He was the founder of Concord, Massachusetts and the ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson. In 1635 he gained a grant for a plantation near the old native village of Musketaquid. He was renowned across the colony for his sermons.∼Rev. Peter Bulkeley
Birth: 31 JAN 1582/83 in Odell or Woodhill, Bedfordshire, England.
Death: 9 MAR 1659 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

*** This is a memorial (cenotaph). Peter Bulkeley's actual tomb is in the Old Burial Ground in Concord, MA.

Born in England, arrived in Cambridge MA 1634 for Religious Libert

He was the founder of Concord, Massachusetts and the ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson. In 1635 he gained a grant for a plantation near the old native village of Musketaquid. He was renowned across the colony for his sermons.

**** Note: This grave is a cenotaph. A separate memorial is in Old Hill Burying Ground in Concord.

Peter (1582-1659) of Concord, Massachusetts.


Note:
B.A., St. John's College, Cambridge,. 1604/5, M.A. 1608, ordained Deacon and priest June 1608, Canon of Lichfield 1609, University preacher 1610. Married (1) at Goldington, Bedforshire 12 Apr. 1613, Jane Allen, da. of Thomas Allen, Gent., by Mary Fairclough. They had 7 sons.

Douglas Richardson, _Plantagenet Ancestry_, p. 163-65

Rev. Peter Bulkeley, 50, of Odell, county Bedford, Mrs. Grace Bulkeley, 30, John Bulkeley, 15, Benjamin Bulkeley, 11, Daniel Bulkeley, 9, Priscilla Jarman, 10, Elizabeth Taylor, 10, and Anne Lieford, 13, were on the list of passengers on the SUSAN AND ELLEN, Edward Payne, Master. She sailed in May, but the date of her arrival is not of record. No certificates of residence accompanied this list.
(The Planters of The Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640, page 134)

Father: Edward BULKELEY b: 1540 in Woore, Shropshire, England
Mother: Olive IRBY b: 1547 in Goldington, England

Married: 1) Jane ALLEN b: 17 JAN 1587 in O'Dell, Bedfordshire, England c: 13 JAN 1588 in Goldington, Bedfordshire, England
Married: 12 APR 1613 in St. Mary's Church, Goldington, Bedford, England

Children
1. Edward BULKELEY b: BEF 12 JUN 1614 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England c: 12 JUN 1614 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England
2. Mary BULKELEY b: 24 AUG 1615 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England
3. Thomas BULKELEY b: 11 APR 1617 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England c: 13 APR 1617 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England
4. Nathaniel BULKELEY b: BEF 29 NOV 1618 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England c: 29 NOV 1618 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England
(* William BULKEY b: ABT 1619 in Prince George, MD or Westham Essex England......*Questionable)
5. John BULKELEY b: 17 FEB 1620 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England c: 6 FEB 1620 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England
6. Mary BULKELEY b: BEF 1 NOV 1621 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England
7. Joseph BULKELEY b: BEF 4 MAY 1623 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England c: 4 MAY 1623 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England
(?) George BULKELEY b: 17 MAY 1623 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England
8. Daniel BULKELEY b: BEF 28 AUG 1625 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England
9. Jabez BULKELEY b: BEF 10 DEC 1626 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England. Buried: 2 Dec 1629

Married: 2) Grace CHETWOOD
Married: 15 APR 1634 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England

Children
Rev. Gershom BULKELEY b: 6 DEC 1636 In Concord, MA
Eleazer Bulkeley b: 1638; a member of the class of 1658 at Harvard College, but did not graduate. Named in his father's Will.
Dorothy BULKELEY b: 2 June 1640 in Concord, MA
Peter BULKELEY b: 12 JUN 1643 in Concord, MA

See the book "Rev. Peter Bulkeley; an acct. of His Career, His Anc. & Anc. of his Two Wives & His Relatives in Eng. & New Eng"

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Message rec'd:
"Dorothy BULKELEY b: 2 Aug 1640 [should be 2 JUN 1640] in Concord, MA, m. Jonathan Wade 9 Dec 1660 in Ipswich, MA"

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Note: Your original information on the birthdate of Dorothy was correct -- She was born in August, not June.
"Dorothie the daughtr of mr Peter Buckley was borne the 2 (6th) 1640" At the time, the year began on March 25, not January 1, so the 6th month was August.