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TWELFTH GENERATION

2436. Capt. Thomas Bull

"BULL, (2436) THOMAS, Hartford, came in the Hopewell, capt. Babb, emb. at London, Sept. 1635, aged 25, was of Boston or Cambridge first, but accomp. Hooker next May, had w. (2437) Susanna, wh. d. 1680, aged 70; serv. well in the Pequot war, 1637, and in 1675 was in command at Saybrook, when Andros attempt. to gain the place for his master, the D. of York, and he steadily and successf. resist. him. [See Chalmer's Polit. Ann. 581, and Trumbull, Hist. I. 346.] He d. 1684, in his will nam. ch. (2437i) Thomas; (2437vi) David of Saybrook, wh. was bapt. 9 Feb. 1651; (1218) Jonathan, bapt. 25 Mar. 1659; and (2437iv) Joseph of Hartford; (2437ii) Ruth, w. of (2437ii[1]) Andrew Bordman of Cambridge; (2437vii) Abigail Buck; and a third d. (2437iii) Bunce."

-- James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692" c/o http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/

2437. Susannah unknown

2438. Rev. John Whiting

"WHITING, ...(2438) JOHN, Salem, s. of William of Hartford, b. prob. in Eng. tho. Goodwin, 330, makes the date 1635, of wh. I much doubt, bec. 30 Sept. 1654, when he should have been of yrs. of legal discretion, agreem. relat. to distrib. of est. of his f. was sign. by him as well as his elder br. and Mr. Fitch who had m. his mo. and the gr. friends, Webster and Stone, in wh. the f. had confid. After receiv. his A. B. at Harv. 1653, and A. M. 1655, was a tutor at the coll. but soon call. to the pulpit at S. in aid of aged Rev. Edward Norris, and from 1657 to 1659, acc. Felt II. 626, preach. there, but he would not sett. and went to Hartford, where he was ord. 1660, as collea. with Stone, and was adm. freem. May 1665. Rev. Jospeh Haynes succeed. S. a controv. soon sprang up betw. him and W. a bapt. of infants, of wh. the import may, I suppose, be gather. from a letter of famous John Davenport, June 1666, to Gov. John Winthrop, in 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. X. 60-2; and Trumbull, Col. Rec. II. 120.

"The result is more intelligib. a new ch. was gather. and 1670, W. was made pastor, and serv. until his d. 8 Sept. 1689. He had m. at Cambridge, a. 1654, (2439) Sybil, d. of deac. (4878) Edward Collins of the same, had (2439i) Sybil, b. 1655, prob. at C.; (2439ii) John, 1657, prob. at C. d. young; both bapt. at C.; (2439iii) William, 1659, bapt. at C. says Mitchell's Reg. 19 Feb, 1660; (2439iv) Martha, 1662; (1219) Sarah, 1664; (2439vi) Abigail, 1666; and (2439vii) Samuel, 22 Apr. 1670.

"In 1673 he m. sec. w. (2438[2]) Phebe, d. of Thomas Gregson of New Haven, and had (2438[2]a) Thomas, b. 1674, d. soon; (2438[2]b) Mary, 1676, d. at 13 yrs.; (2438[2]c) Elizabeth 1678; (2438[2]d) Joseph, 1680; (2438[2]e) Nathaniel, 1683, d. young; (2438[2]f) Thomas, again, 1686, d. young; and (2438[2]g) John, again, 1688, who was a merch. at Hartford, and d. unm. at 27 yrs. He had been appoint. chaplain, Aug. 1675, for the troops in Philip's war, and d. not as Trumbull says, in 1700, but as bef. said. his wid. m. 1692, (2438[2][2]) Rev. John Russell of Hadley, but aft. his d. went to her s. Joseph, at New Haven; and d. 19 Sept. 1730.

"Sybil m. (2439i[1]) Alexander Bryan; Martha m. 25 Dec. 1683, (2439iv[1]) Samuel Bryan; both of Milford; Sarah m. 19 Mar. 1685, (1218) Jonathan Bull of Hartford; and Abigail m. (2439vi[1]) Rev. Samuel Russell of Deerfield, aft. of Branford."

-- James Savage, op. cit.

2439. Sybil Collins

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1 Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) c/o ancestry.com
2Cemetery Records of Windham County, Connecticut c/o ancestry.com

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