Thankful Bullard

1702 - 1793  (90 years)

• Name	Thankful Bullard
  Birth	27 Dec 1702	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  History	1780 (77 years)  [2]
  In later life, Thankful became insane and was cared for by her son, John. According to Morse (1855) this was an inherited trait of the Bullard family. Finally in 1792, she became so troublesome that Abner Morse was given guardianship over her. Abner was noted for his management of the insane.
  Death	2 Mar 1793	Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 4]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 4 sisters
  + 1. Thankful Bullard,   b. 27 Dec 1702, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 Mar 1793, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 90 years) ▻ Lt. John Harding,  m. 2 Jul 1722   2. John Bullard,   b. 16 May 1705, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 29 Sep 1758, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 53 years)   3. Abigail Bullard,   b. 4 Dec 1708, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Apr 1738, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 29 years)   4. Hannah Bullard,   b. 12 May 1714, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 21 Mar 1792, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 77 years)   5. Mary Bullard,   b. 7 Apr 1717, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1799, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 81 years)   6. Comfort Bullard,   b. 2 Mar 1721, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Jul 1789, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 68 years)   7. Henry Bullard,   b. 1 Oct 1723, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 30 Apr 1799, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 75 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Bullard,   b. Abt 1485, Barnham, Suffolk, England   (5 x Great Grandfather)  Hannah Johnson,   b. Abt 1632   d. Nov 1690, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 58 years)  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I121	Roy Line
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Lt. John Bullard,   b. 7 Mar 1678, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Jan 1754, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Abigail Leland,   b. 17 Feb 1683, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 30 Nov 1761, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Lt. John Harding,   b. 6 Apr 1694, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Aug 1782, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	2 Jul 1722	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  They were married by Samuel Sewall.
  Age at Marriage	She : 19 years and 7 months - He : 28 years and 3 months.
  Children	1 son and 3 daughters
  +   1. John Harding, Jr,   b. 20 Jan 1723/24, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Sep 1809, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 85 years) ▻ Kezia Pond  m. 9 Jan 1745     2. Abigail Harding,   b. 22 Sep 1726, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Apr 1804, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 77 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Thankful Harding,   b. 17 Dec 1735, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Mercy Harding,   b. 9 Dec 1737, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2018

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Thankful Bullard(1702 – 1793) 2Lt. John Bullard(1678 – 1754) 4Benjamin Bullard(Abt 1634 – 1689) 8Robert Bullard(Abt 1598 – 1639) 16William Bullard(Abt 1562 – ) 17Grace Bignett(1567 – ) 9Anne Martyn(1604 – 1660) 18John Martyn(Abt 1576 – 1629/30) 19unknown wife( – 1629) 5Elizabeth Thorpe( – 1719) 10Henry Thorpe 20 21 11 22 23 3Abigail Leland(1683 – 1761) 6Deacon Hopestill Leland(1655 – 1729) 12Henry Layland(Abt 1625 – 1680) 24Hopestill Layland(Abt 1580 – 1655) 25Experience( – 1700) 13Margaret Badcock(Abt 1629 – 1705) 26 27 7Abigail Hill(2 Feb 1658/59 – 1689) 14John Hill(Abt 1630 – 23 Jan 1717/18) 28John Hill(Abt 1602 – 1664) 29Frances Tilden(Abt 1608 – ) 15Hannah Johnson(Abt 1632 – 1690) 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Dec 1702 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - 2 Jul 1722 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 2 Mar 1793 - Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887). [S85] Morse, Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans volume IV, (Boston: H. W. Dutton & Son, 1864). [S93] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903). [S997] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905). [S94] Muse, Jeanne. Family Group Sheets of the Ancestry of Jeanne Muse, (Asheville, North Carolina: manuscript, 20 August 1995). [S83] Harding, Glen F. A Record of the Ancestry, Family and Descendants of Abraham Harding, (Ogden, Utah: Glen F. Harding M.D., 1979). [S71] Johnson, Hugh Albert. Norris, Hackett, Prescott and Allied Families Our Ancestors and Their Descendants, (Annandale, Virginia: Charles Baptie Studios, 1975). [S78] Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts, (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855). [S68] Jameson, E. O. The Biographical Sketches of Prominent Persons and the Genealogical Records of Many Early and Other Families in Medway, Mass. 1713-1886, (Providence, Rhode Island: J.A. & R.A. Reid Printers, 1886).