Hopewell Hull: Wm. L. Gann's Genealogy Site

Generation: 1

Hopewell Hull was born Abt 1636 (son of Joseph Hull and Agnes); died 3 Apr 1693.

Other Events:

Probate: 27 Apr 1693, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Estate inventory
Probate: 8 May 1693, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Will proved
Probate: 13 Jul 1693, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; Mary Hull bonded as executrix
Will: 26 Mar 1693, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey; Wife Mary. Sons Hopewell, Joseph, both under age. Unnamed daughters. Wife Mary executrix, with brother Benjamin Hull and John Drake as overseers.

Notes:

Birth:
His marriage was rendered null and void in 1669 (he later apparently straightened it out); we assume he was at least 12 years old at the time

Hopewell married Mary Martin Bef 29 Dec 1669. Mary (daughter of John Martin and Hester Roberts) was born Bef 1656; died Aft 21 May 1703. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
"These are to Give Notice to all persons Whome It may Concerne that Whereas I am Informed that Hopewell Hull hath VnLawfully taken to Wife the Daughter of John Martin of Woodbridge, Without Observing the Lawes and Customes of England Or these parts of America, I the Governor of this province doe declare that the Mariage & that all others that are or shall be Comitted In the same Manner to be null Void and of none Effect, And they that doe Live In that VnLawfull Estate of Matrimony May be Prossecuted as such as doe Live In the Estate of fornication, And that the Children begotten by them are to be accompted Bastards and not Capable of Inheritance. Given vndr my hand and Scale the 29th day of Decembr 1669."East Jersey Records, in office of the Secretary of State, at Trenton, Liber 3, p. 32. It is probable that Hull remarried his wife, Mary Martin, with all due ceremony, for John Martin, in his will, March 17, 1687-8, names his "son" Hopewell Hull as one of the overseers and assistants of his executrix.?E. J. Deeds, Liber B, f. 220; and see N. J Archives. XXI., 107, 108, 194.2

Generation: 2

Joseph Hull was born 1595, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England (son of Thomas Hull and Joane Peson); died 19 Nov 1665, Accomenticus, York, Maine.

Other Events:

Ordained: 14 Apr 1621; Church of England
Residence: 11 Dec 1639, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; On this date a day of Thanksgiving was celebrated as his home, "for Gods exceeding Mercye in bringing us hither Safely keeping us healthy & well in our weake beginnings...."

Joseph married Agnes Bef 1635, England. Agnes was born 1610, England; died Aft 1644. [Group Sheet]

Agnes was born 1610, England; died Aft 1644.

Children:

1. Hopewell Hull was born Abt 1636; died 3 Apr 1693.
Benjamin Hull was christened 22 Mar 1639, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died 1713, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey.
Naomi Hull was christened 23 Mar 1639/40, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Ruth Hull was born Yarmouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; was christened 9 May 1641, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Reuben Hull was born Abt 1644; died 03 Dec 1689.
Sarah Hull died 1647.
Samuel Hull

Generation: 3

4. Thomas Hull was born Bef 1578; died Aft 1595.
Thomas married Joane Peson Bef 1590. Joane was born Bef 1578; died Aft 1595. [Group Sheet]

Joane Peson was born Bef 1578; died Aft 1595.

Children:

George Hull was born 1590, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England; died 1659, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
William Hull was born Bef 1595; died 1627, Colyton, Devonshire, England.
John Hull was born Bef 1595; died Aft 1627.
2. Joseph Hull was born 1595, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England; died 19 Nov 1665, Accomenticus, York, Maine.