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of Concord, " was of honorable and noble de-
scent." Sarah Bulkley was of the ninth gen-
eration "from Robert Bulkley, one of the Eng-
lish barons, who, in the reign of King John
(who died in I216), was lord of the manor of
Bulkley, in the county Palatine of Chester."*
Remarkable for her beauty, her dignity, and
her commanding presence, Elizabeth St. John
received in her youth an education which in
those days was rare among women. Brought
up in affluence, with all the refinements of cul-
tivated society, she was the fit companion of
scholars and statesmen, to many of whom she
was connected by ties of relationship. Even
in her old age she did not lose her youthful
fondness for the great poets of England, Chau-
cer, Spenser, and Shakspeare, and others of
lesser fame, with whose works her husband's
library at Lynn was stored. That she was
well informed as to public affairs, and familiar
with the grave discussions which then agitated
o her countrymen regarding the foundation of
For the genealogy of one branch of the Bulkley family, see Shattuck's
Itist. of Concord, p. I57 , note.