Thomas Bullard & his Ancestors
Alternative spellings: Ballard, Bollard
Associated families:
2. Dannel (Daniel, Dorrel?)
3. Rigden
4. Silk
Generation No.1
1. Thomas Bullard, baptised in Chilham, Canterbury, on 17 March 1750/51. He was the son of 2. Thomas Bullard and 3. Hannah Dannel.
Generation No.2
2. Thomas Bullard, baptised in Chilham, Canterbury, on 19 June 1715; buried in Chilham on 9 April 1759(?). He was the son of 4. Thomas Bullard and 5. Susannah Rigden, widow. He (Thomas Bollard) married 3. Hannah Dannel (Daniel, Dorrel?) in Chilham on 1 October 1749.
3. Hannah Dannel, born circa 1720. After the death of her husband she remarried, to William Epps, widower, in Chilham on 21 December 1767. Although the name is shown as Dannel, possibly intended for Daniel, there is a family in Chilham called Dorrel at this time.
Note: Thomas Bullard appears to be their only child.
Generation No.3
4. Thomas Bullard, born circa 1680; buried in Chilham on 30 October 1729(?). He married 5. Susannah Rigden, widow of Augustine Tapley in Molash, Canterbury, on 3 October 1714.
He was probably the son of Thomas Bullard and Mary Silk, who had three children
baptised in Chilham and two others in Westbere (see below)
5. Susannah Rigden, born circa 1680. She married Augustine (Austin) Tapley in East Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent, on 4 February 1705/06. They had four children, Elizabeth (baptised 25 November 1707), Sarah (baptised 21 January 1708/09), John (baptised 5 June 1711) and Augustine (baptised 9 November 1712, buried 20 January 1712/13). Augustine Tapley was buried on 25 February 1711/12)
Children of Thomas Bullard and Susannah Rigden
Thomas Bullard baptised 19 June 1715
There is a Mary Bullard who married William Court on 28 December 1731
who just possibly might be the one baptised above.
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Generation No.4
These identifications are, at present, only tentative.
8. Thomas Bullard, born circa 1650(?). He (Thomas Bollard of Westbere) married 9. Mary Silk in Crundale, Canterbury, on 14 October 1677.
9. Mary Silk, born circa 1650(?)
There is a Thomas Bullard Senior, aged 84 (i.e. born circa 1630), buried in Chilham on 8 November 1714. His wife Mary was buried in Chilham on 15 November 1714
Children of Thomas Bullard and Mary ------
Ann Bullard (baptised in Westbere on 7 September 1679, buried on 12 September 1679)
John Bullard (baptised in Westbere on 6 February 1683/84, buried in Chilham on 17 January 1709/10)
George Bullard (baptised in Chilham on 4 April 1686, buried 6 May 1686)
Henry Bullard (baptised in Chilham 22 May 1687)
Edward Bullard (baptised 17 March 1688/89)
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