BICKFORD, Anna

Anna married WALKER, Samuel on 26 Sep 1724 in New Hampshire, USA. Samuel died before 1727. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married FURBER, Moses on 31 Jul 1727 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Moses (son of FURBER, William and NUTE, Sarah) was born in 1698 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died about 1764 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. FURBER, Sarah was born on 5 Nov 1738 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 17 Dec 1788 in Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Fremont, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA.
2. FURBER, Joshua was born on 24 May 1744 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 27 Apr 1827 in Northwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Northwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
3. FURBER, keturah was born in 1736.
4. FURBER, Thomas was born on 10 Apr 1742 in New Hampshire, USA.
5. FURBER, William was born in 1741; died on 27 Apr 1827 in Northwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
6. FURBER, Moses was born in 1730.
7. FURBER, Elizabeth was born on 7 Sep 1746 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 6 Apr 1823 in New Hampshire, USA.
8. FURBER, Anna was born in 1748.

John married FURBER, Susannah on 5 May 1684 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Susannah (daughter of CLARKE, Elizabeth, daughter of FURBER, Captain William and CLARKE, Elizabeth) was born on 5 May 1664 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 13 Nov 1732 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Furber
• Birth: 9 Nov 1644, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Birth: 9 Nov 1644, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 1675, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 1682, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Probate: 8 Nov 1731, New Hampshire, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1635 and 1717, New Hampshire, USA
• Arrival: 1645, New Hampshire, USA

John married HULL, Temperance about 1646 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Temperance (daughter of HULL, Reverend Rev. Joseph and UNKNOWN, Joanne) was born on 20 Mar 1626 in Northleigh, Devon, England; died on 7 Oct 1697 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1626, Devon, England
• Residence: Between 1635 and 1717, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 1653, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Great Migration; Immigrant; First families of NH; signed the Dover Combination
• Great Migration: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB115/rd/7373/606/235162646
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Gabriel_(ship)
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Furber-36
• Birth: 1614, London, London, England
• Arrival: 1636, Massachusetts, USA
• Departure: 1636; Sailed on the Angel Gabriel
• Immigration: 1636, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Sailed on the Angel Gabriel
• Residence: 1636, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1637, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: Apr 1694, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

William Furber was a passenger on the "Angel Gabriel," that wrecked at Pemaquid, off the coast of Maine in 1635. Eventually settling in Dover, he married Elizabeth Clarke in 1642. Elizabeth's parents are unknown. The Furbers are among the first settlers in Dover and he was a signer of the Dover Combination.

William married CLARKE, Elizabeth in 1642 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth was born about 1629 in London, London, England; died on 27 Mar 1691 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: First families of NH; Immigrant
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bickford-148

Notes:

John Bickford, born in England, was living at Oyster River, in Dover, New Hampshire, as early as July 17, 1645, on which day "Darbey Field of Oyster River, in the River of Piscataquay, county of Norfolk, planter," sold John Bickford his dwelling house at Oyster "River, then "in the tenure of the said Bickford," with a lot of five or six acres adjoining on the land towards the creek on the side towards Little Bay, except the strip on said creek in possession of Thomas Willey. On June 23, 1684, John Bickford, with the consent of his "wife Temperance," conveyed to his son, Thomas, "all his house lands lying at ye poynt of Oyster River." After selling or rather presenting this land to his son, John Bickford went to New- ington Shore, where he owned several tracts of land, one near Bloody Point, one at Fox Point and the third one along the point where he established himself. His children and grandchildren intermarried with the chief families of Newington, Harrisons, Dowings, Knights, Pickerins, Coes, Ftirbers and others. His wife's name of Temperance was perpetuated by her descendants through many generations.

John married CATOR, Elizabeth Jane in 1637 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Living) was born on 20 Jan 1620 in Exeter, Devon, England; died in 1696 in New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Great Migration; Immigrant

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Immigrant; The Great Migration; Brought 106 followers from England, minister in Wessaguscus (Weymouth), expelled because of progressive preaching that offended the Puritan leaders
• Great Migration: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB116/rd/7118/452/235155505
• Web Address: https://kindredconnection.wordpress.com/2018/02/19/joseph-hull/
• Web Address: https://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2013/02/reverend-joseph-hull-of-somerset.html
• Education: 14 Nov 1614, Oxfordshire, England; Bachelor of Arts, St. Mary's Hall, Oxford University
• Ordained: 23 May 1619, Exeter, Devon, England; Ordained a clergyman of the Church of England by the bishop at Exeter, Devon
• Occupation: Between 1621 and 1632, Exeter, Devon, England; Assigned as rector of Northleigh, a diocese of Exeter
• Occupation: 1621, Northleigh, Devon, England; Became the rector for Northleigh, another village in Devon, England
• Public Service: Jan 1635, Crewkerne, Somerset, England; Twice cited for illegal preaching at Broadway
• Departure: 26 Mar 1635; Boarded a ship (the Marygold) bound for America with his family and 106 followers
• Arrival: 6 May 1635, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; On the Marygold
• Residence: Jul 1635, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; Rev. Hull and his congregation then settled in Wessagusset. (present day Weymouth), Massachusetts.
• Occupation: 1636; Expelled as the minister of Wessagusset.; progressive preaching offended the Puritan leaders
• Public Service: 2 Sep 1636; Took the oath as a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• Public Service: 5 May 1639; Expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony by Gov. Winthrop; preached his farewell sermon
• _EXCM: 1 May 1641, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; At the request of some of the residents, he served them in a ministerial capacity. However, he neglected to secure the approval of the Barnstable church and was excommunicated
• Public Service: 7 Mar 1642, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; The General Court at Plymouth issued a warrant directing Joseph Hull’s arrest should he attempt to exercise his ministerial duties within the Plymouth Colony, describing him in the warrant as an excommunicated minister
• Residence: 1643, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, USA; A church-chapel was erected by the inhabitants of the Isles of Shoals on Hog Island for a congregation of which the records Rev. Joseph Hull was the minister.
• Residence: 1643, York, York, Maine, USA; Relocated to Accominticus (modern-day York, Maine), where Joseph Hull became minister.
• Departure: 1650, Cornwall, England; Returned to England. Joseph was given the parsonage at St. Buryan.
• Departure: 1660; Returned to the Colonies, briefly staying in Oyster River, New Hampshire, before returning to the Isles of Shoals in 1663.
• Residence: Between 1663 and 1665, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, USA; Joseph Hull remained as minister of the Isles of Shoals, where he continue his ministry until his death on 19 November 1665.

Notes:

Joseph Hull was born on 25 April 1594, in Crewkerne, Somerset, England. He was the youngest child of Thomas Hull, a yeoman, and Joane Peson/Pysing

On 4 November 1614, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Mary’s Hall, Oxford University in Oxfordshire, England. During the next five years, Joseph Hull studied theology, serving as a teacher and curate under his eldest brother, William Hull, who was the vicar of Colyton a village in Devon, England.

On the 23 May 1619, Joseph Hull was ordained a clergyman of the Church of England by the bishop at Exeter, Devon.

On 14 April 1621, Joseph Hull was made rector of Northleigh, a diocese of Exeter, where he would serve for the next 11 years.

In 1629, Joseph Hull incurred the wrath of the church, when the wardens of Crewkerne were “presented” for allowing him to preach there without signing the Book of Strange Preachers.

In 1632, Rev. Joseph Hull resigned his rectorship at Northleigh and returned to Crewkerne. Joseph and Joanne’s final child, Dorothy, was born in Crewkerne, circa 1632. Unfortunately, either during childbirth or soon thereafter, Joanne Hull died and was buried in 1632, in her hometown of Crewkerne, Somerset, England.

With Joanne’s death, Joseph Hull was left to raise several young children alone. As he was still serving as a rector (probably in somewhere in Somerset), he would have had difficulties being a single parent. Consequently, on 13 March 1633, Joseph Hull married Agnes Hunt in Wells St. Cuthbert, Somerset, England.

Joseph Hull was cited for illegal preaching at Broadway twice in January 1635. Joseph Hull continued ministering to the masses. He allegedly preached a sermon at Glastonbury, in which he was quoted as saying that “judgment hung over the land and that first it would fall on the clergy and then the laity.”

Then, on 17 February 1635, Joseph Hull was expelled from the Church of England-not for his preaching but for “failing to respond to the court’s citation.”

On 20 March 1635, at Crewkerne, Joseph Hull gathered 106 followers. Together, along with his wife Agnes and seven of his children, they headed to Weymouth, England. On 26 March 1635, they boarded a ship bound for America. The group arrived in Boston on 5/6 May 1635. Rev. Hull and his congregation then settled in Wessaguscus, Massachusetts. Governor Winthrop’s Official Journal, under date of 8 July 8 1635, contains the following entry:

At this court Wessaguscus was made a plantation and Mr. Hull, a minister of England, and twenty-one families with him allowed to sit down there.

The arrival of this group doubled Wessaguscus’ population. The village soon became a full-fledged town, invested with municipal rights, renamed Weymouth, and given representation in the General Court. A church was formed on 8 July 1635, with Joseph Hull installed as its first pastor.

Meanwhile, Joseph Hull more progressive religious teachings were offending the Puritan leaders:

Reverend Joseph Hull…was a man of exceptional ability who came with his family to the Bay Colony and settled at Wissagusset (Weymouth). There he gathered a church and served as pastor until his liberal views were known. He hoped to bridge the gap between Anglicans and Puritans, but was dismissed by the congregation he had gathered… (The Isles of Shoals in Lore and Legend, by Lyman V. Rutledge, pg. 39).

His replacement was a Puritan minister, Thomas Jenner of Roxbury

In 12 June 1636, Joseph Hull received a land grant in Nantasket, then a part of Hingham.

On 2 September 1636, Joseph Hull took the oath as a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

During that same time period, Joseph Hull represented that town twice as a Deputy in the General Court of Massachusetts in September 1638 and March 1639. He was both a political and a religious opponent of Gov. John Winthrop; apparently the “very contentious” Joseph Hull sided more with the Anglican residents than the Puritan leaders. Gov. Winthrop retaliated by expelling Joseph Hull from the Massachusetts Colony. On 5 May 1639, it was recorded in Hobart’s Journal that Joseph Hull preached his farewell sermon in the Massachusetts Colony.

After leaving Hingham, the Hull Family relocated to the Plymouth Colony. Tradition credits Rev. Joseph Hull with having preached the first sermon in Barnstable

While Joseph Hull was in the Plymouth Colony, he began raising cattle. Unfortunately, because of his new endeavor, Joseph Hull was named defendant in several trespass suits. It is interesting to note that in all but one of these actions, the constable attached two of Joseph Hull’s steers. Obviously, Joseph Hull’s cattle were highly desired by the plaintiffs.

Joseph Hull was appointed one of the first two deputies for the town of Barnstable, as noted in the 3 June session records of the General Court of Plymouth.

Meanwhile, Joseph Hull’s preaching again came to the notice of the Puritans. In response, a Puritan minster was sent to displace Joseph Hull. On 11 October 1639, Rev. John Lathrop arrived in Barnstable with his church from Scituate, and on 31 October 1639, a Day of Humiliation was observed. Apparently, Joseph Hull made no effort to perform any ministerial functions after the arrival of Rev. Lathrop.

About a year later, Joseph Hull moved into the adjoining town of Yarmouth, where, at the request of some of the residents, he served them in a ministerial capacity. However, he neglected to secure the approval of the Barnstable church and was excommunicated on 1 May 1641.

Soon thereafter, Joseph Hull became a transient preacher, moving from place to place.

…After some wandering [he] went to the Isles of Shoals, where he served around the year 1640 (The Isles of Shoals in Lore and Legend, by Lyman V. Rutledge, pg. 39).

From the book, Religion at the Isles of Shoals: Anglicans, Puritans, Missionaries, UUs, and UCCs, by Lois Williams, pg. 10-11:

Although there was no resident clergyman at the Shoals, the Anglican concept of parish included all within its boundaries, and mainland clergy reached out to fishermen on the Isles of Shoals. The Reverend Joseph Hull, an early Church of England clergyman at York…occasionally visited the islands where he preached and administered the Holy Sacraments. In this Hull ran little risk of being disciplined, for he lived in the province of Maine which stoutly supported Episcopalian and royalist friends.

On 7 March 1642, the General Court at Plymouth issued a warrant directing Joseph Hull’s arrest should he attempt to exercise his ministerial duties within the Plymouth Colony, describing him in the warrant as an excommunicated minister. Four days later, Joseph’s wife Agnes was readmitted to the church in Barnstable.

Our Sister Hull renewed her covenant, renouncing her joining at Yarmouth and confessed her evil in so doing, with sorrow.

Joseph Hull was readmitted to the Barnstable church on 10 August 1643 “having acknowledged his sin.”

But this must not have sat well with Joseph Hull, because soon after, the Hull Family relocated; this time to Accominticus (modern-day York, Maine), where Joseph Hull became minister. A church-chapel was also erected by the inhabitants of the Isles of Shoals on Hog Island for a congregation of which the records Rev. Joseph Hull was also the minister.

In 1643, he accepted a call to York, but he had become so much attached to the islands that he went back often to conduct services (The Isles of Shoals in Lore and Legend, by Lyman V. Rutledge, pg. 39).

The Hull Family remained in this area until circa 1650, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony brought Maine under their jurisdiction. Again, a Puritan minister, this one a Rev. Brock, was sent to supersede Joseph Hull.

Obviously, enough was enough for Joseph Hull. He and his family decided to return to England.

Upon their return, the Hull Family settled in Cornwall, England, where Joseph was given the parsonage at St. Buryan.

The Hull Family remained in Cornwall for more than a decade, at which time Joseph Hull was ejected from the parish. In 1660, the Hull Family returned to the Colonies, briefly staying in Oyster River, New Hampshire, before returning to the Isles of Shoals in 1663.

From the book, Religion at the Isles of Shoals: Anglicans, Puritans, Missionaries, UUs (Unitarian Universalists) and UCCs (United Church of Christ), by Lois Williams, pg. 17:

The Reverend Joseph Hull moved to the islands in 1663 to follow the Reverend Brock. Hull died in 1665 without receiving his expected payment of twenty pounds from the Sholaers…Reverend Hull [is credited] with trying to find common ground with both Anglicans and Puritans, and the Shoalers seem to have welcomed his more tolerant approach.

Joseph Hull remained as minister of the Isles of Shoals, where he continue his ministry until his death on 19 November 1665. His estate was valued at 52 pounds, five shillings, and five pence. A learned man, his library alone was valued at ten pounds. Upon his death, Joseph Hull was owed 20 pounds from the Isles of Shoals for his ministry.

Rev. + UNKNOWN, Joanne. Joanne died before 1633 in Crewkerne, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Died during or shortly after childbirth

William married NEWEYE, Mary on 10 Nov 1599. Mary was born about 1580 in Yorkshire, England; died in All Hallows Staining, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]