[S496] Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966 reprint of 1931 edition published in Salem, Massachusetts), page 18. Hereinafter cited as New England Immigrants 1700-1775.
William Bolton1
b. 25 October 1721
William Bolton|b. 25 Oct 1721|p19.htm#i2946|William Bolton|b. 1684\nd. 10 Sep 1725|p19.htm#i2963|Elizabeth White|b. 8 Apr 1688|p107.htm#i2964|James Bolton of Ireland||p15.htm#i2966|Margaret Unknown||p101.htm#i2967|John White||p107.htm#i2970|Sarah Unknown||p102.htm#i2971|
William Bolton married a woman named MaryUnknown who was almost certainly notMaryNurse. Most published sources, however, have perpetuated this erroneous information as fact. No record has yet been found for the marriage of William Bolton. A record was found for the marriage of Mary Nurse and Edward Powers on 17 Mar 1747/48 at Rutland, Massachusetts. The record for the birth of William's son William on 21 Jan 1743/44 in Reading, Massachusetts identified him as the son of William and Mary Bolton. Although the researching descendants of William and Mary would love to claim Mary Nurse as an ancestor, they are determined to set the record straight as they pursue the truth.4,1
(Brother) Administration
12 May 1746
When William's brother, JohnBolton, died at Cape Breton in 1746, ElizabethDorman, mother of JohnBolton, requested by sworn statement on 12 May 1746 that EdwardHircom be appointed as Administrator for her deceased son's estate. In her statement, she made clear her "desire that Administration of all the goods, chattels, rights and credits of my son, John Bolton, deceased at Cape Breton, might be granted unto Mr. Edward Hircom." On the same date, Edward Hircom, Jonathan Nurse and William Bolton, all yeomen of Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts paid the sum of five hundred pounds as bond and were appointed appraisers of the estate of John Bolton late of Andover in the County of Essex in the province of Massachusetts, who died intestate.5,3
At the annual town meeting held in Reading on 3 Mar 1755, he was listed as a "tithingman" from the North Parish and would maintain that position for a number of years. The tithingman, "whose power reached over the threshold of every family in the hamlet, patriarchal, fatherly, neighborly," was a thing of the past well before 1889, was in keeping with the customs of Plymouth, old England and Saxon times.3
(Father) Birth
5 May 1759
The Boltons of Old and New England source surmised that Mary and William Bolton's son, TimothyBolton, born on 5 May 1759 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, may have been named for his mother's cousin, Timothy Nurse, brother of Jonathan Nurse, however it is now known that Timothy's mother, while named Mary, was not Mary Nurse.3,1,6
Relocation*
25 May 1773
On 25 May 1773, William Bolton sold his house and garden, with other lands in Reading, to Jeremiah Eaton, and three days later he and his wife Mary settled in Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.3
Residence*
28 May 1773
William and MaryBolton became residents of Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 28 May 1773. That same year, William bought a large farm from the Honorable James Prescott.6,1,3
(Husband) Death
before 16 May 1776
William became a widower, presuming his wife MaryUnknown had died before 16 May 1776 when he married a second time.3
Marriage*
16 May 1776
He married second Sarah (Blood) Bennett FarnsworthBolton, daughter of EbenezerBlood and AbigailChamberlain?, on 16 May 1776 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Most published sources state that William Bolton married Sarah Lewis, and not Sarah Farnsworth. A William Bolton did marry a Sarah Lewis on 18 Sep 1788. However it is believed by current Bolton family reseachers that that marriage was not this William. They are in possession of documentation to verify their information on the Blood, Farnsworth and Bolton lines.4,1,3
Residence*
1794
In 1794William added to the large farm he had purchased in 1773 in Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The house, with the ridgepole parallel with the road and sloping back, after the manner of the time, to a shed in the rear, was conspicuous as the first house west of West Groton. The place became known later as "The Peter Tarbell Place." Near the house there was an old barn, still functioning in 1889 as it had in the days before the Revolutionary War.3,6
Land Transfer*
February 1801
In February 1801, William Bolton gave an undivided half of his farm to his sons, TimothyBolton and EdwardBolton.3
In 1804, the same year as their father's death, Edward and TimothyBolton, sold forty-five acres of the farm their father had gifted to them in 1801 to James Parker, gentleman.3
(Husband) Land Transfer
1806
In 1806, SarahBolton sold her share of her deceased husband's farm to the same James Parker his sons had sold their share to in 1804.3
WilliamBolton married a woman named MaryUnknown who was almost certainly notMaryNurse. Most published sources, however, have perpetuated this erroneous information as fact. No record has yet been found for the marriage of William Bolton. A record was found for the marriage of Mary Nurse and Edward Powers on 17 Mar 1747/48 at Rutland, Massachusetts. The record for the birth of William's son William on 21 Jan 1743/44 in Reading, Massachusetts identified him as the son of William and Mary Bolton. Although the researching descendants of William and Mary would love to claim Mary Nurse as an ancestor, they are determined to set the record straight as they pursue the truth.4,1
He married second Sarah (Blood) Bennett FarnsworthBolton, daughter of EbenezerBlood and AbigailChamberlain?, on 16 May 1776 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Most published sources state that William Bolton married Sarah Lewis, and not Sarah Farnsworth. A William Bolton did marry a Sarah Lewis on 18 Sep 1788. However it is believed by current Bolton family reseachers that that marriage was not this William. They are in possession of documentation to verify their information on the Blood, Farnsworth and Bolton lines.4,1,3
Citations
[S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
[S262] Kirk Larson, online at RootsWeb WorldConnect Project www.rootsweb.com, Kirk Larson et al (Kirk Larson Private Library), downloaded 13 Jan 2007 from update of 11 May 2004.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Boltons of Old and New England : with a genealogy of the descendants of William Bolton of Reading, Massachusetts, 1720 (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), Descendants of William Bolton, First Generation, pages 3-6. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.
[S676] Posey Godfrey, "The Boltons of Middlesex County, Massachusetts," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates. Hereinafter cited as "The Boltons of Middlesex County, Massachusetts."
[S488] John Bolton, Administration of 1746, Probate File Number 2127, Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County Massachusetts probate file number 2127 (Microfilm of original records in the Middlesex County Courthouse, Cambridge, Massachusetts), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as John Bolton Administration of 1746.
[S484] Seth Chandler, History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts from its Early Settlement to A.D. 1882. The copy obtained from Google Books contains additional, handwritten notations and corrections dated 25 Sep 1883 on the William Bolton family on page 357. (Shirley, Massachusetts: Seth Chandler, 1883), pages 357-359. Hereinafter cited as Shirley Massachusetts History to 1882.
William Bolton1
b. 1684, d. 10 September 1725
William Bolton|b. 1684\nd. 10 Sep 1725|p19.htm#i2963|James Bolton of Ireland||p15.htm#i2966|Margaret Unknown||p101.htm#i2967|||||||||||||
An internet source, which may or may not be accurate, reported that WilliamBolton was born in 1684 in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Charles Knowles Bolton, in his Boltons of Old and New England, was uncertain about both William's age and origins. He wrote, "Thus it will be seen that William Bolton married a woman nearly thirty-two years of age. It may not be too much, then, to presume that he was, at this time, a man in middle life. We do not know how long he had lived at Reading before he went to Andover a-courting in 1719. Possibly he came from Virginia where lands were granted to one of the same name forty years before. It seems more probable, however, that he came from London or from Lancashire where William was a favorite name with the Boltons.1,3
William Bolton was living in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at the time of his marriage. Both the town records and the church records speak of him as of Reading.3
It is suspected that Agnes Bolton of Palmer belongs to one of the early immigrant Bolton families already being researched. William of Reading was thought to have come from Ireland and the brothers William of Windham and Thomas of Gorham, both having come to America from Tamlaght O'Crilly, Northern Ireland, each named a daughter Agnes.
[S262] Kirk Larson, online at RootsWeb WorldConnect Project www.rootsweb.com, Kirk Larson et al (Kirk Larson Private Library), downloaded 13 Jan 2007 from update of 11 May 2004.
[S263] David B. Robinson, online at RootsWeb WorldConnect Project www.rootsweb.com, David B. Robinson et al (e-mail: e-mail address), downloaded 13 Jan 2007 from update of 12 Jan 2007.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Boltons of Old and New England : with a genealogy of the descendants of William Bolton of Reading, Massachusetts, 1720 (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), Descendants of William Bolton, First Generation, pages 3-6. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.
[S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
William Bolton1
b. 14 October 1771
William Bolton|b. 14 Oct 1771|p19.htm#i3007|William Bolton Jr.|b. 21 Jan 1743/44\nd. 7 May 1780|p19.htm#i2948|Abigail Sheldon|b. 15 Mar 1743/44\nd. 7 Mar 1792|p91.htm#i2949|William Bolton|b. 25 Oct 1721|p19.htm#i2946|Mary Unknown|d. b 16 May 1776|p101.htm#i7528|William Sheldon||p91.htm#i2968|Abigail Gowing||p38.htm#i2969|
William Bolton bought a large farm about 1797 from William Gould, next to the farm of Lieutenant Jonathan Page and moved to Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, where he remained for the rest of his life.5,4
In 4 April 1827, William Bolton gave his home and all his property to his son Aaron "except a cow and household furniture brought by his wife Sarah at their marriage." The son to "furnish a good and comfortable support and maintenance... during their lives and the life of the survivor of them in the family of the said Aaron."4
[S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Boltons of Old and New England : with a genealogy of the descendants of William Bolton of Reading, Massachusetts, 1720 (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), Descendants of William Bolton, Third Generation, pages 6-8 and Fourth Generation, pages 8-10. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.
[S484] Seth Chandler, History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts from its Early Settlement to A.D. 1882. The copy obtained from Google Books contains additional, handwritten notations and corrections dated 25 Sep 1883 on the William Bolton family on page 357. (Shirley, Massachusetts: Seth Chandler, 1883), pages 357-359, marriage date written Oct. 14, [1791]. Hereinafter cited as Shirley Massachusetts History to 1882.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, Boltons of Old and New England, Descendants of William Bolton, Fourth Generation, pages 8-10.
[S484] Seth Chandler, Shirley Massachusetts History to 1882, pages 357-359.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, Boltons of Old and New England, Descendants of William Bolton, Fifth Generation, pages 10-17.
William Bolton1
b. 13 March 1792
William Bolton|b. 13 Mar 1792|p19.htm#i3014|William Bolton|b. 14 Oct 1771|p19.htm#i3007|Sally Farnsworth|b. 1769|p34.htm#i3012|William Bolton Jr.|b. 21 Jan 1743/44\nd. 7 May 1780|p19.htm#i2948|Abigail Sheldon|b. 15 Mar 1743/44\nd. 7 Mar 1792|p91.htm#i2949|Ebenezer Farnsworth|b. 1739|p34.htm#i6644|Sarah Nichols||p76.htm#i6645|
[S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
[S484] Seth Chandler, History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts from its Early Settlement to A.D. 1882. The copy obtained from Google Books contains additional, handwritten notations and corrections dated 25 Sep 1883 on the William Bolton family on page 357. (Shirley, Massachusetts: Seth Chandler, 1883), pages 357-359. Hereinafter cited as Shirley Massachusetts History to 1882.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Boltons of Old and New England : with a genealogy of the descendants of William Bolton of Reading, Massachusetts, 1720 (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), Descendants of William Bolton, Fourth Generation, pages 8-10. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.
William Bolton1
b. 17 March 1807
William Bolton|b. 17 Mar 1807|p19.htm#i3020|Edward Bolton|b. 5 Feb 1780\nd. 1834|p13.htm#i4109|Elizabeth (Eliza) (Beth) Sanderson|b. 21 Jul 1778|p89.htm#i3015|Timothy Bolton|b. 5 May 1759|p18.htm#i2955|Sybel Bennett|b. 17 Sep 1755\nd. 20 Mar 1807|p10.htm#i4107|||||||
[S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Boltons of Old and New England : with a genealogy of the descendants of William Bolton of Reading, Massachusetts, 1720 (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), page xi. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.
[S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
William Bolton1
b. 27 May 1665, d. 30 March 1694
William Bolton|b. 27 May 1665\nd. 30 Mar 1694|p19.htm#i6596|William Bolton|d. 27 Mar 1697|p19.htm#i6591|Mary Denison||p31.htm#i6593|||||||||||||
William Bolton was a soldier in the French Wars, called in North America, King William's War.
The first of the French and Indian Wars, King William's War (1689–1697) was the name used in the English colonies in America to refer to the North American theater of the War of the Grand Alliance (1688–1697). Note that the North American theatre does not have a separate name in British, French, or Canadian historiography, and is simply thought of as being part of the Nine Years' War. It was fought between England, France, and their respective American Indian allies in the colonies of Canada, Acadia, and New England.
King William's War began in May 1689 after William III of England joined the League of Augsburg against France. In August, 1,500 Iroquois attacked the New France settlement at La Chine before New France had even learned of the start of the war. Frontenac later attacked the Iroquois village of Onondaga. New France and its Indian allies then attacked English frontier settlements, most notably the Schenectady Massacre of 1690. The English captured Port Royal, Nova Scotia, the capital of Acadia, and then launched an expedition to seize the capital of New France, but were defeated in the Battle of Quebec. The French attacked the British-held coast, recapturing Port Royal.
The Quebec expedition was the last major offensive of King William’s War; for the remainder of the war the English colonists were reduced to defensive operations and skirmishes. In early 1692, in the Candlemas Massacre an estimated 150 Abenakis commanded by officers of New France entered the town of York, Maine, killing about 100 of the English settlers and burning down buildings. The Iroquois Five Nations suffered from the weakness of their English allies.[1] In 1693 and 1696, the French and their Indian allies ravaged Iroquois towns and destroyed crops while New York colonists remained passive. After the English and French made peace in 1697, the Iroquois, now abandoned by the English colonists, remained at war with New France until 1701.
The Treaty of Ryswick in 1697 ended the war between the two colonial powers, reverting the colonial borders to the status quo ante bellum. The peace did not last long, and within five years the colonies were embroiled in the next of the French and Indian Wars, Queen Anne's War. After their settlement with France in 1701, the Iroquois remained neutral in the early part of the war.2,3
Death*
30 March 1694
He died on 30 March 1694 at age 28.2
Citations
[S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Boltons of Old and New England : with a genealogy of the descendants of William Bolton of Reading, Massachusetts, 1720 (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), page xi. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.
[S225] Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
William Bolton1
b. 1682, d. 22 April 1755
William Bolton|b. 1682\nd. 22 Apr 1755|p19.htm#i6617|Unknown Bolton||p19.htm#i6711||||||||||||||||
It is suspected that Agnes Bolton of Palmer belongs to one of the early immigrant Bolton families already being researched. William of Reading was thought to have come from Ireland and the brothers William of Windham and Thomas of Gorham, both having come to America from Tamlaght O'Crilly, Northern Ireland, each named a daughter Agnes.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Boltons of Old and New England : with a genealogy of the descendants of William Bolton of Reading, Massachusetts, 1720 (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), page xiii. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.
[S496] Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966 reprint of 1931 edition published in Salem, Massachusetts), page 18. Hereinafter cited as New England Immigrants 1700-1775.
William Bolton1
b. 8 May 1799
William Bolton|b. 8 May 1799|p19.htm#i6666|John Bolton of Vermont|b. 24 Oct 1773\nd. 28 Mar 1843|p15.htm#i3008|Betsy Tilton|b. 30 Jun 1783|p99.htm#i6663|William Bolton Jr.|b. 21 Jan 1743/44\nd. 7 May 1780|p19.htm#i2948|Abigail Sheldon|b. 15 Mar 1743/44\nd. 7 Mar 1792|p91.htm#i2949|||||||
Very soon after his birth, William's parents moved to Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont, where he spent his youth and early manhood. He learned the trade of coloring and cloth dressing, and worked in the factory of his father at Greenbanks Hollow, as it was called in 1889, in Danville.3
Citations
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Boltons of Old and New England : with a genealogy of the descendants of William Bolton of Reading, Massachusetts, 1720 (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), Descendants of William Bolton, Fourth Generation, pages 8-10. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, Boltons of Old and New England, Descendants of William Bolton, Fourth Generation, pages 8-10, notes his place of birth as Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont and Fifth Generation, pages 10-17, notes he was born in London, New Hamshire and soon moved to Danville, Vermont, with his parents.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, Boltons of Old and New England, Descendants of William Bolton, Fifth Generation, pages 10-17.
William Bolton1
William Bolton||p19.htm#i6713|Thomas Bolton|b. c 1698\nd. b 1788|p18.htm#i6710|Mary (McLellan) Craige||p29.htm#i6712|Unknown Bolton||p19.htm#i6711||||||||||
[S496] Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966 reprint of 1931 edition published in Salem, Massachusetts), page 18. Hereinafter cited as New England Immigrants 1700-1775.
William Bolton1
b. 29 March 1788
William Bolton|b. 29 Mar 1788|p19.htm#i7043|Richard Bolton||p17.htm#i7035|Molly Round||p89.htm#i7036|||||||||||||
[S8] Births - Marriages - Deaths, International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah: www.familysearch.org), as extracted from book: "Vital record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 : marriages, intentions, births, deaths, with supplemental conaining rhe record of 1896, colonial returns, lists of the early settlers, purchasers, freemen, inhabitants, the soldiers serving in Phillip's War and the Revolution."
William Bolton1
William Bolton||p19.htm#i7812|Jeremiah Bolton|b. 7 Mar 1809\nd. 25 Jan 1885|p15.htm#i7426|Harriet Talcott|b. 1810\nd. 16 Aug 1880|p97.htm#i7427|Gamaliel Bolton|b. 11 May 1778|p14.htm#i6498|Sally Hooper||p60.htm#i6499|||||||
[S771] Chris A. Bolton, "Jeremiah Bolton's Line, Corrections and Additional Information," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, email dated 16 Sep 2010. Hereinafter cited as "Jeremiah Bolton, Additional Information."
William Bolton1,2
William Bolton||p19.htm#i8732|Elisha Bolton|b. 9 Mar 1700\nd. 26 Feb 1777|p13.htm#i6280|Mary Unknown|b. c 1709\nd. 30 Jul 1786|p101.htm#i6281|John Bolton|b. c 1660|p15.htm#i6219|Sarah Chesebrough|b. 24 Dec 1663\nd. 9 Sep 1729|p25.htm#i6218|||||||
William enlisted to serve in the French and Indian War on 10 April 1758 and was in the Regiment of ColonelThomasDoty.3
(Soldier) French & Indian War
5 June 1758
WilliamBolton and his brother, Meshach, both appeared on a Billeting Roll of Halifax, Plymouth County, men dated 5 June 1758 in the Regiment of ColonelThomasDoty. The roll listed the men who had refused to march without first being taken into their proper companies and receiving their lodging arrangements. William had enlisted on 10 Apr, and the roll was made up to 31 May. He had served for 51 days and the record stated he received £1, 14 shillings in compensation.4,3
(Private) French & Indian War
17 October 1758
William Bolton of Halifax, Plymouth County, appeared on a Muster Roll as a Private in a company of Foot Soldiers in His Majesty's service under CaptainJamesAndrews in the Regiment of ColonelThomasDoty in 1758. William was a minor and his "Father or Master" was recorded as ElishaBolton. He had begun his service on 10 Apr 1758, was officially discharged on 01 Oct 1758, allowed 16 days of travel and was credited as serving until 17 October 1758, for a length of service of 6 months, 23 days. He was charged £3 for arms he didn't return.5
(Soldier) French & Indian War
1758
William Bolton, from CaptainJamesAndrews's Company, ColonelThomasDoty's Regiment, appeared on a Billeting Account rendered by Ezekiel Howe, an Innkeeper of Sudbury, for providing 2 meals to William and the other men on their return from the Canada Expedition in 1758.6
William Bolton of Halifax and his uncle, NathanielBolton of Bridgewater, both appeared as Privates on a Muster Roll of a company in His Majesty's service under the command of CaptainJosiahThacher, in ColonelJohnThomas's Regiment serving in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia Province. The roll was endorsed in 1759 and dated 28 February 1760. William began his service on 26 Mar and served until 12 May, probably 1759, although the year was not given. He served for 6 weeks, 6 days.8,9
(Brother) Death
9 July 1762
A son of William's father, ElishaBolton, died in the army and his death, although no name was given, was noted in the church records on 9 July 1762 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. An earlier researcher, who believed himself to be a descendant of William, stated that William had at least one son, the researcher's great-grandfather Lemuel Bolton, in 1778. If true, William was not the son whose death in the army was recorded in 1762.10,11,12,13
(2nd Gr Grandfather) Lineage
He may have been an ancestor of Harry EmmettBolton, who stated to the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, sometime before his death in 1958, that he was unable to prove the ancestry of his great-grandfather, LemuelBolton, but he believed that Lemuel was the son of William, the son of Nathaniel, the son of Nicholas, the Immigrant. Our research indicates that Harry's 2nd Great-Grandfather, if William Bolton, was actually the son of ElishaBolton, Nathaniel's brother. It appears from the French & Indian War records that the young William was very close to his Uncle Nathaniel, and they may have continued their close relationship later in life as well. Nathaniel and ElishaBolton were sons of JohnBolton who was the son of the immigrant NicholasBoulton.2,1
[S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index cards, 1603-1779. Microfilm of cards at Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts: FHL Film# 2428118, Reference index card# 14369 for William Bolton of Halifax stating that Elisha Bolton is his "father or master" and referencing Volume 96, page 536 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779.
[S670] Prepared by Arthur Adams, "Memoirs of the Deceased Members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society", New England Historical & Genealogical Register Volume 113, page 229 (July 1959). Hereinafter cited as "Memoirs - Harry Emmett Bolton."
[S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779: FHL Film# 2428118, Reference index card# 14417 for William Bolton referencing Volume 96, page 164 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels.
[S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779: FHL Film# 2428118, Reference index card# 14394 for "Mesheck" Bolton referencing Volume 96, page 163 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels.
[S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779: FHL Film# 2428118, Reference index card# 14418 for William Bolton referencing Volume 96, page 536 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels.
[S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779: FHL Film# 2428118, Reference index card# 14417 for William "Boolten" referencing Volume 96, page 256 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels.
[S671] Communicated by George T. Thacher Esq. of Boston, "Massachusetts Soldiers at Halifax in 1759: A List of Capt. Josiah Thacher's Company in Coll. John Thomases Regemt. Landed in Halifax, May ye 11th 1759", New England Historical & Genealogical Register Volume 28 (October 1874): page 414. Hereinafter cited as "Massachusetts Soldiers at Halifax in 1759 - NEHGR."
[S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779: FHL Film# 2428118, Return index card# 14350 for Nathaniel "Bolten" referencing Volume 97, page 287 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels.
[S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779: FHL Film# 2428118, Return index card# 14351 for William "Bolten" referencing Volume 97, page 287 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels.
[S672] Barbara L. Merrick, "The Original Church Records of Gad Hitchcock, D.D., 1748 to 1803: Deaths", New England Historical & Genealogical Register Volume 136 (January 1982): page 34. Hereinafter cited as "Pembroke Death Records of Rev. Gad Hitchcock - NEHGR."
[S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779: FHL Film# 2428118, Pay Roll index card# 14400 for "Mishik" Bolton and referencing Volume 99, page 243 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels.
[S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779: FHL Film# 2428118, Pay Roll index card# 14408 for Seth Bolton and referencing Volume 99, page 243 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels.
[S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779: FHL Film# 2428118, Pay Roll index card# 14375 for Jabez Bolton and referencing Volume 99, page 243 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels.
William H. Bolton1
b. 9 October 1838, d. 8 December 1906
William H. Bolton|b. 9 Oct 1838\nd. 8 Dec 1906|p19.htm#i7414|Jeremiah Bolton|b. 7 Mar 1809\nd. 25 Jan 1885|p15.htm#i7426|Harriet Talcott|b. 1810\nd. 16 Aug 1880|p97.htm#i7427|Gamaliel Bolton|b. 11 May 1778|p14.htm#i6498|Sally Hooper||p60.htm#i6499|||||||
William became a widower when Amanda (Fuller)Bolton died on 19 June 1868.1
Census 1870*
22 June 1870
William H. Bolton appeared on the 1870 census taken on 22 June 1870 in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County, New York. Enumerated in the household were William's two young children: Frank was 5, and Hattie 3. Also residing with the family in 1870 were three of William's siblings. His sister Lucy, who was keeping house, was 20, and his brothers Albert and George were 26 and 18, respectively. William's real estate was valued at $9,000 and his personal property at $3,000.3
[S673] Kenneth Bolton, "Descendants of Jeremiah Bolton of Massachusetts and New York", received on 18 March 2010 from e-mail address. Ken is the great-great grandson of Jeremiah Bolton, whom his family "suspects" may have been the youngest son of Gamaliel Bolton and Sally Hooper. When he gave his permission to include his family's file on this website, he stated that he was very careful about providing only data that he could confirm as accurate. Hereinafter cited as "Descendants of Jeremiah Bolton."
[S771] Chris A. Bolton, "Jeremiah Bolton's Line, Corrections and Additional Information," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, email dated 16 Sep 2010. Hereinafter cited as "Jeremiah Bolton, Additional Information."
[S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Household of Wm. Bolton, Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York; Roll M593_909; Page: 574B; Image: 571; Family History Library Film: 552408; viewed at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as 1870 US Federal Census.
[S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Household of William and Emily E. Bolton, Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York; Roll T623_1011; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 72; viewed at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as 1900 US Federal Census.
[S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Household of Wm. and Emily Bolton, Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York; Roll T9_813; Family History Film: 1254813; Page: 166.1000; Enumeration District: 37; Image: 0094; viewed at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as 1880 US Federal Census.
William Bolton Jr.1
b. 21 January 1743/44, d. 7 May 1780
William Bolton Jr.|b. 21 Jan 1743/44\nd. 7 May 1780|p19.htm#i2948|William Bolton|b. 25 Oct 1721|p19.htm#i2946|Mary Unknown|d. b 16 May 1776|p101.htm#i7528|William Bolton|b. 1684\nd. 10 Sep 1725|p19.htm#i2963|Elizabeth White|b. 8 Apr 1688|p107.htm#i2964|||||||
William and AbigailBolton moved circa 1767 to Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, where he had purchased part of the estate of Jonathan Moore, gentleman.4
Land Transfer*
From a deed, it appears that William Bolton Jr. gave ThomasSheldon, believed to have been his brother-in-law, a piece of land in Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and promised to care for his mother, Abigail GowingSheldon, until her death, and to give her a Christian burial. This curious agreement was thwarted by William's early death.4
Revolutionary War*
19 April 1775
In the Revolutionary War, William Bolton Jr. was one of the volunteers who marched from Shirley to Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at the alarm on 19 April 1775. He beat the drum for Captain Henry Haskell's company in Colonel James Prescott's Regiment. Sergeant Bolton was at Bennington in July 1777 and fought August 16 at the battle, under General Stark. In 1779 he was at Cheverick on the Hudson in the Second Massachusetts regiment.5,4
The first papers in the Administration of William Bolton Jr.'s estate, dated on 18 May 1780 and recorded at Middlesex County, Massachusetts,, describe him as late of Shirley, a yeoman and having died intestate. They appoint his widow, AbigailBolton, as Administrator and require that a full inventory of the estate be made. An itemized inventory was submitted to the court on 1 Jun 1780 and showed a total value of about 10,000 pounds. Abigail also submitted a list of expenses she had incurred since her husband's death, totalling about 1,700 pounds. Among the expenses were "keeping my aged mother" and "keeping my three children who are under seven years of age."6
In Memory of Mr William Bolton Junr who Departed this Life 1780 in the 37th Year of his age. Blessed are the Dead which lie in the Lord They rest from thier Labour & their Workss do Follow them.4
Estate*
17 April 1781
The court approved the inventory and expenses submitted by William Bolton Jr.'s widow, AbigailBolton, on 17 April 1781 and determined that William's estate be distributed. Abigail, as the deceased's widow, was to receive "one full Third Part" of the total estate.6
[S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Boltons of Old and New England : with a genealogy of the descendants of William Bolton of Reading, Massachusetts, 1720 (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), Descendants of William Bolton, First Generation, pages 3-6. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, Boltons of Old and New England, Descendants of William Bolton, Third Generation, pages 6-8, year of marriage written as 1785, believed to be a typo for 1765.
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, Boltons of Old and New England, Descendants of William Bolton, Third Generation, pages 6-8.
[S484] Seth Chandler, History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts from its Early Settlement to A.D. 1882. The copy obtained from Google Books contains additional, handwritten notations and corrections dated 25 Sep 1883 on the William Bolton family on page 357. (Shirley, Massachusetts: Seth Chandler, 1883), pages 357-359. Hereinafter cited as Shirley Massachusetts History to 1882.
[S489] William Bolton Jr., Administration of 1780, Probate File Number 2129, Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County Massachusetts probate file number 2129 (Microfilm of original records in the Middlesex County Courthouse, Cambridge, Massachusetts), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as William Bolton Jr. Administration of 1780.
Willie Bolton1
b. between 1866 and 1867, d. 14 September 1867
Willie Bolton|b. bt 1866 - 1867\nd. 14 Sep 1867|p19.htm#i7429|William H. Bolton|b. 9 Oct 1838\nd. 8 Dec 1906|p19.htm#i7414|Amanda Fuller|b. 1841\nd. 19 Jun 1868|p37.htm#i7428|Jeremiah Bolton|b. 7 Mar 1809\nd. 25 Jan 1885|p15.htm#i7426|Harriet Talcott|b. 1810\nd. 16 Aug 1880|p97.htm#i7427|Richmond Fuller||p37.htm#i7809||||
[S673] Kenneth Bolton, "Descendants of Jeremiah Bolton of Massachusetts and New York", received on 18 March 2010 from e-mail address. Ken is the great-great grandson of Jeremiah Bolton, whom his family "suspects" may have been the youngest son of Gamaliel Bolton and Sally Hooper. When he gave his permission to include his family's file on this website, he stated that he was very careful about providing only data that he could confirm as accurate. Hereinafter cited as "Descendants of Jeremiah Bolton."
[S771] Chris A. Bolton, "Jeremiah Bolton's Line, Corrections and Additional Information," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, email dated 16 Sep 2010. Hereinafter cited as "Jeremiah Bolton, Additional Information."
Winslow Bolton1
b. 12 October 1810
Winslow Bolton|b. 12 Oct 1810|p19.htm#i6628|Daniel Bolton||p12.htm#i6624|Polly Fletcher||p35.htm#i6625|||||||||||||
[S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Boltons of Old and New England : with a genealogy of the descendants of William Bolton of Reading, Massachusetts, 1720 (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), page xiii. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.
Zimri Bolton1
b. 22 December 1786
Zimri Bolton|b. 22 Dec 1786|p19.htm#i6387|Joseph Bolton Jr.|b. 1744\nd. 18 Jul 1832|p16.htm#i6325|Mary Bolton|b. 6 May 1752|p16.htm#i6326|Joseph Bolton|b. 27 Jul 1704\nd. 12 Mar 1751|p15.htm#i6282|Deliverance Washburn|b. 1706\nd. 28 May 1755|p104.htm#i6283|John Bolton|b. 1729/30\nd. 9 Jul 1762|p15.htm#i6302|Elizabeth Hayward|b. c 1726\nd. 10 Nov 1801|p42.htm#i6303|
It is not known which of their children were enumerated on the 1790 census in the household of their parents, Joseph and Mary (Bolton)Bolton in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Joseph and Mary would have been married about 17 years in 1790 and at least 8 of their 9 children, five sons and three daughters, had been born by that year. Until we learn more about the years of the deaths of their sons, we cannot determine which of the boys may have been enumerated with the family in 1790. The residents of the household included one male age 16 and over, who would have been father Joseph, only two males under 16 and four females.3
Citations
[S471] Anna Chesebrough Wildey, Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Massachusetts (New York, New York: Press of T.A. Wright, 1903), Part I, Descendants of Samuel, pages 18-301. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
[S451] Early Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
[S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, 1790, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Household of Joseph Bolton; Roll M637_4; Image: 0087; viewed at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as 1790 US Federal Census.
[S497] "Hinds Family Research Collection", compiled by Marguerite Clayton (Michigan), for Shirley Ertz (Nebraska), Andrew Bell (d. 1755) Family Tree obtained from Beverley Mackey; Shirley Ertz Personal Library, email: e-mail address, Nebraska. Hereinafter cited as "Hinds Family Research Collection."
[S470] Collected by Harvey Cushman Pierce, Seven Pierce Families, a record of births, deaths and marriages of the first seven generations of Pierces in America, including a record of the descendants of Abial Peirce to the present (Strasburg, Virginia and Washington DC: originally printed by Shenandoah Publishing House and reprinted by Higginson Book Company, 1936), page 147. Hereinafter cited as Seven Pierce Families.
[S853] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, downloaded from the Boston Public Library EBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Volume 1. Births and Volume 2. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund, 1909), Volume I, Births, page 36. Hereinafter cited as Scituate Vital Records to 1850.
[S853] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Scituate Vital Records to 1850, Volume II, Marriages, page 32.
[S856] Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1831, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (Boston, Massachusetts: James Loring, 1831), John Bailey, pages 213-215. Hereinafter cited as History of Scituate, Massachusetts to 1831.
[S853] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, downloaded from the Boston Public Library EBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Volume 1. Births and Volume 2. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund, 1909), Volume II, Marriages, page 27, his surname spelled "Bayle" and referencing C.R.1: citing a church record, First Parish, and records from Rev. John Lothrop’s original manuscript. Hereinafter cited as Scituate Vital Records to 1850.
[S893] Records of the Second Baptist Church, Boston, 1788-1809, original manuscript, Reference Item# 26, Franklin Trask Library, 210 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, MA, pages 114 and 118.
[S893] Records of the Second Baptist Church, Boston, 1788-1809, original manuscript, Franklin Trask Library, page 118.
[S183] Boston, Massachusetts, Church Records, 1789-1811; FHL# 856700 Item# 5, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Second Baptist Church Records, 1789-1811.
[S494] The Records of the Churches of Boston - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, published originally by NEHGS in 2002 on CD-ROM. Hereinafter cited as Boston Church Records - NEHGS.
Mary Booth1
d. 10 November 1774
Mary Booth|d. 10 Nov 1774|p19.htm#i7670|Unknown Booth||p19.htm#i7835||||||||||||||||
The Petrenko source noted that Mary's brother RichardBooth had no surviving children which was the reason Richard's will had Mary's son RobertBell change his name to Bell Booth.1,2
[S763] Linda (Bell-Booth) Petrenko, "Bell-Booth Family Information," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, various dates, email dated 29 Aug 2010. Hereinafter cited as "Bell-Booth Family Information."
[S497] "Hinds Family Research Collection", compiled by Marguerite Clayton (Michigan), for Shirley Ertz (Nebraska), Andrew Bell (d. 1755) Family Tree obtained from Beverley Mackey; Shirley Ertz Personal Library, email: e-mail address, Nebraska. Hereinafter cited as "Hinds Family Research Collection."
Mary Booth1
b. 11 April 1698, d. 1786
Mary Booth|b. 11 Apr 1698\nd. 1786|p19.htm#i8672|John Booth Jr.|b. 1 Jan 1661|p19.htm#i8673|Mary Dodson||p31.htm#i8674|||||||||||||
[S470] Collected by Harvey Cushman Pierce, Seven Pierce Families, a record of births, deaths and marriages of the first seven generations of Pierces in America, including a record of the descendants of Abial Peirce to the present (Strasburg, Virginia and Washington DC: originally printed by Shenandoah Publishing House and reprinted by Higginson Book Company, 1936), page 147. Hereinafter cited as Seven Pierce Families.
[S853] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, downloaded from the Boston Public Library EBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Volume 1. Births and Volume 2. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund, 1909), Volume I, Births, page 36. Hereinafter cited as Scituate Vital Records to 1850.
[S853] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Scituate Vital Records to 1850, Volume II, Marriages, page 232, his surname spelled "Peirse" and referencing C.R.1: citing a church record, First Parish, and records from Rev. John Lothrop’s original manuscript.
Richard Booth
Richard Booth||p19.htm#i4203|Robert Booth||p19.htm#i6961|Margaret Hinds|d. Aug 1778|p53.htm#i6773|Richard Booth||p19.htm#i6962||||Ralph Hinds ( -1752) of Kilmainham|d. Dec 1752|p54.htm#i6763|Anne Hussey|d. Jun 1737|p63.htm#i6765|
[S342] John Hinds will (21 Sep 1766), Copy of the Last Will and Testament of John Hinds, late of Kilmainham (County Meath), proven 7 Feb 1769, National Archives of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Hereinafter cited as Will of John Hinds, proven 1769.
Richard Booth1
Richard Booth||p19.htm#i6962|Unknown Booth||p19.htm#i7835||||||||||||||||
On 16 September 1746 RichardBooth of Drumcarban, County Cavan, his son RobertBooth and RalphHinds( -1752) of Kilmainham, also in the County of Cavan, registered a Memorial Articles of Marriage agreement in preparation for the marriage between Ralph's daughter, MargaretHinds, and RobertBooth. The agreement stated that, in consideration of his affection for his son Robert Booth and of a Marriage Portion payment of one hundred twenty pounds received by Margaret Hinds from her father Ralph Hinds, Richard Booth granted immediately and forever confirmed to Robert and to Robert's and Margaret's lawful heirs, the one half of his Freehold called Drumcarban located in the Barony of Clanmahon, and then the other half at Richard's death. Richard agreed that the Freehold was to be free from all debts and, in case Margaret should survive her husband Robert, subject to an annuity of ten pounds a year to Margaret for life to be paid out of the lands of Drumcarban. It was further agreed in the articles that neither Richard nor Robert would sell, dispose of or contract any debt on the lands and that they should be passed to Robert's and Margaret's heirs forever. The articles were witnessed by Patrick Stephens of Ardvagh and Thomas Hinds and George Hinds of Kilmainham, all in the County of Cavan.2
Will*
The Petrenko source noted that because Richard Booth had no surviving children his will had his nephew RobertBell, his sister Mary's son, change his name to Bell Booth.3
[S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929: 1746; Film number 522830; Volume 124; Page 271; Record number 84629; on 2687 FHL microfilms, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
[S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929: 1746, Film# 522830, Deed# 84629; on 2687 FHL microfilms.
[S763] Linda (Bell-Booth) Petrenko, "Bell-Booth Family Information," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, various dates, email dated 29 Aug 2010. Hereinafter cited as "Bell-Booth Family Information."
Robert Booth1
Robert Booth||p19.htm#i6961|Richard Booth||p19.htm#i6962||||Unknown Booth||p19.htm#i7835||||||||||
On 16 September 1746 RichardBooth of Drumcarban, County Cavan, his son RobertBooth and RalphHinds( -1752) of Kilmainham, also in the County of Cavan, registered a Memorial Articles of Marriage agreement in preparation for the marriage between Ralph's daughter, MargaretHinds, and Robert Booth. The agreement stated that, in consideration of his affection for his son Robert Booth and of a Marriage Portion payment of one hundred twenty pounds received by Margaret Hinds from her father Ralph Hinds, Richard Booth granted immediately and forever confirmed to Robert and to Robert's and Margaret's lawful heirs, the one half of his Freehold called Drumcarban located in the Barony of Clanmahon, and then the other half at Richard's death. Richard agreed that the Freehold was to be free from all debts and, in case Margaret should survive her husband Robert, subject to an annuity of ten pounds a year to Margaret for life to be paid out of the lands of Drumcarban. It was further agreed in the articles that neither Richard nor Robert would sell, dispose of or contract any debt on the lands and that they should be passed to Robert's and Margaret's heirs forever. The articles were witnessed by Patrick Stephens of Ardvagh and Thomas Hinds and George Hinds of Kilmainham, all in the County of Cavan.2
Marriage*
circa 1746
He married MargaretHinds, daughter of RalphHinds( -1752) of Kilmainham and AnneHussey, circa 1746 in Ireland.1
[S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929: 1746; Film number 522830; Volume 124; Page 271; Record number 84629; on 2687 FHL microfilms, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
[S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929: 1746, Film# 522830, Deed# 84629; on 2687 FHL microfilms.
[S497] "Hinds Family Research Collection", compiled by Marguerite Clayton (Michigan), for Shirley Ertz (Nebraska), Andrew Bell (d. 1755) Family Tree obtained from Beverley Mackey; Shirley Ertz Personal Library, email: e-mail address, Nebraska. Hereinafter cited as "Hinds Family Research Collection."
JonathanBolton of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, purchased land in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, with his son JohnBolton of Freetown, a yeoman, from BeuthalBorden, a yeoman, for the sum of $275. The deed was dated on 20 December 1796, signed and delivered on 3 Jul 1799, but not recorded until 15 Dec 1805. The land was described as a certain tract of land lying in Freetown, bounded Westerly by the land of Perigrine White, Southeasterly by the highway, Easterly by the land of Francis Rigsley and Nehemiah Donnerswilde and Northerly by the land of Augustus Chase. It was recorded as "containing 50 acres, be it more or less," and was signed by Beuthal Borden and Mary Borden with John Borden and Thomas White as witnesses.2
(Previous Owner) Land Transfer
4 November 1805
JohnBolton, a yeoman of Freetown, and and his wife, Tryphena, signed a deed agreement on 4 November 1805 to sell land in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, to CalvinReynolds, a yeoman of Freetown, for the sum of $200. The deed was dated and signed on 4 November 1805, and recorded on 16 Dec 1805. It described the tract or parcel of land situated in Freetown, bounded as follows: Westerly on land of Peregrine White, Northerly on land of David Bolton, Easterly on land of Francis Pigsley and Southerly on the highway. Beginning at White's southerly corner by the highway, and then north seventy-one rods, then left sixteen degrees and a half, north seventy-four rods then south on Pigsley's line fifty-seven rods and four links to the highway then on the highway to the bounds first mentioned and being one-half of that lot of land that Bethuel Borden sold to Jonathan Bolton and John Bolton containing twenty acres be it the same more or less. The deed was signed by John Bolton and the mark of his wife Tryphena Bolton. Witnesses were Jonathan Bolton and Taber Ashley and John Bolton acknowledged, using the name Jonathan Bolton Jr., that he had signed as a free act and deed.3
(Previous Owner) Land Transfer
31 October 1806
JonathanBolton, a yeoman of Freetown, and his wife ThankfulBolton signed a deed agreement on 31 October 1806 to sell land in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, to ThomasWhite, a yeoman of Dartmouth, for the sum of $200. The deed was dated and signed on 31 October 1806, and recorded on 1 Nov 1806. It described the tract or parcel of land situated in Freetown, bounded as follows: Containing twenty-six acres ___________ and bounded Northerly by land belonging to Augustus Chase, Easterly and Southerly by Calvin Reynolds' land, Westerly by Peregrine White's land and is the one-half of that lot of land, taken off at the North end, which he, Jonathan Bolton, and his son, John Bolton, bought from Bethuel Borden. It was signed with the marks of Jonathan Bolton and Thankful Bolton, with Thomas Bolton and David Bolton as witnesses.4
[S598] Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts: Vital Records: Book 2, page 252, Freetown Town Hall, 3 N. Main Street, Assonet, Massachusetts. Hereinafter cited as Freetown Vital Records.
[S597] Bristol County (Mass.) deed records, v. 1-556, (1686-1900 and 1686-1956) index -, 1686-1956. Microreproduction of original records in the registrar's office, Taunton, Massachusetts. Includes index: volume 85, pages 442-443; on microfilm volume 84-85 for 1804-1805, Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Bristol County, Massachusetts Deeds: Taunton Registry (1686-1900).
[S597] Bristol County, Massachusetts Deeds: Taunton Registry (1686-1900): volume 85, page 443; on microfilm volumes 84-85 for 1804-1806.
[S597] Bristol County, Massachusetts Deeds: Taunton Registry (1686-1900): volume 86, page 501; on microfilm volumes 86-87 for 1806-1807.
