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| George was about 40 years old when he came to America in the Mary & John with some, but not all, of his family. He became a freeman March 4, 1632 and a member of the Select Board of Dorchester, MA from 1633 to 1636. He was a representative of Dorchester to the First General Court at Boston on May 14, 1634. in 1637 he removed to Windsor, CT, and is said to have helped lay out the towns of Windsor and Hartford, being somewhat of a surveyor. He was Deputy to the General Court from Windsro from 1637 to 1646 and in 1647 followed Roger Ludlow to Fairfield, having sold his home at Windsor to Governor John Haynes. George continued his political career in Fairfield as Representative in 1648 and 1649, and was Ludlow's assistant in military operations. In 1651, 1653, and 1654, George served as an Assistant Magistrate for the towns "by the seaside", his duties including to "marry persons and press horses for the public Welfare." From "Families of Ancient New Haven", Vol. IV, "List of Officials in Connecticut and New Haven Colonies 1635-1665", pg. 986: "HULL, GEORGE (d. 1659). Deupty (Windsor) to Conn. Leg., May, 1637, Nov., 1637, Mar., 1638, Apr., 1638, Aug., 1639, Sept., 1639, Jan., 1640, Apr., 1640, Feb., 1641, Apr., 1641, Sept., 1641, Nov., 1641, Apr., 1642, Aug., 1642, Mar., 1643, Apr., 1643, Sept., 1643, Apr., 1644, Sept., 1644, Sept., 1645, Dec., 1645, Apr., 1645; Deputy (Fairfield), May, 1649, May, 1650, May, 1651, Oct., 1655, May, 1656; Judge (Fairfield town), May, 1654." | ||||||||||||
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