Name/Title
Ebenezer Bull Bible recordsEntry/Object ID
001825Tags
Ebenezer BullScope and Content
1. Ancestry and Parents
William Bull (Great-Grandfather): Born in England, 1689. Married Sarah Wells (born on Staten Island, 1694).
John Bull (Grandfather): Born at Hamptonburgh, 1721. Married Hannah Holly of Goshen.
Daniel Bull (Father): Born 1764. Married Sarah Harlow (1770–1828).
Ebenezer Bull: Born October 10, 1792.
2. Marriages and Wives
Ebenezer Bull married twice, and both lineages are meticulously recorded:
First Wife: Phibe Sands (daughter of Benjamin Sands and Amy Hallock). Married October 29, 1817. She died in 1826.
Second Wife: Jane Pearsall (daughter of Wait Pearsall and Hannah Brush). Married November 1, 1827. She died in 1865.
3. Children of Ebenezer Bull
The records list children from both marriages with precise birth dates:
By Phibe Sands: Daniel (1818) and Hannah (1820).
By Jane Pearsall: Ann (1828), Stephen (1829), Sarah (1831), Peter (1832), Charles (1834), Amy (1836), Phibe (1838), Martha (1839), Elizabeth (1841), Jane (1843), and Ebenezer Jr. (1846).
4. Deaths
The death records show the long history of the family in the region:
Ebenezer Bull: Died October 26, 1857.
Jane Bull (2nd wife): Died February 13, 1865.
Later Generations: Records continue into the early 1900s, noting the deaths of Ebenezer’s children (e.g., Hannah Bull, d. 1907; Ebenezer Bull Jr., d. 1926 at age 80).
5. Notable Formatting/Notes
Quaker Dating: Many entries use "Numerical Month" formatting (e.g., "10th Mo 26th 1857"), which is common in Quaker or older colonial records.
Locations: Mentions of Hamptonburgh, Goshen, and Bethpage, L.I. (Long Island) place the family firmly in New York state.
Visual Condition: The pages show significant aging, with one page (1825d) being heavily torn, though the "Deaths" column remains largely legible.
