Richard Bullock I, the Emigrant, was also known as Richard Bullah. Richard Bullock I, the Emigrant, was also known as Richard Bulluk.
9,11 Richard Bullock I, the Emigrant, and
Unkown Ingraham emigrated in 1643 from England to Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
12,15 He lived in 1643 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America, He was one of the founders of the town of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, in 1643.
4,12 Richard Bullock settled in Rehoboth, Mass. He was one of the founds of the town of Rehoboth in 163-43. He was a man of prominence in the town and among other positions he held was that of town clerk in 1659. He lived there during the balance of his life and died in 1667. He left ten children.
16,17 Richard Bullock I, the Emigrant, became a Freeman in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Plymouth County, British Colonial America, in 1644.
17,18 His wife,
Elizabeth, died on 7 January 1660 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, at age ~35, leaving him a widower. She apparently died shortly after the birth of her sixth child, daughter Hopestill on 26 December 1659.
19,20,21,22 13 February 1663: Francis Billington deeds gift to son-in- law Richard Bullock, daughter Elizabeth [Billington] and grandson Israel Billington. Plymouth Co. Deeds 3:122.
23 The inventory of his estate was taken on 22 November 1667 in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America.
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The following material is from SOME DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD BULLOCK OF REHOBOTH, MASSACHUSETTS, by Virginia Deagan (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vgdeagan/bullock2_3.htm).
Richard Bullock was born 16 July 1622 in England. His parents are not known. He was married at Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachuetts, on 4 August 1647 to Elizabeth Ingraham. Elizabeth was born about 1629. She is said to be the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Wignall) Ingraham and a descendant of Sir Arthur Ingraham of Watertown, Massachusetts. She was the mother of six children. Elizabeth died at age 30 on 7 January 1659/60, shortly after the birth of her sixth child, Hopestill. On 21 July 1660, Richard married Elizabeth Billington, daughter of Francis and Christian (Penn) Billington and granddaughter of John Billington who arrived in New England on the Mayflower. The Billington family was described by Gov. William Bradford as "ye profanest family", and John Billington received the distinction of being the first man hanged in the Plymouth Colony for committing a murder.
Richard Bullock 's ancestry has never been satisfactorily proved in spite of research by many people. He first appeared in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, in 1644 when he purchased the lot that had been set aside for the Governor. The lot was valued at 200 Pounds. Richard was only about 22 years old at the time, if we accept the statement he made in testifying on a matter regarding the estate of Alexander Winchester in 1648. It is thought that Richard was born in Essex, England in 1622. There is no satisfactory proof of his parentage. It has also been said that he came to America with two older brothers, Henry and Edward in 1635 and that since he was not yet 21, stayed with or near them until he received his patrimony when he came of age.
Considering the fact that 200 Pounds was a large sum of money for such a young man at that time and that he apparently had a good education since he was chosen to be a town clerk, it would seem that his family in England were of a substantial class. It has also been said that Richard came first to Rhode Island and associated with Roger Williams, also with no proof.
Richard Bullock's home lot was along the road leading to the common opposite the lot of Rev. Samuel Newman. During his lifetime, Richard was given additional lands. He drew rights in the "Great (Seekonk) Plain " in 1644 and in 1647 he was allotted the rights of Nathan Pratt's land after Mr. Pratt left Rehoboth. In June 1653 he was one of 49 residents who were allowed to draw meadow lands and in 1658 he again shared in a drawing of lands in the northern part of the town. On 1 October 1661 he was given "soo much land at the watersyde, against the end of his lott as should be judged to be convenient to sell". In 1666, he also shared in the division of the Wannamoisett lands.
Certainly, Richard was a farmer as were most of the men of that time, but in addition, he was the Town Clerk of Rehoboth from 1659 to the time of his death. Colonial records show he was made a freeman in May 1646 but do not state his residence. As town clerk, he was paid a salary plus an additional amount for each birth, marriage and death record that he inscribed. He appeared to be an honorable citizen of the town. He took the Oath of Fidelity in 1656. In 1662 the records show that he was appointed to serve on a committee regarding liquor and powder shipments and that on June 8, 1664, he was chosen to collect the "Assize" tax.
The Plymouth Colony licensed Richard Bullock to keep a ferry at Palmer’s River on 1 March 1664. This allowed him to ferry horses from Rehoboth across the Pawtucket (Blackstone) River to the Providence Plantation of Roger Williams. It appears that he already had a ferry and this allowed him to build a horse ferry in addition. He also was granted the right to sell liquor "to strangers and passengers but not to town dwellers ."
Richard died 22 November 1667 at Rehoboth. Books were listed among the items on his inventory along with a pewter spoon, arms & ammunition, and 3 blankets as the items with most value. Livestock consisted of "2 yearlings, 2 steers, one heefer, one horse and 6 cows". He had dairy vessels with beer barrel and was owed 23 shillings from Richard Bullock. [This could not have been his son, Richard who was born shortly before he died, therefore, there must have been another Richard Bullock in New England area at that time, possibly the Richard who was listed in Newtown, Long Island was this other Richard Bullock.]
The largest part of the estate went to the oldest son Samuel and, deciding that debts due from Richard's estate were satisfied, on 29 October 1670, the Court gave widow Elizabeth, the remaining cattle from Richard's estate, stating that she had "with care and industry, brought up divers smale children since the death of her husband and still is careful and industrious to bring them up, some of them yet being smale". She was given three cows and a mare that were left from the estate.
25 From The Boston Evening Transcript, Wednesday, 31 May 1905, Genealogical Column:
•5394. 2. Ingraham, Bullock. M. B. J., April 12, 1905.
Richard Bullock of Rehoboth, Mass., 1643, married Aug. 4, 1647, Elizabeth Ingraham, who died Jan. 7, 1659-60.
Children: Samuel, born Aug. 11, 1648, married, first, Nov. 12, 1673, Mary Thurber, who died Oct. 5, 1674, married, second, May 26, 1675, Thankful Bowen or Rouse; Elizabeth, born Oct. 9, 1650, married, Dec. 6,1671, Caleb Eddy; Mary, born Feb.16,1652, married,1680, Richard Hale, Sr.; Mehitable, born April 4, 1655; Abigail, born Aug. 29, 1657, married, July 25, 1677, Obediah Bowen, Jr.; Hopestill, born Dec. 26, 1659, married, Nov. 6, 1682, Joshua Lombard.
Richard Bullock married, second, May [sic, Sept.?] 21,1660, Elizabeth Billington.
Children: Israel, born July 16, 1661; Mary [sic, Marcy], born March 13, 1662; John, born May 19, 1664, married, Jan. 29, 1695, Elizabeth Burns, daughter of Rev. Thomas Burns, born Feb.14, 1675, died July 20,1761. John died June 20, 1739; Richard, born March 15,1667.
The above, was given me by Mrs. Charles Ester of Warren, R.I. I am a descendant of Elizabeth and Caleb Eddy. N. M. M.
Thanks to N. M. M. for above Information. Concerning Thankful, wife of Samuel Bullock: The clerk of Rehoboth informs me that in the original records the name is not Rouse, looks very much like Rounds. This may explain why it has been so hard
to identify her. M. E. S.
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(The Bullock Line).
This name was originally Balloch, which is from a Gaelic word "bealach" meaning an outlet of a lake or glen. So when surnames were first chosen, he who lived near such an outlet became Ballouch; in time Bulloch and Bullock. The Scotch family are descendants of Donald, Balloch McDonald, chief of Clan Ronald, brother to Donald, Lord of the Isles, a descendant of Prince Somerled, of Argyle. The prominent South Caroline family founded by Rev. James, spell the name Bulloch. The New England family use both Bullock and Bulloch, the branch herein recorded using the former. Some of the prominent men of the family are: Alexander H. Bullock, one time governor of Massachusetts; Stephen Bullock, a member of Congress during Jefferson's administration; his son, Dr. Samuel Bullock, a member of the Massachusetts legislature; Richard Bullock, a merchant of wealth and high standing in Providence, Rhode Island; Nathaniel Bullock, lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island in 1842; Jonathan R. Bullock, lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island in 1860.
(I) The American ancestor was Richard Bullock, born in the county of Essex, England, in 1622, died in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, August 22, 1667. Two brothers came to America with him, one of them settling in Virginia. Richard was in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, as early as 1643, remained one year only, but not long afterward returned. He was made freeman, May, 1646, but the colonial records do not show his residence at that time. In 1656 he removed to Newtown, Long Island, but soon returned to Rehoboth, where he resided until his death. He was one of the fifty-eight landed proprietors of Rehoboth. On June 22, 1658, at a "Town meeting lawfully warned'' he drew lot No. 19 and also bought the governor's lot valued at £200. His name appears on the records of the town as early as 1643 and he came there it is said with Roger Williams. The town record recites: "3Oth of ye 11 month, 1650, quoted to agree with Richard Bullock to perform the office of town clerk, to give him i6s a year and to be paid for births, burials and marriages besides." He married (first) August 4, 1647, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Ingraham, of Rehoboth. She died January 7, 1659, and he married (second) Elizabeth Billington. Children of first marriage: Samuel, mentioned below; Elizabeth, born October 9, 1650; Mary, February 16, 1652 ; Mehitable, April 4, 1655; Abigail, August 29, 1657; Hopestill, December 26, 1659; children of second marriage: Israel, born July 15, 1661 ; Mary, March 13, 1663; John. May 19, 1664; Richard, March 15, 1667.
(II) Samuel, eldest son of Richard and Elizabeth (Ingraham) Bullock, was born August 19, 1648, in Rehoboth, and died there March 10, 1718. He was among the proprietors- of the town in 1689, was an extensive farmer, and a contributor to the fund raised for the defence during King Phillip's war, in 1675. He married (first) November 12,
1673, Mary Thurber, who died in October,
1674. He married (second)' May 26, 1675, Thankful Rousse. There was one child of the first marriage, Mary, born October 5, 1674. Children of the second marriage: Ebenezer, born February 22, 1676; Thankful, born June 26, 1681; Samuel, born November 7, 1683; Israel, April 9, 1687; Daniel, born in 1689; Richard, July i, 1692; Seth, September 26, 1693.
(III) Ebenezer Bullock, eldest child of Samuel and Thankful (Rousse) Bullock, was born February 22, 1676, in Swansey, Massachusetts, his birth being the first record of the Bullock family in that town; he married, March 29, 1698, Sarah Moulton, and their children, of Rehoboth town record, were: Mary, born June 6, 1699; Mehitable, born April i, 1701; Samuel, born November 17, 1703, mentioned below; Hugh, born April i, 1706; Aaron, born in 1707: Katherine, born and died in 1707; Squier, born March 4, 170809; Miriam, born September 30, 1711, and died in 1730; Thankful, born May 23, 1714; James, born August 20, 1716; and Christopher, born April 7, 1720.
(IV) Samuel (2), eldest son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Mculton) Bullock, was born November 17, 1703, in Rehoboth. He was a carpenter by trade, owned and operated a saw mill, and was a general trader. He had charge of the erection of the Second Congregational Church of Rehoboth, and erected many buildings in that town. He died October 15, 1779, in Rehoboth. He married, December 8, 1734, Anna Bosworth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Toogood) Bosworth, and a descendant of John Howland, the last survivor of those who came in the historic voyage of the Mayflower to America. All her descendants are therefore eligible to the Society of Mayflower Descendants, and also to the societies of the Colonial Wars and Colonial Dames. The children of Samuel and Anna (Bosworth) Bullock, were: Stephen, mentioned below ; Lydia, born December 28, 1737; David, May 25, 1740; Rachel, June 23, 1742; Patience, April 16, 1747.
(V) Stephen, second son of Samuel (2) Bullock, and eldest child of his second wife, Anna Bosworth, was born October 21, 1735. in Rehoboth, and died February 2, 1816. He was a soldier of the revolution, serving as captain in Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Bristol, Rhode Island regiment. He married, October 30, 1760, Mary Horton, born December 8,1737, in Rehoboth. daughter of Hezekiahand Mary (Martin) Horton, of that town. Children: Darius, born October 21, 1761; Asa, mentioned below; Lydia, March 23, 1765; Mehitable, August 3, 1767; Samuel, January 10, 1769; Stephen,'May 5, 1772; Hannah, July 4, 1776; Mary, March 10, 1778; Candace. April 30, 1780.
(VI) Asa, second son of Stephen and Mary (Horton) Bullock, was born May 3, 1763, in Rehoboth, and died July i, 1831, in that town. He married in Rehoboth (intentions published October 20, 1786), Jerusha Allen, born September 10, 1766, in Barrington, Rhode Island, daughter of Viall and Rachel (Humphrey) Allen, died October I, 1817, in Rehoboth (see Allen V). Children: Samuel, mentioned beIcw; Marcy; Mary; Asa; Rachel, died young; Viall Allen; Stephen; James; Ira Clarke and Isaac Fowler, twins.
(VII) Dr. Samuel Bullock, eldest child of Asa and Jerusha (Allen) Bullock, was born December 15, 1789, in Rehoboth, and received a liberal education, attaining the degrees of M. D. and D. D. He engaged in the practice of the medical profession in Killingly, Connecticut, for many years, and removed to the town of Columbia, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, where he died May 17, 1856. Many members of the Bullock family settled in Bradford county, some going thither from Vermont, but all of the Rehoboth family. He married (first) in Killingly, June 13, 1813, Drusilla Lane, of that town, who died October 21, 1816. He married (second) February 3, 1819, Sarah Browning, born November 28, 1797, and died March 8, 1832, daughter of James and Nabby (Watson) Browning, of Rutland, Massachusetts. (See Browning III). He married (third) in 1832, Elizabeth M. Lindsley. The children of Dr. Samuel Bullock, were: (By the first marriage): Samuel Allen and Maria Druscilla. both of whom died young. (By the second marriage): Sarah Almira; James Willard, mentioned below; Asa Edwin; Henry Whitmore; Mary Ellen. (By the third marriage): Stephen E.
(VIII) James Willard, second child of Dr. Samuel and Sarah (Browning) Bullock, was born December i, 1821, in Killingly, Connecticut, and became a very active citizen of Providence, Rhode Island. In the proceedings of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F., of Rhode Island, at the thirty-ninth semi-annual session, held in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, August 3, 1886, beginning on page 570, is the following:
The Special Order for this hour (2 o'clock p. m.) being the reception of obituary notices, E. C. Pierce, P. G., of No. 24, addressed the Grand Lodge as follows:
M. W. Grand Master and Representatives: It becomes my sad duty to announce to this Grand Lodge the death of James W. Bullock, P. G., of Crescent Lodge, No. 24.
James W. Bullock was born December i, 1821, in Killingly, Conn., died April 14, 1886, in Providence, R. I., in the 6sth year of his age. Brother Bullock was a son of Dr. Samuel Bullock, who was a native of the ancient town of Rehoboth, Mass., and a minister of the gospel as well as a physician. The family, long settled in southeastern Massachusetts, has been prolific of physicians. James W. Bullock was reared amid the healthful surroundings of a New England country home. His early education was in the common schools of his native town, and at fourteen years of age his school days were over. Coming to Providence, tie learned the confectioner's business, but engaged for many years thereafter in other mercantile employments, sometimes on his own account and sometimes in the employ of others. He resided at several places in Connecticut and Rhode Island, and in 1857 removed to Virginia, and from thence to North Carolina, being engaged in farming and afterwards in teaching school. The outbreak of the Civil War of 1861 brought him back to Rhode Island. Entering the employ of the A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Company, he remained with them for seventeen years. For eleven years he was in charge of all their counting rooms and was general paymaster. He paid out in this capacity about $17,000,000, and every cent of this vast sum was satisfactorily accounted for on his books. After the failure of the Spragues, Brother Bullock continued in active business life in Boston and in Providence until his death.
Brother Bullock was married in 1848. His wife, after nearly thirty-eight years of married life, survives him with one daughter.
Brother Bullock held various civil offices in the course of his life, the most important of which was that of Superintendent of Public Schools in the town of Cranston. He was in two States a captain of militia. He was occasionally a delegate to the conventions of the political party of which he was a member. He was throughout his life identified with temperance organizations and was an officer in many. He was a lover of music and organized and led bands in at least five towns in three States. He was for eleven years chorister of St. Bartholomew's church, in Cranston, and during that time never missed a single service.
Brother Bullock was an active and honored member of the Masonic Order. For about eight years he was treasurer of Calvary Commandery, Knights Templars, of Providence. He was initiated as an Odd Fellow in Crescent Lodge, No. 24, January 27, 1874. He served as Noble Grand for the year 1883.
The simple record of his life shows that Brother Bullock was from early youth an industrious and energetic man, that every community where he lived appreciated his usefulness and social activity. What does not appear from the bare recital of the facts of his life, his brethren of Crescent Lodge would record in perpetual memory. Brother Bullock was both a just man and a generous. He was of a gentle nature and disposed to see good in every man. He was a lover of concord and wished to see his brethren dwell together in unity. He was a true Odd fellow surely, for he strove to be faithful to his Creator, loyal to his country, and fraternal to his fellow men. His attachment to Odd Fellowship and to Crescent Lodge was marked. Of the Lodge he was a faithful, useful and beloved member. By Crescent Lodge his sudden removal from earth was deeply lamented, and by all the brethren he will always be affectionately remembered.
Submitted in behalf of Crescent Lodge, No. 24 by EDWIN C. PIERCE, P. G., Committee.
In the same book on page 549, in the address of Grand Master George D. Lansing appears the following:
On March i8th I received from Crescent Lodge, No. 24, an invitation to accompany them on a fraternal visit to Amity Lodge, No. 6, of Warren, which I accepted, but owing to the death of James W. Bullock, Past Grand, an honored member of this Grand Lodge, this visit was indefinitely postponed. I wish in this connection to briefly say that not only has Crescent Lodge lost a brother much beloved, but this Grand Lodge, and fhe great fraternity we represent, will sadly miss the presence and labor of this good man, who was always foremost in the ranks, doing valiant service in the name of Friendship, Love and Truth. He was a workman who will be sadly missed, and whose memory will be sure to be revered.
He married, May 8, 1848, in Killingly, Sarah Jane Amsbury, born October 6, 1829, in that town, died July 23, 1904, daughter of Mowry and Betsey Whipple (Clark) Amsbury (see Amsbury VIII). There was one child of this marriage, Anna Elizabeth, born May i, 1852, became the wife of Albert Lee Anthony, of Providence (see Anthony X).
From a Biography of Edgar Orlin Bullock [American biography: a new cyclopedia, Volume 5, By American Historical Company, 1919]:
The ancient name of Bullock has been traced to a very early period in England, three hundred years before the adoption of surnames in that country. Its coatof-arms is very ancient, and characterized by several bullocks amid other figures and emblems. There is a family tradition, which is sustained by records, regarding the finding of a child in a bull's manger as the origin of the name.
This name was very early identified with the early history of New England, and has been borne by numerous prominent citizens in the New England States. Among the distinguished men of the name who are descended from the common ancestor may be mentioned Alexander H. Bullock, of Worcester, one-time governor of Massachusetts; Stephen Bullock, of Rehoboth, member of Congress under President Thomas Jefferson's administration ; Richard Bullock, a prominent merchant and philanthropist of Providence, Rhode Island; Nathaniel Bullock, lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island in 1842; and Jonathan R. Bullock, lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island in 1860.
Richard Bullock, the English immigrant ancestor of the Bullocks in America, was born in Essex county, England, in 1622, and died in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, November 22,1667. He was accompanied in his migration to America by two brothers, one of whom settled in Virginia. The Colonial records show that he was made a freeman in May, 1646, but do not indicate his residence at that time. He was one of the fifty-eight land proprietors of Rehoboth, June 22, 1658, and performed the office of town clerk. He married, August 4, 1647, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Ingraham, of Rehoboth, and they are the progenitors of the Bullocks in the New England States.
27 The following information is from the book "The Descendants of Colonel William Bullock of Rehoboth, Massachusetts", by Virginia Miller Deagan, 1997.
RICHARD BULLOCK OF REHOBOTH, MASSACHUSETTS Richard Bullock's ancestry has never been satisfactorily proved in spite of research by many people. He first appeared in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, in 1644 when he purchased the lot that had been set aside for the Governor. The lot was valued at 200 Pounds. Richard was only about 22 years old at the time, if we accept the statement he made in testifying on a matter regarding the estate of Alexander Winchester in 1648. It is thought that Richard was born in Essex, England in 1622. There is no satisfactory proof of his parentage. It has been said that he came to America with two older brothers, Henry and Edward Bullock In 1635 and that, since he was not yet 21, he stayed with or near them until he received his patrimony when he came of age (Davis, Davis Family of Rehoboth). Another possibility which has not been researched is that he was the Richard Bullock, son of John Bullock who was baptized 26 May 1622 in Pitchford, Shropshire, England.
Considering the fact that 200 Pounds was a large sum of money for such a young man at that time and that he apparently had a good education since he was chosen to be a town clerk, it would seem that his family in England were of a substantial class. It has also been said that Richard came first to Rhode Island and associated with Roger Williams, also with no proof. (Pierce, A Bullock Family History)
On 7 April 1635, an Edward Bullock, 32, arrived in New England on the ship "Elizabeth". His will was dated at Dorchester, Massachusetts, on 25 May 1649 when he was about to return to England. On 20 June 1635, Henry Bullock, age 40 and wife, Susan arrived with 3 children, Henry 8, Mary 6, and Thomas 2. He settled in Salem, Massachusetts. No positive connection with Richard has been found with either of these men, but most of the original proprietors of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, came from either Dorchester or Salem. Rev. Samuel Newman who was the "real founder of Rehoboth" came to America in 1635 and resided for four years in Dorchester, then went to Weymouth, Massachusetts, as Pastor. He remained there until the spring of 1644 when the majority of his church with others of Hingham, Massachusetts, migrated to the place that the Indians called Seekonk and to which Newman gave the name of Rehoboth, whose scriptural name means enlargement. (Tilton, A History of Rehoboth, Massachusetts)
On 4 August 1647, Richard Bullock married Elizabeth Ingraham in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. She is said to have been the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Wignall) Ingraham and a descendant of Sir Arthur Ingraham of Watertown, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born about 1629 and died at the age of 30 on 7 January 1659/60, shortly after the birth of her sixth child, Hopestill.
On 21 July 1660, Richard married Elizabeth Billington, daughter of Francis and Christian (Penn) Billington and grand-daughter of John Billington who arrived in New England on the Mayflower. The Billington family was described by Gov. William Bradford as "ye profanest family", and John Billington received the distinction of being the first man hanged in the Plymouth Colony for committing a murder.
Richard Bullock's home lot was along the road leading to the common opposite the lot of Rev. Samuel Newman. During his lifetime, Richard was given additional lands. He drew rights in the "Great (Seekonk) Plain " in 1644, and in 1647 he was allotted the rights of Nathan Pratt's land after Mr. Pratt left Rehoboth. In June 1653 he was one of 49 residents who were allowed to draw meadow lands, and in 1658 he again shared in a drawing of lands in the northern part of the town. On 1 October 1661 he was given "soo much land at the watersyde, against the end of his lott as should be judged to be convenient to sell". In 1666, he also shared in the division of the Wannamoisett lands. He spent all of his life in Rehoboth. It has been widely accepted that he was in Newtown, Long Island, New York, in 1656, but this was probably the Richard Bullock who was named as having a debt to our Richard’s estate -- probably a relative, maybe a nephew. It could not have been his son, Richard who was only a babywhen his father died.
Certainly, Richard was a farmer as were most of the men of that time, but in addition, he was the Town Clerk of Rehoboth from 1659 to the time of his death. Colonial records show he was made a freeman in May 1646, but do not state his residence. As town clerk, he was paid a salary plus an additional amount for each birth, marriage and death record that he inscribed. He appeared to be an honorable citizen of the town. He took the Oath of Fidelity in 1656. In 1662 the records show that he was appointed to serve on a committee regarding liquor and powder shipments and that on June 8, 1664 he was chosen to collect the "Assize" tax.
Richard Bullock was licensed to keep a ferry at Palmer's River on 1 March 1664 by the Plymouth Colony. This allowed him to ferry horses from Rehoboth across the Pawtucket (Blackstone) River to the Providence Plantation of Roger Williams. It appears that he already had a ferry and this allowed him to build a horse ferry in addition. He also was granted the right to sell liquor "to strangers and passengers but not to town dwellers ."
It has been suggested that Richard was a member of the Baptist church of which the Rev. John Myles was pastor. We do know that shortly after Richard's death, several of his children were active in that church. As a respected citizen and a freeman, Richard almost certainly attended the Congregationalist Church of the Rev. Samuel Newman. Since the Bullock property was closer to Swansea and the church in Swansea was Baptist, the family may have attended it after Rev. Newman's death in 1663. Rehoboth town records show that in 1666, Richard protested at a town meeting that the church, rather than the citizens, should choose the minister.
Richard died on 22 November 1667. Books were listed among the items on his inventory along with a pewter spoon, arms & ammunition, and 3 blankets as the items with most value. Livestock consisted of "2 yearlings, 2 steers, one heefer, one horse and 6 cows". He had dairy vessels with beer barrel and was owed 23 shillings from Richard Bullock. This could not have been his son, Richard who was born shortly before he died; therefore, there must have been another Richard Bullock in New England at that time. Possibly the Richard who was listed in Newtown, Long Island was this other Richard
Bullock.
Elizabeth Billington Bullock was left a young widow with small children when Richard died in 1667. On 20 October 1668, Elizabeth, along with Samuel, Richard's oldest son, petitioned the court for division of his lands. On 5 July 1670, the Court directed three men to "take some paines in settling matters about the estate of Richard Bullock" and they were to settle all matters between the "Widdow Bullocks" and her son-in-law [sic; actually, stepson] Samuel. Elizabeth was given the house and home lot and the little island of salt marsh near the house, one acre of upland and the use of five and twenty Pounds "Commanage" and the use of 1 acre broken up ground for three years.
Deciding that debts due from Richard's estate were satisfied, on 29 October 1670, the Court gave widow Elizabeth the remaining cattle from Richard's estate, stating that she had "with care and industry, brought up divers smale children since the death of her husband and still is careful and industrious to bring them up, some of them yet being smale". She was given three cows and a mare which were left from the estate.
By 1673, Elizabeth (Billington) Bullock was remarried to Robert Beere, an Irish brickmaker, and the court ordered the estate of Richard Bullock settled. However, her second marriage ended in tragedy when her husband, Robert was killed by the Indians on 29 March 1676 during King Philip's War, and she was left with a young son, Benjamin by that marriage. In June 1677, with her second husband dead, the court again ordered Richard's estate settled. Elizabeth was married for a third time in about 1679 to Thomas Patey of Providence, Rhode Island. Tragedy followed her again when on 19 August 1695 he borrowed a canoe and later that day his hat was found on the river. Five days later his body was found. It is not known when Elizabeth died, but she is mentioned in a land transaction to her brother Isaac in 1707.
Source: Elizabeth Ingraham Bullock (1628-1659) - Find A Grave Memorial"Richard was twice married, first August 1647, to Elizabeth Ingraham of Rehoboth, who was the mother of six children. She died Jan. 7, 1659."
Source: Richard Bullock of Rehoboth, Massachusetts by Mary Bullock Shaw Parker, p.6.
"As for Richard Bullock's descendants, the records are quite clear. He was married twice. His first wife, whom he married on August 4, 1647, was Elizabeth Ingaham, the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Wignl Ingraham of Rehoboth. She was born about 1630 and died on January 7, 1659/60."
Source: A Bullock Family History by John Morgan Peirce, p. 12.
"Aug. 4, 1647, Richard Bullock married Elizabeth Ingraham in Rehoboth. She is said to have been the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Wignall) Ingraham and a descendant of Sir Arthur Ingraham of Watertown, Mass. Elizabeth was born about 1629 and died at the age of 30 on January 7, 1659/60, shortly after the birth of ehr sixth child, Hopestill."
Source: Descendants of Colonel William Bullock of Rehoboth, Massachusetts by Virginia Miller Deagan, p. vi.
Source: National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. V, January, 1917, No. 4 & Vol. VI, April, 1917, No. 1.
Children of Richard by Elizabeth Ingraham:
Samuel, born 1648, Aug. 19
Elizabeth, born 1650, Oct. 9
Mary, born 1652, Feb. 16
Mehitable, born 1655, Apr. 4
Abigail, born 1657, Ag. 29
Hopestill, born 1659, Dec. 26
Sources: Ingrahm Famiy Manuscript, 2 leaves, FHL US/CAN film #1017420, Item 9; Genealogy of the Ingraham Family by Martin Skubinna; and The Name and Family of Ingraham by Alice Thompson.
28 RICHARD BULLOCK OF REHOBOTH, MASS (immigrant ancestor)
Descendants of Colonel William Bullock of Rehoboth MA. by Virginia Miller Deagan, 1996.
Richard Bullock's ancestry has never been satisfactorily proved in spite of research by many people. He first appeared in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, in 1644 when he purchased the lot that had been set aside for the Governor. The lot was valued at 200 Pounds. Richard was only about 22 years old at the time, if we accept the statement he made in testifying on a matter regarding the estate of Alexander Winchester in 1648. It is thought that Richard was born in Essex, England in 1622. There is no satisfactory proof of his parentage. It has been said that he came to America with two older brothers, Henry and Edward in 1635 and that since he was not yet 21, stayed with or near them until he received his patrimony when he came of age (Davis, Davis Family of Rehoboth).
Another possibility which has not been researched is the Richard Bullock, son of John Bullock who was baptized 26 May 1622 in Pitchford, Shropshire, England.
Considering the fact that 200 Pounds was a large sum of money for such a young man at that time and
that he apparently had a good education since he was chosen to be a town clerk, it would seem that his family
in England were of a substantial class. It has also been said that Richard came first to Rhode Island and
associated with Roger Williams, also with no proof (Pierce, A Bullock Family History).
On 7 April 1635, an Edward Bullock, 32, arrived in New England on the ship "Elizabeth". His will was dated
at Dorchester, Mass. On 25 May 1649 when he was about to return to England. On 20 June 1635, Henry
Bullock, age 40 and wife, Susan arrived with 3 children, Henry 8, Mary 6, and Thomas 2. He settled in Salem,
Mass. No positive connection with Richard has been found with either of these men, but most of the original
proprietors of Rehoboth came from either Dorchester or Salem. Rev. Samuel Newman who was the "real
founder of Rehoboth" came to America in 1635 and resided for four years in Dorchester, then went to Weymouth,
Mass. as Pastor. He remained there until the spring of 1644 when the majority of his church with others of
Hingham Mass. migrated to the place that the Indians called Seekonk and to which Newman gave the name of
Rehoboth, whose scriptural name means enlargement (Tilton, A History of Rehoboth, MA).
On August 4, 1647, Richard Bullock married Elizabeth Ingraham in Rehoboth. She is said to have been
the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Wignall) Ingraham and a descendant of Sir Arthur Ingraham of
Watertown, Mass. Elizabeth was born about 1629 and died at the age of 30 on January 7, 1659/60, shortly after
the birth of her sixth child, Hopestill.
On July 21, 1660, Richard married Elizabeth Billington, daughter of Francis and Christian (Penn) Billington
and grand-daughter of John Billington who arrived in New England on the Mayflower. The Billington family was
described by Gov.William Bradford as "ye profanest family" and John Billington received the distinction of being
the first man hanged in the Plymouth Colony for committing a murder.
Richard Bullock's home lot was along the road leading to the common opposite the lot of Rev. Samuel
Newman. During his lifetime, Richard was given additional lands. He drew rights in the "Great (Seekonk) Plain
" in 1644 and in 1647 he was allotted the rights of Nathan Pratt's land after Mr. Pratt left Rehoboth. In June 1653
he was one of 49 residents who were allowed to draw meadow lands and in 1658 he again shared in a drawing
of lands in the northern part of the town. On 1 October 1661 he was given "soo much land at the watersyde,
against the end of his lott as should be judged to be convenient to sell". In 1666, he also shared in the division
of the Wannamoisett lands. He spent all of his life in Rehoboth. It has been widely accepted that he was in
Newtown Long Island in 1656, but this was probably the Richard Bullock who was named as having a debt to our
Richard's estate - probably a relative, maybe a nephew.
Certainly, Richard was a farmer as were most of the men of that time, but in addition, he was the Town
Clerk of Rehoboth from 1659 to the time of his death. Colonial records show he was made a freeman in May
1646 but do not state his residence. As town clerk, he was paid a salary plus an additional amount for each birth,
marriage and death record that he inscribed. He appeared to be an honorable citizen of the town. He took the
Oath of Fidelity in 1656. In 1662 the records show that he was appointed to serve on a committee regarding liquor
and powder shipments and that on June 8, 1664 he was chosen to collect the "Assize" tax.
Richard Bullock was licensed to keep a ferry at Palmer's River on 1 March 1664 by the Plymouth Colony.
This allowed him to ferry horses from Rehoboth across the Pawtucket (Blackstone) River to the Providence
Plantation of Roger Williams. It appears that he already had a ferry and this allowed him to build a horse ferry
in addition. He also was granted the right to sell liquor "to strangers and passengers but not to town dwellers."
It has been suggested that Richard was a member of the Baptist church of which the Rev. John Myles was
pastor. We do know that shortly after Richard's death, several of his children were active in that church. As a
respected citizen and a freeman, Richard almost certainly attended the Congregationalist Church of the Rev.
Samuel Newman. Since the Bullock property was closer to Swansea and the church in Swansea was Baptist,
the family may have attended it after Newman's death in 1663. Rehoboth town records show that in 1666,
Richard protested at a town meeting that the church, rather than the citizens should choose the minister.
Richard died on 22 November, 1667. Books were listed among the items on his inventory along with a
pewter spoon, arms & ammunition, and 3 blankets as the items with most value. Livestock consisted of "2
yearlings, 2 steers, one heefer, one horse and 6 cows". He had dairy vessels with beer barrel and was owed 23
shillings from Richard Bullock. This could not have been his son, Richard who was born shortly before he died,
therefore, there must have been another Richard Bullock in New England at that time. Possibly the Richard who
was listed in Newtown, Long Island was this other Richard Bullock.
Elizabeth Billington Bullock was left a young widow with small children when Richard died. On 20 October,
1668, Elizabeth, along with Samuel, Richard's oldest son, petitioned the court for division of his lands. On 5 July
1670, the Court directed three men to "take some paines in settling matters about the estate of Richard Bullock"
and they were to settle all matters between the "Widdow Bullocks" and her son-in-law [stepson] Samuel.
Elizabeth was given the house and home lot and the little island of salt marsh near the house, one acre of upland
and the use of five and twenty Pounds "Commanage" and the use of 1 acre broken up ground for three years.
Deciding that debts due from Richard's estate were satisfied, on 29 October 1670, the Court gave widow
Elizabeth, the remaining cattle from Richard's estate, stating that she had "with care and industry, brought up
divers smale children since the death of her husband and still is careful and industrious to bring them up, some
of them yet being smale". She was given three cows and a mare which were left from the estate.
By 1673, Elizabeth (Billington) Bullock was remarried to Robert Beere, an Irish brickmaker, and the court
ordered the estate of Richard Bullock settled. However, her second marriage ended in tragedy when her
husband, Robert was killed by the Indians on 29 March 1676 during King Philip's War and she was left with a
young son, Benjamin by that marriage. In June 1677, with her second husband dead, the court again ordered
Richard's estate settled.
Elizabeth was married for a third time about 1679 to Thomas Patey of Providence,
Rhode Island. Tragedy followed her again when on 19 August 1695 he borrowed a canoe and later that day his
hat was found on the river. Five days later his body was found.
It is not known when Elizabeth died but she is
mentioned in a land transaction to her brother Isaac in 1707.
Children of Richard Bullock and Elizabeth Ingraham all born in Rehoboth were:
+ 1. Samuel, b. 19 Aug 1648. Marr. #1, 12 Nov 1673, Mary Thurber; #2, 26 May 1675, Thankful Rouse.
Died 10 Mar 1717/18 in Rehoboth
ii. Elizabeth, b. 9 Oct 1650. Marr. 6 Dec 1671, Caleb Eddy of Swanzey, 6 Dec 1671.
iii. Mary, b. 16 Feb 1652. Marr. Richard Hale, Sr. Died 15 Feb 1730 in Swansea, MA.
iv. Mehitable, b. 4 April 1655. Marr. John West.
v. Abigail, b. 29 Aug 1657. Marr. Obadiah Brown Jr. Died Sep 1704
vi. Hopestill, b.26 Dec 1659. Marr. 6 Nov 1682, Joshua Lombard of Barnstable, MA.
Children of Richard Bullock and Elizabeth Billington, all born in Rehoboth:
vii. Israel, b. 15 July 1661. Died y9young.
vii. Marcy, b. 13 March 1662. Died 19 March 1663.
ix. John, b. 19 May 1664. Marr. 29 Jan 1695, Elizabeth Barnes. Died bef. 10 July 1739 at Barrington, TI.
x. Richard, b. 15 March 1666. Was one of Capt. Samuel Gallup's Co. of Provincial Troops in Gen. Phipps unfortunate expedition again Canada in 1690 and there is no further information about him. There is a tradition that he was taken sick and died in the service on that expedition.