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From: Keith Dull <>
Subject: [MERCER] John Dull Sr. pt. 2
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 21:21:32 -0400 (EDT)

If we allow ourselves to question the original premise that John Dull Sr.
was the John Dull of the 1769 list, and the son of Peter Dull, can we
effectivly identify these Johns as different people?

A John Dull married Elisabeth McMeal in Montgomery County, germantown,
Pennsylvania on September 26, 1771. Their daughter, Anna Maria was
baptized at Wentz' Reformed Church in Worcester Township on April 3, 1774
(he is later taxed in Skippack Township). This is the area that Peter
Dull and his brother, Christian, settled, and under normal conditions,
this John could easily have been presumed to have been the one on the 1769
list, and the son of Peter.

I suggest that John Dull Sr. may be John, son of Christian Dull. The
circumstances inviting this prospect are as follows:

Christian Dull married Maria Catharin Dromm, on October 21, 1734. She was
born on June 30, 1716, indicating (on average) her child bearing years
would've lasted until 1756. Her last two children, John and Elizabeth,
were presumably born about 1753/54, and 1755/56. Both of these children
were presented at Kreidersville Stone Church in Northampton County in
1771. Christian's son, John appears on the 1773 tax list of Northampton
County, Moore Township in 1773, indicating he 21, or at least close to it.
He does not appear after this. A very good match for John Dull Sr..

John Dull Sr. moved to Maryland by 1774, where he married, and his first
daughter, Susanna was born in 1775.

Both of these John's departures from their respective tax lists are very
handy for this new theory. John of montgomery County disappears after
1769, resurfaces at Germantown for a marriage in 1771, and from that point
on is taxed in Skippack Township. The second John disappears from the
Northampton County list after 1773, and appears in Maryland in 1774/75.

We have a clear conflict of evidence. John Dull Sr.'s tombstone and
census record indicate he was born in 1753, or at least after 1750. The
tax list for John, son of Peter indicates he was born 1748 or before, and
the birth of Peter's daughter, Anna Maria, supports a John born prior to
1753.

Any one of these instancees could be disregarded as a mistake alone,
however, would it be reasonable to assume that the reunion card is
correct, John Sr,'s father is Peter, and the tombstone is wrong, the
census is wrong, Peter's wife had children 15 months (or less) apart, and
or John paid tax 5 years before he should have in 1769.

I don't believe so.

Well, Dull researchers, please give me your input on the subject.

Keith Dull

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