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Rev. Gershom BULKELEY

Male 1636 - 1713  (77 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Rev. Gershom BULKELEY was born in Jan 1635/6 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 2 Dec 1713 in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Practioner in Physick

    Gershom married Sarah CHAUNCY on 6 Oct 1659 in Concord, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Capt. Edward BULKELEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1677 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 27 Aug 1748 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
    2. 3. Rev. John BULKELEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1679 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 9 Jun 1731 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut.
    3. 4. Dorothy BULKELEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1662 in Wethersfield, Connecticut; died before 7 Jun 1757 in Glastonbury, Connecticut.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Capt. Edward BULKELEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gershom1) was born about 1677 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 27 Aug 1748 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was a member of the Committee or Agents for Wethersfield, May 1711; Deputy for Wethersfield to the conn.General Assembly, Oct, 1714, May and Oct 1715, Oct. 1716, May 1721, and Oct. 1724. He was a Justice of the Peace for Hartford County, Oct 1714, May 1715, and from 1744 until his death in 1748. He was commissioned Capt. of the Company at Stepney parish, May 1727.

    Edward married Dorothy PRESCOTT on 14 Jul 1702 in Concord, Massachusetts. Dorothy was born on 31 May 1681 in Concord, Massachusetts; died on 30 Nov 1760 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Charles BULKELEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Mar 1703 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 21 Feb 1758 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

  2. 3.  Rev. John BULKELEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gershom1) was born in 1679 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 9 Jun 1731 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was graduated from Harvard College in 1699, studied divinity and was ordained as minister of the church at Colchester, Conn., December 20, 1703.

    He took very high rank among the clergymen of New England. He wrote the preface to Wolcott's "Meditations." He published: election sermon (1713) entitled, "the Necessity of Religion in Societies"; "Inquiry Into the right of the Aboriginal Natives to the Land in America" (1724); "An Impartial Account of a Late Debate at Lyme upon the Following Points; Whether it be the Will of God that the Infants of Visable Believers should be Baptized; whether sprinkling be lawful and sufficient; and whether the Present Way of Supporting Ministers by a public Rate or Tax be Lawful."

    John married Patience PRENTICE in 1701 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Sarah BULKELEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Apr 1702 in Colchester, Connecticut; died in 1798.
    2. 7. Col. John BULKELEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Apr 1705 in Colchester, New London Co, Connecticut; died on 21 Jul 1753 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut.
    3. 8. Patience BULKELEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Mar 1715 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 8 Jul 1794 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut.
    4. 9. Lucy BULKELEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jan 1719/20 in Colchester, New London Co, Connecticut; died on 10 May 1800 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut.

  3. 4.  Dorothy BULKELEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gershom1) was born in 1662 in Wethersfield, Connecticut; died before 7 Jun 1757 in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Rev. Gershom Bulckley of Glastenbury

    Dorothy married Lieut. Thomas TREAT, Esq. on 5 Jul 1693 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Thomas (son of Richard TREAT, Jr. and Sarah COLEMAN) was born on 12 Dec 1668 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 19 Jan 1712/13 in Glastonbury, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Rev. Richard TREAT  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 May 1694 in Glastonbury, Connecticut; died in 1755 in Sheffield.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Charles BULKELEY Descendancy chart to this point (2.Edward2, 1.Gershom1) was born on 25 Mar 1703 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 21 Feb 1758 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

    Charles married Mary SAGE on 28 May 1724 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Mary was born about 1699; died on 5 Dec 1756 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Capt. Charles BULKELEY  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 10 Nov 1734 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 10 Nov 1812 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

  2. 6.  Sarah BULKELEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Gershom1) was born on 8 Apr 1702 in Colchester, Connecticut; died in 1798.

    Sarah married Joseph TRUMBULL, Jr. on 20 Nov 1727 in Lebanon, Connecticut. Joseph was born on 27 Mar 1705 in Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 28 Dec 1731 in At Sea. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Sarah married John WELLS on 29 Jun 1738 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA. John (son of Noah WELLS and Mary Crow WHITE) was born in 1694 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Mar 1789 in Colchester, New London Co., Conn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Col. John BULKELEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Gershom1) was born on 19 Apr 1705 in Colchester, New London Co, Connecticut; died on 21 Jul 1753 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was Deputy for colchester to the Conn. General Court at twenty-eight sessions, from May 1729 to May 1743 inclusive (except May 1739 session), being Clerk of the House, Oct. 1734 and May 1736. He served on many important committees, including the committee to revise the laws in 1742. He served as Assistant for eleven terms, from 1743 until his death in 1753. He was often Agent for the Colony between 1738 and 1743, particularly in the Mohegan Indian Controversy, and was Colonial Agent to Great Britain in Oct. 1745, and a Commissioner on the Mass. boundary, May 1747. He was commissioned Capt. of the 1st Company, Colchester, May 1732; Capt. of the 2d Troop, Hartford Count, May 1736; and Col. of the 12th Regt., Oct. 1739. He was a Justice of the Peace for Hartford County from 1731 to 1742 inclusive; Judge of Probate, District of East Haddam, from 1741 to 1753 inclusive, and Judge of the Superior Court for eight terms, from 1745 to 1752 inclusive.

    In the religious dissensions which resulted in Conn. from the Great Revival, Mr. Bulkeley was a staunch supporter of the stringent measures of government; and to this attitude he is said by the historian Backus to have owed his elevation to the Council, in 1743, in the stead of a sympathizer with the revivalists. A career of wide usefulness was interrupted by his death, from an apoplectic fit, at the age of 48.

    John married Mary ADAMS on 29 Oct 1738. Mary was born on 15 Mar 1713/4 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 24 Jan 1749/50 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Lydia BULKELEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1739 in Colchester, Connecticut.

    John married Abigail MARSH on 16 Apr 1751 in Colchester, Connecticut. Abigail (daughter of Sergt John MARSH and Hannah BARNARD) was born about 1718; died on 24 Jun 1786 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 8.  Patience BULKELEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Gershom1) was born on 21 Mar 1715 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 8 Jul 1794 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Rev John Bulkeley

    Patience married Ichabod LORD on 14 Dec 1743 in Colchester, Connecticut. Ichabod (son of Richard LORD, III and Abigail WARREN) was born on 16 Mar 1712 in Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut; died on 18 Dec 1761 in Colcheter, New London County,Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Patience married Rev Edward EELLS, Sr. on 19 May 1772. Edward (son of Rev Nathaniel EELLS and Hannah NORTH) was born on 3 Jan 1712/3 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 12 Oct 1776 in Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Cromwell, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 9.  Lucy BULKELEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Gershom1) was born on 29 Jan 1719/20 in Colchester, New London Co, Connecticut; died on 10 May 1800 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Rev. John Bulkeley

    Lucy married Epaphras LORD on 25 Nov 1742 in Colchester, Connecticut. Epaphras (son of Richard LORD, III and Abigail WARREN) was born on 26 Dec 1709 in Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut; died on 25 Nov 1799 in Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 10.  Rev. Richard TREAT Descendancy chart to this point (4.Dorothy2, 1.Gershom1) was born on 14 May 1694 in Glastonbury, Connecticut; died in 1755 in Sheffield.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Son of Thomas and Dorothy (Bulkeley) Treat of Glastonbury.

    Richard married Susanna WOODBRIDGE on 07 Aug 1728 in First Church, Hartford, Connecticut. Susanna (daughter of Rev Timothy WOODBRIDGE and Susannah HOWELL) was born in 1702/3 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut; was christened on 6 Feb 1703/4 in First Church, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Capt. Charles BULKELEY Descendancy chart to this point (5.Charles3, 2.Edward2, 1.Gershom1) was christened on 10 Nov 1734 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 10 Nov 1812 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Inventory of the estate of Capt. Charles was taken 19 Mar. 1813.

    He was appointed Quarter-Master of the Troop of Horse in the 6th Regt., Jan. 1769; Lieut. of the same, Oct. 1772; and Capt., May 1775.

    Charles married Mary GRISWOLD on 10 Mar 1760 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Mary was born on 5 Nov 1741; died on 24 Jan 1772 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Capt. Charles BULKELEY, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Mar 1760 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 15 Jan 1799.

    Charles married Eunice WELLES on 7 Oct 1773 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Eunice was born on 15 Apr 1746 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 10 Sep 1827 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 12.  Lydia BULKELEY Descendancy chart to this point (7.John3, 3.John2, 1.Gershom1) was born on 21 Oct 1739 in Colchester, Connecticut.

    Lydia married Robert LATIMER on 25 Jun 1761 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. Robert (son of Jonathan LATIMER and Borradell DENISON) was born on 26 Feb 1731/2 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
  

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