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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Captain Edward Bulkeley |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Cal 1677 |
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Marriage |
14 Jul 1702 |
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Dorothy Prescott |
| Will[1][2] |
24 Aug 1748 |
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| Death[1] |
27 Aug 1748 |
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Burial[2] |
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Center Cemetery, Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Probate[1][2] |
4 Oct 1748 |
Will proved. |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 36. Capt. Edward3 Bulkeley, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Bulkeley Genealogy: Rev. Peter Bulkeley--Being an Account of His Career, His Ancestry, the Ancestry of His Two Wives, and His Relatives in England and New England, together with a Genealogy of His Descendants through the Seventh American Generation. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1933)
138.
"36. (Capt.) Edward3 Bulkeley (Gershom2, Peter1), born at Wethersfield, Conn., about 1677, died there 27 Aug. 1748; … The will of Capt. Edward, dated 24 Aug. 1748, recorded 4 Oct. 1748; having attained the age of 71 years; wife Doratha; eldest son Charles, legacies included silver-headed cane and law books 'which I lent to my Cousin John Bulkley of Colchester'; six daughters, Elisabeth Smith, Sarah Stow, Rebeckah Treat, Dorothy Curtis, Abigail Bulkley, and Lucy Bulkely; sons Peter, Gershom and Jonathan.
Colonial Records. He was a member of the Committee or Agents for Wethersfield, May 1711; Deputy for Wethersfield to the Conn. General Assembly, Oct. 1714, May and Oct. 1715, Oct. 1716, May 1721, and Oct. 1724. He was a Justice of the Peace for Hartford County, Oct. 1714, May 1715, and from 1744 until his death in 1748. He was commissioned Capt. of the Company at Stepney parish, May 1727."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bulkeley, Capt. Edward, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
3:512-13.
"Probate Records. Vol. XV, 1745 to 1750. Page 248-9.
Bulkeley, Capt. Edward, Wethersfield. Will dated 24 August, 1748.
I, Edward Bulkeley of Wethersfield, having attained to the age of seventy-one years, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my wife the improvement of 1-3 part of my land during her natural life, and 1-3 part of my moveable estate forever; and also £5 a year (annually) of the incomes of my corn mill in wheat at 4 shillings per bushel, and Indian corn 2s 6d per bushel, and rye at 3 shillings per bushel, in equal proportion. Also, I give to my wife the improvement of 1-3 part of my dwelling house and my barn so long as she lives my widow, and also Prince, my negro man, so long as she lives my widow. And as to my eldest son Charles Bulkeley, I having given to him and his heirs forever my house and several pieces of land in the old or First Society in Wethersfield by a deed of gift wherein as I judge fully contains a double portion of my whole estate as it was before I gave any of it to my children, so that hereby I give to my son Charles no more but my silver headed cane and my law books which I lent to my cousin John Bulkeley of Colchester, namely, 'Complete Attorney,' 'Shepherd’s Abridgments' in 4 parts, the 'English Liberties,' 'John Godolphin (alias) the Orphan’s Legacies,' to dispose of as he pleases. In the next place my will is that my six daughters, viz., Elizabeth Smith, Sarah Stow, Rebeckah Treat, Dorothy Curtiss, and Abigail and Lucy Bulkeley, shall have paid to each of them out of my moveable estate £150 as money, old tenor, at an equal apprisement with what my eldest daughter hath received at the time of her marriage. And it is hereby to be understood that what my eldest daughters receive at the time of their marriage is to be part of their portion of £150. And my will is that when the legacies herein given to my wife and six daughters is paid to them, if there be any left of my moveable estate, that then it shall be given out and distributed to my six daughters in equal proportions. In the next place, there being a considerable part of my farm at Dividend besides what I have given to my three sons, Peter, Gershom and Jonathan Bulkeley, by deeds of gifts, my will is that the remaining part of my farm at Dividend aforesd. shall be equally divided to my three sons, Peter Bulkeley, Gershom Bulkeley and Jonathan Bulkeley. And with respect of my corn mill, my will is that my three sons, Peter Bulkeley, Gershom Bulkeley and Jonathan Bulkeley, shall have the improvement of sd. mill in equal proportions during their natural life, they being at the charge in equal proportion in maintaining and keeping the mill in repair. Also, they paying to their mother annually her legacy, out of sd. mill as hereinbefore mentioned, their equal part thereof. And after the decease of my three sons aforesd., the sd. mill, with the liberty of making a dam to raise a pond, and other privileges for promoting the interest of the sd. mill, shall pass to the male heirs of him, viz., either Peter, Gershom or Jonathan Bulkeley (that) shall be the; longest liver in the world, and the bolting mill also shall go with the corn mill as aforesd. In the next place, I give that lott of land I bought of Stephen Willard, which lyeth in Wethersfield great meadow, to my two sons, Peter and Jonathan Bulkeley, to be equally divided between them; and that lott of land I bought of Samuel Curtiss, in sd. Wethersfield meadows, after my son Peter has the £20 right set out to him, I give the remaining part to my son Gershom Bulkeley. Also, I give to my son Gershom that lott of land I bought of Henry Grimes. I appoint my wife Dorothy, with my 3 sons, Peter, Gershom and Jonathan Bulkeley, to be executors.
"EDWARD BULKELEY, LS.
Witness: Daniel Russell, Benjamin Wright, Isaac Lee.
Court Record, Page 76—4 October, 1748: The last will and testament of Capt. Edward Bulkeley was now exhibited in Court by Dorothy Bulkeley and Peter Bulkeley, executors. Proven and ordered to be recorded."
- Capt Edward Bulkley, in Find A Grave.
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