Gershom Bulkeley

Gershom Bulkeley (1635 – December 2, 1713) was a Christian minister, physician, surgeon and magistrate.

Early life, family and education He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Reverend Peter Bulkeley and Grace Chetwoode Bulkeley. His father Peter Bulkeley was a graduate of St. John's College, Cambridge; and a founder of Concord, Massachusetts, as well as the first minister in the community.

Personal life After receiving his master's degree, he married Sarah Chauncy, daughter of the President of Harvard University, Charles Chauncy. maintained by the Hartford Medical Society Library, University of Connecticut, and the Trinity College Watkinson Library, A third manuscript located at the Watkinson Bulkeley collection entitled “Medical Cabinet” may also be in Dorothy’s handwriting and emphasized the secrecy of alchemical research.

A contentious battle occurred over Bulkeley's will and one of few women who gained insights into alchemy, early chemistry, and seventeenth-century clinical practice largely due to the abundant library of books and manuscripts, often hand copied, during Bulkeley's extensive travel abroad, Dorothy shared her father’s interest in alchemical healing. at age 77 (almost 78). He is a tutor to John Holbrook who is learning to be a minister and is a respected leader to the community.