John Bullard

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Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Patricia Jane Loomis ← Edward Byron Loomis ← Isaac Hayes Loomis ← Juliette Cordelia Hayes ← Nelson Hayes ← Rhoda Slaughter ← Lois Carpenter ← Amie Carpenter ← Abial Carpenter ← Abiall Bullard ← Joseph Bullard ← John Bullard

Born

Barnham, Suffolk, England

Died

October 27, 1678, in Medfield, Massachusetts

Married

England

Migration

Abt. 1635: Came from England to America with his wife Magdalene

Family

Father

William Buller

Mother

Grace Bignett

Child in this line

Joseph Bullard

Children

John Bullard
b. England · d. October 14, 1635, in England
Magdalen Bullard
b. Abt. October 1635 in England · d. December 27, 1676
m. John Partridge, December 18, 1655
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

Siblings

Margaret Bullard
b. Abt. 1588 around Barnham, Suffolk, England
Joane Bullard
b. Abt. 1590 around Barnham, Suffolk, England
Grace Bullard
b. Abt. 15881/15922 around Barnham, Suffolk, England
William Bullard
b. Abt. 1594 around Barnham, Suffolk, England · d. December 23, 1686, in Dedham, Massachusetts
m. ____; Mary ____, January 4, 1653, in Cambridge, 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. Abt. 15982/16001 around Barnham, Suffolk, England · d. April 24, 1639, in Watertown, Massachusetts
m. Ann ____
George Bullard
b. Abt. 16022/16071/16081 around Barnham, Suffolk, England · d. January 14, 1688[1689], in Watertown, Massachusetts
m. Margaret ____; Beatrice Hall; Mary ____, April 20, 1655, in Watertown, Massachusetts; Jane ____, May 2, 1672, in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Ellen Bullard
b. 15911/Abt. 16042 around Barnham, Suffolk, England

In brief

Born Abt in Barnham, Suffolk, England. Abt. He married England. He died October 27, 1678, in Medfield, Massachusetts.

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.

At a glance

Lived

Watertown, Massachusetts · Dedham, Massachusetts · Medfield, Massachusetts

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).