Name/Title
108th Bull Family Annual PicnicEntry/Object ID
000581Tags
William Bull and Sarah Wells Stone House AssociationScope and Content
Overview & Location
Event: The 108th annual Bull Family Picnic/Reunion.
Location: Held at the historic Bull Stone House at Hill Hold on Route 416 in Hamptonburgh.
Significance: The Bull family is one of the area's oldest, most prestigious, and largest families. They trace their ancestry back to William Bull and Sarah Wells, who were among the first white settlers in the area.
Attendance & Scope
Invitations: Approximately 4,000 invitations are sent out annually to keep track of family members.
Global Scale: There are an estimated 20,000 Bull descendants worldwide, all stemming from the original couple's 12 children.
Turnout: Organizers (including Amy Bull Crist) estimated that around 300 to 400 relatives attended this particular gathering.
Key Activities
Events: The picnic featured a basket lunch at noon, opportunities to renew family friendships, and public tours of the grounds and the historic stone dwelling.
Special Highlights:
Attendees wore colonial costumes.
T. Emmett Henderson, a Middletown book publisher and family member, displayed several historical publications concerning the Mid-Hudson area and noted he was working on a semi-biographical book about the family.