Merchant and civil leader in Colchester, CT
| When Burke met | 1780 |
| Where Burke met | Colchester, CT |
| Occupation | Commerce |
| Interaction with Burke | hired Burke to make nails |
| Identity Status | Confirmed |
| Genealogy | WikiTree |
| Memoir Pages | 28-9 |
Notes
Eliphalet Bulkeley (August 8, 1746 – January 11, 1816) was a military officer and civic leader born in Colchester, Connecticut, to John Prentice Bulkeley and Mary Adams. In 1767, he married his cousin Anna Bulkeley; records variably date the marriage to April 16 or September 16. The couple had ten children. Bulkeley served in the American Revolution, initially as a captain responding to the Lexington Alarm in 1775, and was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel of the 25th Regiment of the Connecticut State Militia in May 1780. In civilian life, he served as a justice of the peace in Colchester for over twenty years and represented the town in the Connecticut General Assembly during multiple terms between 1778 and 1794. In the spring of 1807, Bulkeley relocated to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he served as president of the borough council from May 1814 until his death.
Sources
Burke, William. Memoir of William Burke: A Soldier of the Revolution, Reformed from Intemperance, and for Many Years a Consistent and Devoted Christian; Carefully Prepared from a Journal Kept by Himself; to Which Is Added, an Extract from a Sermon Preached at His Funeral, by Rev. Nathaniel Miner. Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany, 1837.