Rev. Edward Bulkeley

Notes:

Arriving in 1634, he was the first of the extensive Bulkeley family to come to New England.

Matriculated pensioner from St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, Easter 1629, he studied with the Rev. Cotton in New England while boarding at his house. He was ordained in Marshfield in 1643. After fifteen years as the minister there, he was installed as his father's successor at Concord in 1659, and remained there for 53 years.

He is said to have been disabled in some manner ("lame and of a feeble constitution"). Of his preaching style, Grindall Reynolds had this to say in 1896:

One production of Mr. Bulkeley has escaped the tooth of time, -- his sermon delivered after the return of Captain Thomas Wheeler from Brookfield fight. It was a time to stir a man's soul. The whole Colony was convulsed. Every frontier settlement and every lonely farmhouse was in peril. Two of his parishioners had been slain. Two more came home so shattered that they lingered only a few months. The lot of these might any hour be the lot of his hearers. You read the sermon through from text to conclusion. There is not one throb of pathos in it. You cannot find an eloquent line, hardly an impressive sentence. It is a maze of Inquisitions and Instructions, of Applications and Uses, of Doctrines and Reasons, of Motives and Improvements, wherein the mind wanders and is lost. How could a tender human heart help breaking through the meshes of formality? And how was it possible for men, of rude speech possibly, but of strong and hot sympathies, to admire or approve such stiff and measured utterance?

With so little to guide it is not possible to speak confidently. Still this is certain. The younger Bulkeley has not left behind the impression of power which his father did. Apparently he had not his vigorous personality, his culture, or his great heart. Mather calls him "the worthy son" of a worthy sire. Clearly he was that. An honest, faithful, and devout man. But with all his real excellence one who did not rise much above mediocrity.

[From A Collection of Historical and Other Papers, Concord, Massachusetts, 1896.]

Family/Spouse: Lucian. Lucian died after 28 Jan 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 4 Sep 1693, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Elizabeth married Rev. Joseph Emerson on 7 Dec 1665 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Joseph (son of Thomas Emerson and Elizabeth Brewster) was born before 25 Jun 1620; was christened on 25 Jun 1620 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 3 Jan 1680 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Capt. John Brown on 29 Mar 1682. John was born about 1634; died on 12 Mar 1717 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Rebecca Wheeler on 16 Apr 1667 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Rebecca (daughter of Joseph Wheeler and Sarah Goldstone) was born on 6 Sep 1645 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 20 Feb 1718 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Lucy Ann, Lusyan.

Lucian married Thomas Damon on 15 May 1683 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Thomas was born on 31 Jan 1659 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 20 Oct 1723 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Dr. Jonathan Prescott on 9 Jul 1701 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Jonathan (son of Capt. Jonathan Prescott and Elizabeth Hoar) was born on 5 Apr 1677 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 28 Oct 1729 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 22 May 1709, Congregational Church, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Notes:

He was a blacksmith.

From the Find a Grave page for Pvt John Damon:

John was a minor when his father died (about age 15) and as such his father's will puts him under the guardianship of Thomas Poole (1673-1732) for male guidance. Poole was indirectly related to the Damons since his sister Rebecca had married Peter Emerson. Poole was also trusted by the community since in 1721 the Reading community vote him to a committee of three that would oversee a loan fund from money provided to various towns by the Massachusetts General Court to stimulate growth. Individuals could borrow from 5 to 20 pounds. His brother-in-law Peter Emerson was also on this committee. John's 12 year old sister Abigail was placed under the guardianship of her mother Lucy Ann. [...]

He enlisted (or perhaps had already trained) as a private in the Captain Josiah Putnam's company in Col. Jedediah Foster's regiment which marched to Roxbury at Boston when the first alarm was raised. His son Peter was a corporal in this same company, which was led by his father-in-law (Peter had married Lydia Putnam, and his brother Jude married Ruth Putnam, both the nieces of General Israel Putnam).

A John Damon is named in the the fourth school district for Western in 1779 when it was divided into six districts. There are 14 other families in this district including Peter Demon (Damon) who is John's son and Isaac Gleason who must be a relative of John's wife Hannah Gleason. In district 4 there are also five Bliss families (Aaron, Edward, Isaac, Moses, and Solomon) and others as well( Reuben in #2, and Samuel in #3) who are likely relatives of John's daughter-in-law Esther Hubbard whose mother was Hannah Bliss. Other Gleasons in the town include John (district 1) and Joseph (district 5). So it would appear that these families stayed close to each other as a social network for mutual support.

Family/Spouse: Hannah. Hannah died in 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abel married Abigail Brigham about 1742. Abigail (daughter of John Brigham and Martha) was born on 31 Dec 1723 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died before 12 Jun 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1740, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Edmond married Esther Hubbard on 3 Dec 1761 in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Esther (daughter of Samuel Hubbard and Hannah Bliss) was born on 21 Dec 1739 in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Jonathan Fay on 6 Dec 1776 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Jonathan (son of Jonathan Fay and Joanna Phillips) was born on 21 Jan 1752 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 1 Jun 1811 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He served in the Revolution in Capt. John Carpenter's company, 6 May 1780 to 6 Feb 1781, stationed at Springfield, Massachusetts.

Jason married Lucy Owen on 21 Feb 1793 in Grafton, Rensselaer, New York. Lucy (daughter of Abel Owen and Anna) was born on 1 Feb 1775 in New Lebanon, Columbia, New York; died on 16 Sep 1851 in Vernon, Waukesha, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 18 May 1856, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Notes:

Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1818-19. Overseer of Harvard College, 1824-52. Judge of probate, 1821-56.

Ancestors of American Presidents (citation details below) has him dying in Concord, but his tombstone (viewable on his Find a Grave page, citation details below) says he died in Cambridge. So does a newspaper obituary shown on the same Find a Grave page; unfortunately, no information is given as to what newspaper the obituary came from.

Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay (1778-1856) = Harriet Howard (1782-1847)
Samuel Howard Fay (1804-1847) = Susan Montfort Shellman (1808-1887)
Harriet Eleanor Fay (1829-1924) = James Smith Bush (1825-1889)
Samuel Prescott Bush (1883-1894) = Flora Sheldon (1872-1920)
Sen. Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) = Dorothy Wear Walker (1901-1992)
George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) = Barbara Pierce (1925-2018)
George Walker Bush (1946- )

Samuel married Harriet Howard after 31 Jul 1803 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Harriet (daughter of Samuel Howard and Anna Lillie) was born on 27 Mar 1782 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 27 Jul 1847 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"E. H. DAMON, retired farmer; P. O. Calamus. Son of Jason and Lucy (Owen) Damon; was born June 16, 1809, in Madison Co., N.Y. From 1845 to 1861, he was engaged in running a hotel in Sullivan of that county. In the spring of 1861, emigrated to Iowa, stopping at Davenport till the fall, when he came into Olive Township, Clinton Co., having purchased a farm of 240 acres. In 1875, moved into Calamus and subsequently sold the farm. Married Miss Sarah Hicks Nov. 15, 1835; she was born Aug. 10, 1810, in Albany Co., N.Y.; have ten children—Ammon, Albert, Elizabeth, Riley and Emily, Myron, Sarah, Norton, Alpheus and Anna. Three sons—Ammon, Myron and Riley, served in the 8th Iowa Infantry Volunteers. Albert is a member of the New York Conference of' M. E. Church. Norton and Alpheus engaged in the mercantile business in Calamus. Republican." [History of Clinton County, Iowa, citation details below]

Edmund Damon (1809-1891) = Sarah Hicks (1810-1886)
Albert Nelson Damon (1838-1893) = Hattie Salisbury (1839-1910)
Albert Howe Damon (1878-1948) = Grace Henrietta Telfer (1879-1956)
Albert Howe Damon (1912-1986) = Roberta M. Fay (1913-2003)
Kent Telfer Damon (1942- ) = Nancy June Carlsson-Paige (1944- )
Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon (1970- )

Edmund married Sarah Hicks on 15 Nov 1835. Sarah (daughter of George S. Hicks and Margaret) was born on 25 Aug 1811 in Albany County, New York; died on 25 Jul 1886 in Calamus, Clinton, Iowa; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Calamus, Clinton County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"The Rev. Charles Fay, D.D., of Vermont, was born in Cambridge, Mass., July 21, 1808. He was graduated from Harvard College with honor 1829; in 1832 he became assistant teacher in the school established by Bishop Hopkins at Burlington, Vt., and was ordained Deacon in 1833. He organized St. Paul's Church, Vergennes, Vt., in 1838; he took charge of St John's, Highgate; in 1841, established a school for young ladies near Macon, Ga.; thence he removed in 1844 to Louisiana, and engaged in missionary work at Bayou Goula, then at New Orleans. In 1848, he was called to St Luke's, at St Albans, Vt. From 1857 to 1870, he was in charge of St. Paul's Church at Marquette, when he returned to Vermont, making his home at Grand Isle. He died in New York on the 6th of November, 1888, at the age of eighty." ["The Report on the Committee on Memorials of Deceased Members", citation details below.]

Family/Spouse: Charlotte Emily Hopkins. Charlotte (daughter of Bishop John Henry Hopkins and Melusina Müller) was born on 4 May 1817 in Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; died on 23 Sep 1856 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1847

Notes:

He married, secondly, Helen Osborne, born in Pennsylvania in 1865. They were in Salem, Oregon by 1900.

Norton married Frances "Fannie" Gage on 14 Dec 1875 in Clinton County, Iowa. Frances (daughter of Moses Gage and Naomi Jane Dunlap) was born in 1858 in Iowa; was christened about 1859 in Iowa; died in 1893; was buried in City View Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 6 Jul 1846, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana

Katherine married William Eben Stone on 22 Jun 1871 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. William (son of Dr. Ebenezer Stone and Elizabeth Holbrook Hawes) was born on 27 Nov 1845 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 23 Feb 1921 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]