When Seth Bull was born on 13 May 1766, in Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Lieutenant Samuel Bull, was 44 and his mother, Jerusha Hopkins, was 41. He married Sarah Selden on 7 May 1798, in Middlefield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died in 1827, at the age of 61.
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English: nickname for a strong, aggressive, bull-like man, from Middle English bule, bole. Occasionally, the name may denote a keeper of a bull (compare Bulman ), or possibly someone who lived at a building distinguished by the sign of a bull.
German (mainly northern): from Middle Low German bulle ‘bull’, used as a nickname for a cattle breeder, keeper, or dealer. Compare South German Ochs .
South German: nickname for a short fat man, a variant of Bolle , or a nickname for a man with the physical characteristics of a bull.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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