Just learned: Puritan minister in my background, Rev. Peter Bulkeley. 31 Jan 1583 – 9 Mar 1659. He was the founder of Concord, Massachusetts and an ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who wrote about him. Favorite bit is this one: “He died 9 March 1659 in Concord, but his reputation continued. During King Philip’s War, an Indian council deferred attacking Concord because ‘Bulkeley is there, the man of the big pray.’” Least favorite bit: “He served on the council for Anne Hutchinson’s trial that resulted in her banishment to Rhode Island and as moderator for the Synod called for Anne’s ‘errors’.”

Just learned: Puritan minister in my background, Rev. Peter Bulkeley. 31 Jan 1583 – 9 Mar 1659. Came over on the Susan and Ellen, 1635.
He was the founder of Concord, Massachusetts and an ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who wrote about him.

Favorite bit is this one:
“He died 9 March 1659 in Concord, but his reputation continued. During King Philip’s War, an Indian council deferred attacking Concord because ‘Bulkeley is there, the man of the big pray.’”

Least favorite bit:
“He served on the council for Anne Hutchinson’s trial that resulted in her banishment to Rhode Island and as moderator for the Synod called for Anne’s ‘errors’.”

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