Hull, George, 1590 - 1659
George Hull was born in at Crewperne, England, in 1590. On March 30, 1629, he sailed from Plymouth, England, on board the Mary and John and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts. There he became a freeman on March 4, 1632, and selectman in 1633. He served as a representative from Dorchester to the Massachusetts General Court (1634-5). He moved to Windsor, Connecticut, in 1636 and while living there he surveyed the lands for both Windsor and Wethersfield. He served as a representative of the Connecticut General Court that met in Hartford in 1637 and declared war on the Pequot Indians. Sometime after the war, he removed to Fairfield, Connecticut, where served many terms as a representative to the General Court. He was a good friend and political supporter of Gov. Roger Ludlow who had accompanied him across the Atlantic, to Windsor, and jointly received from the General Court a monopoly on the beaver trade along the Connecticut River. Ludlow followed Hull to Fairfield and as governor appointed him in 1651, 1653, and 1654, associate magistrate for the towns along the coastline. He died in 1659. William Richard Cutter, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial; A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation (4 vols., New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), vol. 3, 1183.
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