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Cornelious Hull

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Cornelious Hull

Birth
Greenfield Hill, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
7 May 1740 (aged 84–85)
Greenfield Hill, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.1691111, Longitude: -73.2912486
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Cornelius Hull is the son of Cornelius Hull and Rebecca Jones
Hull. He married Sarah Sanford, Daughter of Ezekiel Sanford and Rebecca Whelpley. Children are George, Sarah, Rebecca, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, Martha, John, Eleanor, Cornelius.

May have been called Bull or name transcribed as Bull
Admitted to church 2 Jun 1695 1st Con ch of Fairfield
Considered the founder of Hulls Farms
He was many years Lieutenant of the Fairfield Train band
His will is dated Jan 21 1735, over five years before his death.

Was an adinistrator of his grandfather Henry Whelpley's Will
The dee ds show that Alexander Knowles, Michael Try, Cornelius Hull , and William Hill, Adm'rs of Henry Whelpley's estate, sol d land to Ralph Keeler, who married Whelpley's widow, and t hat Ralph Keeler sold it 1664 to Isaac Wheeler.

Founder of Hull's Farms in the Greenfield Hill district of Fairfield, CT. Charter member of Greenfield Hill
Congregational Church.
His father actually bought the land that became Hull's Farm

The Greenfield Hill Congregational Church was founded in 1725, the first name on the list was
Cornelius Hull II, and the building was built in 1760. It is a beautiful large Colonial structure, facing the common
…[Cornelius Hull] is the recognized founder of the quaint hamlet that bears his name [Hull's Farms] and was for many years Lieutenant of the Fairfield train band.
Cornelius Hull is the son of Cornelius Hull and Rebecca Jones
Hull. He married Sarah Sanford, Daughter of Ezekiel Sanford and Rebecca Whelpley. Children are George, Sarah, Rebecca, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, Martha, John, Eleanor, Cornelius.

May have been called Bull or name transcribed as Bull
Admitted to church 2 Jun 1695 1st Con ch of Fairfield
Considered the founder of Hulls Farms
He was many years Lieutenant of the Fairfield Train band
His will is dated Jan 21 1735, over five years before his death.

Was an adinistrator of his grandfather Henry Whelpley's Will
The dee ds show that Alexander Knowles, Michael Try, Cornelius Hull , and William Hill, Adm'rs of Henry Whelpley's estate, sol d land to Ralph Keeler, who married Whelpley's widow, and t hat Ralph Keeler sold it 1664 to Isaac Wheeler.

Founder of Hull's Farms in the Greenfield Hill district of Fairfield, CT. Charter member of Greenfield Hill
Congregational Church.
His father actually bought the land that became Hull's Farm

The Greenfield Hill Congregational Church was founded in 1725, the first name on the list was
Cornelius Hull II, and the building was built in 1760. It is a beautiful large Colonial structure, facing the common
…[Cornelius Hull] is the recognized founder of the quaint hamlet that bears his name [Hull's Farms] and was for many years Lieutenant of the Fairfield train band.

Inscription

Here Lyes Buried The Body Of Mr Cornelious Hull Aged 85 Years Who Decd May Ye 7th 1740

Gravesite Details

Husband of Sarah Sanford



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  • Maintained by: JKK
  • Originally Created by: Brian Logan
  • Added: Dec 11, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32117779/cornelious-hull: accessed ), memorial page for Cornelious Hull (1655–7 May 1740), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32117779, citing Greenfield Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by JKK (contributor 46959203).