Individual Details
Rev. Joseph Hull
(25 Apr 1596 - 19 Nov 1665)
Joseph Hull was educated at St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, England where he earned his B.A. degree. He arrived at Boston, Massachusetts on May 6, 1635 along with 104 others who would later be refer to as "Hull's Colony." Twenty-one families settled at Wessaguscus (Weymouth). He may have served in the Narragansett War, ca. 1645. He became Freeman of Massachusetts Colony in September 1635, and Deputy to the General Court in September 1638. He was reelected in June 1640. On September 6, 1638 he was elected Magistrate of Hingham, Massachusetts. In the spring of 1639 he moved to Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Joseph was born on March 3, 1594, in Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England where he lived for 16 and one-half years. He was admitted to St. Mary's Hall, Oxford University. where he received
a B.A. Degree upon graduation on November 14, 1614. For five years immediately following his graduation, he studied theology, serving meantime as a teacher and curate under his elder
brother William Hull, Vicar of Colyton in the Parish Church, Colyton, Devonshire. He was ordained as a chergyman of the Church of England and on April 14, 1621 he was instituted Rector of Northleigh, Diocese of Exeter, Northleigh, Devonshire. He remained there for over eleven years.
Joseph Hull's first wife Joanna Coffin, and the mother of seven of his children, died in 1632, presumably after giving birth to their daughter Dorothy Hull. During the period 1632 and 1635, Joseph Hull married his second wife, Agnes. During this period of his life he found himself out of accord with those in ecclesiastical authority over him. He voluntarily resigned his rectorship.
Many residents in the Devonshire area were sympathetic to the Puritan cause and it was from this geographical area that the Pilgrims and Puritans gathered and departed the shores of England for New England. On 20 March 1635, Joseph Hull sailed from Weymouth, England for New England with his wife Agnes, two sons, five daughters and three servants. They were in the company of sixteen other families (For the complete passenger list, see NEHGR, 25:Jan 1871:13-15).
In the Massachusetts Colony, he lived in Weymouth in 1635, in Hingham in 1638 and in Barnstable in 1639. In New Hampshire he resided at the Isle of Shoals, Oyster River and Dover. He held the office of Magistrate in Hingham; he was a Deputy to the General Court from Hingham as well as Barnstable. Joseph Hull was minister, land-owner, cattle trader, soldier. A sturdy and devout Christian, he was first prominent in religion, then ostracized for religious differences. He officiated as a clergyman at Barnstable, Hingham, Oyster River and the Isles of Shoals as well as at York, Maine.
In England, Joseph Hull had been minister at Northleigh, Devonshire for a number of years when he resigned his position in 1632. In 1633 and 1634 he was known to serve the parish of Broadway in Crewkerne Deanery. (The American Genealogist, 68:3:Jul 1993:149).
The Rev. Joseph Hull (1595-1665) led a company of 106 which sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1635 and was known as the Hull Colony.[1]
Biography[edit]
Hull was born in Crewkerne, Somerset, and graduated from Oxford in 1614. He was ordained in 1619, and served as teacher, curate and minister of Colyton, Devonshire. He became disaffected from the Church of England, and was expelled from the church in 1635.[2][3]
He led his congregation to what is now Weymouth, Massachusetts. Apparently his "liberal views" led to his dismissal from his parish, and he moved to Hingham, where he served as its representative in the General Court (Massachusetts legislature). He was the political and religious opponent of Gov. John Winthrop, with the "very contentious" Hull apparently siding more with the Anglicans than the Puritan governor. Winthrop eventually expelled Hull from the colony.[4]
Hull moved to the Plymouth Colony, and then to Barnstable. A memorial tablet was dedicated there in 1939 (the 300th anniversary of the town's founding) marking the site of his home there, and the rock from which he preached still stands in the middle of the highway there.[5]
Hull came into disfavor in the Plymouth Colony. He moved to Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and later to Accominticus (present-day York, Maine), becoming minister there. However, a Puritan minister was sent there to replace him, and he returned to England. He remained there for a decade, when he was ejected from the parish. He returned to America, settling at the Isles of Shoals in New Hampshire, where he preached until his death in 1665.[6][7][8]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Weymouth Historical Society, History of Weymouth Massachusetts, Vol. I, p. 72, Wright and Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1923, reproduced on Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Web site, "The Rev. Hull Company", Retrieved 6 Feb. 2011.
Jump up ^ Hull, Amy Eleanore E., Rev. Joseph Hull and Some of his Descendants, Stonebraker Bros., Baltimore, MD, 1904.
Jump up ^ Palmer, Ansell W., ed. Piscataqua Pioneers: Selected Biographies of Early Settlers in Northern New England, pp. 243-4, Piscataqua Pioneers, Portsmouth, NH, 2000. ISBN 0-9676579-0-3.
Jump up ^ Cook, Lawrence, "The Exodus of the Joseph Hull Company", 1991, Origins of the Bicknell Family in North America as Descended from Zachary Bicknell (1589-1635) website, retrieved 6 Feb. 2011.
Jump up ^ Behling, Sam, "Rev. Joseph Hull", Ancestry.com, retrieved 6 Feb 2011.
Jump up ^ donparrish.com, "Notes for Rev. Joseph Hull", retrieved 6 Feb 2011.
Jump up ^ Crane, Ellery Bicknell, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. II, pp. 169-170, Lewis Publishing Co., New York, NY, 1907, retrieved 6 Feb 2011.
Jump up ^ Palmer, Ansell W., ed. Piscataqua Pioneers: Selected Biographies of Early Settlers in Northern New England, pp. 243-4, Piscataqua Pioneers, Portsmouth, NH, 2000. ISBN 0-9676579-0-3. - Wikipedia
Joseph was born on March 3, 1594, in Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England where he lived for 16 and one-half years. He was admitted to St. Mary's Hall, Oxford University. where he received
a B.A. Degree upon graduation on November 14, 1614. For five years immediately following his graduation, he studied theology, serving meantime as a teacher and curate under his elder
brother William Hull, Vicar of Colyton in the Parish Church, Colyton, Devonshire. He was ordained as a chergyman of the Church of England and on April 14, 1621 he was instituted Rector of Northleigh, Diocese of Exeter, Northleigh, Devonshire. He remained there for over eleven years.
Joseph Hull's first wife Joanna Coffin, and the mother of seven of his children, died in 1632, presumably after giving birth to their daughter Dorothy Hull. During the period 1632 and 1635, Joseph Hull married his second wife, Agnes. During this period of his life he found himself out of accord with those in ecclesiastical authority over him. He voluntarily resigned his rectorship.
Many residents in the Devonshire area were sympathetic to the Puritan cause and it was from this geographical area that the Pilgrims and Puritans gathered and departed the shores of England for New England. On 20 March 1635, Joseph Hull sailed from Weymouth, England for New England with his wife Agnes, two sons, five daughters and three servants. They were in the company of sixteen other families (For the complete passenger list, see NEHGR, 25:Jan 1871:13-15).
In the Massachusetts Colony, he lived in Weymouth in 1635, in Hingham in 1638 and in Barnstable in 1639. In New Hampshire he resided at the Isle of Shoals, Oyster River and Dover. He held the office of Magistrate in Hingham; he was a Deputy to the General Court from Hingham as well as Barnstable. Joseph Hull was minister, land-owner, cattle trader, soldier. A sturdy and devout Christian, he was first prominent in religion, then ostracized for religious differences. He officiated as a clergyman at Barnstable, Hingham, Oyster River and the Isles of Shoals as well as at York, Maine.
In England, Joseph Hull had been minister at Northleigh, Devonshire for a number of years when he resigned his position in 1632. In 1633 and 1634 he was known to serve the parish of Broadway in Crewkerne Deanery. (The American Genealogist, 68:3:Jul 1993:149).
The Rev. Joseph Hull (1595-1665) led a company of 106 which sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1635 and was known as the Hull Colony.[1]
Biography[edit]
Hull was born in Crewkerne, Somerset, and graduated from Oxford in 1614. He was ordained in 1619, and served as teacher, curate and minister of Colyton, Devonshire. He became disaffected from the Church of England, and was expelled from the church in 1635.[2][3]
He led his congregation to what is now Weymouth, Massachusetts. Apparently his "liberal views" led to his dismissal from his parish, and he moved to Hingham, where he served as its representative in the General Court (Massachusetts legislature). He was the political and religious opponent of Gov. John Winthrop, with the "very contentious" Hull apparently siding more with the Anglicans than the Puritan governor. Winthrop eventually expelled Hull from the colony.[4]
Hull moved to the Plymouth Colony, and then to Barnstable. A memorial tablet was dedicated there in 1939 (the 300th anniversary of the town's founding) marking the site of his home there, and the rock from which he preached still stands in the middle of the highway there.[5]
Hull came into disfavor in the Plymouth Colony. He moved to Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and later to Accominticus (present-day York, Maine), becoming minister there. However, a Puritan minister was sent there to replace him, and he returned to England. He remained there for a decade, when he was ejected from the parish. He returned to America, settling at the Isles of Shoals in New Hampshire, where he preached until his death in 1665.[6][7][8]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Weymouth Historical Society, History of Weymouth Massachusetts, Vol. I, p. 72, Wright and Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1923, reproduced on Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Web site, "The Rev. Hull Company", Retrieved 6 Feb. 2011.
Jump up ^ Hull, Amy Eleanore E., Rev. Joseph Hull and Some of his Descendants, Stonebraker Bros., Baltimore, MD, 1904.
Jump up ^ Palmer, Ansell W., ed. Piscataqua Pioneers: Selected Biographies of Early Settlers in Northern New England, pp. 243-4, Piscataqua Pioneers, Portsmouth, NH, 2000. ISBN 0-9676579-0-3.
Jump up ^ Cook, Lawrence, "The Exodus of the Joseph Hull Company", 1991, Origins of the Bicknell Family in North America as Descended from Zachary Bicknell (1589-1635) website, retrieved 6 Feb. 2011.
Jump up ^ Behling, Sam, "Rev. Joseph Hull", Ancestry.com, retrieved 6 Feb 2011.
Jump up ^ donparrish.com, "Notes for Rev. Joseph Hull", retrieved 6 Feb 2011.
Jump up ^ Crane, Ellery Bicknell, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. II, pp. 169-170, Lewis Publishing Co., New York, NY, 1907, retrieved 6 Feb 2011.
Jump up ^ Palmer, Ansell W., ed. Piscataqua Pioneers: Selected Biographies of Early Settlers in Northern New England, pp. 243-4, Piscataqua Pioneers, Portsmouth, NH, 2000. ISBN 0-9676579-0-3. - Wikipedia
Events
| Birth | 25 Apr 1596 | Crewekerne, Somersetshire, England | |||
| Death | 19 Nov 1665 | Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire |
Families
| Spouse | Agnes (1610 - ) |
| Child | Hopewell Hull (1635 - 1693) |
| Father | Thomas Hull (1547 - 1636) |
| Mother | Joan Pesinge (1551 - 1629) |