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New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume III, Page 1209
(XIII) Rev. Peter Bulkeley, son of Rev. Edward Bulkeley, was born January 31, 1582-83, at Odell, Bedfordshire, England, and entered St. John's College, Cambridge, March 23, 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 at Odell, and was known as a non-conformist, but his friend, Lord Keeper Williams, "desired to deal gently with his non-conformity," as he had with his father's for twenty years. When Laud became Primate of England, 1633, Bulkeley was silenced, and after selling his estate he sailed in 1635, at the age of fifty-two, on the ship "Susan and Ellen," with his children for America. His wife Grace was enrolled on the "Elizabeth and Ann," but doubtless sailed with her husband, and, according to tradition, was so ill during the trip that she was at one time thought dead; after three days she revived, and in time regained her health. Bulkeley settled first at Cambridge, becoming a first settler at Concord the next year; he had a grant of 300 acres at Cambridge three years later. On April 6, 1637, he was installed pastor of the Concord church. He was a very learned and pious man, and wrote several Latin poems, also publishing in London, 1646, "The Gospel Covenant," made up of sermons and an elegy on his friend. Rev. Hooker. He was among the first to teach the Indians, and his influence is given as a reason for Concord's immunity from Indian attacks. He died at Concord, March 9. 1658-9. His will, dated April 14, 1658, with codicils of January 13 and February 26 following, was proved June 20, 1659. He gave many books to Harvard College. He married (first) Jane, daughter of Thomas Allen, of Goldington, and she died at Odell in 1626. He married (second) about 1634, Grace, daughter of Sir Richard and Dorothy (Needham) Chetwoode, of Odell. She was born 1602, and died April 21, 1669, at New London, Connecticut. Children of first wife, born in England: Edward, June 17, 1614; Mary, baptized August 24, 1615, died young; Thomas, born April 11, 1617; Nathaniel, November 29, 1618, died 1627; John, born February 11, 1620; George, May 17, 1623; Daniel, August 28, 1625; Jabez, December 20, 1626, died young; Joseph (probably) 1629; William, of Ipswich, in 1648; Richard. Children of second wife, born in New England: Gershom, December 6, 1636, mentioned below; Elizabeth; Dorothy, August 2, 1640; Peter, August 12, 1643.
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Full Context of Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
BULKELEY or BUCKLEY, PETER
College: ST JOHN'S
Entered:
Born: Beds., Jan. 31, 1582
Died:
B.A. from ST JOHN'S, 1604-5. S. of Edward, D.D. (1555). B. at Odell, Beds., Jan. 31, 1582-3. M.A. 1608. Fellow, 1605. Incorp. at Oxford, 1610, as Buckley. Ord. deacon and priest (Ely) June, 1608. Canon of Lichfield, 1609. University preacher, 1610. R. of Odell, Beds., 1610-35. Emigrated to New England, 1635; leader of the party which founded the town of Concord. Pastor of Concord till his death, Mar. 9, 1658-9, aged 73. Author, religious. Father of Edward (1629), brother of Paul, above. (D.N.B; Vis. of Beds., 1634; J. G. Bartlett.)
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Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol, page 643
Author: Ellery Bicknell Crane
Call Number: F72.W9C8vol.1
This book contains a history of Worchester County Massachusetts. Volume 1 of 2.
Bibliographic Information: Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol.1. The Lewis Publishing Company. New York. 1907.
The Bulkeleys and Grosvenors intermarried in England and America. The Rev. Peter Bulkeley, father of the Rev. Edward Bulkeley, who was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth, was a faithful minister of the gospel, under whose directions his son received a learned and religious education, suited to his distinguished rank. About the age of sixteen he was admitted a member of St. John's College at Cambridge, of which he was afterwards chosen fellow, and from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. He succeeded his father in the ministry of his native town, where he was a zealous preacher of evangelical truth about twenty years, and for the most part of the time lived an unmolested nonconformist. At length, his preaching meeting with distinguished success, and his church being very much increased, complaints were entered against him by Archbishop Laud, and he was silenced for his nonconformity to the requirements of the English church. This circumstance induced him to emigrate to New England, where he might enjoy liberty of conscience. He arrived in Cambridge, 1634, and was the leader of those resolute men and self-denying Christians, who soon after went further up into the woods and settled Concord. Mr. Bulkeley was remarkable for his benevolence, and here he expended most of his estate for the benefit of his people. He was a thorough scholar, an elevated, devotional Christian, laborious in his profession and as a preacher, evangelical, faithful, and of remarkably energetic, powerful and persuasive eloquence. Two of Mr. Bulkeley's manuscripts are preserved in the library of the American Antiquarian Society. He gave a part of his library and some other donations to Harvard College. After a laborious and useful life, he died March 9, 1659, in his seventy-seventh year. He married for his first wife Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Allen, of Goldington, whose nephew was Lord Mayor of London. By her he had nine sons and two daughters. Eight years after her death he married Grace, daughter of Sir Richard Chitwood, by whom he had three sons and one daughter. From his son, Rev. Edward Bulkeley, who succeeded his father in the ministry at Concord, is descended Ralph Waldo Emerson.
REV. PETER BULKELEY (Bulkley, Buckley), (1583-1659), grad. St. John's Coll., Cambridge, Eng.1608; came in the "Susan and Ellen," to Cambridge Mass., 1635, first settler and minister at Concord, and founder of the 12th church in the colony; his library formed the nucleus of Harvard Coll. library; m Jane (d 1626), dau. Thomas Allen; m 2d, 1634, Grace (d 1669), dau. Sir Richard
Chetwode (or Chitwood).
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Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims by right of descent from Rev. Peter Bulkeley, born January 31, 1583 Odell, Bedfordshire, England, died March 9, 1659, at Concord, Mass.
Service: A founder of Concord, Mass., and first minister of the church at Concord for twenty-three years, from April 6,1637.
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Rev. Peter Bulkeley, first minister of Concord, was born at Woodhill, Bedfordshire, England, January 31, 1583. He was the tenth generation in direct line of descent from Robert Bulkeley, one of the barons at the time of the death of King John, 1216.
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