Name/Title
Newspaper 1905 Bull Family History - unprovenEntry/Object ID
001254Tags
Coat of ArmsScope and Content
This document is a newspaper clipping from the Warwick Advertiser, dated May 25, 1905, detailing the early history of the Bull family in Orange County, New York. It features an illustration and description of the family's English coat of arms from Kingshurst Hall, tracing the lineage back to William Bull (d. 1635).
The narrative focuses significantly on Sarah Wells, credited as the first civilized white woman in the county, who arrived as part of an expedition for Christopher Denne to settle the Wawayanda Patent. The text describes the extreme hardships of pioneer life, specifically Sarah's solo journeys through the wilderness to transport grain to a mill in Dutchess County. It concludes with a dramatic account of Sarah spending a night in a tree to escape a pack of howling wolves, an event that reportedly ended her "wild adventures."