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Abraham Bull and Abigail Paine

OUR BULL FAMILY OF ENGLAND, RI, CT AND NY

EDWARD BULL (1625-1682) and Elizabeth Castell (1630-?). They had at least two sons, Edward and John.

Edward Bull was born Dec. 13, 1615 in Donnington, Gloucester, England, a small village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, near the Roman Fosse Way in the Cotswold District Council area of south west England. It is notable for its Cotswold stone houses. Edward married Elizabeth Castell on July 27, 1643 in Knebworth, Hertford, England. She was born on April 25, 1619.in Wedmore, Somerset, England, daughter of William Castell.

They had sons John, born 1652; Isaac, born 1653 and Jacob, b. 1659; and daughter Mary.

 Edward died about May of 1682 in Donnington, England.

ISAAC BULL, our immigrant ancestor, was born on April 2, 1653 in Donnington, Glouchestershire, England. He married two women named Mary, the second being Mary Walling. He died on Jan. 5, 1716, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. (This is NOT the John Bull who married Sarah Parker, nor is he related to Gov. Henry Bull of R.I.) The family of Isaac Bull were Quakers.

At age 15 on Sept. 29, 1668, he became an indentured apprentice for a period of seven years to William Williams, a carpenter from Stow-on-The-Wold, Gloucestershire, England. 
Isaac was married in England to Mary (surname unknown) probably in 1676 after his indenture ended. Their four children were born in England

JOHN JONATHAN BULL was born in 1677in England. He married Mary Closson daughter of Josiah Closson and Mary Williamson in 1707, in Rhode Island.  On 15 JUL 1707, he desired liberty to live in town, if he could get a house. His request was granted, if he be no way troublesome to the town. Children: (births of Isaac and John recorded at Jamestown Rhode Island). John died in Providence, R.I.

CHILDREN of John BULL and Mary CLOSSON

1. Isaac Bull, born 22 JUL 1708. He was of Jamestown, Rhode Island. He married on 8 APR 1731 Rebecca BROWNING.
2. John Bull. Born on 8 June 1710 in South Kingston, Rhode Island. He married Lydia CLOSSON.
3. Hannah Bull. Born in 1712. She married Eben HARRINGTON.
4. Josiah Bull. Born in 1713-1714 in North Kingston, Rhode Island. He married Ruth TRIPP in 1737. He died in 1813 in Beekman Precinct, Duchess County, New York.
5. Nathan Bull. Born in 1715 in South Kingston, Rhode Island. He married Abigail INMAN in 1739. He died in 1791 in Rutland, Vermont.
6. Ruth Bull. Born in 1717.
7. Timothy Bull. Born in 1720 in South Kingston, Rhode Island. He married Patience PAGE. He died in 1810 in Vermont.
8. Jeremiah Bull. Born in 1722 in South Kingston, Rhode Island. He married Abigail MANN.
9. Jacob Bull. Born in 1725. He married Rebecca GAMAGE.
10. Abigail Bull. Born in 1727. She married Abraham PALMER.

ISAAC BULL  was born on July 22, 1708, Jamestown, Newport RI. He died in 1789 in Kent, CT, He was married on April 8, 1731 in Jamestown to Rebecca Browning (daughter of Samuel Browning and Mercy Clark), born 1710 S. Kingston RI –d. 1790 Kent, CT, removed to NY by 1740 and then Kent, Litchfield by 1772 (built forge) They were Quakers, and are buried in the Quaker Cemetery. They had ten children, (some reports say all but the first were born at Quaker Hill, Duchess County, NY.  But that does not jive with other information with the same names and dates (DAR index). The “Find a Grave” Index Report says also that they were buried in the Quaker Cemetery in Quaker Hill, Duchess Co., NY.

Children:

BULL, Jonathan, born 15 MAY 1732 South Kingston, Washington Co. RI.
BULL,  Jacob  b. May 6, 1735 m. Mary  Washburn in 1762. In 1760.  was given permission to erect a grist mill and iron works at this point on the Housatonic.  (Monitor Iron Works) Mr. Bull came from Dover, N.Y. Children: Isaac, Jacob, Jemima, Ruth, and 5 others who d. at birth. They built the Inn and ran it, though had 20 children! At least five died on the day they were born.
BULL, Thomas Edgar, b. May 31, 1737

*BULL, Abraham  was born on March 9, 1739/40 Dover Plains, Washington, NY. (just across the border from Litchfield, Kent, Bulls Bridge. He married Abigail Payne.
BULL, Martha, Aug 20, 1743, m. Stephen Washburn

BULL, Isaac, March 13-4, 1746 (orb. 20 JUN 1743) Dover Plains, Washington, NY.
BULL, Rebecca b.20^th or 30 APR 1751 Dover Plains, Washington, NY.
BULL, Mary  Jan. 17, 1748

Esther, March 20, 1754

Unknown Male, Jan. 4, 1757 d. 1757

     Of this family, Isaac and Jacob, brothers of our Abraham In 1760 built Ironworks in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut and the first of at least five wooden bridges in Kent. Later Bull’s Bridge was named for them. Bull's Bridge takes its name from Isaac and Jacob Bull, who started an ironworks here in 1760 and also built the first of at least five wooden bridges that have crossed this rocky, wooded gorge. The present span is believed to date from 1842. An example of the lattice truss patented by Ithiel Town in 1820, the bridge carries what was once a major highway from Hartford to Newburgh, New York, on the Hudson River.

Spanning the Housatonic River in Kent, CT, Bulls Bridge dates to about 1842.  The bridge is named for Jacob and Isaac Bull who started an ironworks at the site in 1760.  The lattice truss design single lane bridge is approximately 110' long.An inn was built at the crossing over the Housatonic River by Jacob and Mary Bull, who were married in 1762. They ran the inn successfully (the Bull’s Bridge Inn is still a restaurant!) , although Mary was somewhat pressed for time having been “blessed with twenty children.” 

ABRAHAM BULL was born March 9, 1740 (Dover, Dutchess County, NY) (DAR Index) 1810, census Oneida, NY He died. Sept 13, 1820 Pulaski, Oswego, (buried Riverside Cemetery)/ He married Abigail Paine about 1860 (Ezekiel Payne and Ruth Seelye) whom he met in Kent Litchfield.  Abigail Payne 1739-1821 was born May 25, 1739, Kent, Litchfield, CT, died Feb 28, 1820/21 Pulaski, Oswego, NY.Abraham served in the continental army. Abraham Bull served with the 4th Regt. Orange Co. Militia. His family for the most part remained loyal to the British Crown causing Abraham to have to separate himself from them.

      *Reference - Bull Family History 1620-1970 by Nancy Jean "Crump" Fischbach, 1970

Children:

Martha Jane “Patty” Bull, b. 1761 or 1764, Bulls Bridge, Litchfield, CT. m. Ingersoll d. July 30 1834 in Richland, Oswego, NY

Desire Bull, b. abt. 1766 in Bulls Bridge, Litchfield, d. 1861-68 in Sidney, Delaware, NY

Ruth Bull, b. 1767 in Bulls Bridge, m. 1783 in Kent d. Nov. 4, 1845 in Jefferson, NY

Possibly Aaron born 1769

Abraham Jr. Bull, b. 24 June, 1770, Bulls Bridge,

*Benjamin Robert Bull, born 1772 Bulls Bridge, Litchfield, died July 13 or 23, 1854 in Watertown, Jefferson County, NY.

Abigail Bull, b. Aug 13, 1774, Bulls Bridge, d. 1860 Pulaski Oswego, NY

Johnson Bull, b. July 11, 1777 in Bulls Bridge, Litchfield, d. Feb 19, 1848 Watertown, Jeff. NY

Rebecca Bull, b. 1780 Bulls Bridge,

This Bull family went back and forth from Vermont to NY (more on web)

1790 census, both Abraham Jr. and Isaac in Albany County

This couple, Abraham Bull and Abigail Payne Bull, died in 1820, but not before having their picture taken on the new early photographic method of the calotype.



Home of Abraham Bull in Bull's Bridge, Kent, Litchfield, CT

BENJAMIN ROBERT BULL, was born in 1772 in Bulls Bridge, Litchfield, CT.  In 1795, in Deerfield, Oneida County, NY, he married Sarah Ann Wilson, who was born in 1778 in Plainfield, Cheshire, NH. Her parents were John Sanford Wilson II, (John, Robert, Samuel, Thomas) and Ruth Joy Wilson.

Lived Watertown 1810, 1820, 1830, 1831 (one says April 1830)

In 1809 his name was among the citizens of Watertown and property value listed as $192.

He may be the Benjamin Bull who was a Sergeant in the war of 1812, under Captain Richard Penny and Colonel Michael Smith and was paid in 1814.

"Assessment roll of the real and personal estate in the town of Watertown in the county of Jefferson, made the 7th day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1809, by Powell Hall, Seth Otis, John Adams, assessors for the said town" (the figures following each name indicates valuation of real property). Benj. Allen, 532; Ambrose Adams, 110; John Adams, 430; Septimus G. Adams, 276; Robert Adams, 116; John Ayers, 40; Andrew Basinger. 274; Israel Ballard, jr., 388; Tillson Barrows, jr., 776; Zachariah Butterfield, 450; Cyrus Butterfield, 98; James Bard, 230; John Blevin, 392; Horatio Burr, 784; John Bruce, 80; Calvin Brown, 316; Oliver Bartholomew, 390; Thomas Butterfield, 823; Aaron Brown, 694; James Brown, 140; Moses Brown, 208; Jonathan Baker, 445; Daniel Brainerd, 176; Caleb Burnham, 496; John Babcock. 131; Nathaniel Burnham, 426; Alfred Burrows, 50; Josiah Bloss, 190; John Bryant, 20; Amos Benedict, 315; Christopher Biddlecom, 236; Joseph S. Bloss, 100; Joseph Bixby, 50; Benj. Bull, 192;

Benjamin Robert Bull Died in Watertown, July 23, 1854

Children:

Abigail Jane, born  1798, Watertown

Abraham Bull, born 1799, Watertown, NY, d Aug 15, 1875 in Oswego, NY, m. Betsy Wolcott:

Jane Maria  1802, Oneida County

Martin  1804, Watertown, Jefferson Co.

Baby 1806  Watertown, NY

Lymon Wilson born August 6, 1810 in Watertown, NY.

Benjamin J. Bull, b. abt 1815, Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY m. Ann Eliza Barker of Watertown or Hermon (more East near Lake Champlain). Later lived in Elizabethtown.(1855). Elizabethtown was formed from part of Crown Point in 1798.

BENJAMIN J. BULL  (A blacksmith)

Born about 1815-17 Watertown, Jefferson County NY. He married Ann Eliza Barker, Watertown, NY in 1847. She was born in St. Lawrence County, NY 1821  (May have had a brother, Joseph in. Watertown)(see BARKER)

1810  Benjamin Bull Watertown

1820   August 7   a Benjamin Bull in Watertown NY, about 8 in family (Benjamin R.)

1830   Prob same family…8 people. Incl. a female 80 or 0ver

1840  Benjamin Bull in Jay (ours 25)

1850   Benjamin and Ann Eliza married in 1847 in Elizabethtown.

1850  Jay, Essex,

1855 census  (November)   Shows the family in Elizabethtown, NY. Frame House valued at $600

Benjamin   34   b.  Jefferson County, years resident  7  Blacksmith

Anne Eliza 34, b. St. Lawrence Co.  7 yrs here

Sarah E.J.(?)    5  born Essex Co. ( born June 12, 1849, so would be 6?)  So she was Sarah Ellen Jayne Bull  b. Elizabethtown

William J.H. Bull, age 1 in 1955, born Elizabethtown.

1860 She would be 11,

1865   

1870    July 1 shows him in Mooers, age 53, Forge Man, born NY, value of real estate 400, value of personal estate, $1000

            Listed with Ann Eliza   50

            William                       16  

            Charles                        14

Mary                           12

            Eliza                             9

Ellen would have been 21  but was married in 1866.Elias not listed, and I have no date yet

Children of Benjamin J. Bull and Ann Eliza Barker

Sarah Ellen Jayne Bull, born June 12, 1849 in Elizabethtown, NY. M. Amos Winters (see WINTERS)

William Bull, born 1854

Charles Bull, born 1856

Mary Bull, born 1858

Eliza Bull, born 1861

(possibly Elias)