Rev. Edward BULKELEY

1614 - 1696  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Edward BULKELEY  [1]
  	He matriculated pensioner from St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, Easter, 1629. He emigrated to New England in advance of the rest of the family, and was admitted a member of the First Church in Boston, 22 Mar. 1634/5. He was dismissed to Concord, 15 Aug. 1641. Having acquired a professional education, under instruction of his father, he was licensed to preach the Gospel and ordained at Marshfield, Mass., in 1642/3. On the death of his father in 165, he was dismissed and installed over the Church in Concord as his successor at L80 a year. He preached the Election Sermon in 1680. He died in the 53rd year of his ministry, at Chelmsford, and was buried in Concord, aged 82. He is represented by tradition as being lame and of a feeble constitution, and was greatly reputed for his talents, acquirements, irreproachable character, and piety. On 5 Mar. 1694, the town of concord voted, "Whereas the Rev. Pastor, Mr. Edward Bulkeley, is under such infirmities of body by reason of great age, that he is not capable of attending the work of the ministry as in time past, being also sensible of the obligations the town is under to afford him a comfortable maintenance during the term of his natural life, that thereby the people may testifie their gratitude for his former services in the Gospel, they do hereby oblige the town to pay Mr. Bulkeley yearly, during his natural life, the sum of L30 in lieu of his former salary." He accepted this provided he could preach or not as he felt inclined. The wife of Rev. Edward Bulkely was a widow named Lucian, who apparently was from Plymouth Colony. She had, by her former husband, a daughter Lucy who married Mr. John Lake. [1]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Christening	12 Jun 1614	Odell, co. Bedford, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Jan 1695/6	Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I101716	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Rev Peter BULKELEY,   b. 31 Jan 1582/3, Odell, co. Bedford d. 9 Mar 1659, Concord, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Jane ALLEN,   c. 13 Jn 1587/8, Goldington, co. Bedford England bur. 8 Dec 1626, Odell, co. Bedford, England (Age ~ 38 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	12 Apr 1613	Goldington, co. Bedford   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F32526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucian ?
  Children	+ 1. Hon. Peter BULKELEY,   b. 3 Jan 1640/1, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. 24 May 1688, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 47 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 2 Jan 1695/6 - Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12186] Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., The Bulkeley Genealogy - Rev. Peter Bulkeley. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.