Benjamin Bullock (1792 - 1852): Our Family History

1792 - 1852 (60 years) Has 2 ancestors and 84 descendants in this family tree.

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Name	Benjamin Bullock
Birth	30 Mar 1792	Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
Gender	Male
Death	27 Jul 1852	North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Burial	27 Jul 1852	North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Initiatory (LDS)	1 Oct 1880
FamilySearch ID	LTH2-8VM
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Person ID	I19929	mytree
Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

Father	Benjamin Bullock, b. 22 Feb 1769, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States d. 5 Oct 1810, Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States (Age 41 years)
Mother	Sybil Drake, b. 11 Jun 1770, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States d. 5 Apr 1863, Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States (Age 92 years)
Marriage	1789	Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
Family ID	F9575	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Dorothy Kimball, b. 6 Apr 1799, Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States d. 23 Sep 1853, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 54 years)

Marriage 24 Jan 1818 Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

Children

	1. Jane Kelton Bullock, b. 4 Sep 1819, Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States d. 15 Sep 1910, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 91 years)
	2. Benjamin Kimball Bullock, b. 27 Jan 1821, Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States d. 22 Mar 1901, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 80 years)
+	3. Isaac Bullock, b. 21 Oct 1824, Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States d. 16 Mar 1891, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 66 years)
	4. Mary Ann Polly Bullock, b. 19 Sep 1829, Franklin, Delaware, New York, United States d. 18 Aug 1901, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 71 years)
	5. Willis W Bullock, b. Apr 1832, Moira, Franklin, New York, United States d. Dec 1915, Doniphan, Kansas, United States (Age 83 years)
	6. Jared John Bullock, b. 2 Apr 1834, Moira, Franklin, New York, United States d. 22 Nov 1909, Lonetree, Uinta, Wyoming, United States (Age 75 years)
	7. Dorothy Melissa Bullock, b. 10 Feb 1839, Moira, Franklin, New York, United States d. 7 Jan 1844 (Age 4 years)

Family ID F8697 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 6 Mar 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 30 Mar 1792 - Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
	Marriage - 24 Jan 1818 - Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
	Death - 27 Jul 1852 - North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
	Burial - 27 Jul 1852 - North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

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Notes

The Bullock lineage stems back to the ancient seat in Arborfield, Berk s h i re, England. The surname is traced 300 years before general adopt i o n o f surnames and was spelled Bulluc, Bullok, Bullae, and Bulloch. I t s coa t of arms is very ancient, characterized by several bullock s a mi d o ther emblems. Family tradition sustains the record that findi n g a ch il d in a bull's manager was the origin of the name.

Richard Bullock, an immigrant born in 1622 in Essex, England, was acco m p a nied in 1636 by his two brothers Henry and Edward to America. One s et t le d in Virginia. Richard lived most of this life in Rehoboth, but a ls o i n N ewton, L.l., for a time. Lists of emigrants give Henry of St . Law renc e, E ssex and Edward of Berkshire, but no county is listed fo r Richa rd.

The maternal lineage of Drake, Reed, Richmond & Rogers descends fr o m T h omas Rogers of the Mayflower who died in 1621 in Plymouth. Drak e i s o n e of the oldest families of history. The name Drake is from lat in " drag o • and signifies one who draws or leads. The first Drake or Dr ago i n Eng la nd was a Roman soldier who came with the army of Julius Ca esar . Instea d o f returning to Rome, he stayed in England and settled i n Dev on when W illi am I came in 1066.

Mt. Drake was an early manor to Musbury. It was given to the Drak e s b y W illiam of England. It was
home of most of our ancestry.

The Bullocks and Kimballs were prominent in New Hampshire where Benj a m i n and Dorothy were married, only a short distance from the Prophe t Jo se p h Smith's birthplace 20 years before. After the third baby wa s born , th e y moved to Moira, New York, where Dorothy and family were c onverte d thr ou gh John Riggs as missionary. Soon John married Jane, th e eldest , but M orm ons being extremely unpopular, the townspeople mobbe d them, s o the co upl e left town. When his mission was over, the Bulloc ks moved t o Nauvoo.

After the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, they moved south of Na u v o o to Green Plain. The next year their home as burned before their e ye s, a nd in the spring of 1846, they fled into the wilderness west of M iss i ssip pi, living at Council Bluff until 1852, when they set out fo r Utah . On th e North Platte River, Benjamin took sick and asked to be b aptized . His so n Isaac did this to the joy of all. However, the ailmen t prov e d to be ch olera. He was buried 27 July 1852.

The bereaved widow marched on with the family, settling in Provo whe r e J o hn and Jane Riggs had gone before and secured their home. On 23 S ep tem be r 1853, Dorothy also died of Cholera unable to see her two elde s t son s b ecome 2nd and 3rd Mayors of Provo. Not only results of indust ri ous sa cr i fices, but a heritage of pioneer leadership is ours.

In October 1956, a plaque of Mormon Pioneers was dedicated at Garden G r o v e, Iowa by Apostle Ezra Taft Benson in honor of those driven from N au v o o and stopped at this Iowa City, in their long trek westward. Pres ide n t I.A. Smoot of Chicago was a guest speaker whose own grandparent s we r e list ed there 104 years before.

With Benjamin and Dorothy Kimball Bullock were three sons Benjamin Kim b a l l, with his wife, Isaac and Jared John and Mary Ann (Roberts). Jan e R i gg s had migrated west in 1851 with Dr. John, her husband, preparin g f o r th e Bullocks coming.

This history is taken from the records of Isaac Bullock, a son. I t i s e s pecially interesting as Benjamin made acquaintance with Michae l Cha ndl e r who inherited some mummies from his uncle, Antonio Lebolo . He ev ent ua lly was asked by Mr. Chandler to take him to meet Josep h Smith wh o tra nsl ated them as the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Gre at Price.

"Benjamin Bullock III was born March 30, 1792 in Grafton, New Hampshi r e . Originally his progenitors came from England; and, with the Pilgri m s , turned their backs to the religious tyranny of their homeland. So m e c a me on the Mayflower and others came on the ship, Abigail, in Jun e 16 3 3 an d settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

"Benjamin Bullock III married Dorothy (Dolly) Kimball, a cousin of H e b e r C. Kimball. Thus, the Bullocks knew a little about the Mormons . T h e B ullocks were living in Moirie, New York when Benjamin went to N ew Y or k Ci ty where he happened upon Michael Chandler in the Custom Hou se. M r. Chan dler had just received an inheritance of some mummies and s crol l s from hi s uncle, Antonio Lebolo. They had been found in the cata com b s of Thebes, Egypt. He wondered what to do with them. Benjamin to l d h im of the Pr ophet Joseph Smith's ability to translate ancient reco rd s. After showin g the mummies and scrolls up and down the coastal cit i e s for about two ye ars, Mr. Chandler accepted Benjamin's offer to ta k e hi m, the mummies an d scrolls to Kirtland, Ohio to meet the prophet . T he y piled them all int o an old buckboard wagon and left for Kirtlan d, O hio. Mr. Chandler was i mpressed with the prophet's translations an d gav e h im a certificate to th at effect, and offered to sell the Churc h th e mumm ies and scrolls. Two b rethren went among the saints and obta ine d suffic ient money to purchase t he remaining 4 mummies and the scro ll s which wer e displayed in the Kirtla nd Temple. Speculation soared a s t o who the mu mmies were. The Prophet t old part of his family that a t lea st one was a n Egyptian king and one hi s queen and one was their C hild . The Prophe t Joseph Smith translated th e scrolls, which are now i n th e Pearl of Gre at Price as the Book of Abrah am.

"Even though all the family but Benjamin and his son, Isaac, who wa s a w a y in New York City, studying at Columbia University, became membe r s o f th e Church at that time, there was speculation why Benjamin di d no t jo in th e church since he was always favorably impressed with th e trut hfuln ess o f the gospel. Some thought he felt he could defend th e Mormon s bet ter i f he wasn't one of them; and others felt that he cou ldn't ove rcom e a ba d habit and thus felt unworthy.

"Soon the persecution aimed at the church members became so bad tha t t h e y weren't happy living in New York; so they sold their home and l oad e d th eir belongings and left for Nauvoo, driving all of their far m anim al s bef ore them. The Prophet Joseph and Hyrum had been slain wh en th e Bu llock s arrived and they bought a farm and a new frame house a t Gree n Pla ins ne ar the city of Nauvoo. While here, in October 1844, t heir so n, Is aac, jo ined them, having Completed his law course at Colum bia Univ ersity. He al so joined the Church; but in the fall of 1845, the y were dr ive n from thei r home by a mob. Their new home was burned befo re their e yes. They too k refuge in the city of Nauvoo for the winter, b ut early i n t he spring o f 1846 they were obliged to flee with the bod y of the Chu rc h into the wil derness west of the Mississippi River. The y lived at Co un cil Bluffs, Iow a until 1852 when they set out for Utah.

"When they arrived at the Platte River, Benjamin Bullock became il l w i t h cholera. His son, Isaac, baptized him in the river at Benjamin' s re q ue st. He only lived 5 hours and was wrapped in a blanket and bur ie d o n th e banks of the Platt River without a coffin on July 27, 1852. "