Elisha Bullard (1714 - 1790)

Born 15 Aug 1714 in Medway, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Bathsheba (Fisher) Bullard — married 4 Feb 1736 in Medway, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1790 at age 75 in Bellingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Elisha Bullard was born 15 Aug 1714 at Medway Massachusetts, the son of Malachi Bullard and Bethia Wight.^[1]

On 4 Feb 1736 Elisha married Bathsheba Fisher, at Medway, Massachusetts.^[2] Bathsheba was born 4 May 1714 at Wrentham, Massachusetts, the daughter of Samuel Fisher and Mary Rockwood.

Children of Elisha and Bathsheba Bullard, all born at Medway:^[3]

1. Lydia Bullard, born 26 November 1736 and baptized 13 August 1738;^[4] died at Medway 4 January 1741/42.^[5]
2. Miriam Bullard, born 24 November 1739/40 [sic];^[6] died at Medway 9 January 1741/42.^[7]
3. William Bullard?, supposedly born 1739; died 1741. No evidence of William in Vital Records of Medway.
4. Samuel Bullard, born 4 October 1741;^[8] died at Medway 29 January 1741/42.^[9]
5. Seth Bullard, born 1 February 1743;^[10] died at Bellingham 26 February 1781.^[11]
6. Abijah Bullard, son born 3 January 1744/45.^[12]
7. Samuel Bullard, born 19 October 1746;^[13] died at Medway 24 April 1754, about 7 1/2 years old.^[14]
8. Daniel Bullard, born 26 December "1746" [probably 1748] and baptized 16 April 1749;^[15] died 30 July 1824 at Bellingham;^[16] married first Deborah Albee; married second Mary Wheelock; married third Mary___.^[17]
9. Elijah Bullard, born 11 January 1750/51;^[18] died 1828; described as being "of Boston" when he married Milcah Pond at Medway on 24 November 1774.^[19]
10. Elisha Bullard, born 26 March 1752;^[20] "Elisha of Frankling" died 15 March 1834 at Bellingham;^[21] married Rachel Rockwood.
11. Malachi Bullard, born 6 May 1753;^[22] died 1 October 1756.^[23]
12. John Bullard, born 12 September 1755.^[24]
13. Abel Bullard, born 29 August 1757;^[25] died 1826; married Lydia Green.
14. Barak Bullard (Baruch/Beriah in some records), a "daughter" born 16 December 1758;^[26] was probably a son, since Barak is a man's name, and Barak "of Franklin" married a woman, Julitta/Judith Messenger, at Holliston on 24 April 1785.^[27]
15. Benjamin Bullard, baptized 7 June 1761.^[28]

Bathsheba died 10 Jun 1774 at Bellingham, Massachusetts,^[29] and Elisha died there on 26 Feb 1790.^[30] Graves for Elisha and Bathsheba have not been found, but are likely located at Center Cemetery, Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.^[31]

Revolutionary War Service

Private Elisha Bullard served with Suffolk County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Elisha Bullard is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-124591
Rank: n/a

MA Troops; service under Capt Elijah Pond's Co (Suffolk Co), marched on alarm 9 April 1775, also Lewis Whiting's, Colonel Wheelock's Regt August 1776 at Ticonderoga Elisha Bullard 4 SAR P-124591.^[32]

Sources

1. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 29.
2. ↑ Medway Vital Records, marriages, p. 160.
3. ↑ Find a Grave memorial #133451643.
4. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 30.
5. ↑ Medway Vital Records, deaths, p. 294.
6. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 30.
7. ↑ Medway Vital Records, deaths, p. 294.
8. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 31.
9. ↑ Medway Vital Records, deaths, p. 294.
10. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 31.
11. ↑ Bellingham Vital Records, deaths, p. 172.
12. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 28.
13. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 31.
14. ↑ Medway Vital Records, deaths, p. 294.
15. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 28.
16. ↑ Bellingham Vital Records, deaths, p. 171.
17. ↑ Bellingham Vital Records, deaths, p. 171.
18. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 29.
19. ↑ Medway Vital Records, marriages, p. 160.
20. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 29.
21. ↑ Bellingham Vital Records, deaths, p. 171.
22. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 30.
23. ↑ Medway Vital Records, deaths, p. 294.
24. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 29.
25. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 27.
26. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 28.
27. ↑ Holliston Vital Records, marriages, p. 180.
28. ↑ Medway Vital Records, births, p. 28.
29. ↑ Bellingham Vital Records, deaths, p. 171.
30. ↑ Bellingham Vital Records, deaths, p. 171.
31. ↑ Find a Grave memorial #133451643.
32. ↑ Sons of the American Revolution- https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242274-00084?pId=634682

See also:

• Vital records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston: New-England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1905). Digital copy from www.Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofme00medw. Accessed 6 Mar 2018.
• Vital records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston: Published by the New-England historic genealogical society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record fund, 1904), page 172. Digital copy from www.Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbe00bell. Accessed 7 Mar 2018.
• Vital records of Holliston, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Mass. : The New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1908), pages 180-181. Digital copy from www.Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofho00holl. Accessed 7 Mar 2018.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 6 Mar 2018), memorial page for Elisha Bullard, Sr (1714-1790), Find A Grave Memorial no. 133451643. Maintained by Roland Henry Baker, III (contributor 48390486). [Find-A-Grave: Memorial #133451643 indicates that Elisha and Bathsheba are most likely buried at Center Cemetery in Bellingham.]
• Roland Baker's Ancestry Family Tree (contains real sources): http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/59016579/person/48043878457
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Ancestry.com, 2011. Volume 286, SAR Membership Number: 57152 & Volume 325, SAR Membership Number: 64841.