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Peter Bulkley (31 January 1583 – 9 March 1659, last name also spelled Bulkeley) was an influential early Puritan minister who left England for greater religious freedom in the American colony of Massachusetts. He was a founder of Concord, [1] and was named by descendant Ralph Waldo Emerson in his poem about Concord, "Hamatreya".
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[Rev.] Peter Bulkeley, the son of Rev. Edward Bulkeley, D.D., and Olive Irbywas born at Odell, Bedfordshire, England on 31 January 1582/3.
He was christened 30 June 1583 at Odell, Bedfordshire, England.[citation needed] - event/date not found. "31 January 1582" is given as a date of birth in Magnalia Christi Americana.
Robert Charles Anderson,...Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Co...McGiffert, Michael. "Bulkeley, Peter (1583–1659), minister in America" in Oxford Dictionary of...Cotton Mather. Magnalia Christi Americana (Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Bible and three crowns in Cheapside, 1702). p 96. Internet Archive.Magna Carta Project
1. This profile was re-reviewed and approved by Traci Thiessen5 February 2020. 1. Peter Bulkeley is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) and is in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta surety baron Saher de Quincy (MCA I:346-348 BULKELEY). This trail was project-approved/badged in Feb 2015 by a Magna Carta project member and was re-reviewed in Feb 2020. See the Magna Carta Trailssection in the profile of his father, Edward Bulkeley, to see the...
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The Bulkeley Family traces its English roots to the town of Bulkeley in the County of Chester, where around 1200 Robert de Bulkileh was the Lord of the Manor. In 1583 Peter was born to the Reverend Edward and Olive Bulekely. Following his education, in 1608 Peter was ordained and succeeded his father as Rector of All Saints Church in Odell in ...
Peter Bulkley (31 January 1583 – 9 March 1659, last name also spelled Bulkeley) was an influential early Puritan minister who left England for greater religious freedom in the American colony of Massachusetts. He was a founder of Concord, and was named by descendant Ralph Waldo Emerson in his poem about Concord, "Hamatreya". Early life
When Peter Bulkley was born on 3 January 1641, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Reverend Edward Bulkeley, was 26 and his mother, Lucy Anna, was 25. He married Rebecca Wheeler on 16 April 1667, in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and ...
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Peter Bulkeley. Peter Bulkeley, the son of Rev. Edward Bulkeley, was born in Odell, Bedfordshire, on 31st January 1583. Educated at Cambridge University, Bulkeley succeeded his father as rector of the Church of All Saints in 1610. In April 1613, Bulkeley married Jane Allen. The couple had nine children: Edward (1614), Mary (1615), Thomas (1617 ...
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Rev. Peter Bulkeley was an American Puritan clergyman. He is noted as a nonconformist to the English Church, who emigrated to the United States for religious liberty and became a leader for those Christians, who went further into. the Woods, and settled on the Plantation in Musketaquid.
