Capt Tristram HULL

1624 - 1667  (43 years)

• Name	Tristram HULL
  Prefix	Capt
  Born	1624	Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Migration	1635	“Marygould”
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	22 Feb 1667	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I3902	Main
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev Joseph HULL,   b. Abt 1594, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 19 Nov 1665, Isles of Shoals, York, Maine  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	--?-- MNU,   b. 1598, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 1634, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England  (Age 36 years)
  Married	1619	Exeter, Devonshire, England
  Family ID	F1376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Blanche MNU,   b. Abt 1625, Devonshire, England ,   d. Abt 1678, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Children	1. Capt John HULL,   b. 4 Mar 1654, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 30 Mar 1733, Conanicut Island, Newport, Rhode Island  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F14923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 22 Feb 1667 - Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Tristam came to New England at the age of 11 with his father, his father's second wife, and his siblings, Joane, Joseph, Elizabeth, Temperance, Grissell, and Dorothy in 1635. Also in their company was Judeth French, John Wood and Robert Dabyn, servants. He owned a ship named The Catch, was part owner of the bark Hopewell, and frequently made long sea voyages. Customs entries show that he was engaged to a considerable extent in trade with the West Indies. Known as Capt. Hull when he was 'on shore' he took a lively interest in local affairs affecting the well-being of Barnstable, was treated with special consideration by his fellow townsmen, and unhesitatingly performed the multifarious duties expected in those days of prominent and public-spirited citizens. The records of Barnstable show that he frequently served on juries, was one of the town dignitaries appointed to wait upon the Assembly Committee concerning the town charter, took a leading part in the purchase of town lands from the Indians, served one year as constable, and during the last six years of his life was a leading member of the town board of selectmen. Tristram aided an old church member, who had been fined and banished for 'raising his voice' against Quaker persecution. He picked him up bodily and carried him off in his own ship as far as Sandwich, on the Cape, in direct violation of the law and contempt of the magistrates. In the government's fanatical and inhuman persecution of the Quakers his sympathies were with the latter, and he boldly rendered them assistance and succor whenever and wherever occasion offered. For this he was subjected to much annoyance and heavy fines, but there is nothing to indicate that this made him change his course. In spite of the government's unjust and cruel attitude toward the Quakers, or rather we should doubtless say because of it, several of his children and many of their descendants publicly espoused the Quaker faith, and some of them became prominent leaders in the denomination. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S151] WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hull-216.