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were the parents of four children, the eld-
est of whom is Charlotte Elizabeth, wife
of Norman E. Hollister.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollister are the parents
of the following children : Alfred Edwin,
Horace Talcott, Addie Lavina, Abbie
Virgina, Mary Welles, Charles Henry,
Josiah Jared, Mabel Electa, Rhoda Cornelia,
William Norman, Isadora Hawes,
Benjamin Newton, Charlotte Elizabeth,
and Dorothy Jeanette.
BULKELEY, Stephen,
Pioneer Tobacco Grower.
A man of very high character, esteemed
and respected by the entire town of
Wethersfield, Mr. Bulkeley represented a
long line of worthy ancestors, including
a pioneer settler of Wethersfield. The
line has been traced some generations in
England and is descended from Robert
Bulkeley, Esq., who was lord of the
Manor of Bulkeley in the County Palen-
tine, of Chester, in the reign of King John.
Rev. Edward Bulkeley, D. D., of the
ninth generation in descent from Robert
Bulkeley, was a non-conformist minister
of the gospel, and was the father of Rev.
Peter Bulkeley, who was born January
31, 1583, at Woodhill, Bedfordshire, Eng-
land, and died in Concord, Massachusetts,
March 9, 1659. He was but sixteen
years of age when he was admitted to St.
John's College, Cambridge, from which
he received the degree of Bachelor of Di-
vinity. He succeeded his father in the
ministry and preached the non-conformist
doctrine for twenty years. He was then
silenced for his religious views and de-
cided to emigrate. He came to this coun-
try in 1635, in the ship "Susan and Ellen,"
with his sons, while his wife, in order bet-
ter to deceive the government, sailed on
another vessel. He arrived in Cambridge
in 1636, and became the leader of those
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Christians who penetrated further into the
wilderness and formed the settlement of
Concord, where he was installed, April
6, 1637, and spent the remainder of his
life. He married (first) Jane, daughter
of Thomas Allen, of Goldington, whose
nephew was lord mayor of London. By
this marriage there were ten sons and two
daughters. He married (second) 1633,
Lady Joyce, daughter of Lord Thomas
Chetwood, who bore him three sons and
a daughter.
Rev. Gershom Bulkeley, son of Rev.
Peter and Lady Joyce (Chetwood) Bul-
keley, was born at Concord, December 6,
1636, and died in Wethersfield, December
2, 1713. He was graduated from
Harvard College in 1655. In 1661 he lo-
cated at New London as the second min-
ister of the church at that town ;
removed
to Wethersfield, probably in the spring
of 1669, and was installed minister of the
Wethersfield church. After ten years he
was dismissed at his own request, as his
health had become greatly impaired. He
was deputy to the General Court, 1679,
then devoted himself to the practice of
medicine and surgery. In 1675 he had
been appointed surgeon in several mili-
tary expeditions, Mr. Stone acting as his
substitute in the pulpit. He was wounded
in the thigh in 1676 during an encounter
with the Indians near Wachuset Hill,
Massachusetts. He held high rank in the
ministry, and as a physician was well
versed in chemistry and philosophy, and
was master of a number of languages. As
a surveyor and magistrate he also did not-
able service. About 1679 he became a
landowner on the Glastonbury side of the
river. He married, at Concord, October
6, 1659, Sarah Chauncy, born June 13, 1631,
at Ware, England, admitted to the church
at Cambridge, Massachusetts, December
10, 1656, died June 3, 1699, daughter of
President Charles Chauncy, of Harvard