John Bullard

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In brief

Born about 1596/1601/1602 in Barnham, Suffolk, England. About 1635: Came from England to America with his wife Magdalene. He married in England. He died October 27, 1678, in Medfield, Massachusetts.

Family

Father

William Buller

Mother

Grace Bignett

Spouse

Magdalene ____

Spouse

Ellen ____

Children

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
Joseph Bullard · in this line
b. April 26, 1643, in Dedham, Massachusetts
m. Sarah ____, Abt. 1664
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
John Bullard
b. England
d. October 14, 1635, in England

Siblings

Margaret Bullard
b. Abt. 1588 around Barnham, Suffolk, England
Joane Bullard
b. Abt. 1590 around Barnham, Suffolk, England
Grace Bullard
b. c. 1588
William Bullard
b. Abt. 1594 around Barnham, Suffolk, England
m. ____
m. Mary ____, January 4, 1653, in Cambridge, Massachusetts
d. December 23, 1686, in Dedham, Massachusetts
Katharine Bullard
b. Abt. February 1598[1599] near Barnham St. Martin, Suffolk, England
d. Abt. February 1598[1599] near Barnham St. Martin, Suffolk, England
Mary Bullard
b. Abt. February 1598[1599] near Barnham St. Martin, Suffolk, England
d. Abt. February 1598[1599] near Barnham St. Martin, Suffolk, England
Robert Bullard
b. c. 1598
m. Ann ____
d. April 24, 1639, in Watertown, Massachusetts
George Bullard
b. c. 1602
m. Margaret ____
m. Beatrice Hall
m. Mary ____, April 20, 1655, in Watertown, Massachusetts
m. Jane ____, May 2, 1672, in Charlestown, Massachusetts
d. January 14, 1688[1689], in Watertown, Massachusetts
Ellen Bullard
b. 1591/Abt. 1604 around Barnham, Suffolk, England

Life story

Founding Medfield

John Bullard was born around 1596–1602 in Barnham, Suffolk, England, and emigrated to Massachusetts around 1635 with his wife Magdalene, settling in Watertown, where he became a church member and took the freeman's oath in 1640. He helped found Dedham the following year, one of its original proprietors under a founding social contract signed with fellow settlers, and moved on again in 1650 to become one of the founding proprietors of Medfield, where he was assigned an eight-acre house lot. In 1675 he subscribed to help fund the newly established Harvard College with a pledge of corn. John died in Medfield on October 27, 1678, leaving his homestead to his son Joseph.

Sources (2)

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).
Clifford L. Stott, “The English Bullard Family Revisited and their Bignett Connection,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 154 (April 2000): 172-188; image copy, American Ancestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11634/172/23557221 : accessed 13 August 2026).