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A BULLOCK FAMILY HISTORY
From Rehoboth to Holcomb (1643 - 1957)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
From
Rehoboth to Holcomb (1643 - 1957)
Rehoboth,
Bristol County, Massachusetts (1643 - 1750)
Stanford,
Dutchess County, New York (1744 - 1795)
Chatham,
Columbia County, New York (1795 - 1840)
Canajoharie,
Montgomery County, New York (1811 - 1843)
Huron, Wayne
County, New York (1840 - 1845)
Barrington,
Yates County, New York (1845 - 1919)
Abra
Grande, Isle Of Pines, Cuba (1919 - 1924)
Milo, Yates
County, New York (1924 - 1928)
Waterloo,
Seneca County, New York (1928 - 1934)
East
Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York (1934 - 1944)
Holcomb,
Ontario County, New York (1944 - 1957)
Recommendations
for Additional Research
References
Libraries and
Historical Societies
Appendices
A. Pedigree
Charts
B. Family Group Sheets for Homer's Ancestors and His
Children
C. Information on Homer's Ancestors, His Children and His
Grandchildren
D. Bullock Genealogy by Herman Bullock Jones
E. Family Group Sheets for Homer's Grandchildren and
Information on Homer's Grandchildren's Spouses and His
Great-grandchildren
F. Index of Names
FOREWORD
The Bullock family history presented herein covers a span of over three
hundred years and nine generations from the first mention of Richard Bullock
in Rehoboth, Massachusetts in 1643 to Homer Bullock's death in Holcomb, New
York in 1957. The geographical areas covered in this genealogical trek
include Dutchess, Columbia, Montgomery, Wayne, Yates, and Seneca Counties in
New York; the Isle of Pines, Cuba; and Bristol County, Massachusetts where
it began and Ontario County, New York where, as far as this present volume
is concerned, it ends.
Every attempt has been made to get accurate and full information concerning
all of the Bullocks in this line, but there are parts of the history that
are not as well documented as others. Note will be made when the
documentation is weak so that the reader will be aware of this and, in
addition, might be challenged to fill in the gaps with his or her own
research. If any inaccuracies or inadequacies are uncovered or if additional
information is available please pass these on to me so that the next edition
may be more representative of the actual happenings. I, of course, take full
credit for all the mistakes, inaccuracies, exaggerations, and lack of
completeness contained herein.
In addition to the written history, appendices are included that contain
additional information such as pedigree charts, family group sheets,
genealogy listings and references. And if one of the references is to be
cited, a note such as (Ref. 6) will be made to indicate that reference
number six was the major source for that particular information. If there is
more than one ancestor with the same name a number within parentheses is
used to differentiate among them. An asterisk (*) next to a date denotes
that it is an approximate date.
By way of acknowledgments, the work of Herman Bullock Jones in 1949 in
compiling a Bullock genealogy provided much of the basic data for this
effort and, in addition, the challenge issued in his first paragraph had
much to do with my interest in ancestor hunting. He says, "My purpose
in compiling this genealogy is to make the information I have available to
any one of the descendants who may be sufficiently interested to copy it, or
to make further investigations, and to continue the record." Part of
his work is included as Appendix D. William Wallace Bullock, Homer Bullock's
brother, also did some genealogical searches and his notes have been very
helpful. I want to thank the many librarians and historical associates in
the libraries and historical societies that I have visited and contacted. To
a person they have been very helpful and are truly interested in meeting the
information needs of those who ask. A list of the libraries and historical
societies that provided assistance is provided. To my brother, Philip G.
Bullock of Rochester, New York, I give thanks for his interest, his time,
and for the bits and pieces of information about our parents and
grandparents that he has stored in his head. And lastly, I want to thank my
wife, Anne Barclay Ashman Bullock for her support and encouragement in this
project and specifically for her efforts in putting together the Index in
Appendix F. Her interest and the interest of my daughter Ellen Barclay
Bullock in working on the Ashman, Barclay, Harper, Jamieson, Pirie, Stanton,
and Towle families probably was the major factor that caused me to seriously
consider Bullock hunting.
I want to encourage you, the reader, to get involved in ancestral studies;
its surprising how much you learn about yourself when learning about your
roots. It forced me to study history, a subject that was dry and
uninteresting for me in school. But within this new perspective, history has
purpose and meaning. As a result it's fun and, for a change, facts and dates
are easily learned and retained. The Bullock story needs to be extended
backward to Bullocks before 1643; extended forward to comprehend Bullocks
presently living and those not yet born; and shored up in the middle. If
this project does no more than challenge or encourage us, both you and me,
to "continue the record" it will have been worth the effort.
Finally, I dedicate
this project to my father, Homer Bullock. He gave me all that
a person really needs, a name and faith in God. May he now
find the inner peace and affirmation that so eluded him
during his lifetime.
Paul David Bullock
104 Heritage Drive
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
December, 1982
FORWARD TO THE
SECOND EDITION
When this volume was first published in 1983, copies were sent to the
libraries and historical societies listed in the appendix. Over the past
twelve years, I have received more than two dozen requests for copies from
genealogy searchers who discovered it on the shelves of these various
institutions. In fulfilling the more recent requests, it was almost
embarrassing to send out a document that had the crude look and feel of
early 1980's personal computer technology.
In addition to a more modern and pleasing look and feel, this edition
provides corrected and additional information on Homer's ancestors. An
attempt has also been made to include up-to-date information on Homer's
grandchildren, their spouses and their children.
Paul David Bullock
104 Heritage Drive
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
February, 1996
FROM
REHOBOTH TO HOLCOMB (1643 - 1957)
The story that follows specifically traces the Bullock family
for over three hundred years, but the story is fairly typical
of many families during the this period in our country's
history. They started out in small settlements near the coast
in the early 17th century; moved inland during the mid and
late 18th century in the hopes of owning their own land; and
then their grandchildren moved even further inland to make
their own fortunes in land in the 19th century.
REHOBOTH,
BRISTOL COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS (1643 - 1750)
The Bullock story starts, as far as we presently know, when in 1643 Richard
(1) Bullock appears in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Savage says, "Richard
Bullock, Rehoboth 1643, rem. soon after 1644, and was freem. of May 1646,
tho. it is not seen of what town he was inhab. again rem. to Newtown, L. I.
a. 1656, but went soon back to R. and there d. 1667" (Ref. 1). Greene
(Ref. 9) says that Richard (1) came from England in 1643 and further was
born in 1622. He may have come from Essex, England with Roger Williams. The
town records of Newtown, L. I. dated 9 March 1660 contain an agreement
signed by a Richard Bullock and 32 others regarding the killing of wolves.
Richard (1) married Elizabeth Ingraham in 1647 and had six children. After
her death he married Elizabeth Billington in 1660 and four more children
were added (B-2). A son of the first marriage, Samuel (1) married Mary
Thurber in 1673 and she died in 1674 giving birth to their daughter Mary (2)
(B-3). Soon after, in 1675 Samuel (1) married Thankful Reneff (or Rouse) and
had five more children. All of the above names and dates are from Reference
2 as are those that follow. Reference 3 mentions the Bullock name many times
and gives a good picture of life and times in early Rehoboth, but gives no
indication of the Bullock's vocations or of their class or means.
One of Samuel (1)'s sons by Thankful Reneff was Richard (3). Richard (3)
married Mary Wheaton in 1718 and had eight children. Richard (4) was born in
this family in 1724 and later married Keziah Horton in 1748. It was about
this time that the Bullocks moved west to Dutchess County, New York. The
Crum Elbow tax lists of the Great Nine Partners Patent (Ref. 4) lists a
Richard Bullock for the years 1744 through 1779 and a Richard Bullock Jr.
for the year 1746 and then for the years 1754 through 1779. From this it is
assumed that Richard (3) moved to New York with son Richard (4) in 1744 and
then Richard (4) went back to Rehoboth to get married in 1748, had a son
Richard (5) in Rehoboth and went again to Dutchess County.
STANFORD,
DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK (1744 - 1795)
Probably many residents of Rehoboth moved to this area in
Dutchess County along with the above Richards and Richard
(3)'s brother Ephriam (1) and cousin Comer Bullock. Reference
5 mentions for the Town of Stanford that "settlements
were made here some time previous to the year 1755 by people
who had migrated from Massachusetts. In 1759, on some old
church records, we find the names of Ephriam and Comer
Bullock, and these are the earliest recorded names of which
anything is known." Later on in this same section it
mentions that in 1759 the First Baptist Church was formed in
Great Nine Partners, Charlotte Precinct, N. Y. with the
assistance of Elders Jabez Wood and Robert Wheaton of the
First Baptist Church of the town of Swansea, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. Also mentioned is that Richard Bullock Jr. was
chosen a deacon in 1772. It is assumed that this was Richard
(4).
Comer Bullock, the cousin of Richard (3), who was born in
Rehoboth in 1734, served as Elder of the above mentioned
Baptist church (later called the Bangal Baptist Church) for
almost 50 years and he is said to have baptized over one
thousand persons. An interesting incident in the church was
in 1771 when the mother church in Swansea, Massachusetts
adopted the singing of Watt's hymns in their services but the
local church was divided on the question of "singing by
rule of hymns". As a result, several families withdrew
from church attendance with Elder Ephriam (1) Bullock among
the dissenters. On the other hand, Elder Comer sided with the
mother church and after a brief spat the two groups soon
patched up their differences. Elder Comer was kept busy
farming during the week, pastoring his own church, and
starting others. Later on a Baptist church was started in
Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York.
The Bullocks in Stanford were probably all farmers dealing
with various kinds of livestock. An important item for the
livestock owner during this period was the record of ear
marks (Ref.6). "The record of these marks helps
differentiate the individual who actually settled the area
from that individual who simply owned land." "Comer
Bullock's ear mark is a crop of the left ear and two slits in
the end of the right ear. Recorded the 7 day of February
1774, by Samuel Rowland, Clerk." The Bullock name
appears several times as buyers and sellers of property and
as mortgagors in Reference 6.
Richard (3), his son Richard (4), and his brother Elles
Bullock all served as enlisted men in the Dutchess County
Militia, Sixth Regiment and received land bounty rights
(Ref.7). The records in Reference 3 show only one son for
Richard (4) and Keziah Horton but based on (Ref.9 and Ref.10)
another son Reuben (1) is added. Reference 10 indicates
Reuben was born in Columbia County but since his year of
birth (1758) was long before his family moved from Dutchess
County it is assumed that he was born there.
Reuben (1) Bullock married Anna Bockes and had the ten
children. It is assumed that they were married in Dutchess
County and that David (1), their eldest and the other older
children, were born in Dutchess. Reference 10 says that
Reuben (1) had sixteen children, six sons and ten daughters,
but no other source gives other than ten. Church records in
Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York say that Anna Bockes
Bullock died in 1843 at the age of 78. If she were born in
1765, she would have been fifteen years old when son David
(1) was born and forty-two when her youngest child, Lewis,
was born. This child-bearing span of 27 years for Anna leads
to some speculation of an earlier marriage for Reuben (1)
with David (1) and the older children products of that
marriage, but there is no record of such a marriage.
CHATHAM,
COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK (1795 - 1840)
Probably the Bullocks, Reuben (1) and his father Richard (4)
and their families, moved to Chatham, Columbia County, New
York sometime between 1790 and 1800 based on the family names
listed in the Federal Census of those years. It was here in
Columbia County that Reuben (1) and Anna's younger children
were born. It could be that their moving to a place near
Kinderhook was related in some way to the Baptist church that
Comer had once started there.
David (1) Bullock, Reuben (1) and Anna's son, married Marie
Pulver in 1805 in the Dutch Reformed Church in Kinderhook and
they had nine children all born in Columbia County. Two of
their children, Mary Ann and Elizabeth (1) (Betsy) were
buried in the Kinderhook Cemetery in the Pultz section
(probably Marie was related to the Pultz family). Reuben's
father and David (1)'s grandfather Richard (4) died in 1808
and was buried in Old North Chatham Cemetery (Ref. 8). In
1811 Reuben (1) and Anna and their younger children moved on
to Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York. David (1) stayed
on in Chatham and was in the War of 1812 based on a pension
he received later on (Ref.11). How, where, or how long he
served in the military is not known. David (1)'s sister Nancy
married Philips Sours(Sauer) in the Kinderhook Dutch Reformed
Church in 1807 and they lived in Chatham for some years until
they moved to Wayne County, New York. Nancy's son Albert
Sours tells of meeting his grandmother (Anna) but not his
grandfather (Reuben (1)) in his home in Chatham (D-1). His
grandparents lived in Canajoharie at the time. This probably
happened in the 1820's or 30's.
David (1) and Marie's son Calvin was born in Chatham in 1812
and he married Lucinda Simpson in 1836. Shortly after his
marriage he resigned from "the office of Ensign in the
56 Regiment 12 Brigade and 8 Division of Infantry of the
Militia of this State" in 1838 based on the resignation
letter Calvin wrote to General Barnes dated 25 June 1838.
(This letter is the possession of Philip G. Bullock of
Rochester, New York.) Calvin's older brother Walter moved to
Yates County, New York sometime in the 1820's; the first of
the Bullocks to move there.
CANAJOHARIE,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NEW YORK (1811 - 1843)
Reuben (1) and Anna moved to Canajoharie in 1811 with their
younger children and established a farm near the town. It is
told that (Ref.10) a Richard Bullock and another young man,
William Avery, had an experience with a panther in a cave
near the town of Stratford, Montgomery County in the very
early 1800's. "Bullock sharpened a stick, crawled into
the cave, and, as he gained the darkness, saw eyes glaring
upon him. .... Fearing some might discredit their story, they
brought out two of the heads and one whole carcass as
evidence of their exploit." This Richard may well have
been Richard (6), who along with his twin, Lewis, were the
youngest children of Reuben (1) and Anna.
From the records of the Free Will Baptist Church of Ames,
near Canajoharie, Hiram Bullock and Adam Bullock, both sons
of Reuben (1), are listed as new members in 1821. An A.
Bullock was pastor of this church in 1832. This same Hiram,
who married Catharine Seeber of Seeber's Lane near
Canajoharie, took over the family farm when Reuben (1) died
in 1827. Reference 10 gives Reuben (1)'s year of death as
1847, but this is probably incorrect. In records of Dutch
Reformed Church of Canajoharie, an item of business at a
meeting in 1835 was a resolution to have Mr. Lewis Bullock
lead the singing in the church. As noted briefly previously,
Anna's death is noted in the records of the English
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canajoharie in August of 1843
at age 78 years.
HURON,
WAYNE COUNTY, NEW YORK (1840 - 1845)
Calvin and Lucinda's first three children were born in
Columbia County before they moved to Wayne County in 1840, or
a year earlier since Calvin's family is listed as living in
Huron in the 1840 Federal Census. During the few years that
they lived in Huron, children Phebe and Martha were born.
Calvin's aunt and uncle, Nancy Bullock Sours(Sauer) and
Philips Sours had moved to Huron earlier as well as another
aunt and uncle, Diantha Bullock Guthrie and her husband.
Also, Calvin's cousin Sarek(Sarah) Bullock Wright, a daughter
of Adam of Canajoharie, lived in Huron; so at that time there
were many Bullocks in that area.
BARRINGTON,
YATES COUNTY, NEW YORK (1845 - 1919)
Calvin, Lucinda, and family moved to Barrington, Yates
County, New York in 1845 and there the four youngest children
were born. Walter Bullock, Calvin's elder brother, had moved
to Milo, Yates County some twenty years earlier and David
(1), Calvin's father, moved to Yates about the same time as
Calvin. In fact, all of David (1)'s children, Calvin's
brothers and sisters, except Mary Ann and Elizabeth who died
in Columbia County, moved to Yates County. Albert Sours
visited his uncle David and cousin Calvin in Barrington on
his honeymoon trip around 1850 and lists the names of
relatives met on that occasion and the location of the homes
of Calvin and David.
Hannah and German (1), children of David (1) and Marie, were
buried in the Second Milo Cemetery near the Baptist church.
Calvin, Lucinda, and their children Harriett(Hettie) and
Reuben (2) were also buried there giving rise to the
speculation that they were members of that church. Although
Marie's death date is listed as 1853, she is listed as living
with her son, Morgan, in Barrington in the 1855 New York
State Census. Where David (1) and Marie are buried is not
known.
Reuben (2) was in the 126th New York Volunteers, Company B in
the Civil War. Because of wounds suffered at Gettysburg, he
received a pension of $8 per month, later upped to $18 per
month having lost "a finger on each hand leaving the
right hand almost useless." This is according to a
letter from Reuben to his pension lawyer in Washington, D. C.
now in the possession of Philip G. Bullock. Reuben spent his
later years in the Old Soldier's and Sailor's Home in Bath,
New York and less than a month before he died, he applied for
a patent for "placing a reclining chair on a
Tricycle." Ironically, a blank patent form from the
United States Patent Office arrived after his death.
In 1848, about three years after they arrived in Barrington,
Herman Bullock was born to Calvin and Lucinda. Herman married
Drusilla Asenith Finton(Fenton) in 1871. One of their six
children was Homer Bullock, the author's father. The Fintons
and the Gleasons, Drusilla's mother was Emerancy Gleason,
were prominent and old families in Barrington (Ref.12). One
of Drusilla's brothers owned a large and prosperous basket
and crate factory that served the grape growers along the
shores of Keuka Lake. Herman Bullock operated a sawmill at
his home in Crosby along the lake. Homer Bullock was born to
Herman and Drusilla in 1888 at this house on the East Lake
Road and grew up there. He told many stories about the lake
including Glenn Curtiss' practice airplane flights off the
lake; how the lake steamers would stop at many points around
the lake to pick up passengers and the grape harvest; and how
he would swim across the lake. Homer grew up helping his
father in the saw mill business. This is where he learned the
love of shaping and treating wood and wood products that
stayed with him all his life.
While his three older brothers went to college and one to
graduate school, Homer never finished high school. The oldest
son, Joseph Finton Bullock went to Colgate University and
became a District Superintendent of Schools in Yates County
from 1912 to 1948. William Wallace Bullock also graduated
from Colgate and went on to graduate school at Columbia
University; he was a school teacher and principal of
Manchester High School, Manchester, Ontario County for
several years. Edgar Bullock went to West Virginia University
and graduated as a mechanical engineer.
Around 1905 Herman, because of his health problems, decided
to buy land and live on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. So while
Homer was still a teenager Herman and Drusilla went to Cuba
and left Homer behind in the care of his brother William
Wallace. One of the places William Wallace taught school was
in (of all places) Cuba, New York and Homer spent some time
going to high school there, but he never did graduate. Homer
made at least one trip to Santa Fe, Isle of Pines to visit
his parents but for the most part stayed in the states to get
his schooling. He did operate the saw mill during the years
between 1905 and 1910 and on one of his jobs he met his
future wife, Mary Florence Rector. It seems that while doing
some mill work with his portable steam saw mill for S. M.
Rector in Second Milo he met Mary for the first time. Mary
was born in Milo in 1889, graduated from Penn Yan Academy in
1908, and attended Normal School at Keuka College to become
qualified as a teacher.
Homer and Mary were married on 6 September 1911 at the home
of her parents. As recorded by the Penn Yan paper "the
Rev. Dr. Bethel, pastor of the Second Milo Baptist Church
officiated ..... the house was decorated with goldenrod and
ferns ..... her sister, Miss Helen Rector was honor maid and
Joseph Crosby was groomsman ..... later Mr. Bullock left with
his bride for Crosby, where they will reside." Their
first child, Herman Stephen, was born in 1913 but died of
convulsions at the age four and a half. Philip Gerald was
born in 1916 in Penn Yan while his parents were living at the
Lown place in Second Milo. Later, while Homer worked for a
brief period as a conductor on the trolley between Seneca
Falls and Geneva, the family lived in Waterloo, Seneca
County.
ABRA
GRANDE, ISLE OF PINES, CUBA (1919 - 1924)
Homer's brother Edgar had respiratory problems so he went to
live with Herman and Drusilla in Cuba. There he met some
Cuban businessmen who wanted a source for crates to package
fruits for the West Indies Fruit Importing Company. Edgar was
hired and set out to build and run the Pine-Box Lumber
Company at Abra Grande. To help put the factory together and
start it up, Edgar asked Homer to come to the Isle of Pines.
So in 1919 Homer, Mary and young Philip Gerald went to live
in the tropics. While they were there Ruth Hope Bullock was
born in 1920. Mary Florence Rector Bullock would later tell
Isle of Pines stories about sweeping large spiders out of
their house and the awful tropical heat and humidity. While
in Cuba, Homer taught himself to play the saxophone; a talent
that helped him later when in East Bloomfield he formed a
little musical group to play at banquets and meetings. The
family left the Isle of Pines in 1924 to go back to the
states so the children, Philip and Ruth, could attend school.
MILO,
YATES COUNTY, NEW YORK (1924 - 1928)
While Homer was in Abra Grande, he became interested in
tropical woods, made a study of the different kinds, and
found out where they were located on the Isle of Pines. When
he returned to Yates County, he teamed up with Howard
Swarthout to set up the Woodcraft Products Corporation to
make various novelties from tropical woods imported from the
Isle of Pines. Howard was the husband of Mary's sister, Helen
Egeria Rector. Homer went straight back to Cuba and spent six
months collecting the wood. A building was built in Second
Milo and turning lathes were assembled but the business never
got off the ground. Robert Homer and Calvin Fenton were born
to Homer and Mary in 1926 and 1928 respectively. They lived
in Penn Yan, Crosby, and Second Milo during this period.
WATERLOO,
SENECA COUNTY, NEW YORK (1928 - 1934)
Homer became the manager of the Singer Sewing Machine store
in Geneva the summer of 1928, so the family moved to the
Herman Brehm house in Waterloo. Paul David was born in that
house in 1929, delivered by Dr. Holmes. When the great
depression hit, Homer lost his job with Singer and spent the
next few years, when he could get the work, delivering coal.
While in Waterloo, Philip graduated from high school.
EAST
BLOOMFIELD, ONTARIO COUNTY, NEW YORK (1934 - 1944)
In 1934 Clarence Wemett from Hemlock, New York hired Homer to
do wood turning at the Roadside Craftsman in East Bloomfield.
The family moved first to the Cook house next to the Holloway
House and across the street from the Congregational Church;
then to the Condon house next to the Roadside Craftsman; and
then to the Parmalee house which was next to the Page house.
During this period Philip worked at the Roadside Craftsman;
for Lear Radio in New York City; and for Rittenhouse in
Honeoye Falls. He was drafted into the U. S. Army in 1941 and
served in Australia and New Guinea. Ruth Hope graduated from
high school in 1938, earned an R. N. at Genesee Hospital, and
married Peter James Vandenbergh Jr. in 1943. Peter served in
the U. S. Navy on board ship in the Pacific.
Homer had a variety of interests including raising rare
breeds of pigeons, keeping honeybees, making violins, playing
saxophone in his orchestra, and studying the Bible. When work
became slow at the Roadside Craftsman, Homer worked at a
furniture factory in Rochester and during the war worked at a
defense plant in Rochester. Because of the economic situation
Mary had to work doing housework, picking cherries, sorting
peaches and eggs, and babysitting.
Homer, Mary, and family were members of the First Methodist
Church in East Bloomfield where both taught sunday school
classes from time to time. Robert Homer and his family are,
at the time of this writing, still members of this church.
HOLCOMB,
ONTARIO COUNTY, NEW YORK (1944 - 1957)
In 1944, the Rubinstein house in Holcomb was purchased by
Homer and Mary. This home, the first owned by them, was a
large home on East Main Street and is presently owned by
Richard R. Rayburn. The large barn behind the house was
remodeled into a wood shop and when Philip was discharged
from the Army in 1945, Homer established his own business
which survived for several years. At one time, he had as many
as four employees to assist in the fabrication of wooden
items such as professional view camera parts, display cases,
novelty boxes, and broom heads. Philip worked with him for a
few years as did his son-in-law Peter Vandenbergh Jr. Ruth
Hope Bullock Vandenbergh and her son David Peter Vandenbergh
lived with Homer and Mary while her husband served in the
Navy.
During these years, Robert Homer graduated from high school,
served in the U. S. Navy, married Gwendolyn June Morrow, and
attended Syracuse University. Calvin Fenton graduated from
high school, served in the U. S. Army, married Catherine
Helen Jean Spy, graduated from the State University of New
York at Oswego, and graduated from Dallas Theological
Seminary. Paul David graduated from high school, graduated
from State University of New York at Albany, served in the U.
S. Army, received a graduate degree from the University of
Michigan, and married Anne Barclay Ashman. Mary worked in the
wood shop with Homer and later was employed in the Bloomfield
Central School cafeteria for several years.
During this time, to be close to family, Homer's brother
William Wallace and his wife, Harriett, moved to Holcomb
across the street from Homer in the Barden house. William
Wallace also moved a small building containing his wood shop
from Manchester, NY to an area next to Homer's wood shop;
William was an amateur woodworker.
This story ends with Homer's death in Holcomb in 1957 at the
age of 69. Mary survived him by almost 16 years. Both Homer
and Mary are buried in the East Bloomfield Cemetery near the
Methodist Church.
It is my sincere hope that this simple story that traces the
history of a common family will inspire you, the reader, as
it has inspired me to be appreciative for what has been
passed on to me by my ancestors, thankful for my present
family, and hopeful for the generations yet to come.
RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR ADDITIONAL RESEARCH
Many areas of the Bullock story deserve additional attention
to flesh out the historical details, to verify or deny
certain speculations related to genealogical connections, and
to add to the record at both ends. Five needful of special
emphasis are as follows:
The
genealogical connection between Reuben (1) Bullock
and Richard (4) Bullock needs to be investigated. Was
Reuben (1) really his son? Where was he born? Was
Anna Bockes actually David (1)'s mother?
Information
regarding David (1) and Calvin while they were living
in Chatham, New York, needs to be further researched.
Where did they live? Were they involved in a Baptist
Church? What was the extent of their military
service?
Similarly
for Richard (3) and Richard (4) in Stanford, Dutchess
County. Who did they rent their land from? Did they
eventually own their own land? What was the extent of
their military service?
Effort
should be expended to extend the record back prior to
1643. Where did Richard (1) come from?
Plans
should be made to continue the Bullock Story for the
present and future generations.
REFERENCES
Savage;
Dictionary of First Settlers of New England, Vol. I;
Boston, 1860.
Arnold,
James Newell; Vital Records of Rehoboth, 1645 - 1895,
Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths; Narrangansett
Publishing Co., 1897.
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