Jane ALLEN

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• Fact: Daughter of Thomas Allen

Jane married Rev Peter BULKELEY on 12 Apr 1613 in Goldington, co. Bedford. Peter (son of Rev Edward BULKELEY, D.D. and Olive IRBY) was born on 31 Jan 1582/3 in Odell, co. Bedford; died on 9 Mar 1659 in Concord, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

Family/Spouse: Lucian ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The inventory of the estate of Thomas was dated 4 June 1658. Mention made of widow, two sons and daughters; children under age. Overseers, Mr. Hill and Mr. Hull.

Sarah Jones was listed as aged 15 when she sailed on the "Defence" in 1635 with her father. Rev. John Jones, and his family. Her father was associated with mr. Peter Bulkeley in the ministry at Concord, and became the first minister at Fairfield. His will, dated 17 Jan 1664/5, named his daughter, the widow Sarah Wilson.

Family/Spouse: Sarah JONES. Sarah was born about 1620 in England; died in 1682 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was graduated from Harvard College in the first graduating class, 1642; returned to England, where he became minister at Fordham, co. Essex. he was ejected in 1662, following the Restoration; removed to Wapping in the suburbs of London and practiced as a physician until his death.

"He was a learned and eminently Pious Man. He whole life was a continual Sermon. Tho' he was not often in the Pulpit, yet he might truly be said to Preach every Day in the Week. And seldom did he visit his Patients, without reading a Lecture of Divinity to them, and praying with them."

"That which gave at Lustre to all his other Vertues, as his great Humility, the constant Sweetness of his Temper, Integrity of his Mind, and Charitableness of his Nature, which appear'd in every part of his life."

Mr. Bulkeley, by deed dated 20 Dec. 1645, gave to Harvard College his portion of a garden containing over an acre in Cambridge, on Harvard Street, which became the College yard.

John married Anne TRY on 19 Mar 1650 in Odell, co. Bedford, England. Anne died before 1665. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth ? on 6 Sep 1667 in Harrow-on-the-Hill, co. Middlesex, England. Elizabeth was born in of East Smithfield. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Avis ?. Avis was buried on 7 Feb 1695/6 in All Hallows, Bread Street, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He joined his brother Tomas in Fairfield, where he had a grant of six acres, which he willed to Thomas Bulkeley. The last-named sold it to Robert Woolly, who resold to Thomas Dunn, and Dunn had the land recorded 5 mar. 1649/50.