Gen. John Bull and Mary Phillips

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Husband Gen. John Bull ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1730 - Providence Twp, Montgomery Co, PA 3
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           Died: 1824 - ? Northumberland Co, PA 3
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         Father: [Father] Bull (      -      )
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       Marriage: 1752 3

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Wife Mary Phillips ³

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           Born: Abt 1731
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           Died: 23 Feb 1811 - ? Northumberland Co, PA 3
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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Bull ³

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         Spouse: Benjamin Rittenhouse (      -      ) 3

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2 F Anna Bull ³

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         Spouse: Gen. John Smith (      -      ) 3

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3 F Maria Louisa Bull ³

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         Spouse: Joseph Nenne (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Gen. John Bull

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He was a native of Providence township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and played a patriot's part in two of the greatest wars of the American continent, the French and Indian, and the Revolution. He was one of the first English-speaking white men to visit the territory later included in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Because of his familiarity with the sign language and Indian methods of warfare, his services in transactions with them were particularly valuable. In 1758 he was captain in command of Fort Allen, and preceded General Forbes in his expedition against Fort Duquesne. In November, 1758, he and Frederick Post visited Saucon (now Beaver) and other Indian towns along the Big Beaver, and met with King Beaver, Shingiss, and other notable Indian warriors, and aided in creating the defection of the Indians from the French that hastened the downfall of Fort Duquesne. In 1771 he owned the Norris plantation and mill, and resided there on the site of the later city of Norristown. In 1775 he was appointed colonel of the First Pennsylvania Battalion, but later, because of friction between him and the other officers, he resigned. He was one of the commissioners at the treaty made with the Indians at Easton, January 30, 1777, and July 16th of that year was appointed adjutant-general of the state. In October this same year his barns, barracks, grain and hay were burned by the British, and his wagons, horses, sheep and negroes carried off, although Gen. Howe had given his word to Mrs. Bull that they would not be disturbed. In December, on the capture of Gen. Irwin, he succeeded to the command of the second brigade under General John Armstrong. In 1778 he was engaged in erecting batteries at Billingsport. In 1779 he put down the chevaux-de-frise in the Delaware. In 1780 he was commissary of purchases in Philadelphia. He also during those years served a term as assemblyman, and with David Rittenhouse, Owen Biddle and others constituted a Board of War for Pennsylvania, and as a compiler of the "Pennsylvania Archives" expresses it, he "appears to have been one of the busiest and most indefatigable workers." Some time after the close of the war he removed to Northumberland County, where he took an active part in public affairs for many years. [GPHBC, 1001]

1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 347.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1001.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1002.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 989.