Lt Capt John HULETT

1710 - 1776  (65 years)

• Name	John HULETT  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Lt
  Prefix	Capt
  Birth	29 Dec 1710	Newton, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Aug 1776	Belchertown, Hampshire Co. Massachusetts   [4]
  Notes	[Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW] lived in Newton, moved to Rehoboth Abt 1709, in Scituate, RI from 1740-1763. ******** http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/scituate3.html#JOHN HULET, GOV. WEST, AND HUNTING GRAND OLD FURNITURE Scituate, Providence, RI His grave is pointed out in a pasture back of the house of John Harris, Esq., a short hillock, marked by two walnut trees, and lying on the westerly side of the most northern one. Two rough moss-covered stones, one at each end of the grave, and without inscription, designate the last resting place of one who owned large tracts of land in the vicinity, but now sleeps unnoticed and unknown by the living generations about him. Rhode Island Reading Room An Historical Sketch of The Town of Scituate, R.I JOHN HULET, GOV. WEST, AND HUNTING GRAND OLD FURNITURE As the land was being cleared, with here and there, at irregular places, a clearing made or commenced, "Where not a habitation stood before, Abodes of men irregularly massed." One of these, whose chimney smokes were illuminated by the morning sun in the woods of Scituate, in its early settlement, was John Hulet and Berenice, his wife, who, about 1740, resided in the north-western part of the town. His grave is pointed out in a pasture back of the house of John Harris, Esq., a short hillock, marked by two walnut trees, and lying on the westerly side of the most northern one. Two rough moss-covered stones, one at each end of the grave, and without inscription, designate the last resting place of one who owned large tracts of land in the vicinity, but now sleeps unnoticed and unknown by the living generations about him. His transactions in deeds were numerous, and run from 1743 to 1763. In 1744 he bought one hundred and fifty acres from Stepehen Hopkins for three hundred pounds, land commonly called "Oystershell Plain." We find him, among others, taking the oath against bribery, Aug. 15, 1747, an example which might be followed at the present day for the advantage of the country. Benjamin Gorton, of Warwick, married John Hulet's daughter Avis, July 18, 1762. His son Mason married, the year following, Oct. 23, 1763, Elizabeth Mathewson, of Johnston. Elder Reuben Hopkins performed the marriage service on both these interesting occasions. Mason Hulet removed to Vermont and settled at Wallingford, on the Otter Creek, and has left numerous descenants in that State. John Hulet, March 1761, sold to Col. Wm. West the farm of two hundred acres which he bought of Stephen Hopkins. He sold it for forty thousand pounds, a price not to be accounted for, except, we admit, the great depreciation of the currency. Mr. Hulet was appointed, with Thomas Angell, pound keeper, in 1747. He is called "Captain" in his appointment of fence viewed in 1750. He was undoubtedly a man of considerable property for those days, and quite a dealer in lands. He sold to Boylston Brayton, of Smithfield, May 28, 1763, two tracts of land, -- one lying in Glocester, according to the deed, "the half of a farm whereon Ralph Wellman did formerly live, and bounded as in deed of William West to Eliphalet Eddy, Feb. 16, 1760, and also more particularly by the said Eddy to me, the said John Hulet, containing three hundred acres, more or less. The other tract is in Scituate, and is my homestead farm, and the same whereon I now dwell, and contains about two hundred and fifty acres, bounded northerly on land of James Wheeler, easterly on land of the same, and on land belonging to Capt. John Whipple, southerly on land of William West and westwardly on land of Charles Hopkins and Barnes Hall, and on land belonging to heirs of Joseph Wilkinson." This homestead farm would seem to have been very near to the place of his burial. We find him buying at the same time of Benj. Anthony, of Swanzea, for 1800 Spanish milled dollars, 229 1-2 acres of land, where Thomas Knowlton once dwelt in Scituate, in part bounded by territory of heirs of Joseph Wilkinson. Mr. Hulet must have died soon after these last transactions, as we find no further mention of him in the town records. He is said to have died of fever after a very short illness.
  Person ID	I31191	Main Tree
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	John HULETT,   b. 1676, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Patience ?
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Bef 1710  [5]
  Family ID	F05083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bernice HAILE,   b. 23 May 1718/9, Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts d. 29 Aug 1777, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	9 Mar 1736	Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Lt. Mason HULETT,   b. 22 Oct 1737, Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts d. 29 Mar 1813, Wallingford, Rutland Co., Vermont (Age 75 years)  [Birth]   2. Thomas HULETT,   b. 1740   d. 20 May 1838 (Age 98 years)  [Birth]   3. Avis HULETT  [Birth]   4. Amy HULETT,   b. 1750   d. 25 Oct 1821, Wallingford, Rutland Co., Vermont (Age 71 years)  [Birth] + 5. Joseph HULETT,   b. 1752, Scituate, Rhode Island d. 26 Oct 1850, Chester, Vermont (Age 98 years)  [Birth]   6. Anna HULETT   d. 15 Sep 1777, Belchertown, Massachusetts  [Birth]   7. Mary HULETT  [Birth]   8. Patience HULETT,   b. 18 Sep 1764   d. 11 Mar 1838, Wallingford, Rutland Co., Vermont (Age 73 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F05082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2022

  
  

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• Sources

  [S4746] Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Town and Vital Collections, 1620-1988. [S4582] FamilySearch.org: Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915. [S3142] Alverdo Hhayward Mason, Genealogy of the Sampson MASON Family. [S4584] FamilySearch.org: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910. [S02447] Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW. Date of Import: Oct 13, 2000