Gershom bulkeley biography samples

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Removal of the Bulkeley remains from the tomb of Gershom Bulkeley and his descendants concluded on August 22, 2002, but that was not the end of this FOSA project. Over the past winter the remains were cataloged and studied. In July 2003 the majority of the remains were packaged, inventoried, and packed into six Ziegler cases (zinc boxes with a removable cover). The remains that were to be x-rayed were held out until that phase of the investigation was completed in September 2003.

In November 2002 the front of the Bulkeley Tomb was re-built. It was not until August 22, 2003 that the back end of the tomb was excavated. Since the brick exposure on the back was about 36 inches high and in good condition, it was decided to completely remove the pile of dirt on the east end. We found that the roof arch was covered with a thin layer of dirt and loose two-inch thick stone slabs so the dirt was left in place and replanted with grass.

On September 4, 2003, the lone zinc-lined coffin was finally opened to reveal a five-year-old child with remains of a shroud still in place. Hair samples were taken for future study. The next day the remains were returned to the tomb and the doorway sealed. Stanley Moroch, Colchester municipal historian, had the honor of placing the last brick. So

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New England’s Alchemists, pt. 2: Bulkeley and Lodowick

(You’d be forgiven in thinking that I’d forgotten about our various orphaned posts, but I really do intend to wrap up various series – yes, Derleth Country included!  Here’s part 2, of 3, in “New England’s Alchemists”); see part 1 here.)

Gershom Bulkeley (1636 – 1713)

Some figures definitely straddle the border between what we would now delineate into medicine and philosophy, those who appear to have been more interested in ‘practical’ alchemy rather than in the philosophical or spiritual dimension of the art.  Connecticut’s Gershom Bulkeley is a prime example of this sort.

Gershom Buckeley

Born to a prominent early Massachusetts family, Bulkeley graduated from Harvard in 1658, and took up the ministry.  He moved to New London, Connecticut, in 1661 with his wife and young family to serve at the church there, but apparently differences of doctrine made it a poor fit, so he moved a few years later to Wethersfield.  He served as a physician for the Connecticut militia during King Philip’s War in 1675-6, during which conflict he was wounded.  In the years after that war he moved away from the ministry, focusing on his medical practice and commercial in