Amos Hull Jr.

Amos Hull Jr. was listed as the “son of Amos Negro” in his baptismal record (September 15, 1754) (First Church of Christ Records). There is no mother listed in the genealogy record (as was common for children of married parents), but his mother was most probably Bathsheba Hull. 

We have very little confirmed information about his childhood, but it is possible that when his mother was forced off of her land, he was placed in Hadley (it is unknown whether this was with or without her consent). There is a record for an Amos Hull from Hadley who was “reported a negro” serving in several regiments during the American Revolution. The Amos Hull listed served in several different units, deserting at least once. He served between 1776 and 1780 (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, volume 8, p. 477).

Amos Hull Jr. married an Indigenous woman named Eunice. Eunice died on May 8, 1785. The fact that her death was recorded in Belchertown suggests that Hull may have moved there (Rev. Justus Forward’s Vital Records Books, p.114).

In a 1791 court filing, Agrippa and Margaret Hull stated that they were the only living children of Bathsheba Hull. This implied either that Amos Hull had died by 1791, or that the family was claiming they could not locate him (Berkshire Court of Common Pleas, 11:292, no. 195).