We Are Kin To Issac Hull

Aunt Lillian told me that in a copy of her father’s book ‘Bound In Clay’ Royal Rosamond claims he descends from Sir Issac Hull, a Captain of the U.S.S. Constitution, the oldest commissioned vessel in the United States Navy. The problem with this claim, Isaac never had children by Ann Hart. However, there is a very good chance we are kin to Isaac because the Harts are kin to Senator, Thomas Hart Benton, a close kin of my niece, Drew Benton. I am finding genealogical questions on the web, that wonder if Isaac was married to Ann Hart. I wondered this myself after reading Isaac took Ann’s sister on a cruise on America’s most famous ship. Isaac also captained the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Yesterday I found a notice for an auction my Hull’s alleged wife who is selling Commodore Hulls belongings. Why? Did she feel jilted after he married another woman…