Biographical Sketch of Col. Thomas BULL (1893); Chester County, PA

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Source: "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania,
comprising a historical sketch of the county", by Samuel T. Wiley and edited
by Winfield Scott Garner, Gresham Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1893,
page 588.

"COL. THOMAS BULL, a brave revolutionary officer and respected citizen of
Warwick township, was born June 9, 1744, and died July 13, 1837, at ninety-
three years of age.  He served under Washington, was held a prisoner in the
'Jersey Prison Ships,' and after the war became the manager of Warwick
furnace.  He was a member of the assembly from 1793 to 1801.

"Colonel Bull was twice married, and his eldest son, Levi Bull, D. D., was
born November 14, 1780.  Levi Bull served as a minister of the Episcopal
church for over half a century, and was held in the highest estimation by
all who knew him.  He died August 2, 1859."