Query #082 – Josiah Hull–Abigail Rhodes/Rhoads Bible–Sharon, Litchfield Co., CT–Berkshire Co., MA: I am searching for the family Bible for my 4th Gt. Grandparents, Josiah (1774–1856) and Abigail Rhodes/Rhoads of Sharon, Litchfield Co., CT and Berkshire Co., MA. Their children were: Electa, Harvey, Joel, Abigail, Josiah, Erastus, Harriet, and Fanny. The parents were married in 1796. In 1903 the Bible was owned by Cornelia Crocker Wilkins of NYC, NY, who was the dau. of Electa Hull Crocker.

— Submitted 05 Mar 2008 by Barbara J. Ellis, HFA Member #1555

 Query #081 – Bashara Hull: Would like to request updates on Bashara Hull and his son Benjamin Hull who married Phoebe Byerly. I would like to request family group sheets and existing documentation on these lineages which I know are different from Weygant’s lines.

Also I am descended from Bashara and Benjamin through Cordelia and would like to know if you have any documentation on the relationships between Cordelia and Benjamin. Thanks.

— Submitted 05 Mar 2008 by Deborah Holden, HFA Member #1239

• 05 Mar 2008 Reply from the HFA Genealogist: I am sending you today two family group sheets which should accommodate your above request for more information on Bashara Hull (1775–1855) and his son Benjamin Hull. I will search my files for the documentation, too, for Cordelia Hull Phillips as a daughter of Benjamin Hull, b. 28 Dec 1796.

 Query #080 – Birth Mother Cynthia Hull–Clinton, Clinton Co., IA: I am searching for a Cynthia Hull who would have been in the Clinton, Iowa area in June 1963. She is my birth mother. There is no other information in the court files other than her name. There is no birth father’s name listed either. On the adoption petition Cynthia asserted that the name and whereabouts of the birth father were unknown. I do not know if she was single or married at the time. I do not know how old she was either. Cynthia had me at Jane Lamb Hospital in Clinton, Iowa on June 27, 1963. The doctor was Dr. Don F. Mirick. My adoptive parents told me that my birth mother was a paraplegic from polio and in a wheelchair. I cannot prove this but it is what I was told. My adoptive mom was a nurse at the same hospital and also worked with Dr. Mirick. My adoptive mother died January 1992, so I can’t ask any other questions.

If there is anything anyone can do for me to help me try to find Cynthia Hull I will appreciate it greatly. Thank you.

— Submitted 22 Feb 2008 by Lisa Chandler, HFA Member #1560

 Query #079 – James Hull–Christina Snyder: Desire info on the family of James Hull, b. 1810, d. 1889, and Christina Snyder, b. 1816 (Prussia), d. 1902. Other res.: Blair Co., PA, and Stephenson Co., IL. Especially seeking the names of the parents and siblings of James Hull.

• Ref.: 1850 Census, Allegheny Twp., Blair Co., PA: James, 39, with his wife Christina 27, Mary J., 1 (daughter), Elizabeth, 59 (his mother?), Mary Hallet, 34 (his sister?), and Abraham Fetters, 56.

Others who appear in Antis, Blair Co., PA are Andrew Hull, 69, b. MD, Rachel, 55, b. MD, David Hull, 40, b. PA, Margaretta 37, b. PA.

• Ref.: Family of Abraham Fetters (from Robert Fetters), Huntingdon Co., PA. Court Records 1828: David Hull gave oath of testimony about estate of Jacob Fetters, decd. May 20, 1833 Court Records: deed for Abraham Fetters, son of Jacob Fetters. James Hull witnessed claims.
• Ref.: Blair Co., PA Tax list: James Hull in Logan Twp. 1850–1856. In 1852 David Hull appears in the same Logan Twp. records; in 1856 James’s name is crossed out and David is written over it. David continues to appear until 1858 when his name is crossed out.

If Elizabeth is James Hull’s mother and she was born in MD, and Andrew and Rachel were born in MD, this may lead to some connection to James and Elizabeth. Both David Hull and James Hull testify for Abraham Fetters about land and his deceased father, Jacob Fetters. This shows that both David and James were close to the Fetters. James’s name being crossed out in the tax records and David’s name replacing it, shows another possible connection between James and David. When James moves to Illinois in ~1856, this is when David’s name replaces James.

• 1860 Stephenson Co., IL Census: James, his wife Christina, and his first 2 children who were born in PA. ~1853, Matilda and 1855 William A., and an additional daughter Amanda, 2, are included in the census.
• 1860 Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL Census shows Elizabeth Hull, b. MD, along with Rachel Hull, 30, b. OH, Josephine, 14, b. OH, and George, 40, b. OH. Elizabeth living with other Hulls who were born in OH shows the great possibility of connection to the Hulls of OH. I am not aware of any connection yet.
• 1865 Stephenson Co., IL State Census places James and Christina and children in Harlem Twp.
• 1865 Stephenson Co., IL State Census places Elizabeth with 4 males in the City of Freeport, IL.

James and Christina are both buried in Stephenson Co., IL in Grandview Cemetery. Elizabeth Hull, widow, and Rachel Hull sell lot in Freeport, IL, October 1866 (Ref.: Stephenson Co. Deed book #45). Elizabeth does not show up in any of the censuses after the sale of the lots. I have no record of her death either.

— Submitted 18 Feb 2008 by Thomas Hull, HFA Member #1392

 Query #078 – Daniel Hull & Wife Elizabeth [_?_]–Son Elijah Charles Hull–Greene & Morgan Cos., IL: Some sites have listed Daniel Hull as being the son of Joseph and Keziah Christie Hull. I do not believe this is my Daniel, who was b. ca. 1797 in NC but was living in IL during the 1850 census. Would like to find out for sure who my Daniel is actually related to.

— Submitted 14 Feb 2008
by Lorna Gay Steven Shilke, HFA Member #1556

• 14 Feb 2008 Reply from the HFA Genealogist: Regarding Joseph Hull and Keziah Christie Hull, they apparently did have a son named Daniel Chrystie Hull but he is a different man than your Daniel, so you are correct that your Daniel is not the son of Joseph Hull and Keziah Christie. This Joseph also had a son named Elijah Chrystie Hull, but he was b. 03 Feb 1800 and would not be your Elijah Charles Hull, b. 15 Jan 1820, who was the son of your Daniel and Elizabeth Hull.
     So you are correct that these websites contain the wrong information. Two different Daniel Hulls and two different Elijah C. Hulls have been confused here. Tentatively, your Daniel Hull is listed as the son of Moses and Elizabeth Hull, but people are still working to try to confirm this.

 Query #077 – Elizabeth Hull–William Loyd–York Co., VA: I am searching for an Elizabeth Hull, b. 1630s, who married William Loyd in York Co. VA, ca. 1654.

— Submitted 23 Jan 2008 by Helles Harwell, non-member

• 23 Jan 2008 Reply from the HFA Genealogist: We are showing fifteen family group sheets for families in York Co., VA. We also published in one of our previous HFA Journals a 7-page article on Hull families in VA before 1750, including the earliest Hull immigrants to VA. These are available to HFA members.
• 24 Jan 2008 Reply from the HFA Genealogist: We do have an Elizabeth… [answer to this query is available only to HFA members; become a member here].

 Query #076 – Isaac Hull–Mercy Vaughn–Middlesex Co., NJ–Mason & Fleming Cos., KY: Desire info on Isaac Hull, b. ca. 1740 or later, and Mercy Vaughn, of NJ. Are there any living members who descend from this couple? Also, anything in the DAR for them?

What was the son, John Hull’s, wife’s name? They were of Mason and Fleming Cos., KY. Was her name Rebecca Bennett or a different Rebecca? Thank you.

— Submitted 18 Jan 2008
by Barbara Hawkins-Fields, HFA Member #1436

• 18 Jan 2008 Reply from the HFA Genealogist: This is one of the problem Hull lines in NJ and also in KY. The Isaac Hull, who m. Mercy or Massie Vaughn, is given as the son of Sheriff Isaac Hull, b. 1731, and Anne Dunham in The Hull Family in America [HFAm], pub. 1913. However, the younger Isaac Hull’s Rev. War pension states that he was b. in 1740 in Middlesex Co., NJ, which if true, makes it impossible for him to have been the son of Sheriff Isaac Hull, b. 1731. If the younger Isaac Hull were b. in 1740 and the older Isaac in 1731, then we have to look elsewhere for this Isaac Hull’s parents. I would begin by looking at all of the “Dangling NJ Hull lines” that we published several years ago in our HFA Journal. These were lines that were not carried down in HFAm; this Journal is still available to our HFA members.
     Both the DAR and SAR have records... [answer to this query is available only to HFA members; become a member here].

 Query #075 – Amos Gift Hull–Parents: L.? S.? Hull & Rosetta Porter: Desire information on Amos Gift Hull, son of Rosetta Porter and L(?) S(?) Hull. Both parents appear to have been born in the USA. Seeking to confirm the names of parents, especially father, and their dates of birth and place of birth. The son, Amos Gift Hull, was supposedly born March 3, 1842 in CT.

— Submitted 18 Jan 2008 by Sean Gaherty, HFA Member #1557

• 18 Jan 2008 Reply from the HFA Genealogist: We can certainly help you with this one. We have the parents of this Amos Gift Hull (there were two by this name), and can carry this line back to the 1600s immigrant, who was… [answer to this query is available only to HFA members; become a member here].

 Query #074 – Henry Harrison Hull–Catherine “Caty” Snider/Snyder–John Hull–Rebecca [_?_]–Washington Co., PA: I believe that John Hull, of Washington Co., PA, was b. 1748 in Ireland and was the father of Henry Harrison Hull, who m. Catherine “Caty” Snider/Snyder. I have not been able to confirm this. My source is from a paper, Some Descendents [sic] of John Hull, published by Thomas F. Hull, 114 Pathway Lane, West Lafayette, IN 47906-2156. I am pretty new at this and appreciate everyone’s help trying to unravel my family history.

— Submitted 18 Jan 2008 by
Charles Clinton Hull, HFA Member #1551

• 18 Jan 2008 Reply from the HFA Genealogist: We believe we can help you with your problem, as we are familiar with the above genealogy and have a copy of it. We know that it does contain some serious errors. We also have extensive records on your ancestor, Henry Hull. We do not have any documentation, however, that his middle name was Harrison and we believe this to be incorrect.
     The HFA Journal, Vol. 14, #3 has a featured article on your family, entitled “The Henry Hull and Catherine Snider Family of Pennsylvania, Trumbull and Wayne Counties, Ohio, Descendants to Lorain and Geauga County, Ohio,” along with their bible record. These Journals are still available to our HFA members.
  We believe that the above genealogy has erred in naming the John who married Rebecca as the father of your Henry Hull. He was the father of a Henry Hull, but this Henry is a entirely different man than yours.
     I have sent you our family group sheets for both this John Hull, who married Rebecca, and his son Henry Hull, who married Christina Cox. I have also sent our family group sheet for your Henry Hull, who married Catherine “Caty” Snider/Snyder and you will see from these family group sheets that these two Henrys were two different men. John Hull’s son instead is the Henry Hull who married Christina Cox; he had a different birth date than your Henry and a different set of children. It is not yet proven that this John Hull came from Ireland. He may connect to some Irish Hulls, as the DNA analysis indicates, but we do not know that this John was the immigrant of the family.
     We have made very thorough studies of the Hulls in Washington Co., PA. There were at least 25 branches there that we cannot say relate to each other. We cannot even confirm that your Henry Hull was in Washington Co., PA, although we do believe he probably went to OH from PA. We have had the benefit of the excellent research done by our own HFA members who descend from these lines. They are first-rate and experienced genealogists, who really have cared about documenting and verifying their information. Therefore, we believe that we have the correct data regarding these two Henry Hulls. Thank you for your query. We are pleased to help with these confusing Henry Hull lines.

 Query #073 – Green Hull m. Martha “Patsey” Dailey–Lunenburg Co., VA–Surry & Richmond Cos., NC–Boyd Co., KY–Utah Co., UT: I am trying to find the parentage of my third grandfather: Green Hull, b; 1788, NC, d. 2 Jun 1855 in Surry Co., NC; m. Martha “Patsey” Dailey, 12 Sep 1804, Lunenburg Co., VA.

Their children were:

• Gregory Johnson Hull, b. 03 Apr 1810, VA, d. 18 Sep 1880, Catlettsburg, Boyd Co., KY
• Frances Maturiah, b. ca. 1813, NC
• Robert James, b. 04 Apr 1817, VA, d. 01 Oct 1889
• Porthena Richard, b. 1819, NC, d. 1857
• Edward Ruben, b. 01 Jan 1819, VA, d. 28 Nov 1882, NC
• Thomas Goodwin, b. ca. 1821, Surry Co., NC, d. aft 1881, Carroll Co., VA
• Martha Green, b. 1824, NC, d. 1901
• William Anderson, b. 07 Mar 1830, NC, d. 19 Aug 1879, Payson, Utah Co., UT

Any help you can offer will be appreciated. Thank you.

— Submitted 03 Jan 2008 by Ann Hull, HFA Member #1548

• 03 Jan 2008 Reply from the HFA Genealogist: Are you in touch with HFA member #1201 Mary Elizabeth Coleman? She, too, descends from this same Green Hull. If you have not yet corresponded with her, we will put you in touch with her so that you can exchange records. We are also happy to send you our family group sheets, three at a time, for members of this family. We also know of a number of people who have submitted Internet queries on this line.

 Query #072 – Henry Hull–Elizabeth Keister–Augusta Co., VA: I’m interested in the marriage of Henry Hull, born 1760 in Augusta Co., VA, to Elizabeth Keister. I’m also interested in this Henry Hull’s ancestors.

— Submitted 03 Jan 2008 by Frank Smith, non-member

• 03 Jan 2008 Reply from the HFA Genealogist: We can certainly help with this one, I believe. No doubt you are referring to the Henry/Heinrich Hull/Holl who was b. 01 Apr 1760, commonly given to the 1741 German immigrant, Peter Thomas Hohl/Holl. However, this parentage is definitely incorrect, as proven by land records and DNA testing. Peter Thomas Hohl/Holl was not the father of Henry Hull. This is one of the most misunderstood lines out on the Internet today.
     We have published extensive articles on both the Peter Thomas Hohl line and the Henry/Heinrich Holl line. These are available to our HFA members.
     The correct info for this Henry Hull is as follows: (1) Henry/Heinrich was instead the son of... [answer to this query is available only to HFA members; become a member here].

 Query #071 – Hull–Harbison–Oswego Co., NY: Seeking info on my 2nd gt. grandparent, Carrie Ann Hull, who m. John Wright Harbison. I am only trying to establish that I have done my research correctly. I have used Ancestry.com and have a substantial amount of data referring me all the way back to Thomas Hulle, b. 1275, Axminster, co. Devon, England.

I can verify that the info I gave to you leading up to Carrie Ann Hull is correct. Can you confirm the rest? I have established a Burquest Family Tree that I have made public on Ancestry.com. Do you have any other suggestions as to more I can do?

— Submitted 03 Jan 2008 by Jon Burquest, non-member

• 03 Jan 2008 Reply from the HFA Genealogist: Your line is a Hull line that we are very familiar with. We have this line traced back to the immigrant and beyond, but it does not connect to Thomas Hulle, b. 1275. This is a common error seen all over the Internet.
     As for suggestions of more that you can do, please join the Hull Family Association, so we can document your line and correct what is incorrect. Also we have published articles in our HFA Journals which do pertain to your line. These are still available to HFA members.
     Your line goes back to... [answer to this query is available only to HFA members; become a member here].

 Query #070 – Hull–Person–Windsor Co., VT–Livingston & Washington Cos., NY–St. Joseph Co., MI: I can’t seem to find any information on my 3rd Great Grandparent, William Hull, b. 16 Mar 1793, Weston, Windsor Co., VT. He married Polly Person. Descendants lived in Livingston and Washington Cos., NY, and St. Joseph Co., MI. I descend from William’s son John Hull, who m. Mary Matilda Fisher. Any information will be helpful.

— Submitted 03 Jan 2008 by
Virginia Hull Weaver, HFA Member #1549

• 03 Jan 2008 Reply from the HFA Genealogist: We do have a family group sheet for your ancestor, William Hull, complete with five citations and the 1850 through 1870 census for members of his family. We also have as William’s siblings these Hulls:… [answer to this query is available only to HFA members; become a member here].

 Query #069 – John Millege Hull–Josie Little Montague–Logan Co., IL–Lancaster Co., NE: I know nothing of my grandfather, John Millege Hull’s other children (twin sons and another son died in infancy), or his siblings (several brothers), or his parents. John Millege Hull, married Josie Little Montague on 11 Sep 1879, in Lincoln, Logan Co., IL, and also lived in Lancaster Co., NE. Any help is most appreciated!

— Submitted 03 Jan 2008 by
Richard Thompson Hull, HFA Member #1545

• 03 Jan 2008 Reply from the HFA Genealogist: We are pleased to tell you that we have three more generations for your family and family group sheets for the generations of your grandfather, your great grandfather, and your 2nd and 3rd great grandfathers, which we will be happy to send to you. These family group sheets will contain the children in all of these families. Your great grandfather is… [answer to this query is available only to HFA members; become a member here].