Fifth Generation

54. Rachel TALCOTT³¹ was born on 23 Feb 1681 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Rachel, daughter of Lieut.-Col. John Talcott and Mary Cook, was born in Hartford, Ct., Feb. 23, 1681; married Gershom Buckley, of Fairfield. No children.
Gershom Buckley was the son of Peter Buckley, a Physician, of Fairfield, who died March 25, 1691, in his 49th year. In his will he names daughters Grace and Margaret and son Peter, but not Gershom nor Dorothy, but these two are named in the will of his brother, the Rev. Gershom.
The first of the name that came to this country was Peter, son of Edward Buckley, D. D., of Odell, England. He was born at Odell, Hundreds of Willey, Bedfordshire, England, Jan. 31, 1583; was bred at St. Johns College, Cambridge; was A. M. 1608. He had a considerable estate from his father; was a moderate non-conformist and succeeded his father in his native parish, when he served at the Altar for 20 years. He came out in the Susan & Ellen in 1635. His wife Grace, ae. 33, appears to have embarked in another ship. He was first of Cambridge, next of Concord, and was installed minister April 6, 1637. He died March 9, 1659. His widow, Grace, removed to New London where she died April 21, 1669. By his first wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Allen, of Goldington, England, he had Edward, Baptized at Odell June 17, 1614; Mary, baptized Aug. 24, 1615, died an infant; Thomas, born April 11, 1617; Nathaniel, born Nov. 29, 1618, died ae. 9 years; John, born Feb. 17, 1620, Harvard College 1642; Mary, again, Nov. 1, 1621, died 3 years; probably Joseph, and one or two more.
By Grace, daughter of Sir Richard Chitwood, of England, he had Rev. Gershom, the third ordained minister of Wethersfield, Conn., b. Dec. 6 1636, at Concord, Harvard College 1655; Elizur, b. probably 1638; Dorothy, Aug. 2, 1640; Peter (father of Gershom, who married Rachel, Daughter of Lieut.-Col. John Talcott), b. Aug 12, 1643.
The Rev. Gershom Buckley, brother of the above Peter, was b. Dec. 6, 1636, at Concord, probably; graduated at Harvard College 1655; served during the Philip war as a chyrurgeon to the Connecticut Army, under Major Treat, and Major John Talcott, was wounded in March, 1675.
"He was eminent for his great parts both native and acquired. He was universally acknowledged, besides his good religion and virtue, to be a person of great penetration and sound judgment as well in Divinity as Politics and Physic, having served his country many years successively as a Minister, a Judge and a Physician with great honor to himself and advantage to others." He was settled as the third minister at Wethersfield, 1660. He married Sarah, daughter of Presd't Charles Chauncey, Oct. 24, or 26, 1659, at Concord, Mass. She died June 3, 1699. They had
Catharine, m. Richard Treat, of Wethersfield, Nov. 23, 1704. Dorothy, m. Thomas Treat, of Glastenbury, Jan. 5, 1693. Dr. Charles, m. in New London. Peter, b. about 1664, m. Rachel, daughter of Capt. Samuel Talcott, March 21, 1700; lost at sea Nov. 21, 1701, ae. 37. Edward, b. 1672. Rev. John, b. 1679; Harvard College 1699.
Rev. Gershom Buckley died Dec. 2, 1713, in Wethersfield, where his monument bears the following inscription:
"He was honorable in his descent, of rare abilities, extraordinary industry, excellent in learning, master of many languages, exquisite in his skill in Divinity, Physics and Law, and of a most exemplary and Christian life."
"In certam spem beatae resurrectione repositus."

Rachel TALCOTT and Gershom BUCKLEY were married in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Gershom BUCKLEY was born in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.