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CPT Tristram Hull

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CPT Tristram Hull

Birth
England
Death
22 Feb 1667 (aged 43–44)
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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Note: Correct date of death reads 22 Feb 1666/7. The burial location has not been determined.

Tristram, the son of Rev. Joseph Hull, married Blanche _______, b. c. 1624, living in 1670. Hull was a mariner, owned a ship named The Catch, was part owner of the bark Hopewell, and did a lot of trade with the West Indies. In 1643 he was living in Yarmouth, where he served in the local militia, but by 1648 he had moved with his family to the neighboring town of Barnstable, both within the Plymouth Colony. He was active in public affairs in that town, but in the final several years of his life he sympathized with the Quakers, and came into conflict with town and Plymouth Colony authorities because of this. His will was dated 30 Dec 1666 and proved on 12 March following, naming his five living children and wife Blanche. Following his death, his widow married the much older Capt Hedge, but soon separated from him. Children:

* Mary, b. 30 Sep 1645, m. 1661 Joseph HOLWAY

* Sarah, b. 18 Oct 1647, d. an infant

* Sarah, b. 30 March 1650, m. Joseph ALLEN

* Joseph, b. 2 June 1652, m. Experience HARPER

* John, b. 4 March 1654, d. 30 March 1733, m. 1684 Alice TIDDEMAN.

* Hannah, b. 6 Feb 1656, d. 15 Nov 1733, m. 1674 Joseph BLISH
Note: Correct date of death reads 22 Feb 1666/7. The burial location has not been determined.

Tristram, the son of Rev. Joseph Hull, married Blanche _______, b. c. 1624, living in 1670. Hull was a mariner, owned a ship named The Catch, was part owner of the bark Hopewell, and did a lot of trade with the West Indies. In 1643 he was living in Yarmouth, where he served in the local militia, but by 1648 he had moved with his family to the neighboring town of Barnstable, both within the Plymouth Colony. He was active in public affairs in that town, but in the final several years of his life he sympathized with the Quakers, and came into conflict with town and Plymouth Colony authorities because of this. His will was dated 30 Dec 1666 and proved on 12 March following, naming his five living children and wife Blanche. Following his death, his widow married the much older Capt Hedge, but soon separated from him. Children:

* Mary, b. 30 Sep 1645, m. 1661 Joseph HOLWAY

* Sarah, b. 18 Oct 1647, d. an infant

* Sarah, b. 30 March 1650, m. Joseph ALLEN

* Joseph, b. 2 June 1652, m. Experience HARPER

* John, b. 4 March 1654, d. 30 March 1733, m. 1684 Alice TIDDEMAN.

* Hannah, b. 6 Feb 1656, d. 15 Nov 1733, m. 1674 Joseph BLISH


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