The Hull Family of Warren, Pennsylvania

The Hull family are recorded in the “Heralds Distinction” of Devonshire, England, but the original name, De la Hulle, in Shropshire, in the reign of Edward II, indicates they went from the continent to England. Shortly after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, five brothers came to Massachusetts from England:

1. John Hull
2. George Hull
3. Richard Hull
4. Joseph Hull
5. Robert Hull.

The family in England bore arms: “A chevron ermine, between the lions or talbots, heads erased.”

(I) Rev. Joseph Hull

Rev. Joseph Hull was born in England, 1595, and matriculated at St. Mary’s Hall, Oxford, May 12, 1612, and became a B. A., November 14, 1614, being then nineteen years of age. He was instituted rector of Northleigh in 1621, resigned in 1632 and in 1635 with a second wife Agnes, seven children and three servants, and a company of people he had collected, sailed for America. He settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts, but a year later went to Hingham. He was afterwards minister at the Isle of Shoals, York, Oyster River, and again at the Isle of Shoals, where he died November 19, 1675, and is buried at York, Massachusetts.

(II) Captain Tristam Hull

Captain Tristam Hull, son of Rev. Joseph Hull, was born in 1624, died in 1666. He was a seafaring man and became a sea captain. He was a selectman of Bristol and served on numerous committees. He owned two ships and lands constituting a comfortable fortune for that day. He married Blanche.

(III) John Hull

John, son of Captain Tristam Hull, was a resident of Canonicut, Massachusetts. He held many positions of trust and was representative in 1757. He married a Miss Cary.

(IV) Oliver Hull

Oliver, son of John Hull, settled in New York City with his wife, Penelope (Pfones) Hull, a few years before the revolution. Though members of the Society of Friends they took an active but quiet part, and aided the efforts of the Quakers to mitigate the sufferings of the American prisoners during the time the British held possession of New York.

(V) John (2) Hull

John (2), son of Oliver Hull, was born in Canonicut, Massachusetts, August 11, 1762. He came to New York with his father, where in 1781 he married (first) Mary Avery, who died in 1802, in Dutchess county, New York, where they moved in 1800. He married (second) November 23, 1803, Amy Cornell.

(VI) John (3) Hull

John (3), son of John (2) Hull, was born about 1800, died in Warren, Pennsylvania, August, 1873. He was born in Dutchess county, New York, and lived in New Jersey, where his marriage occurred. He came to Warren, Pennsylvania, during the decade 1840-50, where he engaged in general merchandising. Later he became proprietor of the old Warren House, built in 1819. In 1848 he began the erection of the Carver House, which he opened for the entertainment of guests in 1849. This has always been the leading hotel of Warren. Mr. Hull was its proprietor from 1849 until January 1, 1857, when he leased it, but again resumed its management in 1859, continuing until 1864. The following year his son, Milton W., became its proprietor, continuing until 1867, when it passed out of the control of the Hulls. Mr. Hull was one of the leading men in the development of Warren, and was influential in public affairs. In 1853 he was elected borough councilman (his son Milton W. being elected chief burgess the same year) and was reelected 1854-55-56-57-58-62-63-65-66-67-68-69-70-71-72-73, dying in the office in August of that year. He was an able, honorable gentleman and held in the highest regard. He was a member of the Masonic order, holding a high position, and an Odd Fellow of prominence. He married Nancy Gibbs. Children:

1. Cindrella Hull, married Charles Holman
2. Theodore Hull, married Jemima McGowan
3. Matilda Hull, married Julius Hall
4. Milton W. Hull, of whom further
5. Morris Hull, died young while attending school at West Point
6. Cynthia Hull, married McKinney Mead
7. Annie E. Hull, married Edward E. Mooar.

(VII) Milton W. Hull

Milton W., son of John (3) Hull, was born in New Jersey, died in Franklin, Pennsylvania, and is buried in Warren. He came to Warren, Pennsylvania, with his father and was his assistant in business and his contemporary in public affairs, both working in harmony for the public good. He became proprietor of the Carver House in Warren, June 1, 1865, in association with J. B. Hall, continuing until April, 1867. He then engaged in the oil business and became one of the successful producers of his section. In 1853 he was elected chief burgess of Warren, and in 1856 was elected councilman, reelected 1857-64-65; with the exception of the year 1864 his father was also a member of council. He was one of the early volunteer firemen of Warren, being a charter member of Vulcan Fire Company, No. 1, organized in 1853. He married Rebecca Jones Conarros. Children:

1. Cora Evelyn Hull, of whom further.
2. Nettie M. Hull, married Silas Morton Ross, children:
   1. Cora E. Ross
   2. Mildred E. Ross
3. John H. Hull, married Isabel Young.

(VIII) Cora Evelyn Hull

Cora Evelyn, daughter of Milton W. and Rebecca Jones (Conarros) Hull, was born in Warren, Pennsylvania. She married, June 12, 1879, Samuel Young Ramage, son of Benjamin and Almira (Seavey) Ramage, and resides in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Children:

1. Florence E. Ramage, married Henry Logan Golson.
2. Samuel Young Ramage, married Elizabeth D. Saxon, children:
   1. Samuel S. Ramage
   2. Ruth E. Ramage
3. Ruth E. Ramage, died young.
4. Louise Ramage, died young.
5. Alfred Hull Ramage, now (1912) a student at Amherst College.
6. Isabel Ramage.
7. Benjamin Ramage.

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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