Rev. Gershom Bulkeley b. Jan 1636 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 2 Dec 1713 Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut: NH genealogy

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1636 - 1713 (~ 77 years)

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Name	Gershom Bulkeley [1, 2]
Prefix	Rev.
Birth	Jan 1636	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts [3]
Gender	Male
Death	2 Dec 1713	Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut [3]
Person ID	I13369	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
Last Modified	20 Nov 2020

Father	Rev. Peter Bulkeley, b. 31 Jan 1583, Odell, Bedfordshire, England d. 9 Mar 1659, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)
Mother	Grace Chetwood, b. Abt 1602, England d. 21 Apr 1669, New London, New London, Connecticut (Age ~ 67 years)
Marriage	Apr 1635 [1, 3, 4]
Family ID	F7614	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Sarah Chauncy, b. 13 Jun 1631, Ware, Hertfordshire, England d. 3 Jun 1699, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 67 years)

Marriage 6 Oct 1659 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts [3]

Children

+	1. Dr. Charles Bulkeley d. 1692, New London, New London, Connecticut
	2. Peter Bulkeley, b. Abt 1664 d. 22 Nov 1701, At sea (Age ~ 37 years)

Family ID F8391 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 16 Nov 2020

Notes

From Wikipedia (accessed 22 May 2020):

Gershom Bulkeley was an early graduate of Harvard University, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1655 and possibly his master's degree in 1658. After receiving his master's degree he might have married Sarah Chauncy, daughter of then Harvard President, Charles Chauncy. In 1661 became the minister of the Congregational church in New London, CT, where he served for roughly 5 years. He then became minister of the Congregational church in the town of Wethersfield, Connecticut where he served until 1677. He left the ministry and practiced as a physician in Glastonbury, CT.

When the Salem Witch Trials spread from Massachusetts to Connecticut in the autumn of 1692, he expressed considerable scepticism about the evidence, saying that he had heard nothing of any weight to convince him that anyone was guilty of witchcraft. In particular he argued that Marcy Disborough, one of the only two women accused in Connecticut who actually stood trial for witchcraft, was the victim of the malice of her neighbours. Mercy was founded guilty and sentenced to death, but received a reprieve. She was set free and died some time after 1709.

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