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Col Thomas Bull; Rev Levi Bull; Rev Thomas K. "Colonel" Bull
Col Thomas Bull, of the Revolutionary war. Thomas BULL, born May 28, 1731, Providence Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; married (1) Ann HUNTER February 28, 1771 and (2) Mrs. Lydia CROWELL; died July 13, 1837, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a stone mason, made cannon and shot for the Continental armies, and was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Revolution, was captured in November of 1776 and held as a prisoner of war until May, 1778, when he, Ethan ALLEN, and others were exchanged. He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania Convention to ratify the Constitution, was a presidential elector in 1792 (1st election) and a state representative in the legislature. His children included Rev. Levi BULL.
Levi, born November 14. 1780. married March 31, 1808, Ann Jacobs, daughter of Cyrus and Margaret (Old) Jacobs of Whitehall, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, born March 15, 1789, and died July 10, 1858. He died August 2. 1859. Both are buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Warwick, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Levi Bull was born at Warwick Furnace, Chester County. Graduated from Dickinson College, in his seventeenth year, in October. 1797. He received decree of D.D. from Dickinson College, and on July 5,1804, from Alleghany College. He studied law under James Hopkins, ESQ., of Lancaster.
and while there was taken very ill, and his life despaired of. On recovery his attention wits turned to the ministry, possibly from the fact that his mother had prayed constantly before his birth that her unborn child should be a boy, promising if granted that she would influence him toward the ministry. He studied under the Rev. Dr. Nathan Grier and Bishop William White. He was ordained Deacon at Christ Church. Philadelphia, February 10,1805, and priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church, at St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, February 16, 1806. He had charge of St. Mary's Church, founded in 1805, and one mile from home: of St. Thomas' Church at Morgantown, five miles away; of Bangor Church, Churchtown. nine miles away; of St. Gabriel'a Church, Morlatton, Berks County, eight miles away, and preached once a month at Pottstown, twelve miles from home. He preached often at Reading and Birdsboro, and he founded as offshoots of St. Mary's Church, the churches of St. Andrews of Vincent Township, and of St. Marks in Honeybrook Township, both in Chester County. For one year, in 1818, he was rector of Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, Delaware. He was chairman of the Episcopal Convention, and it was by his influence, having himself declined the office of Bishop, the convention elected Rev. Dr. Alonzo Potter, Bishop of Pennsylvania. He was fond of horses and usually rode on horseback in all kinds of weather, until in his later years when he drove. He was spoken of as having had a horse which would pass all his parishioners if he desired. Having a large area of farms, he did not take any salary for church work, and his house was always open to his friends, who went long distances to see him. So he also went about among his people, whom he served until his death.
"Col" Thomas K. Bull
Thomas Kempis, born July 23, 1810, married (1) at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. March 20. 1839, Sarah Smith Shower, who was born January 19, 1819. and died May 10, 1852. Married (2) September 27. 1859, at Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. Julia Hannah Henderson, daughter of Thomas and Julia (Seager) Henderson, born January 25, 1823, and died December 3, 1907. He died May 29. 1893. Thomas K. Bull, Sarah S. Bull, and Julia H. Bull are buried in the churchyard of S't. Mary's Episcopal Church, Warwick, Pennsylvania. He was popularly known as Colonel Bull, but what was the origin of the title is not now known, but it is supposed to have originatd with his following his grandfather in the old house built by the Colonel after the Revolutionary War. He was a gentleman farmer and first lived on one of the farms owned by his parents, until their death, when he bought the original place, where he lived until he died. He occupied a prominent position in the affaire of Chester County, especially in his own neighborhood. He was n graduate of Dickinson College in 1831 and he was three times elected to the State Legislature, 1846, 1847, 1848.
Col Thomas Bull; Rev Levi Bull; Rev Thomas K. "Colonel" Bull
Col Thomas Bull, of the Revolutionary war. Thomas BULL, born May 28, 1731, Providence Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; married (1) Ann HUNTER February 28, 1771 and (2) Mrs. Lydia CROWELL; died July 13, 1837, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a stone mason, made cannon and shot for the Continental armies, and was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Revolution, was captured in November of 1776 and held as a prisoner of war until May, 1778, when he, Ethan ALLEN, and others were exchanged. He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania Convention to ratify the Constitution, was a presidential elector in 1792 (1st election) and a state representative in the legislature. His children included Rev. Levi BULL.
Levi, born November 14. 1780. married March 31, 1808, Ann Jacobs, daughter of Cyrus and Margaret (Old) Jacobs of Whitehall, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, born March 15, 1789, and died July 10, 1858. He died August 2. 1859. Both are buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Warwick, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Levi Bull was born at Warwick Furnace, Chester County. Graduated from Dickinson College, in his seventeenth year, in October. 1797. He received decree of D.D. from Dickinson College, and on July 5,1804, from Alleghany College. He studied law under James Hopkins, ESQ., of Lancaster.
and while there was taken very ill, and his life despaired of. On recovery his attention wits turned to the ministry, possibly from the fact that his mother had prayed constantly before his birth that her unborn child should be a boy, promising if granted that she would influence him toward the ministry. He studied under the Rev. Dr. Nathan Grier and Bishop William White. He was ordained Deacon at Christ Church. Philadelphia, February 10,1805, and priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church, at St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, February 16, 1806. He had charge of St. Mary's Church, founded in 1805, and one mile from home: of St. Thomas' Church at Morgantown, five miles away; of Bangor Church, Churchtown. nine miles away; of St. Gabriel'a Church, Morlatton, Berks County, eight miles away, and preached once a month at Pottstown, twelve miles from home. He preached often at Reading and Birdsboro, and he founded as offshoots of St. Mary's Church, the churches of St. Andrews of Vincent Township, and of St. Marks in Honeybrook Township, both in Chester County. For one year, in 1818, he was rector of Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, Delaware. He was chairman of the Episcopal Convention, and it was by his influence, having himself declined the office of Bishop, the convention elected Rev. Dr. Alonzo Potter, Bishop of Pennsylvania. He was fond of horses and usually rode on horseback in all kinds of weather, until in his later years when he drove. He was spoken of as having had a horse which would pass all his parishioners if he desired. Having a large area of farms, he did not take any salary for church work, and his house was always open to his friends, who went long distances to see him. So he also went about among his people, whom he served until his death.
"Col" Thomas K. Bull
Thomas Kempis, born July 23, 1810, married (1) at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. March 20. 1839, Sarah Smith Shower, who was born January 19, 1819. and died May 10, 1852. Married (2) September 27. 1859, at Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. Julia Hannah Henderson, daughter of Thomas and Julia (Seager) Henderson, born January 25, 1823, and died December 3, 1907. He died May 29. 1893. Thomas K. Bull, Sarah S. Bull, and Julia H. Bull are buried in the churchyard of S't. Mary's Episcopal Church, Warwick, Pennsylvania. He was popularly known as Colonel Bull, but what was the origin of the title is not now known, but it is supposed to have originatd with his following his grandfather in the old house built by the Colonel after the Revolutionary War. He was a gentleman farmer and first lived on one of the farms owned by his parents, until their death, when he bought the original place, where he lived until he died. He occupied a prominent position in the affaire of Chester County, especially in his own neighborhood. He was n graduate of Dickinson College in 1831 and he was three times elected to the State Legislature, 1846, 1847, 1848.