Person:Epaphras Lord (1)

Epaphras Lord, fourth son of Richard and Abigail Warren Lord, of Hartford Connecticut was born in Hartford December 26 1709 His elder brothers were graduated in 1718 and 1724 He was probably a lawyer and resided at first in Wethersfield and then for a short time in Hartford He was married in Middletown Connecticut March 17, 1730/31 to Hope daughter of Captain George Phillips She was born March 17, 1710 and died December 1, 1736 having borne him two sons and a daughter Before her death he had removed to Colchester Connecticut where he was married November 25, 1742 to Lucy daughter of the Rev John Bulkeley Harvard 1699 the first minister of the town He represented Colchester in the General Assembly at six sessions between 1743 and 1754 In 1747 he headed the list of petitioners for the erection of a new parish in the northwestern part of the town which was called Marlborough and was set off as a distinct township in 1803 He died at his residence in Marlborough Parish November 25 1799 in his 90th year His wife died on the 10th of the following May in her 81st year By his second marriage he had six sons and nine daughters five of these sons and one by his first marriage survived their father.

Chapman Bulkeley Genealogy 100 win Genealogical Notes 349 352 Conn Colony Records xii 68 Goodwin

Ichabod Lord, brother of the above, and the youngest of the family was born in Hartford March 16, 1711/12 He resided in that part of Colchester which is now Marlborough Connecticut and was married December 14, 1743 to Patience daughter of the Rev John Bulkeley and elder sister of the second wife of his brother Epaphras She was born March 21, 1714/15 They had eight daughters ters seven of whom survived their father He died in Colchester December 18, 1761 of a fever in his 50th year.

Chapman Bulkeley Genealogy 100 win Genealogical Notes 349 351 Conn Colony Records ix 303 Goodwin

“Biographical sketches of the graduates of Yale college with annals of the college history” Franklin Bowditch Dexter Holt, 1885 - pages 386-387

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EPAPHRUS LORD (Richard, Richard, Richard, Thomas) first of Wethersfield, then of Middletown, CT and afterward of Colchester, CT; m. (1) Hope Phillips, dau. Capt. George Phillips, of Middletown, 17 March 1731 [mother of Hope Phillips, was Hope Stow, granddaughter of Rev. Samuel Stow. She was b. 17 March 1711 and d. 1 Dec.1736 age 25. He m. (2) Eunice "Lucy" Bulkeley, dau. of Rev. John Bulkeley, 25 Nov. 1742. Epaphras Lord was graduated at Yale College 1729; he d. 25 Nov.1799, age 90; Mrs. Eunice “Lucy” Lord, d. 10 May 1800 age 81

Children by 1st wife:

1. Epaphrus, b. 1 Oct. 1732; d.y. 2. Samuel Phillips, b. 28 Oct. 1734; settled in E. Haddam, CT 3. Hope, b. 1 Dec. 1736; m. Amasa Jones 27 Aug. 1754

Children by 2nd wife:

4. Epaphras, b. 22 Dec. 1743 5. Elisha, b. 18 Mar. 1745 6. Dorathy, b. 27 April 1746; d. 26 May 1752 7. Theodore, b. 18 May 1747; d. 11 Feb. 1845 age 98; Sarah his wife d. 26 June 1834, age 85 8. Lucy, b. 26 Aug. 1748 9. Jerusha, b. 7 Nov. 1749 10. Bulkeley, b. 15 Jan. 1751; d. 25 Jan. 1751 11. Dorathy, b. 26 May 1752; d. 16 April 1753 12. Dorathy, b. 16 Sept. 1753 13. John Bulkeley, b. 5 Nov. 1754 14. Eunice, b. 26 July 1756 15. Caroline, b. 2 Mar. 1758 16. Lydia, b. 4 Nov. 1759 17. Abigail, b. 3 June 1761 18. Ichabod, b. 12 June 1762; d. 11 Feb. 1840, age 73; his widow Elizabeth Lord, d. 11 Aug. 1842 age 81

ICHABOD LORD (Richard, Richard, Richard, Thomas) of Colchester, CT m. Patience Bulkeley, dau. Rev. John Bulkeley, 14 Dec. 1743. She was b. 21 March 1714 "about noon”. Ichabod Lord, Esq., sickened and died of fever, in Colchester 18 Dec. 1762, age 50

Children:

1. Abigail, b. 22 Nov. 1744 2. Patience, b. 7 Feb. 1746; d. unmar. 25 Feb. 1836 age 90 3. Mary, b. 12 May 1748 4. Sarah, b. 28 Nov. 1749 5. Elizabeth, b. 7 Oct. 1751 6. Anna, b. 19 Sept. 1753 7. Jerusha, b. 5 Feb. 1755 8. Lydia, b. 4 July 1756

"Genealogical Notes" by Nathaniel Goodwin, pp346-355

1.   "The Bulkeley Genealogy, Rev. Peter Bulkeley" Compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., New Haven, Connecticut, 1933 Repository: Media: Book.