Am now in the Syracuse Public Library looking through the six volumns of "First Settlers of Piscataway and Woodbridge". The second volumn, of which the previous pages in this record were copied, is dedicated to the Hull Family in America. Since Dinah Pyatt, Grandmother of Azariah Martin, the first, is the granddaughter of Samuel Hull, I will copy here the dedication found on pages 134 and 135 of the above named six-volumn book:
Dedication
To the Hull Family in America, Descendants of worthy and noble sires, whose distinguished careers wherever their names are emblazoned on History's Page reflect not only ability and achievement, but sturdy characteristics of noble manhood and womanhood.
A devonshire, England family there established by the first now positively known of this pedigree;
Thomas Hull, (Wife, Joane Peson) of Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England whose elder son, William Hull, was vicar of Colyton in Devonshire. Of a large family, a younger brother of the latter, Rev. Joseph Hull 1595 - 1665, was the noted Quaker preacher and immigrant settler of New England, 1635. He had several brothers, certainly that George Hull, 1590-1659 of Dorchester, Mass. and Windsor, Conn. 1636; also a recorded brother, John Hull, and others of the family. Robert Hull, father of the well-known mint man of Boston, John Hull, may have been identical with the generation and that John Hull, first in Mass., 1632, who died at Newbury, 1670, was eligible to be the first approved brother of George and Joseph Hull (above) and Richard Hull of New Haven, Conn., 1599-1662, very probably belonged to the same family as he was at Drochester and Boston, first, with the others.
Rev. Joseph Hull became a settler of Piscataway New Hampshire and died on the Isle of Shoals, where the sons or brothers of Captain Robert Seeley lived. The sons of the former, Captain Benjamin Hull, Hopewell Hull and Samuel Hull, with two or three sisters, migrated 1664-6 and became First Settlers of Piscataway and Woodbridge, New Jersey. They and their families were prominent in the early history of the new settlements 1664-1714, and their descendants, subsequently figured in pertinent historical evaluation.
Of the First Settlers of Piscataway and Woodbridge three noteable members of this family were prominent in the inauguration of the two communities, Piscataway and Woodbridge:
Captain Benjamin Hull (b.1639;d.1713), Hopewell Hull (b. 1636;d.1693) and Samuel Hull (b.ca. 1648;d.ca.1720), all three brothers
To this Hull Family in America belong the other eminent figures in American History, namely,
1. Commodore Isaac Hull, 1773-1843, Commander of the "Constitution" better known as "Old Ironsides".
2. Brigadier-General, U.S.A., William Hull, 1753-1825, whose able and loyal services in the war of 1812 are no longer questioned.
3. Judge Benjamin Hull, 1708-1747, of Piscataway
4. Judge Joseph Hull, 1706-1768, Sussex County, New Jersey
5. Lieutenant Isaac Hull, 1731-1808 of New Jersey, descendant of Captain Benjamin (above) whose
Revolutionary Record was noteable.
6. Benjamin Hull, 1782-1855, Sussex County, New Jersey and a pioneer of Ohio.
7. Major John Hull 1788-1851, Sussex County, New Jersey, and a legislator, Statesman, and Niagara
County, New York, Pioneer
8. George Washington Hull, 1824-1891, noted Ohio agriculturist and banker
9. John Charles Fremont Hull, banker and economist of Ohio and California.
10. Olive Adelaide Hull - Monnette, prominent missionary lecturer and Methodist Churchwoman, 1849-1912.
all are names of distinguished citizens of America.
Also, in Part 4 of the above six-volumn book pp 615-616 is a genealogical discourse about Jeffrey Manning of Piscataway, (b. ca. 1641; d. Jan 26, 1692-3)
"He was illustrious and headed a proud descendancy in Piscataway, settling as early as Sept. 7, 1673, for he took the DUTCH oath, second on the list, Joseph Snow being first;(vide, ante, Part one, p.88) as "Jeffry Mannen"(idem. p. 89)."
Saturday, February 3, 1973
also - on page 831 part 5 of the six-volume "First Settlers of Piscataway and Woodbridge":