Hull is a small peninsula in Plymouth County extending northward from the neighboring towns of Hingham and Cohasset. Until May 29, 1644, it was known as Natascot. Today the shore there is still known as Nantasket Beach.

Six volumes of town and vital records currently exist. One or more books of early records was damaged or destroyed by fire, but some part of the data, perhaps all, was preserved by copying into the earliest town record book below.

Hull Town Records 1657-1841. 227 pages.

"Long Book - Hull, Mass Town Records Rebound & Copied 1850--with short book in one Volume together." Included are vital records, land grants, boat and timber records, town meeting minutes, church records, treasurer's records, town ordinances, certificate of freedom to a former slave (1780, page 5) and an outline of the program observing 200 years since the first landing of immigrants in Dorchester (page 136). This book is apparently a transcript of a fire-scarred original record. Page numbers are from the original volume and are usually written upside-down in the middle of the page. Dates and contents listed below are representative and may not be all-inclusive.

Land Grants 1657-1803, pp 1-77

FICHE 1

Land Grants & Town Records 1657-1841, pp 78-136+

FICHE 2

Births, Deaths, Marriages 1630-1757, pp 166-207

FICHE 3

Intents & Marriagess 1696-1802, 1823-24, 1843, pp 208-218

FICHE 3

Births & Deaths 1693-1749, 1771-1863, pp 136-161

FICHE 4

Town Records & Ordinances 1666-1734+, pp 162-166

FICHE 4

Deaths 1691, 1749-1766, pp 163-166

FICHE 4

Records of the Town of Hull 1675-1781. 279 pages.

"Short Book of Hull Mass Town Records Rebound with Long book together in one volume 1850." Most of the book appears to be selectmen's records and town meeting minutes. Some of the earliest writing is a challenge to interpret, especially on faded pages. Pages 94-103 are filmed twice for ease in reading the upside-down writing.

Town Records 1675-1788, pp 1-67

FICHE 5

Town Records 1675-1788, pp 68-103, 1-23+

FICHE 6

Town Records 1675-1788

FICHE 7

Town Records 1675-1788

FICHE 8

Town Records 1675-1788, pp 94-103

FICHE 9

Hull Births, Marriages, Deaths 1843-1892. Vol 1.

Births 1842-1870, pp 1-28

FICHE 10

Births 1871-1892, pp 29-52; Marriages 1843-1847, pp 1-5

FICHE 11

Marriages 1847-1877, pp 6-35

FICHE 12

Marriages 1878-1892, pp 36-52; Deaths 1843-1854, pp 1-12

FICHE 13

Deaths 1855-1881, pp 13-41

FICHE 14

Deaths 1882-1892, pp 42-60

FICHE 15

Hull Deaths 1892-1921. Vol 4.  77 pages.

Deaths 1892-1905, pp 1-27

FICHE 16

Deaths 1905-1915, pp 28-57

FICHE 19

Hull Marriages 1892-1921. Vol 3.  46 pages.

Marriages 1892-1900, pp 1-8

FICHE 17

Hull Births 1892-1921. Vol 2.  35 pages.

Births 1892-1900, pp 1-9

FICHE 18

Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, 1996
LC 94-75008, ISBN 0-87623-271-3 (ISBN 0-87623-158-X Set)
30-frame, double-image format at 24X reduction
1 volume, 115 pages, on 3 microfiches
Copyright 1996 by Jay Mack Holbrook

Intentions & Marriages 1686-1843, pp 1-13

FICHE 1T

Births & Deaths 1630-1734, pp 13-47

FICHE 1T

Births 1731-1768, pp 48-65

FICHE 2T

Deaths 1749-1790, pp 66-68

FICHE 2T

Births (few deaths & marriages) 1771-1843, pp 68-78

FICHE 2T

Marriages (few births) 1822-1843, pp 78-80

FICHE 2T

Deaths 1693-1844, pp 81-97

FICHE 2T

Births 1809-1841, pp 98-99

FICHE 2T

Hull Vital Records 1841-1849.

A curious note on page 101 cites that the "Vital Records of Hull from 1843 to 1890 reported destroyed by fire. The following record of births marriages and deaths is copied from returns on file at the State House." The strange part is that these same Hull records, thought burned, do exist. See the Hull 1630-1900 collection, fiches 10-15.

Vital Records 1841-1845, pp 101-115

FICHE 3T