Isaac Hull [SEP] place of birth
common sailor aboard a merchantman at the age of fourteen." Hull was born in Derby, Connecticut (some sources say Huntington, now Shelton, Connecticut), on March 9, 1773.
Early in life he joined his mariner father, Joseph, on local voyages and longer trips to the West Indies. After his father died while still young, Isaac was adopted by his uncle William Hull, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War.
During the mid-1790s, the young Hull commanded several merchant vessels, losing some
, Channel Islands. Amelia was a first cousin of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock. The children of Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Cameron and Amelia Brock are:
- Amelia Susannah Brock Cameron (1805–1883)
- Anne Alicia Cameron (7 Sep 1805 - 13 February 1852), who married the Rev. Henry Curtis Cherry, rector at St Mary's Parish Church in Burghfield, Berkshire and died after giving birth to her 15th issue.
- General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron, GCB, (20 May 1808 - 8 June