Peter Bulkeley

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The Reverend Peter Bulkeley attended St. John's College, Cambridge England 1604/5; Rector of Odel succeeding his father, 1610-1635; ordained in Cambridge Massachusetts Apr 1637 for the settlement at Concord Mass where he settled 1636-1659. He was a descendant of Alan La Zouche, who was a descendant of Magna Charta Surety Saier de Qunicy (a Crusader who died in Palestine 3 Nov 1219).

From NEHGS The Great Migration, 1634-5:Name: Peter Bulkeley; Age: 50; Birth Year: abt 1585; Arrival Year: 1635; Arrival Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts Primary Immigrant: Bulkeley, Peter; Family Members: Wife Grace Chetwood 33; Son Daniel 9; Son Joseph 11; Daughter Mary; Son John 15; Son Edward; Son Thomas Annotation: Date and place of first residence in New England. Extracted from passenger lists, lists of freemen, colony and court records, notarial records, vital records, land records, church records, journals, and letters. Place of origin, occupation, and other genealogical and historical information may also be provided.

Peter married Jane Allen on 12 Apr 1613 in Goldington, Bedfordshire, England. Jane was christened on 13 Jan 1586/87 in Goldington, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 8 Dec 1626 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Grace Chetwood about Apr 1635 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Grace (daughter of Richard Chetwood and Dorothy Needham) was born about 1602 in Bedfordshire, England; died on 21 Apr 1669 in New London, New London Co, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Degree: 1655; A.B. from Harvard College
• Occupation: 1669-1677; Minister at Wethersfield, Connecticut

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Gershom Bulkeley 1636 ManuscriptsHis manuscripts are currently in the collection of the Menczer Museum of Medicine and Dentistry*.
After his return from King Philip's War, he asked a dismission from the church in Wethersfield, Colony of Connecticut, which was granted in 1677. He removed to the east side of the Connecticut River, and commenced practice as a physician, which he continued for over thirty years.
As a magistrate and statesman, he was opposed to the assumption of the government by the colonial authorities in 1689. In that year he published, at Philadelphia, a pamphlet on the affairs of Connecticut. The same year he wrote a work titled:
Will and Doom, or the miseries of Connecticut by and under usurped and abitrary power; being a narrative of the first erection and exercise, but especially of the late changes and administration of government in their Majesties Colony of New England in America.
Though never printed for wide distribution, it was sent to England by the Governor of New York some dozen years later as the most reliable account of New England to be found.
-------------*The Menczer Museum of Medicine & Dentistry is closed to the public as of October 1, 2008. We are packing the exhibits in preparation for the move to The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington CT in 2009. The displays will be changing and not all items will be on exhibit as in the past. Some parts of the collection will be at the Tunxis Community College and the local hospitals. The Fones School of Dental Hygiene will also have some significant pieces from the dental collection.
Apparently Menczer has moved one more time since 2009, back to Hartford where Its new address is 230 Scarborough St, Hartford, CT 06105. However, conflicting information states: "[The] collections now at area hospitals and Tunxis Community College". - Wikipedia

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Was educated at Harvard College through 1658 but did not graduate.

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Dr Peter Bulkeley was a descendant of Alan La Zouche who was a descendant of Magna Charta Surety Saier de Qunicy (a Crusader who died in Palestine 3 Nov 1219)

Peter married Margaret (wife of Dr Peter Bulkeley) [?]Massachusetts. Margaret died before 1691. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In the Bulkeley Genealogy, the spelling of her name (Bulkley) differs from her father's (Rev Peter Bulkeley)--the first 'e' is dropped. I think this is a typo. She would not have changed the spelling of her father's name.
Dorothy Bulkeley was a descendant of Alan La Zouche who was a descendant of Magna Charta Surety Saier de Qunicy (a Crusader who died in Palestine 3 Nov 1219)

Dorothy married David OsbornFairfield County, Connecticut. David (son of John Osborn and Sarah Bennett) was born about 1686 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut; died about 1727 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Accdg to the Bulkeley Genealogy, David & Sarah's firstborn "d. young"

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Bulkeley Genealogy footnote to this birth: 16 Apr 1708 by old family record but he was baptized 22 May 1709

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On 19 Dec 1793, Sarah Sherwood, widow, and Eleazer, Joseph, Jehiel, David, and Reuben Sherwood, all of Fairfield, and Grace Hull, widow, of Weston, and Gershom Osborn and Grizzel his wife of Fairfield, conveyed to Abel Sherwood of Weston land set to the widow of Joesph Sherwood deceased, the aforesaid Sarah Sherwood reserving life use of the same. - The Bulkeley Genealogy

Sarah married Joseph Sherwood on 17 Feb 1730/31 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Joseph (son of Benjamin Sherwood and Sarah (wife of Benjamin Sherwood) [?]) was born on 21 Nov 1702 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut; died before 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bulkeley Genealogy birth note: "d. young"

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Bulkeley Genealogy p144: On 29 Mar 1739, Eleazer Osorn, Joseph Sherwood, and Sarah his wife, Nathan Thorp and Dorothy his wife, conveyed land originally from Richard Osborn and our father David Osborn deceased, also half of what was set to Hannah Osborn, now deceased, in the distribution of said David's estate.

Family/Spouse: Nathan Thorp. Nathan and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]