Person:John Bull (15)

"Six of their sons, all but John, moved to the New York Colony about the same time, some settling in Dutchess County (near Quaker Hill). Mary's brother Nathan Closson, had migrated to Dutchess County, so this may have influenced the six, young Bull brothers to "go west", eventually settling there. They had large families which later helped to colonize the wilderness of other parts of New York Colony in the north and west. Some went to Vermont, the southern part of which was part of New York at that time. During, and following, the Revolutionary War, some of their descendants went up into Quebec and some eventually migrated westerly across Canada." From "Descendants of Josiah Bull Jr." by Mary Lynch-Arnold.

1. ↑ A. Donovan Faust (Foust). A Family History: The Ancestors of Thomas Wilson Faust. (1997).
2. ↑ Frank J, Doherty. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Volume 2, Dutchess County, New York.. (18th Century Settlers in the Patent).
3. ↑ John Osborne Austin. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978).
4. ↑ Mary Lynch Young. Descendants of Josiah Bull Jr., of Dutchess County, New York. (Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1992).