Reverend Peter Bulkeley

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• Residence: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Departure: 1635

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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume II

Bulkeley
(XIII) Rev. Peter (2) Bulkeley, son of Rev. Edward de Bulkeley, was born January 31, 1582-83, at Odell, Bedfordshire, England. He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, March 22, 1604-05; fellow 1608, with M.A. degree; and "said, but on doubtful authority, to have proceeded Bachelor of Divinity". He succeeded his father as rector of Odell. He was known to be a non-conformist, but "the Lord Keeper Williams, formerly his diocesan, and his personal friend, desired to deal gently with his non-conformity", and connived at it, as he had at his father's for twenty years; but when Laud became Primate of England in 1633, Mr. Bulkeley was silenced and with no hope of reinstatement. He therefore sold his estate and sailed for New England in 1635, at the age of fifty-two, with his children, on the ship "Susan and Ellen". His wife Grace, aged thirty, was enrolled on the ship "Elizabeth and Ann", but it is probable that she sailed with her husband. There is a tradition in the family that while on the voyage the wife Grace apparently died. Unwilling to have her body buried at sea, the husband pleaded with the captain to keep it until they reached port. As no signs of decay appeared, he consented, and on the third day symptoms of vitality appeared, and before land was reached animation was restored. Though carried from the ship an invalid, she recovered and lived to a good old age. Rev. Peter Bulkeley settled first in Cambridge and the next year with twelve others began the settlement of Concord. Three years later he received a grant of three hundred acres of land at Cambridge. He was teacher of the church at Concord, of which Rev. John Jones was pastor, and was installed pastor April 6, 1637. He is always spoken of as the first minister of Concord. He brought with him from England about six thousand pounds, most of which he spent for the good of the colony. He was a learned and pious man. He wrote several Latin poems, some of which Cotton Mather, in his Magnalia, quotes, as a part of a sketch of his life. He also published a volume in London in 1646, entitled "The Gospel Covenant", made up of sermons preached at Concord; and an elegy on his friend, Rev. Mr. Hooker. He was among the first to instruct the Indians, and the singular immunity of Concord from Indian attack was largely credited, by tradition, to his sanctity and influence. He died at Concord, March 9, 1658-59. His will, dated April 14, 1658, with codicils of January 13 and February 26, following, was proved June 20, 1659. Before his death he gave many books to the library of Harvard College. He married (first) Jane, daughter of Thomas Allen, of Goldington. He married (second), about 1634, Grace Chetwode, born 1602, died April 21, 1669, at New London, Connecticut, daughter of Sir Richard and Dorothy (Needham) Chetwode, of Odell. Children of first wife, born in England: Edward, born June 17, 1614, came to New England before his father, died January 2, 1696; Mary, baptized August 24, 1615, died young; Thomas, born April 11, 1617; Nathaniel, born November 29, 1618, died 1627; Rev. John, born February 11, 1620; George, born May 17, 1623; Daniel, born August 28, 1625; Jabez, born December 20, 1626, died young; Joseph, (probably) born 1629; William, of Ipswich; Richard.

Peter married Jane Allen on 12 Apr 1613 in Goldington, Bedfordshire, England. Jane was born on 17 Jan 1587 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England; died on 8 Dec 1626 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Reverend Edward Bulkeley was born on 12 Jun 1614 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 12 Jun 1614 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England; died on 2 Jan 1695 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Peter married Grace Chetwood in Apr 1635 in , , , England. Grace was born in 1602 in Chetwode, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 21 Apr 1669 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: , , , USA

Edward married Olive Irby. Olive was born in 1547 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England; died on 10 Mar 1615 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England; was buried in Odell, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 1537, Woore, Shropshire, England
• Probate: 1591, , , , England

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Lord Thomas Bulkeley Esq. (of Woore and Buntingsdale, Stewart of Drayton Manor)

Lord married Elizabeth Rose Grosvenor. Elizabeth (daughter of Randall (Randolph) de Grosvenor of Shropshire, VI and Baroness Anne Charlton) was born in 1515 in Bellaport, Norton in Hales, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England; died on 23 Jun 1591 in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England; was buried in Market Drayton, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 1533, Woore, Shropshire, England

William married Beatrice Hill. Beatrice was born in 1494 in Woore, Shropshire, England; died on 28 Aug 1570 in Oakland, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The home of a branch of the Grosvenor's from the Middle Ages. Abt 1600 it passed briefly to the Mainwaring's of Ightfield and aft 1634 to William Cotton, a draper of London.

Randall married Baroness Anne Charlton. Baroness (daughter of Sir Richard Knight of the Bath Charlton and Anne Mainwaring) was born in 1482 in Apley Castle, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England; died in 1559 in Bellaport, Norton in Hales, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sir married Anne Mainwaring. Anne was born about 1490 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mary Corbet. Mary was born in 1426 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]