[I’m tracing how two unrelated man, Buckeley and Hitchcock, who boarded a single ship in 1635 could somehow end up re-uniting in one person centuries later. But gravestones are of the two warring puritan pastors instead, only one was on the ship]
Tired of supporting two Puritan reverend grandpas who were ideologically opposed to each other, Sarah Bulkeley and family left Grandpa Rev Peter Bulkeley behind in Concord and went with Grandpa Rev John Jones to New Haven, CT.
(Jones d. 1664, Buckeley, d. 1659)
“Sarah was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1640 to Thomas and Sarah Jones Bulkeley. Both grandpas were pastors, VIPs of their time, their writings, lives, arrival, all documented in detail. In 1640s Concord there was trouble, disagreements about religion, Sarah’s grandpas were on opposite sides. Sarah’s family was one of several that followed Pastor Jones and joined Pastors Davenport and Eaton in New Haven, Connecticut. Sarah’s dad Thomas was in his dad Peter’s will so even though Thomas chose the Jones side instead of the Bulkeley side he was still family. Sarah married Eleazer Brown in 1663, they had 7 children and stayed in New Haven. Sarah’s mom died in 1683, her will left books to her daughter Sarah: Graham’s Works 3 vols. Walker’s God’s Providence, and A View of False Christianity.”
They ended up in Guileford a couple of generations later, which was near Branford, CT where the other half of the couple’s family had live for generations. [Norton/Rogers]
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