[descendants of edward bull.FTW]

ISAAC BULL TIMELINE:
1653 - 1654 born Donnington, Gloucestershire, England; son of EdwardBull and Elizabeth Gisborn
1668 - Indenture; apprenticed Isaac to William Williams/Stow-on-the-Wold7 years
???? Marriage to Mary ?? (first wife) [?between 1675- Apr 1676]
1677 son John b. England, Gloucestershire - Jan 5, 1677 later m. MaryClosson
1679 dau. Elizabeth b. England, later m. John Vaughan
1680 dau. Mary b. England, later m. Henry Mowry
1682 dau. Rose b. England, later m. Francis Inman
1682 - 1686 Immigration, England to US [poss. between date of fathers1682-land in Worcestor 1686]
1686 Land record - Massachusetts, Worcestor??was this our Isaac?
1696 bought 110 acres of land in northern part of town atProvidence[Rhode Island, Newport]
1704 Rhode Island, - bought 1/4 acre.
1706 Rhode Island, Scituate - bought two parcels, 7 & 3 acres adjoininghomesite in Providence
1714 marriage to second wife Mary Walling, mother of Hannah
1715 dau. Hannah born
1716 died Providence, Rhode Island



MARRIAGE: Isaac's first wife was Mary. Isaac and Mary would have married(bet 1675-April 1676): between the ending of the indenture in 1675 andthe birth of their first child John, born 1677.
A monument to the Mowry family was erected within the cemetery nearWoonsocket, RI. The "West side" refers to one of the four sides of themonument. It is recorded in "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol1". Gen. Pub. Co [pp717-721], from which we take the following: "HENRYMOWRY, son of Nathaniel, born about 1670, married 1st in 1701 Mary,daughter of Isaac and Mary Bull of Newport. Married 2d in 1726, HannahMowry, widow of John Mowry 2d of Smithfield. Her maiden name was Packard.Mary died about 1728. "

There was another Isaac Bull, who married a Sarah Parker, dau. of Johnand Sarah Parker, on April 22, 1653.[ "A Report of the RecordCommissioners of Boston, Massachusetts 1630 - 1699", page 43, and SAVAGE,VOL 3 DICT FIRST SETTLERS OF NE (page 351)"[Parker] ...JOHN, Boston 1644,shoemaker, had w. Sarah, who join. our ch. in Aug. of that yr. and prob.d. Sarah, who m. 22 June 1653, Isaac Bull. Perhaps he was the freem.of 1650. "] Although there are many who consider Sarah Parker to be thefirst wife of Isaac, son of Edward of Donnington, all sources point to adifferent Isaac Bull. According to the indenture of 1668, Isaac couldnot marry until the indenture period - 7 years - was over in 1675, morethan 20 years after the marriage of Isaac Bull/Sarah Parker. Also, it isassumed that his birth was around 1653/54 since the usual age ofindenture was about 14, placing his birth at the same time as the IsaacBull/Sarah Parker marriage. For more information regarding IsaacBull/Mary/Sarah Parker, see the Bull Research Pages athttp://www.artback.com/IsaacBull. This site lists resources surroundingIsaac Bull and who he was.

INDENTURE:
THE INDENTURE - Sept. 29, 1668
This indenture witnesseth that ISAAC BULL, sonne of Edward Bull ofDonnington,County of Gloucestershire, by and with the consent of saidfather has put hisselfe Apprentice to and with William Williams ofSTOW-ON-THE-WOLD, aforesaid carpenter, and after the manner of anapprentice, with him to tarry and dwell from the day of date unto thefull end and for the full term of seven years from thence next andimmediately following and ensueing fully to be complete, ended during allwhich term the sayd ISAAC BULL apprentice to and with the sayd WILLIAMWILLIAMS as his master well and faithfuly shall serve, his secrets shallkeepe, his commandments lawful and honest everywhere shall doe;fornication in the house of said master, nor without, he shall notcommit; hurt or damage to his said master he shall not doe, nor consentto be done to the value of____pds. by the years or above, but accordingto his power shall lett and hinder or thereof his master inform.
Taverns or Alehouses of Custom, he shall not haunt or freequentunless it be about his master's business here to be done. All dyce,cards or any other unlawful games he shall not play.
The goods of his said master Inordinately he shall not waste, northem to anybodie lend without his master's lycense or consent.
Matrimonie with any woman during or within the sayd terme he shallnot contract nor espouse nor from his service neither by day or by nightshall absent himself as well in words as In deeds, - and sayd WilliamWilliams unto the sayd ISAAC BULL his sayd apprentice in the craft trade,mystery or occupation of a carpenter the which he usith after the bestmanner that he can or may shall show, teach, instruct and inform or causeto be showed, taught, instructed and Informed as much as thereuntobelongeth or in any way appertanyeth, and in due manner chastise him,finding unto his sayd servant
meate, drink, washing and lodging to an apprentice of such a trade,craft, mystery or occupation.
In witness thereof the sayd master and servant of these presents,Indentures interchangeable, their hands and seals have set, thetwentyninth day of September in the twentieth day of the raine of ourSovraine Lord, King Charles the Second, Anno Domine 1668
MEMORANDUM: It Is concluded and agreed that the sayd WilliamWilliams he is to give his sayd servant one X (axe) and a Squire and ahandsaw, foure Nogars, a paire of chysells, a gauge and a hamer and saydISAAC BULL is to have at the five years end three pounds a year.
Sealed and delivered In the presence of JOHN BULL.
Frances Gardiner.
"The above indenture was written on parchment In Old English andtranslated verbatim and literatum except two words, the meaning of whichI am not certain and I have left them as in the original which reachedthe eighth generation back from my brother's grandchildren at ourreunion. B. F. Phillips
(Grandson of Hannah Bull)"
Andrew Phillips published the above In the Cleveland Herald,October 17,
1874., on occasion of a Phillips reunion.
[Indenture posted Wed, 8 Jul 1998 BULL-L@rootsweb.com from<GLS1943@aol.com>]