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THOMAS BULL HOUSE ON THE MONTGOMERY-
GOSHEN STATE ROAD IN THE TOWN OF
HAMPTONBURGH.
In 1724, King George I granted 500 acres of ground to "his loving subject" William Bull in what was then the County of Ulster, by letters patent, reserving to the Crown "gold mines and silver mines" and all such trees "as may be fit to make planks, hulls," "knees," "and other things necessary for the use of our" "Royal Navy." 189 acres of the tract lay to the east of the Wallkill and 311 acres to the west. William Bull divided the land between his second and third sons, William and Thomas. The former settled on the westerly tract, where his descendants still live. Thomas settled on the east and, in 1769, built the house pictured above, (Hill Hold) then situated in the Precinct of Wallkill. Thomas, like his father, had 12 children, and also like his father, was a "loving subject" of the King. For his loyalty Thomas Bull was imprisoned at least from September, 1778, to August, 1780, as appears from the "Public Papers of George Clinton." He died in 1801, in his 74th year. One son, George, also served the Crown and with such distinction that he was made a captain. At the close of the Revolution, he removed with other Loyalists to New Brunswick, Canada. Many descendants now survive him at Woodstock and vicinity and in nearby Maine, among whom he is still spoken of as "the late Captain George."
Daniel Bull, another son of Thomas, though only 14 when the war broke out, fought on our side in the Revolution, serving as a private in the Fourth Ulster County Regiment. He settled at Bullville, becoming a prominent citizen and giving his name to the place.
Numerous indeed are his issue in Middletown and the surrounding country.
The Thomas Bull house (known now as Hill Hold) was the birthplace of his great-great-grandson William A. Jackson, who became a captain in the war between the States and was killed at Petersburg, Virginia, June 18, 1864, "while gallantly urging on his men to the charge." It was for Captain Jackson that the Jackson Post in Middletown was named. Later, the place was owned by Captain Jackson's brother Robert McDowell Jackson, who ran the farm until his death in 1888. His widow, the late Margaret Crawford JACKSON, continued to make the house her home until her death in 1928. The present owners are Robert McLeod Jackson, who lives at the house, and his sister Margaret Eleanor Jackson, who lives at Felton, California. transcription generated by artificial intelligenceRelationships
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