Col. John BULKELEY

1705 - 1753  (48 years)

• Name	John BULKELEY  [1]
  	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. [1]
  Prefix	Col.
  Birth	19 Apr 1705	Colchester, New London Co, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Jul 1753	Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I101702	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Rev. John BULKELEY,   b. 1679, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d. 9 Jun 1731, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Patience PRENTICE
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1701	New London, New London, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary ADAMS,   b. 15 Mar 1713/4, New London, New London Co., Connecticut d. 24 Jan 1749/50, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1738  [1]
  Children	1. Lydia BULKELEY,   b. 21 Oct 1739, Colchester, Connecticut  [Birth]
  Family ID	F424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Abigail MARSH,   b. Abt 1718   d. 24 Jun 1786, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	16 Apr 1751	Colchester, Connecticut   [1]
  Family ID	F427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 16 Apr 1751 - Colchester, Connecticut Death - 21 Jul 1753 - Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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