Hull, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Guide to Hull, Plymouth County, Massachusetts ancestry, genealogy and family history, town histories, vital records, city directories, cemetery records and cemeteries, churches, town records, newspapers, maps, and libraries.

Description

 * Hull, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Hull was a settlement in 1622 before it became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony. The town was placed in Suffolk County when counties were formed in 1643. For a brief time, the town was part of the Dominion of New England from 1686 to 1689. When the new Norfolk County was formed in 1793, Hingham and Hull were cherry-picked to stay in Suffolk County while [Norfolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Norfolk County]] bordered it on the west and east. Hull was annexed to Plymouth County on 18 June 1803, still leaving its west and east borders with Norfolk County. Hull remains in Plymouth County.

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Adjacent Towns
Plymouth Co.: Hingham Norfolk Co.: Cohasset | Quincy | Weymouth | Suffolk Co.:  Boston | Dorchester (Boston) | Winthrop

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Hull Town Clerk
253 Atlantic Ave Hull, MA 02045 Phone: 781-925-2262 x 3803 Fax: 781-925-0224 Email: [mailto:jbennett@town.hull.ma.us jbennett@town.hull.ma.us] Website

Vital Records
Published records
 * Microfilm of the originals created by the FamilySearch Library, Hull vital records, 1657-1841, ; 1843-1905, . These records (to 1841) are browsable (i.e. not indexed as of Nov. 2012) on FamilySearch.
 * Microfiche of the originals created by Archive Publishing covering vital records, 163-1915, on 19 fiche. Part of Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620–1988 at Ancestry ($); Index
 * Official state copy of vital records starting in 1841: Massachusetts Archives 220 Morrissey Blvd. Boston MA 02125 Phone 617-727-2816 Email [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us archives@sec.state.ma.us] Hours and Directions See the online guide for more information.
 * Vital Records of Hull, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, 1911). This volume was microfilmed by the FamilySearch Library, ; online at Internet Archive, Google Books, Ancestry ($); WorldCat (Other Libraries).


 * This includes, in part, the church records (C.R.) and the cemetery (G.R.1).

Online records
 * Hull vital records, 1657-1841, are browsable (i.e. not indexed as of Nov. 2012) on FamilySearch.

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Hull Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Plymouth County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Hull. For the location of the cemetery, see PlymouthColony website. For more details regarding these cemeteries, see the state guide under cemeteries for books on the subject.


 * Hull Cemetery, 1710. (A, B)

Abstracts of the cemeteries above are marked and keyed to: (A). Vital Records of Hull, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, 1911) [see links above under Vital Records]. (B). W. S. Barton, "Inscriptions from the Burying-Ground in Hull, Mass." in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 12 [1858]: 207-214, from the journal, transcribed online and abstracted online; also on findagrave.

Church Records
The following is a list of churches established in town in order of organization date (if known) and condition of records in the 1889 survey if listed.


 * Congregational Church, 1726-1789, records to 1767, (earlier records destroyed by fire before 1847).
 * Methodist Episcopal, 1816, records imperfect before 1860. [perhaps the church listed next]
 * St. Nicholas United Methodist Church, n.d.
 * St. Mary of the Assumption Parish at St. Ann's Church, 1870 (as a mission of Hingham, 1938).
 * St. Nicholas by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 1984.
 * Temple Beth Shalom, n.d.
 * Tri-Town Baptist church, n.d.

City Directories

 * 1880 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1894-1917 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Hull at Ancestry - index & images, ($), some years may be missing
 * 1917 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images,
 * 1917 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Hull at Ancestry - index & images, ($), some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images, ($) some towns and years may be missing

The Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) has one of the largest collections of city directories in the country. They are likely to own most of the years listed above. Their collection is in microfiche, microfilm, and books, but there is no online inventory of their holdings except for microfilm. See their guide online.

Other holdings:


 * Ancestry ($) has none.
 * Boston Public Library has none.
 * FamilySearch Library (Salt Lake City) has 1894 (with Hingham), 1917 on.
 * fold3 ($) has none.
 * Massachusetts State Library has 1880-1881, 1894.
 * New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston) ($) has 1894, 1917.

Local Histories
The basic data is from the "Historical Data" publication series with additions from various sources. Associated names Hull once was called Nantascot.

Village or section names include Allerton, Atlantic Hill, Bayside, Bumkin Island, Calf Island, Centre Hill, Great Allerton, Great Brewster Island, Green Hill, Green Island, Gun Rock, Hampton Hill Hull Beach, Hull Village, Jerry's Island, Kenberma, Little Brewster Island, Little Calf Island, Middle Brewster Island, Natasket, Nantasket Beach, Narrows Light, Outer Brewster Island, Park Island, Peddock's Island, Pemberton, Rockland Hill, Sagamore Hill, Shag Rocks Island, Spinnaker Island, Stoney Beach, Strawberry Hill, Sunset Point, Surfside, The Graves, Waveland, Whitehead, Willow Ledge, and Windemere. Border changes

Works written on the town include:


 * [James Lloyd Homer], Notes on the Seashore; or, Random Sketches, in relation to the Ancient Town of Hill ... (Boston, 1848), vii, 54 pp. Digital version at Google Books.
 * Albert Matthews, "The Naming of Hull, Massachusetts" in the New England Historic Genealogical Register, 59 [1905]: 177-186. Digital versions at Internet Archive (rep. ed.), Google Books, kobo books, and neotake. WorldCat (Other Libraries) - 1905 rep. ed.
 * William M. Bergan, Old Nantasket (North Quincy, Mass., rev. ed., 1969), 154 pp. WorldCat (Other Libraries).
 * Ethel Farrington Smith, Early Families of Hull, Massachusetts (Boston, 2007), xii, 254 pp. ;.


 * This book includes sketches on Baker, Bartlett, Benson, Bibble, Binney, Bosworth, Bunn, Camball, Chaffey, Chamberlain, Cheevers, Cole, Collier, Coomes, Goold, Green, Hanchet, Hett, Jones, Lincoln, Lobdell, Loring, Lovrell, Melby, Milton, Nightingale, Nile, Phippen, Prince, Shore, Simons, Snow, Soper, Squire, Steel, Stone, Stubbs, Torrey, Vickery, Ward, Wheaton, and Whitman.


 * Hull Wikipedia page.

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Hull at HomeTownLocator
 * Hull at FamilySearch Places
 * Hull at Google Maps
 * Hull at Mapcarta
 * Massachusetts County Map at Mass.gov
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Massachusetts at Old-Maps.com
 * Massachusetts Maps State Page

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers

 * Hull Beacon, 1897-1920.
 * Hull News (title varies), 1955-1974, 1986-1988.
 * South Shore Chronicle, 1975-1987.
 * Hull Times (title varies), 1979-present.

Libraries
Hull Public Library 9 Main Street Hull MA 02045 Phone 781-925-2295 Email [mailto:hucirc@ocln.org hucirc@ocln.org]

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Franklin Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Hingham Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Mount Hope Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * David Allen Lambert Library - an affiliate library
 * General Society of Mayflower Descendants - an affiliate library
 * Middleborough Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Thayer Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Thomas Crane Public Library - an affiliate library

Societies
Hull Historical Society PO Box 225 127 Spring Street Hull MA 02045 Email [mailto:hullhistoric@gmail.com hullhistoric@gmail.com]