Herbert William Bullock, known as William was born on 22 November 1850 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States to Jesse Bullock (1804-1873) and Cynthia Farwell (1817-1907).
Siblings
Edwin Orr Bullock was born in 1839 in Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He married Anne Veazie Warren (1841-1892) on 7 July 1862 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He died on 31 May 1893 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
Blanche Amanda Louisa Bullock was born on 23 April 1841 in Compton, Coaticook, Quebec, Canada. She married Albert N. Keigwin. Amanda died in about 1910.
Edgar Orlin Bullock was born on 16 October 1843 in Compton, Coaticook, Quebec, Canada. He married Sybil Butters, known as Belle (b. 1850-), on 22 January 1873. He died on 9 December 1904 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
Mariah Mandana Bullock, called Dana or Maria, was born 11 June 1847 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. She never married.
Alden Bullock was born on 28 February 1853 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. He died of dysentery on 18 September 1854 in Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts, USA at the age of 18 months and 18 days.
Arabella Bullock was born on 22 September 1856 in Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
Death
He died after 13 May 1907 when he was mentioned in his sister Amanda's will as living. He was found on the 1900 United States Federal Census in Haverhill, Massachusetts living with his mother and sister Maria. He was 49 and single at that time.
Sources
Massachusetts Birth Records.
1860 United States Federal Census on 3 July in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. [1]
1870 United States Federal Census on 23 June in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. [2]
1880 United States Federal Census on 10 June in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. [3]
1900 United States Federal Census on 7 June in Haverhill Ward 6, Essex, Massachusetts. [4]
1912 Will of his sister Amanda. Delaware Wills and Probate Records. Amanda's will was probated on 17 October 1912. It mentions that at the time of her death she was a resident of New York. Albert Newton and Albert Edwin Keigwin both of New York are executors. She wrote the will on 13 May 1907. One of the requests was that they take care of her mother Cynthia Bullock and sister Mariah Mandana Bullock who were both residing in Haverhill, Massachusetts. She also wants money given to her brother William H. Bullock who was at the time in Danvers Hospital at Hathorn, Massachusetts. In the case of the death of all of them, she leaves her estate to the Trustees of the West Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware to make a suitable memorial to her husband who was for 27 years their pastor.
Footnotes
↑ 1860: Bullock, Jesse 57, head, carpenter; Cynthia 42; Edgar 17, son; Mandana 13, daughter; William 10, son; Anna 1, daughter.
↑ 1870: Bullock, Jesse 66, born VT, house carpenter, head; Cynthia 33 (that's what it says, but it should be 53!), born Canada East, 1 child born and living, wife; Maria 21, daughter, born Mass.; William H. 20, son, born Mass. (also not correct as there are at 7 children born and at least 5 living who have records available. Either the Asst. Marshal who took this was very careless with recording or something is wrong here. This is definitely them.
↑ 1880: Bullock, Cynthia 63, widow, head; Marie M. 29, clerk in store, daughter; Willie H. 27 clerk in store, son.
↑ 1900: Bullock, Cynthia 83, widow, born February 1817 in French Canada, 2 children born and living, arrived in 1834; William H. 49, born November 1850 in Massachusetts, son; Diana (Mandana, Dana) 51, born June 1848 in Massachusetts, single, daughter.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
PLEASE do not change the placement of the reference and footnote notations. 1/2 of the census data and other is lost if you do. No rule that I know of that says you have to have no space between "Sources" and References or can't have footnotes. Thank you.