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- He was author of Virginia Impartially Examined..., published in 1649, in London. According to some, he makes no claims to have first-hand knowledge of Virginia, and there is advice given before Section I begins. "Before you cast your eye upon the Worke it self, look stedfastly upon the Author (and as thou likest him give him credit) whilst he tells thee that he was never in this Place himself."[4] This statement was perhaps meant to be ironic.
While William was born and lived in England, his father, Hugh Bullock, had spent considerable time in Virginia in York (and Warwick) County and deeded William:
My estate in Virginia amount to (L)100 per annum left me there 10 years past to my son William and his son Robert. [2][3] Nevertheless, William's will reveals that, at the time of its writing, he was bound for Virginia in the partes beyond the seas.[3]
Note also that Thompson (2004) states that of Hugh's Warwick estate, in excess of 5,000 acres, that William administered and attempted to expand the Warwick estate even before his father's death.[1]
One researcher (Ray, 1945, p. 278-9) outlines a few occasions when William was in Virginia:[5]
25 Jan 1624 he was living at Mulberry Island in Warwick County, having arrived on the Jonathan (citing Notten)
10 Oct 1634 at which time he was a witness (citing Virginia Colonial Court, p. 24)
Arrival at Charles City County in 1638 (citing Greer's Immigrants: note that Greer, George Cabell. Early Virginia immigrants, 1623-1666 lists a William Bullock, Arrival: 1638, Sponsor: William Cloys, County: Charles River)
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1598 - 1650 (52 years)