 'the land of Goshen,' and the services of William Bull were in demand. He grew prosperous and thrifty, purchased 200 acres of land alongside the 100 given Sarah Wells by her foster father, and on March 25, 1718, they were married by Justice John Merritt, the second magistrate appointed by Queen Anne for the province..."ists it as March 25, 1718. Others list August 24 or 25, 1718.)
24 Aug 1718 • Hamptonburgh, Orange, New York, United States - The first white marriage to take place in Orange County, NY