Bull Family Ancestry and Genealogy

The History And Genealogy of The William Bull and Sarah Wells Family of Orange County,  New York

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 Also known as The Bull Blue Book, now available for purchase below. 
This 1046 page book first published in 1974 and printed for the 4th time in 1983 is a collection of family history and lore as well as the genealogy of the first 6 generations of Bull family members known at that time. This is a treasure trove of information and should be part of any Bull family member's collection.
$35.00 + $8.55 for postage in the US only.  Just select the "add to cart" button. Please contact info@bullstonehouse.org for shipping outside of the US.

Genealogy News - Bull Family Genealogist Judy Wood

March 2020 - ​The Bull Family Genealogy Committee reached a new milestone! 90,000 names recorded and a personal goal for Judy Wood, our family Genealogist, doubling the 45,000 names she started with in 2006. This could not have happened without the multitude of hours of research by the dedicated volunteers on the Genealogy committee. We found a letter written in 1984 from an unknown Bull cousin, Phillip Smart, from Ontario, Canada. He was from the line of Mary Bull Booth, whose son Joshua went to Ontario, Canada and had a family of 12 children, only one of which was recorded in the Bull Blue Book in 1974 (pg 183).  This led to adding over 2500 names to the line of Mary, making her the largest of the 7 female lines.  Phillip Smart told a story, that Mary Bull Booth traveled with her slaves to Canada after the death of her husband (in 1783) to deliver Joshua his portion of his father’s estate.  Mary lived in Onondaga County, NY with her other children, until her death in 1819.
The other line that we are still working on, is Esther Bull Miller.  We have been searching the Hornbrook/Hardenbrook families and adding many generations to the Bull records (See Bull Blue Book pages  452-453)
You can help by filling in a Family Group Record below or email Judy: bullfamilygenealogist@verizon.net or via mail to
Judy Wood  3100 Vista Heights Ln  Highland Village, TX 75077

Family Group Record

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If you haven’t updated your family information in a while, or to do it in the first place, please download the Bull Family Group Record form at right (click on the image). You can simply add your family information directly on the form, save it and email it back, or just print the form and send it to us by postal mail.  Complete instructions are on page two of the form.  Download additional blank forms for each family group.

What's in Our Bull DNA? 

Three of our male Bull cousins recently had their DNA tested at the Ancestry laboratory. Each cousin did a swab test from the inside of their mouth which contains a complete copy of their genetic blueprint. They each sent their swabs into the lab where a 46 marker test was performed to find their paternal DNA which is passed basically unchanged from father to son. We learned that all 3 Bull cousins matched on all 46 markers exactly, which means they all come from the same Bull line and now we have our own Bull group. Our Haplotype is J2a1b, which means that our ancient ancestors came from the fertile crescent area (presently this area is Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iraq) and migrated into Europe about 5,000 years ago. What do we hope to glean from these DNA results? Our Bull family has wondered for years if we are connected to the South Carolina Bulls (Stephen & Barnaby Bull who emigrated from England in 1670) or the Connecticut or Albany, NY area Bull line. If these other Bull lines have their DNA tested we may be able to prove, or disprove, if we have a common ancestor. Select the DNA strand to view the test results.

2014 Marked the 150th Anniversary of the united states civil war


​View the records of Bull Family members who participated in this historic and tragic war by selecting the image of the flags.