Hi Everyone, I see that a lot of you have BULLOCK ancestors, but a lot later than my BULLOCKS. I wonder if my family is the same as yours. I have the BULLOCKS traced back to 1400's, and through them, and Margaret NORRIS to Joan De VERE, and on back to the Kings of England through John. So if anybody is interested, I'd be glad to share what I have. My immigrant ancestor was Richard BULLOCK, b. 10 JUL 1625, Faulkborn, Esses, d.22 NOV 1667, Rehoboth, MA., m.Elizabeth INGRAHAM, b. 10 JUL 1630, England, d.7 JAN 1658/59, Rehoboth. They m. 4 AUG 1647, Rehoboth. Richard came to America Bef. 1643, and was listed as one of the 58 proprietors of Rehoboth in 1644. He was a Freeman in 1645, and was allotted land of Matthew Pratt in 1647, as Pratt had left. In 1653, he was one of the 49 to draw for meadows in the northern part of the town. BULLOCK served Rehoboth as the second town clerk from 1660 to his death in 1667. His salary was 16L year, plus fees for entering certain records into the books. In 1662, he served on a committee to investigate the sale of liquors and powders to the Indians and in 1664 he was licensed to keep a ferry on Palmer's river. His family settled on a tract of several hundred acres lying mostly along the west bank of the river, from near the northern boundary of Swansea to a point a mile north of the Orleans factory site. In 1666, he protested during a town meeting that the minister should be chosen by the church, rather than the people of the town. He and his family attended the Baptist church, which was moved to Swansea, under orders of the town. (Source: "Ancestral Lines Revised", pp. 138-139). Betty Sullivan, 232 E, Church St. Kewanee, IL, USA (Hog Capital of the World) Always ready to share Genealogy with anyone. [email protected] Please visit my site at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/u/l/Betty--Sullivan/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynn Hurley <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 8:13 AM Subject: RE: [MA-MENDON] Re: Abigail Blackman | Alice, Jean and Jim, | | Is your Noah Ballou related to Jershua Ballou who married Ezekial Cook? | | Lynn Hurley | | | | | At 12:23 AM 06/28/2001 -0600, you wrote: | >Alice & Jean, | > | >I see now that I had the marriage, "Cook Daniel, Jr., of Wrentham, Mass., | >son of Daniel, and Abigail Blackmar, of Glocester; m. by Nathaniel Cook, | >Jr., Justice, May 25, 1769." from Arnold's Vital Record of Rhode Island, | >vol. 3, pp. 9 & 13, VR 1-52, Glocester Marriages. | > | >So it appears that Abigail Blackmar was Daniel's 2nd wife, and that his | >first wife was also named Abigail. All of the children's births are listed | >as those of Daniel Jr. and Abigail. And there is the death of Abigail Cook | >29 Jan 1767 in Wrentham. I see that there is a gap in the birth dates of | >Daniel's children between 1765 and 1770, so this does make sense. | > | >But I haven't found anything on Daniel's first wife or anything on Abigail's | >2nd marriage to Noah Ballou. | > | >Jim Bullock | >Littleton, CO | > | >-----Original Message----- | >From: Alice Palladini; [mailto:[email protected]] | >Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 2:37 PM | >To: [email protected] | >Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] Re: Abigail Blackman | > | > | >HI Again, | >Jim B. or anyone, do you have the Blackmare /Blackman data on this | >Abigail w/m Daniel Cook Jr. & Noah Ballou ??? | >I have spouses lines but nothing on Abigail. | > Thanks | >Alice | > | > | >============================== | >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases | >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp | >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! | | | ============================== | Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 | Source for Family History Online. Go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F1 1HB | |

Hi Betty and All, I descend from Richard BULLOCK from his Dau. Mehetable that mar. John WEST. Jim B. discovered this connection for me when he visited the area last fall. I'd be interested in any data back and also, if anyone has anything on this WEST family. These are ancestors through my GRANT/COREY/. GOFF/ BAILEY lines that later did come to Mendon and married into my PICKERING Line. Just showing where connects to Mendon. :) So Betty we are Cuzzens again. :) Alice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Sullivan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON]BULLOCKS > Hi Everyone, > I see that a lot of you have BULLOCK ancestors, but a lot later > than my BULLOCKS. I wonder if my family is the same as yours. I have > the BULLOCKS traced back to 1400's, and through them, and Margaret > NORRIS to Joan De VERE, and on back to the Kings of England through > John. So if anybody is interested, I'd be glad to share what I have. > My immigrant ancestor was Richard BULLOCK, b. 10 JUL 1625, > Faulkborn, Esses, d.22 NOV 1667, Rehoboth, MA., m.Elizabeth > INGRAHAM, b. 10 JUL 1630, England, d.7 JAN 1658/59, Rehoboth. They > m. 4 AUG 1647, Rehoboth. > Richard came to America Bef. 1643, and was listed as one of > the 58 proprietors of Rehoboth in 1644. He was a Freeman in 1645, > and was allotted land of Matthew Pratt in 1647, as Pratt had left. > In 1653, he was one of the 49 to draw for meadows in the northern > part of the town. > BULLOCK served Rehoboth as the second town clerk from 1660 to his > death in 1667. His salary was 16L year, plus fees for entering > certain records into the books. In 1662, he served on a committee to > investigate the sale of liquors and powders to the Indians and in > 1664 he was licensed to keep a ferry on Palmer's river. > His family settled on a tract of several hundred acres lying mostly > along the west bank of the river, from near the northern boundary of > Swansea to a point a mile north of the Orleans factory site. > In 1666, he protested during a town meeting that the minister > should be chosen by the church, rather than the people of the town. > He and his family attended the Baptist church, which was moved to > Swansea, under orders of the town. (Source: "Ancestral Lines > Revised", pp. 138-139). > Betty Sullivan, > 232 E, Church St. > Kewanee, IL, USA > (Hog Capital of the World) > Always ready to share Genealogy > with anyone. > > [email protected] > Please visit my site at: > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/u/l/Betty--Sullivan/ >

Alice and Jim, Well, it looks like Jim has blown a couple of holes in my research on Richard BULLOCK, but until I look up my original sources on him, I'm not willing to concede that he's right on all points. He is right about the Baptist Church, as I can see from my notes on the BUTTERWORTH family. Apparently I saw a later Richard in the Baptist Church. Most, if not all, of my research on BULLOCK was done several years ago, before there was an Internet. A lot came from NEHGR, and I did have some correspondence some time ago. The date of his death should have read Bef. 22 NOV 1667, as it was his inventory that I have. Anyway, Alice, I believe we are double cousins. Betty Sullivan, 232 E, Church St. Kewanee, IL, USA (Hog Capital of the World) Always ready to share Genealogy with anyone. [email protected] Please visit my site at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/u/l/Betty--Sullivan/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Alice Palladini; <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON]BULLOCKS | Hi Betty and All, | I descend from Richard BULLOCK from his Dau. Mehetable that mar. John | WEST. | Jim B. discovered this connection for me when he visited the area | last fall. | I'd be interested in any data back and also, if anyone has | anything on this WEST family. | These are ancestors through my GRANT/COREY/. GOFF/ BAILEY lines that | later did come to Mendon and married into my PICKERING Line. Just | showing where connects to Mendon. :) | So Betty we are Cuzzens again. :) | Alice | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Betty Sullivan" <[email protected]> | To: <[email protected]> | Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 11:38 AM | Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON]BULLOCKS | | | > Hi Everyone, | > I see that a lot of you have BULLOCK ancestors, but a lot later | > than my BULLOCKS. I wonder if my family is the same as yours. I have | > the BULLOCKS traced back to 1400's, and through them, and Margaret | > NORRIS to Joan De VERE, and on back to the Kings of England through | > John. So if anybody is interested, I'd be glad to share what I have. | > My immigrant ancestor was Richard BULLOCK, b. 10 JUL 1625, | > Faulkborn, Esses, d.22 NOV 1667, Rehoboth, MA., m.Elizabeth | > INGRAHAM, b. 10 JUL 1630, England, d.7 JAN 1658/59, Rehoboth. They | > m. 4 AUG 1647, Rehoboth. | > Richard came to America Bef. 1643, and was listed as one of | > the 58 proprietors of Rehoboth in 1644. He was a Freeman in 1645, | > and was allotted land of Matthew Pratt in 1647, as Pratt had left. | > In 1653, he was one of the 49 to draw for meadows in the northern | > part of the town. | > BULLOCK served Rehoboth as the second town clerk from 1660 to his | > death in 1667. His salary was 16L year, plus fees for entering | > certain records into the books. In 1662, he served on a committee to | > investigate the sale of liquors and powders to the Indians and in | > 1664 he was licensed to keep a ferry on Palmer's river. | > His family settled on a tract of several hundred acres lying mostly | > along the west bank of the river, from near the northern boundary of | > Swansea to a point a mile north of the Orleans factory site. | > In 1666, he protested during a town meeting that the minister | > should be chosen by the church, rather than the people of the town. | > He and his family attended the Baptist church, which was moved to | > Swansea, under orders of the town. (Source: "Ancestral Lines | > Revised", pp. 138-139). | > Betty Sullivan, | > 232 E, Church St. | > Kewanee, IL, USA | > (Hog Capital of the World) | > Always ready to share Genealogy | > with anyone. | > | > [email protected] | > Please visit my site at: | > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/u/l/Betty--Sullivan/ | > | | | | | | ============================== | Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate | your heritage! | http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog | |

-----Original Message----- From: Betty Sullivan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 4:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON]BULLOCKS Alice and Jim, Well, it looks like Jim has blown a couple of holes in my research on Richard BULLOCK, but until I look up my original sources on him, I'm not willing to concede that he's right on all points. . . . ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If anyone went through my 19,000-name GEDCOM with a fine-tooth comb, I'm sure they could find some significant problems. And I know I have some poorly documented "facts". But that's why I have put it on RootsWeb's WorldConnect (with all of my sources & notes.) I get feedback every week on my data. Most of it is requests for more information, but I also get additions and corrections which I always welcome. If anyone wants to check it out, go to the WorldConnect homepage at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ and enter "jbbullock" in the box by "Database", then click "GO" below it. Then you can search specific names and when you find one you're interested in, you can see his or her pedigree or descendant charts. Clicking on any individual's name will show you his or her family sheet with notes & sources. Some of the older sources of information must be used with caution. One of the sources for some of the misinformation about Richard Bullock is an article by Hon. J. Russell Bullock published in the "National Genealogical Society Quarterly" in January 1917. He refers to the 1643 list of Rehoboth proprietors and says that the Governor's lot was assigned to Richard Bullock. What he neglected to say is that the original 1643 document mentions only the Governor's lot and did not include Richard's name. It was an amended document written several years later that shows the changes that were made in lot assignments, including Richard's lot. [See Bowen's "Early Rehoboth"] Another error made by J. R. Bullock was in saying that Richard's estate was valued at £200. (The estate evaluation was one of the factors that determined how much land an individual received.) However that amount was the value of the Governor's estate as recorded in the original document. No estate evaluations were given for the "newcomers" who received their lot assignments at later dates. Note that some other sources say that the £200 amount was how much Richard paid for the lot. That was at a time when £15 or £20 was being paid for home lots! Others use this amount to show that Richard came from a well-to-do family. However, he just as well could have come as someone's servant. (That could explain why there is no earlier record of his being in New England.) There is little doubt though that he was an educated man since he held the post of Town Clerk in Rehoboth. In general the NGS Quarterly article has some helpful information, but there are more factual errors and questionable statements, so one should try to find more up-to-date information where possible. There are two other respected genealogical journals that cause some additional confusion about Richard--specifically about his age. The Mayflower Descendant, vol. IX, p. 30, states that on 8 Jun 1648 "Richard Bullock aged twenty six years or therabouts Testifyeth . . .. " But the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register", vol. 4, p. 288, states "Richard Bullock, aged 25 yrs., testifies . . .." Since I haven't seen the original document, I can't say which is correct, but I use the statement in the MD article because it is given as an exact quote. But note that in those years, if they said they were about 26, they often meant that they were in their 26th year--in other words, 25 going on 26. Jim Bullock Littleton, CO

Richard Bullock of Rehoboth is my 8th great grandfather. I communicate with many other Bullock researchers. Here is what is generally accepted by other researchers: Richard Bullock's origins have never been documented. There is an Ancestral File showing that Richard was from Essex co., England, but it is speculative at best--no sources given. The more reliable IGI files have nothing on his birth in Essex. No serious genealogist lists Richard's parents because there is no supporting evidence. (Incidentally, I was in England in Feb.-Mar. checking on a possible birth place for Richard, but it was disproved.) There is no evidence that Richard was in America in 1643 or earlier. Richard was not listed in a 1644 list of proprietors. The lot later assigned to Richard was still in the Governor's name on 10 Jan 1644/5. Richard was the 3rd, not the 2nd, town clerk in Rehoboth. William Carpenter, who was the first town clerk, is usually overlooked because his name didn't appear in the records, but a hand writing analysis shows that the original town records from 1643 to 1649 were in his hand. Peter Hunt was chosen town clerk in 1649. Richard's date of death is not certain. The inventory of his estate was taken 22 Nov 1667, so he most likely died shortly before that date. Richard was not a member of the Baptist Church. There was none in Rehoboth or Swansea until shortly after his death. His son Samuel, who was a deacon in the Swansea church, was the first of the family to be a member of the church. Some other myths about Richard that you can find on the Web: He came to the Colonies with two brothers, Henry & Edward. He came with Roger Williams. His wife Elizabeth Ingraham has a royal lineage. Two of the most reliable sources with facts about his life, mostly from the Rehoboth town records, are Bowen's "Early Rehoboth" and Bliss's "The History of Rehoboth". A couple of interesting facts about Richard: He is an ancestor of Pres. George W. Bush (and his father.) His 2nd wife Elizabeth Billington was the granddaughter of Mayflower passenger John Billington, the first Englishman to be executed for a crime (murder) in Plymouth Colony. Jim Bullock Littleton, CO -----Original Message----- From: Betty Sullivan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON]BULLOCKS Hi Everyone, I see that a lot of you have BULLOCK ancestors, but a lot later than my BULLOCKS. I wonder if my family is the same as yours. I have the BULLOCKS traced back to 1400's, and through them, and Margaret NORRIS to Joan De VERE, and on back to the Kings of England through John. So if anybody is interested, I'd be glad to share what I have. My immigrant ancestor was Richard BULLOCK, b. 10 JUL 1625, Faulkborn, Esses, d.22 NOV 1667, Rehoboth, MA., m.Elizabeth INGRAHAM, b. 10 JUL 1630, England, d.7 JAN 1658/59, Rehoboth. They m. 4 AUG 1647, Rehoboth. Richard came to America Bef. 1643, and was listed as one of the 58 proprietors of Rehoboth in 1644. He was a Freeman in 1645, and was allotted land of Matthew Pratt in 1647, as Pratt had left. In 1653, he was one of the 49 to draw for meadows in the northern part of the town. BULLOCK served Rehoboth as the second town clerk from 1660 to his death in 1667. His salary was 16L year, plus fees for entering certain records into the books. In 1662, he served on a committee to investigate the sale of liquors and powders to the Indians and in 1664 he was licensed to keep a ferry on Palmer's river. His family settled on a tract of several hundred acres lying mostly along the west bank of the river, from near the northern boundary of Swansea to a point a mile north of the Orleans factory site. In 1666, he protested during a town meeting that the minister should be chosen by the church, rather than the people of the town. He and his family attended the Baptist church, which was moved to Swansea, under orders of the town. (Source: "Ancestral Lines Revised", pp. 138-139). Betty Sullivan