Gershom (Bulkeley) Bulkley (1748 - 1820)

Born 9 May 1748 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Chapman) Bulkley — married 3 Jun 1773 (to 24 May 1795) in Greens Farms, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Husband of Hannah (Platt) Bulkley — married 9 Apr 1797 (to before 1804) in Trinity Church, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Bartram) Bulkley — married 29 Apr 1804 in Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1820 at age 71 in Rye, Westchester Co., New York

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Biography

Gershom(5) Bulkley married 1st at Fairfield 3 June 1773 Elizabeth Chapman, born at Fairfield 12 Aug 1751, died there 26 May 1795. Their children are:

Peter, b.abt. 1775, d. possibly 1840

Elizabeth (Alvord) b.abt 1777; d. 21 Jun 1843, NY Bulkley-386

Mary b.abt 1780 (est) Bulkley-167

Lovel (m) b. __, confirmed at Trinity Church with Peter 18 Oct 1798

Desire (f) b.__, said to have been twin to Lovel and died young, possibly 1780

Charles bapt. 5 Apr 1786, d.abt 1794/5 Bulkley-250

William b. 16 May 1787 Bulkley-385

Gershom b. 20 Oct 1789 Bulkley-371

Gershom(5) Bulkley married 2nd at Fairfield Trinity Church 9 Apr 1797 Hannah (Raymond) Platt, widow of Jesse Platt, born 1747 in Fairfield, buried at Rye, NY 1 Jan 1804. Their children are:

Caroline, bapt. 20 May 1798

Abby Jane, bapt. 7 Mar 1802

Gershom(5) Bulkley married 3rd at Fairfield, 29 Apr 1804 Mary (Bartram) Osborn, born at Rye, NY, widow of Daniel Osborn, bapt. at Fairfield 6 Oct 1765 (born 30 Mar 1765 by age at death), died at Rye 15 Apr 1843. Their children are:

Ann-Hall, bapt. 13 June 1807, born at Rye

Sources

• The Bulkley Genealogy, Rev. Peter Bulkley. 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, Compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., page 183 & 326, #546
• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Genealogical Publishing Company, Vol. 2, page 162 (#34)