The. Hull-Sproul Genealogy. Dr. S. B. Prouty

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1 The Hull-Sproul Genealogy By Dr. S. B. Prouty February 1910 Retyped by Jacqueline M. Sproul 2003 Carbon of original at Locust Grove Prouty - Hull-Sproul Genealogy doc 1

2 The Hull Sproul Genealogy As gathered by S. B. Prouty February, 1910 Our mother, Esther Jane Hull Prouty, was born on February 21 st, 1837, on the plantation of Jacob Hull, near Moffatt s Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia. Our mother and her brothers and sisters were members of, or were at least baptized in, the New Providence Presbyterian Church, 4 miles south of Moffatt s Creek, Virginia. At that time it was not considered respectable not to belong to the Presbyterian Church in that vicinity. The dates of baptism and acceptance into the church, of my mother and the entire Hull family, are to be found in the church records in the possession Mr. Tom Smiley, two miles south of Moffatt s Creek, Virginia. (December, 1909) Our Grandfather and Grandmother, Jacob Hull and Nancy Jane Hull, were accepted into he church and were baptized April 15, This was after they were married and had some children. Jacob Hull was a son of Old Peter Hull (who was a Revolutionary soldier,) and Mary Linkenfelter, (German), and who spoke the language. He owned hundred and hundred of acres of land on Walker s Creek and on and around Pisgah Mountain, or hill of Rockbridge County, Virginia. A Hull spring is still to be found in the vicinity. They had several children. Among whom were: 1. Jacob Hull, born Died April Phillip Hull. Married Betsy (?) Lived at Collierstown. 3. John Hull. Father of A. Y. Hull. 4. Peter Hull. He lived on Kerr s Creek, Virginia. Had three children: John, Anna and Pinkard Clay whose name was Peter but was changed to Pinkard Clay by legislature. John and Anna still live there probably. (December 1909) 5. Kate Hull married Cunningham. 6. Betsy Hull married Reed. Widow for years. Was youngest. Had a daughter named Lizzie, who married a man named Potter. Pinkard Clay Hull (4) moved to Mississippi and married a widow, Mrs. Moore, who had two daughters by a former husband, Artie and Cora. This Artie Moore married Dr. John A. Hull, son of Jacob and Nancy. Mrs. Armstrong, of Santa Anna, California, is the granddaughter of Phillip Hull (2). Other of his children live near Collierstown, Va. Jacob Hull and Phillip Hull were millwrights, and built a grist mill on Moffatt s Creek, for Squire Billy Sproul, about the year While building the mill Jacob fell in love with Squire Billy Sproul s daughter, Nancy Jane, who afterwards became our grandmother, they were married in Their children were: 1. Dr. William S. Hull (S. for Sproul) He married Margaret Church, Prouty - Hull-Sproul Genealogy doc 2

3 2. Frank Hull, October Married Louisa Robinson. 3. Samuel Brown Hull, September 12, Married Margaret Embree, Dr. John A. Hull, September 12, Married Artie Elizabeth Moore. 5. Esther Jane Hull, February 21, Married Levi Prouty, of Spencer, Massachusetts, March 23, Margaret Emma Hull, April 4, Married James Menifee Warren, Darthula Hull, April 12, 1839, Married James McCormack, Dec. 30, Mary T. Hull, September 15, Married John Embree, Feb. 6, No children. 9. Martha E. Hull, November 27, Married Larkin McCormack, Calvin Hull, January 6, Married Martha Reavis. Old Squire Bill Sproul had three children as follows: 1. Nancy Jane Sproul, born August 2, Died July 2, (Our grandmother Hull). Married Jacob Hull, William Sproul. Probably moved to Tennessee. 3. Samuel B. Sproul. Married Jane M. Grandmother Hull (Nancy Jane Sproul) received about 600 acres of land from her father, all tolled, 287 acres when she married and a little less than 300 acres when the estate of her father was divided in Deeds of division are now (February 12, 1910) in possession of Captain Tom M. Smiley, Moffatt s Creek, Virginia. Squire Billy Sproul was the brother* of Uncle Billy Sproul {Typo should be half brother of Uncle John per below}, the grandfather of Hon. W. W. Sproul of Middlebrook, Virginia., and the father of Archibald Sproul, of Middlebrook, Va. This Uncle John Sproul was so called by the children of Jacob and Nancy Hull Esther, Emma, Sam, etc. The exact relation of Uncle John and Squire Billy Sproul is not known to the writer. They were either brothers of half brothers.* {*Squire Billy and John Sproul were half brothers per 1817 Will of Charles Sproul} Uncle John Sproul married Matilda King Scott, September 13, Their children were: 1. Susan Sproul 2. Emiline Sproul. Married Sam H. Bell 3. Frances Sproul. Married Wm. White 4. Wm. S. Sproul. Unmarried December Archibald Sproul (Archy) Married Eugenia Bumgardener. 6. Matilda Sproul. Died unmarried. Wm. Sproul, father of Uncle John Sproul and Old Billy Sproul, came from Ireland about 1740 to Penn. and afterwards moved to Augusta County, Va., and married Jean Ewing. Their children were: Prouty - Hull-Sproul Genealogy doc 3

4 1. William Sproul. Born 1769 (Old Squire Billy) 2. Jean Sproul. Born Married John Weir 3. Sidney Sproul (woman) Born Grandmother of Mrs. Hugh Beard. 4. Mary Sproul 1778 Unmarried 5. Joseph Sproul 1779 Went to Missouri Married 6. Oliver Sproul 1780 Died Unmarried 7. Martha Sproul 1782 Married Robert Hutchinson 8. John Sproul 1784 Died He built the house where Hon. W. W. Sproul now lives. He was Uncle John Sproul. See above. Born March 18, Fanny Sproul 1786 Married Thomas Thomas {Typo should be Thompson.}. 10. Samuel Sproul 1789 Married in Va. and went to Tenn. 11. Charles Sproul 1792 Died Unmarried. The above birth dates were taken from the old family Bible now owned by Fanny Sproul. Archibald (Archy) Sproul, son of Uncle John Sproul was the father of the following children: 1. John Alexander Sproul 2. Hon. Wm. White Sproul. (W.W.) Middlebrook, Va., at whose home Dr. Shirley B. Prouty was entertained in true southern aristocratic fashion, about December 15, Archibald Alexander Sproul. Civil Engineer. Located somewhere in New York and is very much interested in genealogy. 4. Hugh Bell Sproul, wealthy coal operator of Stanton, Va. 5. Miss Fanny Sproul, who owns the family Bible from which data of Wm. Sproul children was obtained. 6. Matilda Sproul. Married McClure. Died. 7. Linda Sproul. Deceased. The Wiseman family now lives on the Old Hull Place. Grandfather Jacob Hull was born and raised on what is now known as the Reed farm on Walkers Creek. David East married Betsy Trotter, the cousin of our grandmother, Nancy Jane Sproul Hull, and to them were born Mary East Beard, Sam East and others. 1. Mary East (married Beard) was the mother of: Estes Beard schoolteacher at Stanton, Va., David East Beard Middlebrook, Va. Possibly others. 2. Sam East (Called cousin by the Hull girls) He was the father of John P. East, 30 Broad Street, New York, of Phelps, Evans and East. Also the father of eight other children whose names are unknown to the writer. Prouty - Hull-Sproul Genealogy doc 4

5 John Hull, son of Peter Hull, Sr., married and their children were: 1. Joseph Hull 2. Elizabeth Hull 3. Hannah Hull 4. Dan Hull 5. Phillip Hull 6. Dr. Andrew young Hull (call A.Y.) Father of Congressman J. A. Hull 7. John Hull The above Dr. Andrew Young Hull, known as Cousin A. Y. Hull was our mother s Cousin and was the father of: 1. Mrs. Dr. Eliza Porter, Des Moines, Iowa 2. Captain John Albert Tiffin Hull. Congressman from Des Moines, Iowa. Chairman of the Military Committee of Congress. He lives at 1802 M Street, Washington, D. C. 3. Milton Hull, deceased. 4. Mrs. Laura Hull Highleyman, divorced. Married again to Dr. Morris of Washington, D. C. Now divorced from and supported by her first husband and her two sons Locke T. Highleyman, of St. Louis, Missouri, and Wilbur Highleyman of Sedalia, Missouri. She is mentally unbalanced, and under constant surveillance in Washington, D. C., although at large. 5. Frank Hull, Los Angeles, California. Capt. J. A. T. Hull s family living in 1910 are: 1. Miss Nettie Hull, (about 35 to 38) living with her mother and father in Washington, D. C. 2. Dr. Albert Hull, formerly physician in charge of the U. S. Soldiers Home in Leavenworth, Kan. Married a very, very religious and very, very wealthy woman. He is now (1910) in private practice in Kansas City, Missouri. 3. Judge John Hull, Judge Advocate, now in legal Department of War Department located on Govener s Island, N. Y. These are the addresses of the managers of the Hull Family Association, for Book on Membership: 1. Herbert G. Hull, 3 Broad St., N. Y. 2. Charles H Weygant, Newburgh, N. Y. Now deceased. Work is now being taken up by Mrs. M. Louise S. Roberts, 14 Bay View Terrace, Newburgh, N. Y. Prouty - Hull-Sproul Genealogy doc 5

6 3. John Herndon, Washington, D. C. office of the doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. A book of Genealogy of Virginia Families by Hayden contains information about the Hulls. Prouty - Hull-Sproul Genealogy doc 6 The Hull homestead is about two miles south of Moffatt s Creek, Virginia. Esther Jane Hull (Prouty) looked like her mother. The house built and lived in by Squire Bill Sproul, and the mill built for him by Jacob Hull are still standing. December The house is occupied by Mrs. John Lucas, just beyond Captain Tom Smiley. The mill is still running. Major Richard Hull came from Falmouth, near Fredericksburg. The young Major Hull was a faithful and brave soldier, and a favorite of General Washington. For these reasons he was excused for gambling, and saucing a superior officer. John was the father or the brother of Peter, who was the father of Jacob Hull of Walker s creed, Va., our grandfather. Some slight doubt exists as to the exact authenticity of this relationship, but it is probably correct. The Wm. Sproul, who came from Ireland in 1740, was of Scotch-Irish decent. Sidney Sproul (woman s name) his daughter was born in 1776, and was the grandmother of Mr. Hugh Beard of Moffatt s Creek, Virginia. Mr. Beard lives about a mile south of the Hull homestead. He is a very old man at this writing, December David East married Betsy Trotter (cousin of Nancy Jane Sproul). Their children were: 1. Cousin Sam East 2. Mary Sproul East (Cook) 3. Eight other children. Mary East married Jacky Beard, of Santa Fe, Missouri. Their children are: 1. Miss Este Beard (in 1910 age about 55). A teacher in Stanton, Virginia. 2. David East Beard, an elderly gentleman of Middlebrook, Va. Our grandmother s mother, Mrs. Sproul, was Esther beard before marriage. This was her first marriage. From all reports our grandfather, Jacob Hull, was a southern gentleman, and much averse to manual labor. Esther Jane Hull (afterwards Prouty) was baptized in the New Providence Presbyterian Church, August 21, Rev. James Morrison, Pastor. Levi Prouty, and three others, were received on examination and profession of their faith, August 2, 1856, into membership of the New Providence Presbyterian Church.

7 It is the opinion of the writer that the Wm. Sproul, who went to Tennessee, as stated by Miss Fanny Sproul of Middlebrook, Va., was the son of Squire Billy Sproul, instead of a brother of Uncle John Sproul, as she thought. Mr. Hugh Beard says that Squire Billy Sproul and Uncle John Sproul were half brothers. Mr. Tom Smiley is of the opinion that they were brothers. It is a fact that in 1838, when Squire Bill Sproul died, and his estate was divided between Nancy Jane Sproul, Wm. Sproul, and Samuel Sproul, the said Wm. Sproul moved to Tennessee, and Samuel Sproul moved to Texas. More of this later on. In 1859, Widow Nancy Jane Hull, sold to Wm. Smiley, 114 acres of land for $2, A part of this money Samuel B. Hull returned to collect after the war. On this land was located the mill. Wm. Smiley was the father of Captain Tom Smiley, Mrs. Mary Smiley Beard, and Miss Letitia (Tish) Smiley. In December 1909, Dr. S. B. Prouty was most cordially welcomed and entertained at the home of Captain Tom Smiley. At that time Mr. Smiley was 67 years old. Nancy Jane Sproul (Hull) was born in Augusta County, Va., August 11, Died in Johnson County, Missouri, July 2, Margaret Emily Hull, was born in Rockbridge County, Va., April 4, Married in Johnson County, Missouri, February 1, Died in Johnson County, Missouri, November 11, James Menifee Warren, was born in Lincoln County, Ku., August 17, Died in Johnson County, Missouri, November 11, Margaret Emily Hull and James Menifee Warren, were married as stated above in Johnson County, Missouri, September 27, Their children were as follows: 1. William Harlan Warren. Born August 5, 1872 in Johnson County. Died January 19, 1873 in Mazelhurst, Mississippi. 2. Ralph Warren. Born November 19, 1873 in Clayborn County, Mississippi. 3. Waldo Warren (Afterwards, with both parents consent took a middle name and became Waldo Pondray Warren) Born December 25, 1875 in Clayborn County, Mississippi. 4. Hugh Early Warren. Born May 24, 1878 in Johnson County, Missouri. In 1910, Ralph Warren was married, had six children, lived at 728 South 3 rd., Chichasha, Oklahoma. In 1910, Waldo Pondray Warren, lived at 50 Morningside East, New York City. His wife, Carrie Johnson Moore of Chicago. No children. In 1910, Hugh E. Warren, lived at Lookeba, Oklahoma. Married, second time. One child by second wife. Child named Carrie Louise. Prouty - Hull-Sproul Genealogy doc 7

8 Wm. Sproul, brother of Nancy Jane Sproul, moved to Tennessee, at or near Paris. His sons names were Alexander Brown Sproul and Horatio Sproul. And are there now, Alexander Brown Sproul had two daughters, one named Esther, for her great grandmother, (our great grandmother) Esther Beard Sproul wife of Old Squire Billy Sproul, father of Nancy Jane Sproul (Hull). Samuel Sproul, brother of Nancy Jane, moved to Texas. His oldest son, Wm. Sproul, was living near San Antonio, Texas when last heard of, His oldest daughter was named Esther, after grandmother. This Esther is now Mrs. James McCan, Overlade, Overlade County, Texas. Aunt Betsy, Mother, and Mrs. Squire Billy Sproul were sisters. Nancy Jane and Betsy, and daughter of the above sisters, would therefore be cousins. This Betsy ( ) married David East, parents of Mary East, who married Jacky Beard father of Estie Beard of Stanton, Va. The above sister of Mrs. Squire Billy Sproul could have been Mrs. (Beard) Trotter, and the Aunt Betsy above would have been Betsy Trotter. Mrs. Squire Billy Sproul raised Nancy Jane and Betsy together, and Aunt may have been a love name given to Betsy by Nancy s children. Mary East, Sam East, and Mary Sproul East Cook are brothers and sisters, and have Trotter relatives in Carroll County, Missouri, who are wealthy and influential people. Prouty - Hull-Sproul Genealogy doc 8