Jane Bulkeley

Biography

Peter Bulkley, son English clergyman Rev. Edward Bulkley, was a dissident preacher who sought religious freedom and helped found Concord, Massachusetts. Peter was born 31 January 1582 at Odell, Bedfordshire, England; he died at Concord, Massachusetts on 9 March 1658/9.

He married

• (1) on 12 April 1613 in Goldington, Bedfordshire, England to Jane Allen (baptised 17 January 1587 Goldington - died 8 December 1626 Odell), daughter of Thomas Allen, gentleman and Mary Fairclough; and
• (2) Grace Chetwode (1602 - 1669) on April 1635 at Bedford, Bedfordshire, Engalnd

Children of Jane and Peter Bulkeley

1. Edward Bulkeley (christened 12 June 1614 Odell, Bedfordshire, England)
2. Mary Bulkeley (1615 - 1616)
3. Thomas Bulkeley (1617 - 1658)
4. Nathaniel Bulkeley (1618 - 1628)
5. John Bulkeley (1619 - 1689)
6. Edward Bulkeley (born 1620 Odell, Bedfordshire, England) [questionable]
7. Mary Bulkeley (christened 1 November 1621 Odell, Bedfordshire, England)
8. Joseph Bulkeley (1623 - 1659)
9. George Bulkeley (1623 - 1658) [questionable]
10. Benjamin Bulkeley (1624 - 1659)
11. Daniel Bulkeley (1625 - 1648)
12. Jabez Bulkeley (1626 - 1629)
13. Richard Bulkley 26 October 1629 Odell, Bedfordshire, England [questionable; appears to have been born after the death of Jane Allen on 8 December 1626]
14. David Bulkeley 1632 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts [questionable; appears to have been born after the death of Jane Allen on 8 December 1626 - and three years prior to the Bulkeley emigration to Massachusetts]

Comments

Her history and ancestry is documented by Douglas Richardson in Royal Ancestry, A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol I, page 111, and in Vol II, page 10.

Jane (Allen) Bulkeley is descended from the kings of Scotland through Malcolm III (Crannmore), King of Scots, and his descendants.

She is descended from Magna Carta surety baron Robert de Roos.