Dr. Rev. Edward Bulkeley, D.D.

Notes:

Rector of Odell, Bedfordshire.

From The Bulkeley Genealogy by Donald Lines Jacobus (1933):

(Rev.) EDWARD BULKELEY,D.D., second son of Thomas Bulkeley of Woore, Shropshire, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Randall Grosvenor, was born not far from 1540. He matriculated pensioner from St. John's College, Cambridge, Michaelmas, 1555; Scholar, 1555; B.A., 1559/60; M.A., 1563; B.D., 1569; D.D.. 1578; Fellow, 1560. He obtained the rectorship of Odell in Bedfordshire, probably in 1571. He "compounded" for the living at Odell, 6 Mar. 1571/2, as is shown by the Bishops' Certificates of the Diocese of Canterbury. This means that he then paid to his superior his first year's salary, as was then the established practice in the English Church. [...]

It is very difficult to learn much of the personal history of a minister who lived in the sixteenth century and who, by the very nature of his calling, did not figure in the political annals of his generation. He was Prebend of Chester, 1574; of Westminster, 1583; of Lichfield, 1594; and was Vicar of St. Mary, Shrewsbury, 1578-82. We know that he was one of the commissioners appointed by the Bishop of Lincoln in 1608 for the 'Levye of Armour' in Bedfordshire among the clergy.

We owe to the late Col. C. E. Banks the following interesting item, from Shrewsbury Corporation Record, Burgess Roll, 1580: Edward Bulkeley of Shrewsbury, professor of theology, son of Thomas, admitted burges and has issue: Nathaniel, aged 6; Mary, aged 13; Frances, aged 12; Judith, aged 10; Martha, aged 8; Deborah, aged 5; Dorcas, aged 3; Elizabeth, aged 1. [...]

Dr. Bulkeley was a moderate Puritan; he resigned his pastorate in 1609, probably because of increasing age, and died at Odell early in Jan. 1620/1. His burial on 5 Jan. 1620/1 was entered in the Odell registers by his son Peter, who had succeeded him as Rector.

Dr. Rev. Edward Bulkeley (1540-1621) = Olive Irby (1547-1615)
Sarah Bulkeley (1580-1611) = Sir Oliver St. John (1575-1626)
Elizabeth St. John (1604-1677) = Rev. Samuel Whiting (1597-1679)
Elizabeth Whiting (aft 1634-1733) = Rev. Jeremiah Hobart (1630-1715)
Dorothy Hobart (1679-1733) = Daniel Mason (1674-1705)
Jeremiah Mason (1705-1771) = Mary Clark (1705-1799)
Jeremiah Mason m. Elizabeth Fitch
Jeremiah Mason m. Mary Means
Robert Means Mason m. Sarah Ellen Francis
Elizabeth Mason m. Robert Charles Winthrop
Margaret Tyndal Winthrop m. James Grant Forbes
Rosemary Isabel Forbes m. Richard John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (1943- )

Dr. Rev. Edward Bulkeley (1540-1621) = Olive Irby (1547-1615)
Rev. Peter Bulkeley (1583-1659) = Jane Allen (1588-1626)
Edward Bulkeley (1614-1696) = Lucian _____ (?-?)
Peter Bulkeley (1641-1688) = Rebecca Wheeler (1645-1671)
Rebecca Bulkeley (1681-?) = Jonathan Prescott (1677-1729)
Dr. Abel Prescott (1718-1805) = Abigail Brigham (1723-1777)
Lucy Prescott (1757-1792) = Jonathan Fay (1752-1811)
Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay (1778-1856) = Harriet Howard (1782-1847)
Samuel Howard Fay m. Susan Shellman
Harriet Eleanor Fay m. James Smith Bush (1825-1889)
Samuel Prescott Bush (1863-1948) m. Flora Sheldon (d. 1920)
Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) m. Dorothy Walker (1901-1992)
George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018)

Edward married Olive Irby about 1566. Olive (daughter of John Irby and Rose Overton) was born about 1547 in of Leighthorpe in Cawthorpe, Lincolnshire, England; died before 10 Mar 1615; was buried on 10 Mar 1615 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Frances Bulkeley was born about 1568; died before 7 Jun 1610 in Moulton near Spalding, Lincolnshire, England; was buried on 7 Jun 1610 in Moulton near Spalding, Lincolnshire, England.
2. Martha Bulkeley was born about 1572.
3. Sarah Bulkeley was born before 1580; died before 1611.
4. Rev. Peter Bulkeley was born on 31 Jan 1583 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England; died on 9 Mar 1659 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1515, of Woore, Shropshire, England
• Alternate birth: Between 1515 and 1520

Thomas married Elizabeth Grosvenor. Elizabeth (daughter of Randall Grosvenor and Anne Charlton) was born about 1515 in of Bellaport, Muckleston, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1520

Notes:

The existence orf William Bulkeley and his wife Beatrice Hill is corroborated by non-visitation sources; the Bulkeley ancestry back from him is taken only from visitations, and should be regarded with the usual grain of salt.

William married Beatrice Hill. Beatrice (daughter of William Hill and Alice) was born in of Buntingsdale, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1482, of Bellaport, Muckleston, Shropshire, England
• Alternate death: Aft 23 Feb 1559
• Alternate death: 1560

Randall married Anne Charlton about 1500. Anne (daughter of Richard Charlton and Elizabeth Mainwaring) was born in 1480. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1480, of Apley near Wellington, Shropshire, England

Humphrey married Cecily Moulton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called in some sources Grisell Moulton.

William married Alice. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her parents are unknown. Jacobus's Bulkeley Genealogy gave her as "sister and heir of Richard de Bunbury," but this was in error, as there was a single Richard Bunbury contemporary with her, Richard Bunbury of Stanney, Cheshire (d. abt 1450), and his heir was his son Henry.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Between 1450 and 1456, of Bellaport, Muckleston, Shropshire, England
• Alternate birth: Abt 1455, of Bellaport, Muckleston, Shropshire, England

Randle married Margaret Mainwaring. Margaret was born about 1460. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She appears to have been a Mainwaring of Carincham, but it is difficult to see where she fits in. Jacobus [The Bulkeley Genealogy] calls her "dau. of Randall Mainwaring, of Carincham, Cheshire", but then sets forth the problem in a footnote (page 8): "The first Randall Mainwaring of Carincham or Kermineharn, Cheshire, died 1487/8, and his son, the second Randall, was born 1469 and died 1547. We cannot suppose that our Margaret was much younger than her husband; and her son was old enough to marry in 1500. Hence, she was probably born as early as 1455. The first Randall Mainwaring, by wife Margaret Davenport, is said to have had a dau. Margaret who in. John Wynnington of Hermitage. Our Margaret may have been sister of the first Randall, and dau. of Ralph le Mainwaring by his wife Margaret Savage, but we have not seen a pedigree which credits Ralph with such a daughter."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1450, of Apley near Wellington, Shropshire, England

Notes:

Richard Charlton (1450-1522) = Elizabeth Mainwaring
Richard Charlton (of Terne, Shropshire) = ?
Robert Charlton = ?
Robert Charlton = Alice Tyler
Robert Charlton (d. 1670) = Emma Harby (1590-1622)
Emma Charlton = Henry Barnard (d. 1680)
Elizabeth Barnard (d. 1719) = James Brydges (1642-1714)
Mary Brydges (1666-1703) = Theophilus Leigh (1647-1725)
Thomas Leigh (1696-1764) = Jane Walker (1705-1768)
Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827) = George Austen (1731-1805)
Jane Austen (1775-1817)

Richard married Elizabeth Mainwaring. Elizabeth (daughter of William Mainwaring and Margaret Warren) was born in of Ightfield, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called "Anne Mainwaring" in some sources, including AR8.