Person:Jireh Bull (4)

Captain of the King's Province, Narragansett On June 4, 1668, he bought 500 acres in Pettaquamscutt for 28 pounds; August 19, 1668 he and two others were desired by the Governor and Council to require Suckquansh and Ninecaft to appear before the Council Wednesday next, touching the alarm of the country upon suspicion of the Indians plotting to cut off the English. Jireh, Sr. was Conservator of the Peace 1669-70-78-83. On May 14, 1672 he was appointed on a committee to meet the Connecticut Commissioners to put a final end and issue of all differences between the two Colonies. On June 27, 1675 in a letter from Roger Williams to John Winthrop (written from Richard Smith's at Narragansett), he says: "Sir, just now comes in Sam Dier in a catch from Newport, to fetch over Jireh Bull's wife and children and others of Pettaquamscutt." source: Gen. Dict. of Rhode Island by Austin, p264

1. ↑ Rhode Island Friends Records, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
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   BULL, Jireh, of Henry and Elizabeth, Portsmouth, Sept. __, 1638