When Benjamin Robinson Hulse was born on 3 January 1815, in Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States, his father, James Hulse, was 31 and his mother, Anna Robinson, was 29. He married Jane Gordon Bennett in 1840, in Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Iron City, Iron, Utah, United States in 1850 and Mountain Meadow, Washington, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 22 February 1897, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English (Cheshire and Staffordshire): habitational name from Hulse in Witton (Cheshire), from Middle English holes, plural of hole ‘hole, hollow, depression’ (Old English holh). See Hole .
North German (Hülse): topographic name for someone who lived where holly grew, Middle Low German huls, hüls.
American shortened and altered form of Flemish Holsaert (see Hulsart ). Compare Hulce , Huls , and Hults 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesFather, Benjamin R. Hulse was born January 3, 1815, in Long Island, New York. He was the son of James and Anna Robinson Hulse. He attended a Mormon meeting with a young lady, Jane Bennett. He wen …
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