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Author: David A Gilliard
Joseph Hulse came from a Patriot family. He was born in 1756 in New Jersey, and shortly thereafter moved with his parents Richard and Mary (Williams) Hulse to Frederick County, VA. At the age of about 18 Joseph moved to Westmoreland County, PA (renamed Washington County) and served in the Militia as a Private, First Class, in Capt. William Fife’s Company, which consisted of 96 men from the local area. They patrolled the western frontier between Pittsburgh and Wheeling and engaged in fighting with tribes of the Iroquois Indian nation aligned with the British and occasionally with British and Loyalist troops.
Joseph’s wife was Sicha (Sytje) Hoagland and his father-in-law was John Hoagland, also a member of the Washington County Militia and a Ranger on the Frontier. He was killed and tortured by Indians in the Battle of Sandusky, 1782.
After the war, Joseph Hulse received a land grant of 325 acres in Ohio. He lived in Clark County, Ohio until his death in 1821. Sicha died in Ohio in 1838. Joseph and Sicha’s daughter, Sarah Hulse, married Elijah Hull, son of Revolutionary War soldier Benjamin Hull from New Jersey. Several other members of the Hulse, Hoagland and Hull families served in the American Revolution.
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