Rev. John BULKELEY

1679 - 1731  (52 years)

• Name	John BULKELEY  [1]
  	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." [1]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	1679	Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jun 1731	Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I101692	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Rev. Gershom BULKELEY,   b. Jan 1635/6, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. 2 Dec 1713, Glastonbury, Connecticut (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah CHAUNCY
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	6 Oct 1659	Concord, Massachusetts   [1]
  Family ID	F37323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Patience PRENTICE
  Marriage	1701	New London, New London, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Sarah BULKELEY,   b. 8 Apr 1702, Colchester, Connecticut d. 1798 (Age 95 years)  [Birth] + 2. Col. John BULKELEY,   b. 19 Apr 1705, Colchester, New London Co, Connecticut d. 21 Jul 1753, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 48 years)  [Birth]   3. Patience BULKELEY,   b. 21 Mar 1715, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut d. 8 Jul 1794, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 79 years)  [Birth]   4. Lucy BULKELEY,   b. 29 Jan 1719/20, Colchester, New London Co, Connecticut d. 10 May 1800, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 80 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 9 Jun 1731 - Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12186] Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., The Bulkeley Genealogy - Rev. Peter Bulkeley.