The Bullocks have always been a contentious, strong minded lot. In 1534, Margaret Bullock went to the stake rather than become a Protestant. In 1554 under Bloody Mary"s reign, Thomas Bullock went to the flames rather than become Catholic. Their attitudes began to shrink the family lines, and during the religious wars against King Charles in 1641 and 1647, the Colonies became extremely appealing to the remaining Bullocks.
“We are sailing to Massachusetts where religion is practiced in purity,” their patriarch Silas Bullock announced. And so the family sailed to Massachusetts.
Six years later the patriarch"s righteous contentious ways so angered the good people of Massachusetts they packed him and his family off to Rhode Island to join the other dissenters. It was without the fanfare of a
