Grace <I>Chetwode</I> Bulkeley

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Grace Chetwode Bulkeley

Birth
Chetwode, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England
Death
21 Apr 1669 (aged 66–67)
New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
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4-23-22 Dave Clark (48286713) suggested the following exciting information:
Of significance, Grace Chetwood is identified in a book (p.11) that identifies her family history of royal lines (Line 7). "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700" by Weis, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore MD.

4-23-22 Grace Chetwood is mentioned on page 442 as a descendant of Edward I, King of England d. 1307 (and wife of Rev. Peter Bulkeley) in:
"The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States" and/or "Immigrant Descendants of Early Medieval Kings" (per Ancestry.com) and on page 442 as the 2nd wife of Rev. Peter Bulkeley - he descended from Henry II, King of England d. 1189.

4-23-22 Grace Chetwood is mentioned on page 60 as a descendant of Edward I, King of England and Alianore De Castille in:
Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists by David Faris.

4-23-22 Grace Chetwood is mentioned on page 90 of:
"Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants. Volume III"
Chapter XXIX Chetwood, Bulkeley, Webb, Foster, Chapman, Terry...

4-23-22 Grace Chetwood is mentioned on page 355 of:
English Origins of New England Families, Second Series, Vol. I
Ancestry of Grace (Chetwood) Bulkeley, Second Wife of Rev. Peter Bulkeley. This gives several generations of her lineage.

4-23-22 Grace Chetwood is mentioned on page 125 as the daughter of Sir Richard Chetwode and the 2nd wife of Rev. Peter Bulkeley in this record:
"Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 for Peter Bulkeley
Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume VII
Bulkeley Family"

4-23-22 Grace Chetwood/Chetwode is mentioned on page 85 of:
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Grace Chetwode
Genealogical notes relating to the families of Hon Lyman Hall of Georgia; Hon Samuel Holden Parsons.

11-21-20 The biography below was created by Bill Velde. Thank you, Bill, for entrusting my ancestor's memorial to me.

Grace Chetwood was born about 1602 (aged 33 or 30 in 1635), "a virtuous daughter of Sir Richard Chetwood." She married the Rev. Peter Bulkeley in April 1635 as his 2nd wife, and came to Massachusetts Bay with him & her stepchildren in 1635 on the "Susan & Ellen." They first settled in Cambridge MA & later moved to Concord MA.They had four children: Gershom, Eleazer, Dorothy, & Peter.
She died at New London 21 Apr 1669, widow of the "sometime Pastor of the ch[irc]h of Concord, deceased. She was a woman of great piety and wisdom & died in good old age. Her sickness was long and very afflictive. She was sick near 3 months before she died. she had not the use of her understanding but by fits, the greatest part of her sickness."
4-23-22 Dave Clark (48286713) suggested the following exciting information:
Of significance, Grace Chetwood is identified in a book (p.11) that identifies her family history of royal lines (Line 7). "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700" by Weis, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore MD.

4-23-22 Grace Chetwood is mentioned on page 442 as a descendant of Edward I, King of England d. 1307 (and wife of Rev. Peter Bulkeley) in:
"The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States" and/or "Immigrant Descendants of Early Medieval Kings" (per Ancestry.com) and on page 442 as the 2nd wife of Rev. Peter Bulkeley - he descended from Henry II, King of England d. 1189.

4-23-22 Grace Chetwood is mentioned on page 60 as a descendant of Edward I, King of England and Alianore De Castille in:
Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists by David Faris.

4-23-22 Grace Chetwood is mentioned on page 90 of:
"Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants. Volume III"
Chapter XXIX Chetwood, Bulkeley, Webb, Foster, Chapman, Terry...

4-23-22 Grace Chetwood is mentioned on page 355 of:
English Origins of New England Families, Second Series, Vol. I
Ancestry of Grace (Chetwood) Bulkeley, Second Wife of Rev. Peter Bulkeley. This gives several generations of her lineage.

4-23-22 Grace Chetwood is mentioned on page 125 as the daughter of Sir Richard Chetwode and the 2nd wife of Rev. Peter Bulkeley in this record:
"Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 for Peter Bulkeley
Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume VII
Bulkeley Family"

4-23-22 Grace Chetwood/Chetwode is mentioned on page 85 of:
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Grace Chetwode
Genealogical notes relating to the families of Hon Lyman Hall of Georgia; Hon Samuel Holden Parsons.

11-21-20 The biography below was created by Bill Velde. Thank you, Bill, for entrusting my ancestor's memorial to me.

Grace Chetwood was born about 1602 (aged 33 or 30 in 1635), "a virtuous daughter of Sir Richard Chetwood." She married the Rev. Peter Bulkeley in April 1635 as his 2nd wife, and came to Massachusetts Bay with him & her stepchildren in 1635 on the "Susan & Ellen." They first settled in Cambridge MA & later moved to Concord MA.They had four children: Gershom, Eleazer, Dorothy, & Peter.
She died at New London 21 Apr 1669, widow of the "sometime Pastor of the ch[irc]h of Concord, deceased. She was a woman of great piety and wisdom & died in good old age. Her sickness was long and very afflictive. She was sick near 3 months before she died. she had not the use of her understanding but by fits, the greatest part of her sickness."


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