Richard Chetwood

Richard married Dorothy NeedhamEngland. Dorothy (daughter of Robert Needham and Frances Aston) was born about 1570 in Shropshire, England; died about 1629 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Grace Chetwood (Chetwode) was a descendant of the House of Anjou-Plantaganet. She also was a descendant of Magna Charta Sureties Saier de Quincy and John de Lacy. Others in her ancestry were the House of Normandy, Kings of Scotland, House of Capet, Kings of France, Carolingians, Emporers of the West, Emporers of the East, Princes of Wales, and Spanish Rulers. From Bulkeley "...Grace Chetwood was descended form an ancient family of Buckinghamshire [Chetwode]...we rely chiefly on the pedigree from the parchment roll which some years ago was in the possession of Sir George Chetwode...She...stemmed from manorial families and it so chances that through her great-grand-mother, Anne Talbot, she descended from many of the great historic families of England, such as the Talbots, the Percys, and the Nevills...Anne Talbot had fourteen legitimate lines of descent from the first Plantagenet King of England."

Grace married Peter Bulkeley about Apr 1635 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Peter (son of Edward Bulkeley and Olive Irby) was born on 31 Jan 1582 in Bedfordshire, England; died on 9 Mar 1657/58 in Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Notes:

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

Notes:

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]

Notes:

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]