David Overton Hulse, ^

1777 - 1849  (72 years)

• Name	David Overton Hulse  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	^
  Nickname	"King"
  Birth	27 Jul 1777	{Baldhills (now Farmingville), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1849	Hulse Cemetary, Brookhaven, Hamlet, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Death	2 Sep 1849	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States   [3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I219	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Nehemiah Hulse, (i)^,   b. 1735, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York d. 1800, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, N.Y. (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Anna Overton, ^,   b. 30 Jan 1743, Coram, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1765–1767	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Hallock, ^,   b. 27 Oct 1790, Stony Brook, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 19 Jun 1884 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	18 Aug 1811  [9, 10, 11]
  Children	1. Jane Hulse, ^,   b. 1818, Lubenham, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom d. 28 Oct 1847 (Age 29 years)   2. Charlotte Louise Hulse, <>,   b. 10 Feb 1813, Baldhills (now Farmingville), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 27 Aug 1900, Bellport, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 87 years)   3. Charles Hallock Hulse, ^,   b. 25 Apr 1835, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 1915/6 (Age 80 years)   4. Herman Hulse, <,   b. Abt 1814, {Baldhills (now Farmingville), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} d. YOUNG   5. Sarah Hulse, <,   b. 9 Oct 1815, NY d. YOUNG   6. Mary Ann Hulse, ^,   b. 19 Feb 1822, {Baldhills (now Farmingville), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} d. 2 Sep 1888 (Age 66 years)   7. Jane Hulse, <,   b. 8 Feb 1824, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 9 Sep 1847 (Age 23 years)   8. David Harmon Hulse, ^,   b. 5 Apr 1826, [see note] d. 21 Jun 1914, Bogota, Bergen, NJ (Age 88 years)   9. Van Buren Hulse, <,   b. 1830, {Baldhills (now Farmingville), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} d. 10 Jan 1921, Bay Shore, Suffolk, NY (Age 91 years)   10. Sarepta Hulse, <,   b. 1832, {Baldhills (now Farmingville), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} d. Aft 1896 (Age > 65 years)   11. Andrew Jackson Hulse, ^,   b. 31 Jan 1833, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 15 Oct 1896, undefined, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States (Age 63 years)   12. William Warren Hulse, ^,   b. 29 Aug 1838, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 20 Jun 1929, Bay Shore, Islip, Suffolk, NY (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He was known as "King" David Hulse, because of his stentorian pronouncement that the "King" was coming (i.e., the Christ). To this day, the Hulse cemetery in Brookhaven Hamlet where David Hulse is buried is sometimes called the "King David" cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S89] . [S23] 7 Jul 1895, pg. 8. [S122] p. 1520 [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=14260&pageno=1520 ]. [S168] Stone 6. [S8] p. 118. He does not appear in the 1850 census in the household with Sarah Hallock Hulse. [S175] p. 24. [S122] p. 1519 [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=14260&pageno=1519 ]. [S21] http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I1061 6. [S176] . [S122] p. 1520 [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=14260&pageno=1520 ]. Seversmith indicated that "They were married at the Caroline Church, Setauket, NY by the Rev. Zachariah Green." This is extremely unlikely. The Rev. Zachariah Greene was a famous Presbyterian minister at the Setauket Presbyterian Church. [S2074] http://books.google.com/books?id=_rQEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false.