HULL, Reverend Rev. Joseph
1594 - 1665 (71 years)
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Name HULL, Rev. Joseph [1, 2, 3] Title Reverend Birth 25 Apr 1594 Crewkerne, Somerset, England 
[1] Gender Male 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 [1] 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 [1] 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 [1] 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. 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 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. Death 19 Nov 1665 Maine, USA [1] 
Siblings7 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
HULL, Richard Matthew, b. 1515, Crewkerne, Somerset, Englandd. 1559, Crowcombe, Somerset, England (Age 44 years) (Grandfather) 
PESON, Joane, b. 1551, Crewkerne, Somerset, Englandd. 30 Nov 1629, Crewkerne, Somerset, England (Age 78 years) (Mother) Person ID I2437 My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Father HULL, Thomas, b. 21 Jul 1552, Crewkerne, Somerset, England d. 29 Dec 1636, Crewkerne, Somerset, England (Age 84 years) Relationship natural Mother PESON, Joane, b. 1551, Crewkerne, Somerset, England d. 30 Nov 1629, Crewkerne, Somerset, England (Age 78 years) Relationship natural Marriage 11 Jan 1572 Crewkerne, Somerset, England Family ID F7178 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 UNKNOWN, Joanne d. Bef 1633, Crewkerne, Somerset, England
Children 1. HULL, Joanna, b. 1620, Somerset, England d. 28 Nov 1639, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 19 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. HULL, Joseph, b. 1622, Devon, England d. 1644, York, York, Maine, USA (Age 22 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. HULL, Tristram, b. 1624, Devon, England d. 22 Feb 1667, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 4. HULL, Temperance, b. 20 Mar 1626, Northleigh, Devon, England d. 7 Oct 1697, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]▻ BICKFORD, John Jr. #2 m. Abt 1646+ 5. HULL, Elizabeth, b. 1628, Northleigh, Devon, England d. 30 Nov 1706, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]▻ HEARD, John m. 16436. HULL, Grissell, b. 1630, Devon, England d. 1689, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. HULL, Dorothy, b. 1632, Somerset, England d. 1691, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]8. HULL, Dodivah, b. Abt 1645 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F7160 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Family 2 HUNT, Agnes, b. 1610, England
Marriage 1618 Somerset, England Married 1633 St. Cuthbert's, Wells, Somerset, England Family ID F717 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Birth - 25 Apr 1594 - Crewkerne, Somerset, England 
Education - Bachelor of Arts, St. Mary's Hall, Oxford University - 14 Nov 1614 - Oxfordshire, England 
Marriage - 1618 - Somerset, England 
Ordained - Ordained a clergyman of the Church of England by the bishop at Exeter, Devon - 23 May 1619 - Exeter, Devon, England Occupation - Assigned as rector of Northleigh, a diocese of Exeter - Between 1621 and 1632 - Exeter, Devon, England 
Occupation - Became the rector for Northleigh, another village in Devon, England - 1621 - Northleigh, Devon, England 
Married - 1633 - St. Cuthbert's, Wells, Somerset, England Public Service - Twice cited for illegal preaching at Broadway - Jan 1635 - Crewkerne, Somerset, England 
Arrival - On the Marygold - 6 May 1635 - Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA 
Residence - Rev. Hull and his congregation then settled in Wessagusset. (present day Weymouth), Massachusetts. - Jul 1635 - Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA 
_EXCM - 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 - 1 May 1641 - Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA 
Public Service - 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 - 7 Mar 1642 - Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 
Residence - 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. - 1643 - Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, USA 
Residence - Relocated to Accominticus (modern-day York, Maine), where Joseph Hull became minister. - 1643 - York, York, Maine, USA 
Departure - Returned to England. Joseph was given the parsonage at St. Buryan. - 1650 - Cornwall, England Residence - Joseph Hull remained as minister of the Isles of Shoals, where he continue his ministry until his death on 19 November 1665. - Between 1663 and 1665 - Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, USA 
Death - 19 Nov 1665 - Maine, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Great Migration Joseph Hull (1594-1665) Info on Rev Joseph Hull HistoricalSketchVol2Chapt1 Exodus of the Reverend Joseph Hull's Company from England to Massachusetts in 1635 by Laurence Cook, 1991 The Family Connection_ Reverend Joseph Hull of Somerset, England and New England revjosephhullsom00hull Rev. Hull Part 3 – Integrity Comes with a Price (1643 -1665) _ Ascending the Stairs Reverend Hull Part II – Stranger in a Strange Land (1639 – 1643) _ Ascending the Stairs Rev. Joseph Hull Part I – Neither Fish Nor Fowl (1596 -1641) _ Ascending the Stairs Great Migration: Joseph Hull (1594-1665)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB116/rd/7118/452/235155505Joseph Hull, a minister from England, led a life marked by pioneering spirit, religious convictions, and frequent conflicts with Puritan authorities. Joseph's first wife Joanne, from who we are descended, died in 1633. In March 1635, Joseph, along with his children and 106 followers, embarked on a journey from Crewkerne to America, arriving in Boston in May 1635. They settled in Wessaguscus, Massachusetts, which soon evolved into the town of Weymouth, with Hull being installed as its first pastor.However, Joseph's more progressive religious views, aimed at bridging Anglicans and Puritans, led to tensions. He was replaced by a Puritan minister and moved to Nantucket receiving a land grant in 1636. Despite his efforts to serve in various capacities, including as a Deputy in the General Court, Joseph faced opposition from Governor Winthrop and other Puritan leaders, leading to his expulsion from the Massachusetts Colony in 1639.Joseph then relocated to Plymouth Colony, where he faced legal issues due to his cattle-raising venture. He continued to preach, albeit as a transient minister, moving to places like the Isles of Shoals and York. His efforts to find a middle ground between Anglican and Puritan beliefs often put him at odds with the authorities.Ultimately, Joseph and his family returned to England, settling in Cornwall. However, after being ejected from his parish in Cornwall, Hull returned to the Colonies, briefly staying in New Hampshire before settling in the Isles of Shoals in 1663. Joseph continued his ministry there until his death in 1665, attempting to reconcile Anglican and Puritan beliefs and earning respect for his tolerant approach. His estate, including a valuable library, reflected his learned nature.We are descended through two of Joseph and Joanne's daughters and on both sides of my family, Laviolette (DeRochemont) and Wright (Tucker).At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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Great Migration (119)
The "Great Migration," as defined by the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), encompasses the English Puritan migration to New England from 1620 to 1640. This movement primarily involved English Puritans who relocated in family units, driven by a quest for religious freedom and the aspiration to establish a Puritan commonwealth. These migrants originated from various regions of England and settled in areas that now form Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, including the Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
An individual's inclusion in the Great Migration Study Project requires evidence of migration to New England within the specified period of 1620 to 1640. The project's objective is to compile biographical and genealogical profiles of all immigrants who arrived in New England during these two decades. The NEHGS has produced extensive volumes and directories, providing details about the lives of these immigrants. This collection presents research on many ancestors who were part of this significant historical migration.
You may be shocked by how many there are. Even I was at first. However, most of these Great Migration ancestors are my 9th and 10th great-grandparents, and in some cases 11th and 12th, and with the number of great-grandparents doubling with each generation, the possibilities quickly become immense. We have a total of 1024 sets of 9th great-grandparents and 2048 sets of 10th great-grandparents. This makes finding so many Great Migration ancestors more understandable.
Founding Families of Weymouth (6)
Weymouth, Massachusetts, originally known as Wessagusset Colony, is the second oldest town in the Commonwealth. The recorded history of Weymouth begins in 1622, not long after the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth.
The Wessagusset Colony was a short-lived English trading colony in New England located in Weymouth, Massachusetts. It was settled in August 1622 by between 50 and 60 colonists who were ill-prepared for colonial life.
The colony was established by Thomas Weston, a London merchant who had helped finance the Pilgrims and the Mayflower. Weston believed there was potential for a lucrative business based on trade with the New World. However, the colonists were not well-prepared for the challenges of colonial life, and the colony was settled without adequate provisions.
Tensions built throughout the winter between the settlers and the local Native American tribes, leading to instances of theft and hostility. One colonist fled to Plymouth to warn of an imminent attack, leading to a violent confrontation in which several Native Americans were killed.
The Wessagusset Colony disbanded after this violent incident. Many of the survivors returned to England, others joined Plymouth, and a few sailed up the coast to settle in Maine. In 1635, 21 new families arrived from Weymouth, England, and the town was renamed Weymouth. The settlers lived primarily on fishing and farming, and they also harvested lumber from the forests and salt and thatch from its salt marshes.
The Plymouth Council for New England gave Robert Gorges a patent for a settlement covering 300 square miles. This settlement was intended to be a spiritual and civic capital of the New England colonies. The town slowly grew, and by 1633 it was described as a small village with a spacious harbor for shipping, good ground for farming, and a good store of fish and swine.
In the 1630s, Wessagusset became recognized as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The town continued to grow and develop, with its population expanding rapidly in the post-World War II era. Today, Weymouth is a thriving city that retains its historical charm while offering modern amenities and services.
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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.
- 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
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