VITAL RECORDS OF HULL, Massachusetts
To the Year 1850

Compliled by Thomas W. baldwin, B., S.B., Member
of the New England Historical Genealogical Society
Boston, Mass. 1911.

Transcribed by: Dave Swerdfeger

The date of the establishment of Hull is not definitely known. On may 20, 1642, according to the Mass. Records, Vol. 1, page 5, a report of a committee was made to the General Court concerning the allotment of lands at nantaskeet. May 10, 1643, Nantasket was again memtioned as being within the shire of Suffolk. On September 7, 1643, a former grant to "Nantascot" was confirmed. On May 29, 1644, it was ordered that "Nantascot shall be called Hull." May 26, 1647, Hull is mentioned as a town. Population by cencus: 1765(Prov.), 170; 1776 (Prov.), [120]; 1790(U.S.), 120; 1800 (U.S.), 117; 1810(U.S.), 139; 1820 (U.S.), 172; 1830 (U.S.), 198; 1840 (U.S.), 231; 1850 (U.S.), 253; 1855 (State), 292; 1860(U.S.) 285; 1865 (State), 260; 1870 (U.S.), 261; 1875 (State), 316; 1880 (U.S.), 383; 1885 (State), 451; 1890 (U.S.), 989; 1895 (State), 2,060; 1910 (U.S.), 2,103, ABBREVIATIONS a.--age abt.-about b.--born bp.--baptized bur.--buried ch.--child: church C.R.--church record d.--died:daughter:day Dea.--deacon dec.--deceased dup.--duplicate entry G.R.--grave record h.--husband:hours inf.--infant int.--publishment of intention of marriage Jr.--junior m.--male, month md.--married prob.--probably s.--son S.R.--Suffolk court record Sr.--senior T.C.--from town copy unm.--unmarried w.--wife wid.--widow widr.--widower y.--year 1st.--first 2d.--second 3d.--third

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