William was a master stonemason. He was the son of John BULL and John's second wife. In August 1718, in Orange County, New York, he married Sarah WELLS, the "Pioneer Maid of Wawayanda."
Together, they built their home. Construction began in 1722 on the 100 acres that William had purchased a few months before their marriage. It took 13 years to build the house. It is a four level, ten-room house. The lowest level (the basement) would be described today as a "walk-out basement" since the house was built into the side of a hill. The top level is the attic, fully floored, has a loft, and has it's own "look out window," reached by climbing a ladder in the loft.
The house is 40-feet square and has walls that are three feet thick -- all stone. The house survived the 1728 earthquake, undamaged. It was built on bedrock.
A year after construction began, the 100 acres was added to with a 2,600-acre land grant from England's King George.
William and Sarah were the parents of 12 children: John, William, Sarah, Thomas, Isaac, Esther, Mary, Margaret, Catherine, Ann, Richard, and Eleanor.
The stone house that William and Sarah built stands solid still in 2020. It is lived in by a direct descendant of William and his wife.
At the long entrance to the property of the Bull Stone House is a cemetery. At the highest point in the cemetery is an obelisk to mark the burial site of William, his wife, and other now-unknown BULLS. The obelisk was erected by descendants and unveiled at the first Bull picnic in 1868.
William's father was John BULL, who was christened on May 4, 1645, in Collegiate Church of St. Peter, in Wolverhampton, England, and who died after 1691 in Dublin, Ireland.
The first organized reunion of William and Sarah's descendants was in 1868. There was a return to the grounds of the house, with descendants bringing their own food to eat. Reunions continued annually. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in there being no reunion.
William was a master stonemason. He was the son of John BULL and John's second wife. In August 1718, in Orange County, New York, he married Sarah WELLS, the "Pioneer Maid of Wawayanda."
Together, they built their home. Construction began in 1722 on the 100 acres that William had purchased a few months before their marriage. It took 13 years to build the house. It is a four level, ten-room house. The lowest level (the basement) would be described today as a "walk-out basement" since the house was built into the side of a hill. The top level is the attic, fully floored, has a loft, and has it's own "look out window," reached by climbing a ladder in the loft.
The house is 40-feet square and has walls that are three feet thick -- all stone. The house survived the 1728 earthquake, undamaged. It was built on bedrock.
A year after construction began, the 100 acres was added to with a 2,600-acre land grant from England's King George.
William and Sarah were the parents of 12 children: John, William, Sarah, Thomas, Isaac, Esther, Mary, Margaret, Catherine, Ann, Richard, and Eleanor.
The stone house that William and Sarah built stands solid still in 2020. It is lived in by a direct descendant of William and his wife.
At the long entrance to the property of the Bull Stone House is a cemetery. At the highest point in the cemetery is an obelisk to mark the burial site of William, his wife, and other now-unknown BULLS. The obelisk was erected by descendants and unveiled at the first Bull picnic in 1868.
William's father was John BULL, who was christened on May 4, 1645, in Collegiate Church of St. Peter, in Wolverhampton, England, and who died after 1691 in Dublin, Ireland.
The first organized reunion of William and Sarah's descendants was in 1868. There was a return to the grounds of the house, with descendants bringing their own food to eat. Reunions continued annually. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in there being no reunion.
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Born at Wolverhampton, England
Gravesite Details
direct-line ancestor of page maintainer
Family Members
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Capt John Bull
1721–1807
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William Bull
1723–1759
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Sarah Bull Booth
1725–1810
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Thomas Bull
1727–1801
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Isaac Bull
1729–1794
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Esther Bull Miller
1731–1794
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Mary Bull Booth
1733–1819
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Margaret Bull Horton
1736–1818
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Catherine Bull Faulkner
1738–1796
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Ann Bull Eager
1740–1813
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Richard Bull
1743–1785
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Elenor Bull Weller
1745–1818
