Person Sheet


Name Benjamin Bullard
Birth 1632, England
Death 27 Sep 1689, Sherborn, Mass
Father Robert Bullard (1599-1639)
Mother Anna Bullard
Spouses:
1 Elizabeth Thorpe
Marriage 1677, Sherborn, Mass
Children: John (1678-)
Elizabeth (1682-)
Mary (1684-)
Malachai (1686-)
Isaac (1688-)
UNNAMED
2 Martha (?Mary) Pidge
Birth 12 Jan 1642, Boxbury, Suff, England
Death 4 Jan 1677, Sherborn, Mass
Father Thomas Pidge (1575-1643)
Mother Martha Southy (1589-1673)
Marriage 5 Apr 1659, Dedham, Norfolk, MA
Children: Mary (1663-1666)
Samuel (1667-)
Benjamin (1670-)
Hannah (1672-)
Eleazer (1676-)
Notes for Benjamin Bullard
Born in England. Lived in Watertown, Mass, Dedham, then in Sherborn Mass. on the west side of the Charles River. Date of marriage also given as Apr. 5, 1659. Second wife was Elizabeth. He was a large landholder becoming the proprietor of large tracts of land in Medway, Sherborn and Holliston, some of which have been retained in the family name down to the present day.. One of the group who formed the church at Sherborn.

"In the interesting account given by Mr. Morse, it is related that "they built for a garrison-house a spacious and regular fortress. It was superior to any similar structure on the then frontier." He further adds that "to this place of security our ancestors for more than two generations, were accustomed to fleed in times of alarm, and here no small number of their children were born."1

"From all accounts handed down by his contemporaries, he seems to have ben regarded a man of rare energy and force of character."1
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