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now in possession of Mrs. F. W. Bolande, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Beach and also a great-great granddaughter of Maltbie Buckley, who was born in 1776, and was one of the children to make his escape on the family oxcart. . . .The little family who had fled, had left the wash tubs filled with water in their haste, a scout dumped the water on the flames and quickly had them extinguished."
"The red salt-box house on Beach lane, was like all houses of its type and has been altered but little within or without, except for modern conveniences and a dome window in the back of the low slanting roof. A porch is part way across the front, which was not there in the earlier days and the quaint little panes of glass in the window frames have been replaced by more modern ones. The big chimney remains and the fireplaces have been retained. . . .
"The motto of the Bulkley family, translated, means: 'Neither rashly or timidly,' and the records of the little red salt-box house during the troublesome times of the Revolution showed that the motto was a fitting one." (Article by Helen Harrison).
After the death of her husband, Hannah mar. (2) Seth Morehouse (5), b. Fairfield, Conn. July 8, 1734; died at Fairfield, in March, 1799. Hannah died Oct. 3, 1820.
Seth Morehouse by his first wife, Ruth Sherwood, probably widow of Daniel Sherwood, and dau. of Daniel Summers, had a daughter, Parthenia Morehouse, who married Maltbie Buckley, son of Peter Ebe- nezer and Hannah (Maltbie) Buckley.
The Bulkley family lineage has been traced back to Robert Bulk- eley, lord of Buclough, Co. Pheshire, A.D. 1200. Maternal ances- tral lines include Davenport, (the family of Rev. John Davenport of New Haven) Bird (family of Dorothy (Bird) Lord) of Hartford, Cres- sonor, Ilsby of Lincolnshire, and many others. The Bulkleys are en- titled to a coat-of-arms.
Bulkley Arms.
Arms: Sable, a chevron argent, between three bull's heads, or, affronte.
Crest: out of a ducal coronet or, a bull's head and neck, argent, on profile (Ref. Hall Genealogy, p. 122).
Children of Hannah Maltbie and Peter Ebenezer Bulkley.
IV.140. Ebenezer Bulkley, b. Nov. 19, 1766.
IV.141. Hannah " b. Oct. 14, 1768.
IV.142. Maltbie " b. Dec. 3, 1770.
IV.143. Sarah " b. May 2, 1773.
IV.144. Mary " b. May 14, 1775.
IV.145. John " b. Oct. 28, 1778; d. 1782.
IV.146. Abigail " b. Mch. 16, 1781; d. April 7, 1788.
IV.147. George " b. Aug. 2, 1784; m. Ruth Barnes;
he died in 1864 in Ohio.
Fourth Generation
IV.46. Esther Maltby, b. Dec. 28, 1725, Middletown, Conn. (John 3, John 2, Wm. 1). Mar. April 17, 1744, Daniel Hurd, Jr. of Killing- worth, Conn., where they resided. He was a son of Daniel Hurd, Sr., and Rachel Smith. (Ref. Donald Lines Jacobus). Daniel
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