Gershom Bulkeley, Zealot for Truth

Gershom Bulkeley (1635-1713), scientist, surgeon, minister, doctor, miller, lawyer and alchemist, was an important figure in all the events in Connecticut during his lifetime. He was born into the Puritan elite, graduated from Harvard and attained an advanced degree. He married Sarah Chauncey, daughter of the President of Harvard, and he might have spent his life as a quiet academic.  But he left the university to be minister to the church in New London, Connecticut and then Wethersfield, C