15th Militia Regt
Jonathan Bull had a very distinguished career in Hartford. He went to Yale College in 1765; served as quartermaster of Col. Enos’ Regiment at Greenwich in 1778l lieutenant and acting captain of the 15th Militia Regt; capt of the Governor’s Foot Guards 1777 to 1785. The first company of the Foot Guards under Capt Bull answered the Burgoyne Alarm at Saratoga, but arrived too late. Atwater’s History of Kent names Jonathan Bull as the man who led Washington’s horse over the stringers of an incomplete bridge at Bull’s Falls on the Housatonic.
Jonathan Bull was a representative in the General Assembly from 1782 to 1797l alderman of Hartford 1784; judge of the County COurt from 1798 to 1897l Justice of the Peace, Clerk and Judge of Probate between 1790 and 1808; Commissioner of Loans from 1808 to 1817.
He was a member of the 2nd Church of Hartford; Clerk from 1771 to 1798; appointed to Com. Of the Society in 1787. In 1771 he was Collector of Hartford and ratemaker in 1791...
The will of Jonathan Bull, signed 4 July 1823, [totaled] $8,161.85
From Mary Louise B. Todd, THOMAS AND SUSANNAH BULL (1981)
Contributor:
Peter F M
Jonathan Bull had a very distinguished career in Hartford. He went to Yale College in 1765; served as quartermaster of Col. Enos’ Regiment at Greenwich in 1778l lieutenant and acting captain of the 15th Militia Regt; capt of the Governor’s Foot Guards 1777 to 1785. The first company of the Foot Guards under Capt Bull answered the Burgoyne Alarm at Saratoga, but arrived too late. Atwater’s History of Kent names Jonathan Bull as the man who led Washington’s horse over the stringers of an incomplete bridge at Bull’s Falls on the Housatonic.
Jonathan Bull was a representative in the General Assembly from 1782 to 1797l alderman of Hartford 1784; judge of the County COurt from 1798 to 1897l Justice of the Peace, Clerk and Judge of Probate between 1790 and 1808; Commissioner of Loans from 1808 to 1817.
He was a member of the 2nd Church of Hartford; Clerk from 1771 to 1798; appointed to Com. Of the Society in 1787. In 1771 he was Collector of Hartford and ratemaker in 1791...
The will of Jonathan Bull, signed 4 July 1823, [totaled] $8,161.85
From Mary Louise B. Todd, THOMAS AND SUSANNAH BULL (1981)
Contributor:
Peter F M
15th Militia Regt
Jonathan Bull had a very distinguished career in Hartford. He went to Yale College in 1765; served as quartermaster of Col. Enos’ Regiment at Greenwich in 1778l lieutenant and acting captain of the 15th Militia Regt; capt of the Governor’s Foot Guards 1777 to 1785. The first company of the Foot Guards under Capt Bull answered the Burgoyne Alarm at Saratoga, but arrived too late. Atwater’s History of Kent names Jonathan Bull as the man who led Washington’s horse over the stringers of an incomplete bridge at Bull’s Falls on the Housatonic.
Jonathan Bull was a representative in the General Assembly from 1782 to 1797l alderman of Hartford 1784; judge of the County COurt from 1798 to 1897l Justice of the Peace, Clerk and Judge of Probate between 1790 and 1808; Commissioner of Loans from 1808 to 1817.
He was a member of the 2nd Church of Hartford; Clerk from 1771 to 1798; appointed to Com. Of the Society in 1787. In 1771 he was Collector of Hartford and ratemaker in 1791...
The will of Jonathan Bull, signed 4 July 1823, [totaled] $8,161.85
From Mary Louise B. Todd, THOMAS AND SUSANNAH BULL (1981)
Contributor:
Peter F M
Jonathan Bull had a very distinguished career in Hartford. He went to Yale College in 1765; served as quartermaster of Col. Enos’ Regiment at Greenwich in 1778l lieutenant and acting captain of the 15th Militia Regt; capt of the Governor’s Foot Guards 1777 to 1785. The first company of the Foot Guards under Capt Bull answered the Burgoyne Alarm at Saratoga, but arrived too late. Atwater’s History of Kent names Jonathan Bull as the man who led Washington’s horse over the stringers of an incomplete bridge at Bull’s Falls on the Housatonic.
Jonathan Bull was a representative in the General Assembly from 1782 to 1797l alderman of Hartford 1784; judge of the County COurt from 1798 to 1897l Justice of the Peace, Clerk and Judge of Probate between 1790 and 1808; Commissioner of Loans from 1808 to 1817.
He was a member of the 2nd Church of Hartford; Clerk from 1771 to 1798; appointed to Com. Of the Society in 1787. In 1771 he was Collector of Hartford and ratemaker in 1791...
The will of Jonathan Bull, signed 4 July 1823, [totaled] $8,161.85
From Mary Louise B. Todd, THOMAS AND SUSANNAH BULL (1981)
Contributor:
Peter F M
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