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company in 1060. afterward known as the An- cient and Honorable artillery; was elected ensign under General Leverett in 1G03; lieutenant in 1664; and served as captain, 1671-78. He was dep- uty for the town of Wenham to the general court in 1668; for the town of Westfield, 1671, 1673 and 167-4, for Concord in 1676 and for Salis- bur}-, 1679-80. He was appointed by the council, June 25, 167.'5, to be one of the war committee and also treasurer-at-war, and served as county treasurer, 1676-79, and as an assistant, 1680-82. He was one of the principal American merchants, if not the greatest of his time, and owned two ves- .sels, which were constantly' engaged in voyages to and from the West Indies, England and France, while from year to year he was inter- ested in numerous ventures in beaver, and vari- ous other commodities in other ships. He helped to found the Old South church, which was the third church in Boston, 1669. Of his several children, Hannah, who was married to Samuel Sevvall, Feb. 28, 1675, Avas the only one Avho reached maturity. President Quincy calls John Hull one of the earliest benefactors of Harvard college and a gift of £100 is recorded in 16S1. He died at Boston, Mass., Oct. 1. 1683.

HULL, John Albert Tiffin, representative, was born at Sabina, Clinton county, Oliio, May 1, 1841; son of Andrew Young and Margaret (Tiffin) Hull. He removed with his parents to Iowa in 1839 and was educated at the public schools, at Indiana Asbury university and at Iowa Wesley an college. He was graduated from the Cincinnati Law school in 1863 and in July of the same j'ear enlisted in the 23d Iowa infantry, serving until October, 1863. He was secretary of the Iowa state senate, 1872-78; secretary of state 1878-82, lieutenant-governor of the state, 1886-90, and a Republican representative, from the seventh con- gressional district of Iowa, in the 52d, 53d, 54th, 55th, 56th and 57th congresses, 1891-1903.

HULL, Joseph Bartine, naval officer, was born in Westchester, N.Y., April 26, 1802; son of Dr. Joseph and Susan (Bartine) Hull and a nephew of Commodore Isaac Hull, U.S.N. He was given a warrant in the U.S. navy in 1813 as midship- man; was promoted lieutenant in 1835; com- mander in 1841; captain in 1855, and commodore in 1862. He was retired, July 16, 1862, and re- sided in Philadelphia iip to the time of his death. He was commander of the sloop Warren in the Pacific squadron, 1843-47; of the frigate St. Law- rence, of the Brazilian squadron, 1856-59; the Savannah in the x\.tlantic coast blockade in 1861; superintendent of the building of gun-boats at St. Louis, 1862-64; commander of the Philadel- phia navy yard, 1866; president of the examining board, 1867, and lighthouse inspector at Portland, Maine, 1869. His principal exploit was cutting out the Mexican gun-brig Malckadlicl off Mazatlan in 1847. He died at Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 17, 1890.

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HULL, William, soldier, was born in Derby, Conn., June 24, 1753; son of Joseph and Eliza (Clark) Hull and fifth in descent from Ricliard Hull, of Derbyshire, England, a freeman of Dor- chester, Massachusetts Bay colony, in 1634, who went to New Haven, Conn., in 1639 "be- cause he would not endure Puritanism; " and also a descend- ant of Thomas Clarke, of Plymoutli, said to liave been a mate of the Mayflou-er. He was graduated at Yale, A.B. 1772, studi- ed law at Litclifield and was admitted to the bar in 1775. He was captain of a company of militia recruited just after the battle of Lexington and marched from Derby to Cambridge, where General AVashing- ton assigned the comimny to Colonel Webb's Connecticut regiment. He recruited the 8th Massachusetts regiment, was promoted major, and was ordered to the command of the regi- ment at Springfield, Mass., in Januarj^, 1777, and in April, with 300 men, he marched to Ticon- deroga to reinforce General St. Clair, and he shared with him in his defeat and retreat to Fort Edward. He commanded the rear guard of General Schuyler's army in its retreat from Fort Edward and received the thanks of the com- manding general. He then marched his detach- ment to Albany, where he joined General Arnold in the relief of Fort Stanwix. He volunteered to lead three hundred men to the relief of General Poor in the first battle of Saratoga, Sept. 19, 1777, and in a successful bayonet charge he lost one-half his men. On October 7 he com- manded the advance guard of General Arnold's force and repelled the attempt of General Bur- goyne to cut liis way through the American lines, after which he assisted in removing the prisoners and wounded and the captured artillery from the field. He was present, however, at the surrender of Burgoyne. He then with the regiment joined Washington's army at Valley Forge, Avhere he assisted Baron Steuben in introducing the mili- tary tactics of Frederick the Great. He com- manded Ills regiment at the battle of Monmouth Court House, N.J., June 28, 1778, and listened to the scathing rebuke administered to General Lee by Washington. In 1779-80 he commanded the regiment at Kingsbridge, N.Y., eighteen miles in advance of the American army, where he maintained his position throughout the winter. In May, 1780. he built a fort at West Point and on July 15 commanded four hundred men in the