Lt. Mason HULETT

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Moses Hulett

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[Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW]

Came to Wallingford, VT from Belchertown, MA. Took oath of allegiance in 1755

Other evidence suggests that Mason emigrated from Scituate, Providence, RI (see father's entry)

Mason married Elizabeth MATHEWSON on 23 Oct 1763 in Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island. Elizabeth (daughter of John MATHEWSON and Phoebe STEERE) was born on 04 Nov 1742 in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island; died on 09 Apr 1822 in Wallingford, Rutland Co., Vermont; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Wallingford, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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[Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW]

Vital records say Moses and Elizabeth Mathewson of Johnson[Matthewson.FTW]

Vital records say Moses and Elizabeth Mathewson of Johnson

1. Capt Nehemiah HULETT was born on 24 Feb 1764; died on 04 Aug 1848 in South Granville, Washington Co., New York; was buried in Hill Cemetery, South Granville, Washington Co., New York.
2. John HULETT was born on 12 Mar 1766 in Vermont; died on 12 Jan 1847 in Verteran, Chemung Co., New York; was buried in Van Duzer Cemetery, Veteran, Chemung Co., New York.
3. Asahel HULETT was born on 04 Sep 1768; died on 04 Feb 1842 in Wallingford, Rutland Co., Vermont; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Wallingford, Rutland Co., Vermont.
4. Amos HULETT was born on 22 Dec 1770 in Amherst, Massachusetts; died on 13 Apr 1852; was buried in Ascutneyville Cemetery, Ascutney, Windsor Co., Vermont .
5. Phebe HULETT was born on 16 Apr 1773 in Connecticut or Rhode Island; died on 22 Oct 1857 in Fair Haven, Rutland Co., Vermont; was buried in West Street Cemetery, Fair Haven, Rutland Co,. Vermont.
6. Mason HULETT, Jr. was born in Feb 1776; died on 07 Oct 1847 in Hampton, Washington Co., New York; was buried in Hampton Flats Cemetery, hampton, Washington Co., New York.
7. Thomas HULETT was born on 09 Oct 1778 in Wallingford, Rutland Co., Vermont; died on 05 Sep 1855 in Wallingford, Rutland Co., Vermont; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Wallingford, Rutland Co., Vermont.

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[Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW]

lived in Newton, moved to Rehoboth Abt 1709, in Scituate, RI from 1740-1763.
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/scituate3.html#JOHN HULET, GOV. WEST, AND HUNTING GRAND OLD FURNITURE
Scituate, Providence, RI
His grave is pointed out in a pasture back of the house of John Harris, Esq., a short hillock, marked by
two walnut trees, and lying on the westerly side of the most northern one. Two rough moss-covered stones, one at each end of the grave, and without inscription, designate the last resting place of one who owned large tracts of land in the vicinity, but now sleeps unnoticed and unknown by the living generations about him.

Rhode Island Reading Room
An Historical Sketch of The Town of Scituate, R.I

JOHN HULET, GOV. WEST, AND HUNTING GRAND OLD FURNITURE
As the land was being cleared, with here and there, at irregular places, a clearing made or commenced, "Where not a habitation stood before, Abodes of men irregularly massed."
One of these, whose chimney smokes were illuminated by the morning sun in the woods of Scituate, in its early settlement, was John Hulet and Berenice, his wife, who, about 1740, resided in the north-western part of the town. His grave is pointed out in a pasture back of the house of John Harris, Esq., a short hillock, marked by two walnut trees, and lying on the westerly side of the most northern one. Two rough moss-covered stones, one at each end of the grave, and without inscription, designate the last resting place of one who owned large tracts of land in the vicinity, but now sleeps unnoticed and unknown by the living generations about him. His transactions in deeds were numerous, and run from 1743 to 1763. In 1744 he bought one hundred and fifty acres from Stepehen Hopkins for three hundred pounds, land commonly called "Oystershell Plain." We find him, among others, taking the oath against bribery, Aug. 15, 1747, an example which might be followed at the present day for the advantage of the country.
Benjamin Gorton, of Warwick, married John Hulet's daughter Avis, July 18, 1762. His son Mason married, the year following, Oct. 23, 1763, Elizabeth Mathewson, of Johnston. Elder Reuben Hopkins performed the marriage service on both these interesting occasions. Mason Hulet removed to Vermont and settled at Wallingford, on the Otter Creek, and has left numerous descenants in that State.
John Hulet, March 1761, sold to Col. Wm. West the farm of two hundred acres which he bought of Stephen Hopkins. He sold it for forty thousand pounds, a price not to be accounted for, except, we admit, the great depreciation of the currency. Mr. Hulet was appointed, with Thomas Angell, pound keeper, in 1747. He is called "Captain" in his appointment of fence viewed in 1750. He was undoubtedly a man of considerable property for those days, and quite a dealer in lands. He sold to Boylston Brayton, of Smithfield, May 28, 1763, two tracts of land, -- one lying in Glocester, according to the deed, "the half of a farm whereon Ralph Wellman did formerly live, and bounded as in deed of William West to Eliphalet Eddy, Feb. 16, 1760, and also more particularly by the said Eddy to me, the said John Hulet, containing three hundred acres, more or less. The other tract is in Scituate, and is my homestead farm, and the same whereon I now dwell, and contains about two hundred and fifty acres, bounded northerly on land of James Wheeler, easterly on land of the same, and on land belonging to Capt. John Whipple, southerly on land of William West and westwardly on land of Charles Hopkins and Barnes Hall, and on land belonging to heirs of Joseph Wilkinson." This homestead farm would seem to have been very near to the place of his burial. We find him buying at the same time of Benj. Anthony, of Swanzea, for 1800 Spanish milled dollars, 229 1-2 acres of land, where Thomas Knowlton once dwelt in Scituate, in part bounded by territory of heirs of Joseph Wilkinson. Mr. Hulet must have died soon after these last transactions, as we find no further mention of him in the town records. He is said to have died of fever after a very short illness.

John married Bernice HAILE on 9 Mar 1736 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Bernice (daughter of Richard HALE and Ann MASON) was born on 23 May 1718/9 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 29 Aug 1777 in Belchertown, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]