In brief

Born April 26, 1643, in Dedham, Massachusetts. He married about 1664.

Family

Spouse
m. 1664

Children

  • Joseph Bullard
    b. September 12, 1665
    m. Margaret Cheney, June 25, 1691
  • Sarah Bullard
    b. November 21, 1667
  • John Bullard
    b. March 28, 1669
    m. Margaret ____
    m. Abigail Warren, August 5, 1701
  • Rachel Bullard
    b. November 15, 1674
    m. Benoni Morse, September 28, 1701
  • Nathaniel Bullard
    b. September 2, 1679
    d. January 3, 1680
  • Abiall Bullard · in this line
    b. 29 September/October 1681, in Medfield, Massachusetts
    m. Abraham Carpenter, May 1, 1705, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
    d. June 5, 1713
  • Hannah Bullard
    b. 1681
  • Ebenezer Bullard
    b. October 13, 1685, in Medfield, Massachusetts
    m. Susanna Weston around 1710
    d. November 28, 1765, in Medfield, Massachusetts
  • Samuel Bullard
    b. September 15, 1702

Siblings

  • John Bullard
    b. England
    d. October 14, 1635, in England
  • Magdalen Bullard
    b. Abt. October 1635 in England
    m. John Partridge, December 18, 1655
    d. December 27, 1676
  • Abigail Bullard
    b. October 8, 1641, in Dedham, Massachusetts
    m. Quintane Stockwell, April 11, 1666
  • Hannah Bullard
    b. February 1, 1645[1646], in Dedham, Massachusetts
    m. Benjamin Allen, March 6, 1669
  • Michael Bullard
    b. March 21, 1648[1649], in Dedham, Massachusetts

Life story

Rebuilding After King Philip's War

Joseph Bullard was baptized April 30, 1643, in Dedham, Massachusetts, son of John Bullard, and settled in Medfield, where his home was burned down during King Philip's War around 1675 — he never rebuilt it, living instead on his father's homestead for the next two decades. Despite the loss, Joseph joined other burned-out Medfield residents in 1678 in subscribing corn to help support the newly founded Harvard College. In 1695 he purchased land where Medfield, Dover, and Walpole met, settling there and eventually passing the farm to his son Nathaniel.

Sources (1)
  1. Edgar J. Bullard, Bullard and Allied Families (Detroit, Michigan: Edgar J. Bullard, 1930); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/bullardalliedfam00bull : accessed 12 August 2026).