The third brother, Richard Hull, of New Haven, Conn., came from Derbyshire, Eng. The name was originally spelled "Hulls," and the final "s" was dropped by his descendants. He is on the list of Freemen in the Massachusetts Colony prior to 1639; also in the list of those who took the oath of fidelity to the
Colonies. Resided in Dorchester, Mass., 1634, but moved to New Haven, Conn., 1639, of which town he was one of the founders. Was admitted to the General Court of Connecticut, 1639, and died December 3, 1662.
He was a member of the church, but not a believer in Puritanism.
Among his descendants are Commodore Isaac Hull, the hero of the Constitution; Captain Joseph Hull; General William Hull; Admiral Andrew Hull Foote, commander at Fort Donelson and Island No. 10 ; General Ehas Hull, of Georgia, who was in the War of 1812; General Joseph Wheeler, who was in the Spanish War; Judge Andrew Hull; Doctors Titus and Amos Hull, Mrs. Richmond P. Hobson, and many others.
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