Rev. Dr. Levi Bull, D.D. and Ann Jacobs

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Husband Rev. Dr. Levi Bull, D.D. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 14 Nov 1780 - Warwick Twp, Chester Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Aug 1859 - Warwick Twp, Chester Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Chester Co, PA

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         Father: Col. Thomas Bull (1744-1837) 2 4
         Mother: Ann Hunter (      -1817) 1

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       Marriage: 1808 1

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Wife Ann Jacobs ¹

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           Born: 1789 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Jul 1858 1
         Buried:  - St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Chester Co, PA

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         Father: Cyrus Jacobs, Esq. (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Margaretta Old (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 F Caroline Jacobs Bull ^{2 3 5}

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           Born: 3 Aug 1811 2 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Feb 1885 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hamilton Alricks (1806-      ) 6 7 8
           Marr: 28 Dec 1837 2 3 5

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2 M Col. Thomas K. Bull ^{9 10}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Julia Henderson (      -      ) 10

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3 F Anna D. Bull ¹²

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            AKA: Anna B. Bull 11
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1862 11
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         Spouse: Dr. Henry DeWitt Pawling, M.D. (1810-1892) 11 12 13

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Dr. Levi Bull, D.D.

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His mother prayed for a man-child, and, in token of having dedicated him, as far as in her lay, to the priesthood, named him Levi. Her wishes and prayers seemed for a long time frustrated, as his youth, up to manhood, gave no signs of interest in religion. At an early age he entered Dickinson College, where he graduated in his seventeenth year. He made choice of the law for a profession, and entered the office of James Hopkins, Esq., a lawyer of distinction at the bar of Lancaster, with a view of qualifying himself for admission to the bar. While pursuing his law studies, he came to the conclusion that "necessity was laid upon him to preach the gospel," and, abandoning the law, he began a course of study in preparation for the ministry under the direction of Rev. Nathan Grier, of Brandywine Manor. He entered the ministry of the Episcopal Church, and was by Bishop White ordained deacon in 1805, and priest in 1806. His first and last field of labor was the region in which he was born. The social position and public reputation of his father, the extraordinary personal qualities of the son, the interesting facts and notoriety of his conversion, his zeal and boldness, drew all minds in these parts to the young preacher. He preached in churches, in court-houses, in school-rooms, and in private houses. He addressed masses of people in public, and also families and individuals in private. All wondered at the life and power which appeared in his ministry, and no preacher of that day had ever in those parts made such an impression. In the immediate neighborhood of his father's residence there was then no church, but a proposal was soon made for the organization of a parish and the building of a house of worship. This resulted in the founding of St. Mary's Church (in what is now Warwick township, Chester County) in 1805, about a mile from his home. There, with one intermission, he continued to labor till age and other infirmities withdrew him from active duty. The intermission was that of a year at Wilmington, Delaware, where he was rector of Trinity Church. Deaths of relatives and the difficulty of filling his post in St. Mary's Church induced him to return and resume his first charge. In connection with St. Mary's he had the care of St. Thomas', Morgantown, Berks County, nine miles from his residence; Bangor Church, Churchtown, Lancaster County, nine miles from his home; St. Gabriel's, Morlattan, Berks County, nine miles distant; and he preached once a month in Pottstown, Montgomery County, twelve miles away, and very often in Reading and Birdsboro'. Out of his labors grew, besides St. Mary's Church, St. Andrew's, in West Vincent, and St. Mark's, Honeybrook, the one six and the other five miles distant, the last two being offshoots of St. Mary's Church. The labors which he performed were abundant and blessed.
Possessed of a competent estate, his house was the seat of a generous hospitality, and he was held by all who knew him in the highest estimation. He was noted for his disinterestedness, and was ever ready to use his ample income for charitable purposes. The title of "Father," given to him in his later years, indicated the respect and confidence of his clerical brethren. He died at his residence in Warwick township, in the seventy-ninth year of his age, and was buried in St. Mary's churchyard, in a tomb beside his wife and children, near the walls of the church which more than half a century before had been founded by his ministry.

He and his wife were the parents of fifteen children, all of whom but one lived to adult age, and seven only of whom survived him.

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 491.

2 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 559.

3 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 32.

4 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 489.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 427.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 462, 558.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 426.

8 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 31, 32.

9 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 490.

10 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 1053.

11 M. Auge, Lives of the Eminent Dead and Biographical Notices of Prominent Living Citizens of Montgomery County, Pa. (Norristown, PA: Privately published, 1879), Pg 253.

12 Josiah Granville Leach, LL.B, Some Account of the Pawling Family of New York and Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Wickersham Press, 1918), Pg 22.

13 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1884), Pg 506.