Piatt/Pyatt/Peyatte of all spellings

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Joseph Hull

1 _FA3
2 PLAC Pastor

Joseph Hull was educated at St. Mary's Hall, Oxford from which he received his BA degree on 14 Nov 1614. He studied theology with his older brother William Hull of Colyton in Devonshire and was rector at Northleigh, diocese of Exeter for 11 years, following his ordination on 14 Apr 1621. On 20 Mar 1635 he and his wife Agnes and children set sail from Weymouth, England for New England. At that time he was 40 years of age and Agnes was 25, according to ship's lists. Children are listed as Joane, 15; Joseph, 13; Tristam, 11; Termperance, 9'; Elizabeth, 7; Grissell, 5; Dorothy, 3. They also had with them three servants, ages 20 to 28. They arrived at Boston on 6 May 1635. Along with 21 other families, they settled at Wessaguscus (later Weymouth), Massachusetts. Later he served as minister at Barnstable, Massachusetts, then at Agamenticus (now York), Maine, and the Isle of Shoals. In 1635 his old enemies asserted control over Maine and evicted him from his parish. He returned to England where he served as rector of St. Burien in Cornwall, near Lands End. His children remained in America, and later Joseph returned and was minister at Oyster River for a short period until regaining his old church at York. He died, intestate, at Isle of Shoals on 19 Nov 1665, leaving an estate valued at 52 pounds, 5 shillings, 5 pence.


Joseph Hull

1 _FA3
2 PLAC Pastor

Joseph Hull was educated at St. Mary's Hall, Oxford from which he received his BA degree on 14 Nov 1614. He studied theology with his older brother William Hull of Colyton in Devonshire and was rector at Northleigh, diocese of Exeter for 11 years, following his ordination on 14 Apr 1621. On 20 Mar 1635 he and his wife Agnes and children set sail from Weymouth, England for New England. At that time he was 40 years of age and Agnes was 25, according to ship's lists. Children are listed as Joane, 15; Joseph, 13; Tristam, 11; Termperance, 9'; Elizabeth, 7; Grissell, 5; Dorothy, 3. They also had with them three servants, ages 20 to 28. They arrived at Boston on 6 May 1635. Along with 21 other families, they settled at Wessaguscus (later Weymouth), Massachusetts. Later he served as minister at Barnstable, Massachusetts, then at Agamenticus (now York), Maine, and the Isle of Shoals. In 1635 his old enemies asserted control over Maine and evicted him from his parish. He returned to England where he served as rector of St. Burien in Cornwall, near Lands End. His children remained in America, and later Joseph returned and was minister at Oyster River for a short period until regaining his old church at York. He died, intestate, at Isle of Shoals on 19 Nov 1665, leaving an estate valued at 52 pounds, 5 shillings, 5 pence.


Joanne Coffin

There is no proof that Joanne's surname was Coffin. She died in childbirth with daughter Dorothy.