Ephraim Bullen, born July 18, 1653 married Grace Fairbanks who was born in Lancaster, Ma on  on September 15, 1663, the daughter of Jonas Fairbanks and Lydia Prescott.

Jonas Fairbanks had been born at Sowerby, West Riding, Yorkshire, England on March 8, 1625. Lydia was born on August 15, 1641 at Watertown, Massachusetts, the daughter of  John Prescott and Mary Gawkroger. Records indicate John and Mary were married in England in 1629. John was reportedly born at Standish, Lancaster, England in 1604 and Mary was born In Halifax, Yorkshire, England on May 15, 1607. The date of their arrival in America is unknown.

Between 1681 and 1689 Ephraim and Grace gave birth to at least 4 children, Mary, Ephraim, John, and Grace, all born at Sherborn, Massachusetts. Ephraim died at Sherborn in 1694 and Grace in Lancaster, MA on September 11, 1697.

John Bullen, born October 23, 1713 at Medfield, Ma., Married Abigail Green on 12 Apr 1738. She had been born at Brimfield, Ma in 1715. According to Ancestry.com member trees, Abigail's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all named Joseph Green. the first one i n line was listed as having been born at Malden, Ma in 1630 but this is unlikely. The area had been purchased by the pilgrims from the local Indians in 1629 but not settled until 1640. It is more likely that he was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England and immigrated with his parents Thomas (1606-1686) and Elizabeth Lynde (1607-1658), who both died in Malden, Ma. On the side of Abigails' mother,  Martha Moulton, her great-grandfather Robert Moulton had been born in  England and settled with his wife Abigail Goode in Salem, Ma.

The family lived in Brimfield, Ma and had at least 3 children between 1742 and 1750. They were Sarah, John, and David.

Abigail died on September 18, 1757 and John on August 29, 1778.

Generation 5

John Bullen (1747-1824) & Mary Whitcomb (1759-?)

This, the third in the line of "John" Bullen's was born at Brimfield, Ma on August 8, 1747.  It was  on July 18, 1772 that he married 16 year old Mary Whitcomb of Rochester Ma. She had been born on October 23, 1759. See the Whitcomb/Cudworth Family for information of her family line.

Between 1773 and 1793 there were 7 children born to John and Mary; Abigail, Mary, Diodemia (Demia), John, Irene, and Sarah. During their marriage, the family resided in Ware, Ma where the first of the children were born and then relocated to Oneida county, New York, the birthplace of the last two.

John died in Paris Hills, Oneida, NY on June 17, 1824. Mary is reported in several family trees as having died on February 28, 1771 but that is obviously incorrect since they were married in 1772 and she had her last child in 1793.

Abigail Bullen was probably born at Ware, NY born on September 13, 1773. She married Jared Doolittle on December 31, 1795. To continue this line of the family see the Doolittle Family.