Asaph Hull

Asaph Hull was listed as the “Son of Amos Negro” in First Church of Christ Records record (he was born on October 16, 1755 and baptized on November 23, 1755). Though no mother was listed in any genealogical records (as was common for children of married parents), his mother was probably Bathsheba Hull (First Church of Christ Records). 

In 1762, Asaph Hull was placed as an indentured servant in Fairfield, CT, with Seth Pomeroy Jr., son of the Northampton gunsmith and soldier. It is unclear whether this was Bathsheba’s choice. Asaph’s indenture paper work suggests that it was not, since Bathsheba is not mentioned, and it was the Board of Northampton's Overseers of the Poor that ordered his indenture. The paperwork refers to him as a “poor” child and implies that the arrangement is for his own good, but gives no proof as to the economic circumstances of his family and makes no mention of the harm that removing him from that family would do. 

The fact that his father had died in 1761 was not mentioned. His mother was a landowner, but being a single parent household run by a Black woman could have greatly influenced the town’s decision to remove him from his home. 

Asaph Hull died on January 10th, 1766, in Connecticut, cause unknown. He was 10 years old.