• Born: 18 Dec 1624, Harborough Leicester England
• Marriage (1): Judith Quincy on 11 May 1647 in Boston MA
• Died: 1 Oct 1683, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Flynt & Fales. Emigrated to this country from England in 1635. A founder of First Church in Boston and maker of silver for it and many other churches in partnership with Robert Sanderson. From his services in coining the famous pine-tree, oak, and willow shillings and pence, and from his work as goldsmith, Hull became wealthy and established himself as one of the important merchants of the colony, with interests in shipping. Nathaniel Hawthorne relates in Grandfather's Chair that when Hull's daughter, Hannah, married the illustrious Samuel Sewall, her father provided a dowry of her weight in pine-tree shillings. ³

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Richard Storer, about 1639, in Boston MA. In his diary, preserved at the American Antiquarian Society, he noted, "After a little keeping at school I was taken to help my father plant corn, which I attended to for several years together; and then by God's good hand I fell to learning by help of my brother {i.e. half brother Richard Storer] and to practice the trade of goldsmith." ¹

• Freeman: 2 May 1649, in Boston MA. ³

• Appointed: Selectman, about 1650-1683, in Boston MA. ¹⁰

• Partnership: Robert Sanderson, in 1652-1683, in Boston MA. In 1652, Hull noted in his diary that, on being appointed mintmaster, "I chose my friend, Roberts Sanderson, to be my partner, to which the court consented."
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• Appointed: Mintmaster, in 1652-1683, in Boston MA. ¹⁰

• Appointed: Keeper, in 1658, in Boston MA. Chosen by the Selectmen to "to recieve, keep, and dispose of the town's stock or treasure." ¹⁰

• Master: Jeremiah Dummer, on 1 May 1659, in Boston MA. ¹

• Master: Samuel Paddy, on 1 May 1659, in Boston MA. ¹

• Example: Cup by HULL & SANDERSON, circa 1660, in Private Collection. H: 6 7/8"
  wt: 10 oz
  Engraved B over R A for Richard and Alice (Blower) Brackett.

• Master: Daniel Quincy, about 1664, in Boston MA. ¹

• Example: Caudle cup, in The Second Church, Dorchester MA. Engraved "C over A E" for Augustine and Elizabeth Clement and "The gift of M^rs Elizabeth Clement to the Church of Dorchester, 1678".

• Example: Miniature caudle cup, circa 1665, in Private Collection. W: 4"
  Engraved E T likely for a member of the Tilton or Turell family of Boston, in which the cup descended for eleven generations.

• Example: Caudle cup, circa 1665, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Prick engraved BB in a scroll cartouche for Beriah Bright.

• Master: Timothy Dwight, about 1667, in Boston MA.

• Master: Samuel Clark, in 1673-1681, in Boston MA. ⁸

• Example: Beaker (one of a pair), circa 1678, in Private Collection. H: 4 3/8"
  Engraved "The Gift of L over T * A" The pair were bequeathed to the First Parish Church of Dorchester by Thomas and Alice Lake.

• Example: Caudle cup, circa 1680, in Private Collection. H: 3 13/16"
  Engraved "The Gift of Eliezer Moody to the Church in Dedham 1720."

John married Judith Quincy, daughter of Edmund Quincy and Judith Pares, on 11 May 1647 in Boston MA. (Judith Quincy was born on 3 Sep 1626 in Achurch Northamptonshire England, died on 22 Jun 1695 in Boston MA and was buried on 24 Jun 1695 in Hull's Tomb Boston MA.)