John Bolton1

b. 1807, d. 1808
Family
Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of John Bolton
3rd great-grandson of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Father*Gamaliel Bolton1 b. 11 May 1778
Mother*Sally Hooper1
Birth*1807John Bolton was born in 1807 possibly in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts,1 
Death*1808 and died in 1808 possibly.1 

Citations

  1. [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 19 Oct 2012, citing "Pittsfield Families", Volume 1, A-B. Hereinafter cited as "Jeremiah Bolton, Additional Information."

Jonathan Bolton1

b. 1 July 1738, d. before 1810
Family
Relationships2nd cousin of John Bolton
2nd great-grandson of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Father*Jonathan Sprague Jr. b. 13 Mar 1720
Mother*Susanna Bolton1 b. 12 Jan 1710/11
Birth*1 July 1738Jonathan Bolton was born on 1 July 1738 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England). His birth record called him Jonathan "Sprauge", "Sprauge alias Bolton", son of Susanna Bolton.2 
(Private) French & Indian War17 November 1757Jonathan Bolton of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, appeared on a Muster Roll in 1757 as a Private in the Company of Captain Samuel Thaxter. Jonathan, whose "Father or Master" was recorded as his step-father Jabez Cowing spelled "Cowan", was a minor and had entered the service on 07 Mar 1757. He served until 17 November 1757 for a length of service of 36 weeks, 4 days. The roll listed the names of the men in the company who were not included in the "capitulation" at Fort William Henry, Warren County, New York.3 
(Private) French & Indian War26 February 1758The same day his service ended in Captain Samuel Thaxter's Company, Jonathan Bolton was drafted and appeared on a Muster Roll as a Private in the Company of Captain Abel Keen on the expedition against Crown Point, Essex County, New York. Jonathan began service in his new company on 18 Nov 1757 and served until 26 February 1758 for a length of service of 14 weeks, 3 days. He was allowed 19 days of travel time.4 
(Soldier) French & Indian WarSeptember 1758Jonathan Bolton appeared on a Billeting Account rendered by Isaac Brown for billeting soldiers on their return from the service between the period from Nov 1757 to September 1758. Jonathan had received 1 meal and was reported to be in Captain Abel Keen's Company, Colonel ______ Frye's Regiment.5 
Marriage Intention17 July 1760An intention of marriage for Jonathan Bolton of Dartmouth and Thankful Borden of Freetown was recorded on 17 July 1760 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2 
Marriage*10 September 1760He married Thankful Borden on 10 September 1760 in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island. The record indicated that both were of Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, although their intention noted that Thankful was of Freetown. They were married by Samuel Hicks, Justice.6 
Census US 1790*1790Jonathan Bolton appeared on the 1790 census as the Head of Household in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household consisted of 3 males aged 16 and over, 2 males under the age of 16 and 1 female. Son John had his own household on neighboring land in 1790, so it is suspected that Jonathan and his sons David and Thomas were the 3 older males, that their wife and mother Thankful was the female and that the 2 younger males were as yet unidentified children of the couple.7,8 
(CLUE? Identity) Marriage21 August 1794A man named Jonathan Bolton married Hannah Snow on 21 August 1794 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. In Bristol County, Massachusetts, Jonathan Jr.'s wife, Tryphena Bolton, was alive until at least December of 1805 when she signed a deed in Bristol County, so he doesn't appear to be a likely candidate for this marriage. Thankful (Thanke) Bolton appeared on the 1810 Census in Freetown, Bristol County, so the Bristol County father Jonathan is unlikely, also. The only other candidate Jonathan Bolton discovered so far was listed as a Head of Household on the 1790 Census in Blandford Town, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. His household contained one female and two males over the age of 16, so he may have had a son named Jonathan who married in Bridgewater in 1794. For the purpose of remembering this issue, the imagined son has been "created" and the marriage linked to him. The search continues..2 
Land Transfer*20 December 1796Jonathan Bolton of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, purchased land in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, with his son John Bolton of Freetown, a yeoman, from Beuthal Borden, 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 Pigsley 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.9 
Taxation1798Jonathan Bolton appeared on the Direct Tax list in 1798 in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. There were no dwelling houses on the land which contained 30 acres, and Jonathan was identified as both the owner and occupier of the property. The valuation first determined by the Principal Assessors was $210, and the valuation as revised and equalized by the Commissioners was $241.50 as was the final "whole valuation of lands belonging to or possessed by one person."10 
Taxation*1798Jonathan Bolton appeared on the Direct Tax list in 1798 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He had 30 acres and was identified as both the owner and occupier of the property which had one dwelling house valued at $30. The valuation first determined by the Principal Assessors for the property was $420, and the valuation as revised and equalized by the Commissioners was $546 as was the final "whole valuation of lands belonging to or possessed by one person."11 
Census US 1800*1800Jonathan Bolton appeared on the 1800 census as the Head of Household in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The household had 1 male aged 10 thru 15, 1 male aged 45 and over and 1 female aged 45 and over. Jonathan and Thankful's son John was enumerated with his growing family at a neighboring farm.12 
(Witness to Deed) Land Transfer4 November 1805John Bolton, a yeoman of Freetown, and his wife, Tryphena, signed a deed agreement on 4 November 1805 to sell land in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, to Calvin Reynolds, 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. John Bolton acknowledged, using the name Jonathan Bolton Jr., that he had signed as a free act and deed.13 
Land Transfer19 February 1806Jonathan Bolton, a yeoman of Freetown, and his wife Thankful Bolton signed a deed agreement on 19 February 1806 to sell land in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, to Benjamin Crapo, a yeoman of Freetown, for the sum of $75. The deed was recorded a year after it was signed, on 26 Mar 1807, and identified the tract or parcel of land, situated in Freetown, as part of Jonathan's homestead farm containing by estimation ten acres, "be it the same more or less", and was described as follows: Beginning at a Maple tree standing by the side of the Mill River, thence running as the river runs until it comes to the Abram Ashley land, thence Westerly along the Ashley line until it comes to a spring brook, thence Northerly along the brook until it comes to Joshua Crapo's land, thence Southerly along the Crapo line until it comes to the southeast corner of Joshua Crapo's land, thence Southerly, in or about the same direction, to the Maple tree first mentioned. The deed was signed by Jonathan Bolton and with the mark of Thankful Bolton with Thomas White and Porsilla (Priscilla?) Crapo as witnesses.14 
Land Transfer*31 October 1806Jonathan Bolton, a yeoman of Freetown, and Thankful Bolton signed a deed agreement on 31 October 1806 to sell land in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, to Thomas White, 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.15 
Land Transfer26 March 1807Jonathan Bolton, a yeoman of Freetown, signed a deed agreement which was recorded on 26 March 1807 to sell land in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, to Benjamin Crapo and Thomas White, yeomen of Freetown and Dartmouth, respectively, for the sum of $150. The deed identified Jonathan Bolton's "homestead farm" situated and lying in Freetown, bounded as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Abram Ashley's land which lays on the South side of the road that runs by Peregrine White's and is a part of the land which Abram Ashley bought from Joshua Crapo, thence running Easterly by that same road until it comes to John Borden's land until it comes to Lemuel Borden's land, thence Westerly by Lemuel Borden's land until it comes to the Mill River, thence Northerly by that river until it comes to the Northeast corner of Benjamin Crapo's land until it comes to Abram Ashley's land, thence Northerly by Abram Ashley's land until it comes to the above mentioned road, and containing forty acres, "be it the same more or less". Jonathan Bolton signed with his mark, with (Malaeths____or____Merchant??) White and Thomas Bolton as witnesses.16 
Death*before 1810He may have died before 1810, probably in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. His wife, Thankful, was enumerated on the 1810 Census as Head of Household and the only other member of her household was a male too young to have been Jonathan.17 

Family

 Thankful Borden
Children 1.John Bolton+ b. 10 Aug 1762, d. 30 Oct 1829
 2.David Bolton+ b. c 1764
 3.Thomas Bolton

Citations

  1. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Jonathan "Sprauge alias Bolton", son of Susanna Bolton. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org.
  3. [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, Muster Roll index card# 14349 for Jonathan "Bolten" referencing Volume 95, page 509 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.
  4. [S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779: FHL Film# 2428118, Muster Roll index card# 14388 for Jonathan Bolton referencing Volume 96, page 86 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels.
  5. [S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779: FHL Film# 2428118, Muster Roll index card# 14389 for Jonathan Bolton referencing Volume 96, page 194 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels.
  6. [S595] Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Rhode Island Vital Records 1636-1850 - NEHGS.
  7. [S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jonathan Bolton, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: M637_4; Image: 0255. Hereinafter cited as 1790 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S602] U.S. Federal Government, Heads of Families at the first Census of the United States taken in the Year 1790 in Massachusetts (Baltimore, Maryland: reprinted 1966, 1973, 1992, 1998 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1908 by Government Printing Office, Washington DC), Freetown, page 46, column 3. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts 1790 Heads of Families.
  9. [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. Note: Part I of Volume 7, pages 1-654 of this series was found on Film# 1405193 and has been referenced separately in this project as Source# 597. 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).
  10. [S594] Massachusetts and Maine 1798 Direct Tax List, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Volume 11, page 677. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts and Maine 1798 Direct Tax.
  11. [S594] Massachusetts and Maine 1798 Direct Tax, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Volume 12, page 518.
  12. [S164] 1800 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, 1800 Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts; Roll 19; Page: 548; Image: 22; Household of Jonathan Bolton (transcribed as "Botton"). Hereinafter cited as 1800 United States Federal Census.
  13. [S597] Bristol County, Massachusetts Deeds: Taunton Registry (1686-1900), Volume 85, page 443; on microfilm Volumes 84-85 for 1804-1806.
  14. [S597] Bristol County, Massachusetts Deeds: Taunton Registry (1686-1900), volume 87, pages 196-197; on microfilm volumes 86-87 for 1806-1807.
  15. [S597] Bristol County, Massachusetts Deeds: Taunton Registry (1686-1900), volume 86, page 501; on microfilm volumes 86-87 for 1806-1807.
  16. [S597] Bristol County, Massachusetts Deeds: Taunton Registry (1686-1900), volume 87, pages 197; on microfilm volumes 86-87 for 1806-1807.
  17. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Thanke Bolton (transcribed as "Botton"), Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts; Roll 17; Page: 479; Family History Number: 0205625: Image: 00233. Hereinafter cited as 1810 United States Federal Census.

Jonathan Bolton

b. circa 1770
Family
Birth*circa 1770Jonathan Bolton was born circa 1770 in Springfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
Census US 1790*1790A man named Jonathan Bolton, possible the father of Jonathan Bolton, appeared as Head of Household on the 1790 census in Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The household was enumerated with 2 males aged 16 and over, 1 male under 16 and 2 females.2,3 
Marriage*2 October 1791He married Thankful Sanderson on 2 October 1791 in Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.1 
Marriage21 August 1794A man named Jonathan Bolton married Hannah Snow on 21 August 1794 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. In Bristol County, Massachusetts, Jonathan Jr.'s wife, Tryphena Bolton, was alive until at least December of 1805 when she signed a deed in Bristol County, so he doesn't appear to be a likely candidate for this marriage. Thankful (Thanke) Bolton appeared on the 1810 Census in Freetown, Bristol County, so the Bristol County father Jonathan is unlikely, also. The only other candidate Jonathan Bolton discovered so far was listed as a Head of Household on the 1790 Census in Blandford Town, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. His household contained one female and two males over the age of 16, so he may have had a son named Jonathan who married in Bridgewater in 1794. For the purpose of remembering this issue, the imagined son has been "created" and the marriage linked to him. The search continues..4 

Family 1

 Thankful Sanderson b. 11 Jul 1773

Family 2

 Hannah Snow
Child 1.Otis Bolton5 b. c 1796, d. 9 Feb 1816

Citations

  1. [S8] Community Contributed Family Information, International Genealogical Index (IGI) available online at https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi. The International Genealogical Index was a family history database that listed several hundred million names of deceased persons from throughout the world. Names in the IGI came from two sources: Community Indexed and Community Contributed. The Community Contributed IGI contained family information submitted by members to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Although we have often found the contributed information to be unreliable, inaccurate or incomplete, we consider the information a possible clue as we research. (Salt Lake City, Utah: www.familysearch.org), submitted by a member of the LDS Church with no sources provided.
  2. [S602] U.S. Federal Government, Heads of Families at the first Census of the United States taken in the Year 1790 in Massachusetts (Baltimore, Maryland: reprinted 1966, 1973, 1992, 1998 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1908 by Government Printing Office, Washington DC), Blandford Town, Hampshire County, page 104, column 1. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts 1790 Heads of Families.
  3. [S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jonathan Bolton, Blandford, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Roll: M637_4; Image: 0147. Hereinafter cited as 1790 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  5. [S601] Hall District Cemetery, "Cemetery Inscriptions in Stafford Connecticut", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 101, page 73, (1947). Hereinafter cited as "Stafford Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions."

Joseph Bolton1

b. 27 July 1704, d. 12 March 1751
Family
RelationshipsGranduncle of John Bolton
Grandson of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Father*John Bolton1 b. c 1660, d. 21 Dec 1721
Mother*Sarah Chesebrough1 b. 24 Dec 1663, d. 24 Oct 1743
Birth*27 July 1704Joseph Bolton was born on 27 July 1704 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 
(5th Son) Guardianship4 June 1722Joseph was a minor child of 17 and his siblings, Nathaniel and Abigail Bolton, were also minors when their father died on 21 December 1721. Joseph at age 17 and Nathaniel at age 15, both being under the age of 21 and above the age of 14 were, under the law, permitted to choose their own guardians. Both Joseph and Nathaniel chose their mother, Sarah (Chesebrough) Bolton, and she was approved by the court on 4 June 1722. Abigail, who was only 12, was under the age of 14 and, on the same date, the court appointed the children's mother guardian of Abigail, as well.

Sarah's guardianship duties to all three of her minor children, as instructed by the court, were to take them into her care and tuition until their majority at age 21. She was directed, for each child, to take into her hands and possession, to their benefit, their estates, lands, moneys, goods and chattels for the purpose of improving them in such a manner as she should judge best for them. She was also instructed to submit a plain and true account of her guardianship for each upon oath, and to include all and singular such estate that came into her hands and possession by virtue of her guardianship, and to account for the profits and improvements of each of the minor children's estates. She would be lawfully required to pay and deliver the accounting, and as much of the estate remaining, after first being examined and allowed by the appropriate judge, as each child reached the age of full majority.3,4 
(5th Son) Estate and Land5 April 1723The personal estate of Joseph's father, John Bolton, late of Bridgewater, after the payment of debts and charges, was divided by agreement between Sarah, his widow, and their children.

A special committee of five good and sufficient freeholders, Josiah Edson Esq., Nathaniel Hayward, Joseph Edson, Nathaniel Brett and John Field, was appointed by Judge Isaac Winslow to determine a fair distribution of real estate that John Bolton died seized of in the County of Plymouth. The committee's task was completed on 5 April 1723 and included setting off the widow Sarah Bolton's Dower or Thirds of housing and lands, and also setting off an equitable portion or share of land for each of the couple's ten children, John Bolton Jr., Samuel Bolton, Sarah (Bolton) Leonard, Elizabeth Bolton, Nicholas Bolton, Mary Bolton, Elisha Bolton, Joseph Bolton, Nathaniel Bolton, and Abigail Bolton.

Joseph Bolton, the couple's fifth son, received the portion or share defined by the committee as Lot# 4. It was bounded on the river, and was bounded south-westerly by his brother Elisha's Lot# 3 to Jonathan Sprague's range, then keeping his range 10 rods to a stake which was the northerly corner bound, and then ranging from that stake south-east and by south to the land that was set off to his mother for her Dower, and then keeping his mother's range to the river.5,6 
(Brother) Land Transfer16 February 1730The surviving siblings of John Bolton Jr., all residing in Bridgewater and consisting of Nicholas Bolton, Elisha Bolton, Joseph Bolton, Nathaniel Bolton and Samuel Bolton, Sarah (Bolton) Leonard, Elizabeth (Bolton) May and Abigail Bolton and their husbands, William Leonard and Michael May, children and heirs of John Bolton, late of Bridgewater, signed a deed agreement on 16 February 1730, registered on 13 March 1743, stating that their honored father, had in his lifetime, sold to their brother John Bolton Jr. of Bridgewater, yeoman, for a valuable consideration, a small parcel of land containing by estimation one acre and a half which lay adjoining to their brother's land where he then lived in Bridgewater. The land was described as beginning at a stake and heap of stones which was on bounds of his own land, then running northerly about 5 rods to a red oak tree marked on two sides and running still on the low range 6 rods and a half further to a stake and a heap of stones. From there running easterly about 20 rods (by a double red oak and a single red oak) to a rock by the side of the river, then bounded by the river upstream to John Bolton Jr.'s land. Then by his land to the bounds first mentioned. The deed then stated that, because their honored father did not give a deed to their brother, they separately and together, released all claim to the tract or parcel of land to their brother.7 
(5th Son) Estate and Land25 September 1730Joseph's sister, Mary Bolton, had died intestate and the settlement and distribution of her real estate was completed on 25 September 1730. Mary's estate was divided into ten equal shares and distributed between her mother, Sarah (Chesebrough) Bolton, and brothers and sisters, John Bolton, Samuel Bolton, Sarah (Bolton) Leonard, Elizabeth (Bolton) May, Nicholas Bolton, Elisha Bolton, Joseph Bolton, Nathaniel Bolton, and Abigail Bolton.

A special committee of five freeholders consisting of Joseph Alden, whose land bordered the deceased's, and Joseph Edson, Eleazer Carver, Daniel Hudson and Jonathan Sprague had earlier been appointed by Judge Isaac Winslow on 15 June 1730 to inventory Mary's land and to determine, in their best judgment, an equitable division of her real estate, which they estimated to be 6 acres. Their recommendation, submitted to the court on 10 August 1730 and approved on 21 August 1730, distributed the lands into ten equal shares or lots.

Joseph received the lot identified by the committee as the fifth share which contained about 3/4 of an acre of land lying on the south side and joining to the lot distributed to Joseph's brother Nicholas. Joseph's lot began at the south-east corner at a stake and heap of stones standing by the highway, and from there ranged north 56 degrees west 13 rods to a stake and heap of stones and from there ranged north 68 degrees west 30 rods and 3/4 to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 30 degrees west 5 rods and 1/4 to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 71 degrees east 31 rods to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 56 degrees east 10 rods to a stake and heap of stones standing by the highway, and from there bounding by the highway 4 rods to the bounds first mentioned at the south-east corner of his lot.8,9 
(5th Brother) Land Records22 February 1730/31 On 22 February 1730/31, Joseph Bolton, Sarah (Bolton) Leonard and her husband William Leonard, Elizabeth (Bolton) May and her husband Michael May and Nicholas Bolton, all of Bridgewater, sold to Jonathan Washburn of Bridgewater, for the sum of £40, the land in Bridgewater they had, a few months earlier, received as heirs in the distribution of their deceased sister Mary Bolton's estate. Josiah Edson and Sarah Edson witnessed the signatures of the Boltons and their husbands on 22 February 1730/31 and the deed was recorded in Plymouth County on 18 May 1761. It described the property as four tenths part of their sister Mary's real estate, being the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh shares as described, with the details of quantity and bounds, in the earlier settlement document for the division of Mary Bolton's estate on file with the Judge of Probate.10 
(Defendant) Court ActionMarch 1730/31 In March 1730/31, the Court of Common Pleas for Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), recorded the case of Samuel Packard of Bridgewater v. John Bolton, Samuel Bolton, Nicholas Bolton, Elisha Bolton, Joseph Bolton and Nathaniel Bolton, all Husbandmen of Bridgewater, as Trespass: Defendants pleaded they cut the trees mentioned in the writ, but were not guilty of trespass because they were in possession. The jury verdict was for the Defendants, and for costs taxed at £5.16s.3d.11 
Land Transfer*12 February 1732Joseph Bolton of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth in New England, signed a deed agreement on 12 February 1732 to sell a certain piece of land in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, to his brother-in-law Michael May and sister Elizabeth (Bolton) May his wife, also of Bridgewater, for the sum of One Hundred and Ten Pounds. The deed was witnessed by Samuel Bolton and Nathaniel Bolton, brothers of Joseph Bolton, on 5 Mar 1732 and recorded on 13 Dec 1732. The land was described as containing by estimation twelve acres, be there more or less, bounded as follows: Beginning at a Stake and Heap of Stones by the Highway which is the South Easterly corner and from there bounded Northerly as the fence now stands next to his brother Elisha Bolton's land to a Stake and Heap of Stones by the Side of the Swamp and then running North Easterly to the land of Joseph Alden, and then bounded by the land of Joseph Alden Westerly to the land of John Willis and then bounded by the land of John Willis Southerly to the Highway and then by the Highway to the bounds first mentioned.12 
Land Transfer*23 February 1735/36 On 23 February 1735/36, for the sum of sixty pounds, Joseph Bolton of Bridgewater, labourer, sold to his brother Elisha Bolton of Bridgewater, yeoman, a three-tenths part of all the land in the township of Dorchester or Stoughton, Suffolk County, that their father John Bolton had died seized of and had not already been disposed of. The deed was signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Benjamin White, Justice of the Peace and recorded in Suffolk County on 31 October 1765 by Ezekiel Goldthwait, Registrar.13 
Marriage*6 February 1739/40He married Deliverance Washburn, daughter of Samuel Washburn Jr. and Abigail Leonard, on 6 February 1739/40 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,14 
Death*12 March 1751He died on 12 March 1751 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), at age 46.15 

Family

 Deliverance Washburn b. 7 Oct 1706, d. 28 May 1755
Children 1.Child Bolton16 d. 16 Jan 1741
 2.Child Bolton16 d. 1745
 3.Joseph Bolton Jr.+1 b. 1744, d. 18 Jul 1832
 4.Philip Bolton+1 b. c 1750, d. 21 Dec 1822

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, surname spelled "Bolten". Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S624] Probate records, 1686-1903; with index and docket, 1685-1967, Massachusetts Probate Court (Plymouth County), microfilm of originals at Plymouth, Massachusetts on 157 microfilm reels filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1968. Includes Index. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, FHL Film# 549782, Index and Docket Abe-Bur 1685-1881, Case number 2221; FHL Film# 550705, Index to probates 1686-1820; FHL Film# 550510, Probates 1717-1724, Volume 4, pages 331-332. Hereinafter cited as Plymouth County Massachusetts Probate (Index) 1686-1903.
  4. [S1126] Joseph, Nathaniel and Abigail Bolton, Guardianship (1722 Bridgewater, Plymouth County) Case number 2221, Box 107049 on FHL Film# 2426726. Probate file papers 1686-1881, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; microfilm of records at Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, on 246 microfilm reels. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Guardianship for Joseph, Nathaniel and Abigail Bolton (1722 Bridgewater).
  5. [S1124] John Bolton, Probate (1723 Bridgewater, Plymouth County) Case number 2216, Box 107049 on FHL Film# 2426726. Probate file papers 1686-1881, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; microfilm of records at Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, on 246 microfilm reels. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Probate of John Bolton (1723 Bridgewater).
  6. [S624] Plymouth County Massachusetts Probate (Index) 1686-1903, FHL Film# 549782, Index and Docket Abe-Bur 1685-1881, Case number 2216; FHL Film# 550705, Index to probates 1686-1820; FHL Film# 550510, Probates 1717-1724, Volume 4, pages 322-324; FHL Film# 550511, Probates 1724-1731, Volume 5, pages 643-649.
  7. [S625] Deed records, 1664-1900, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, microfilm of original manuscript on 462 microfilm reels. Includes Grantor and Grantee indexes: Film# 558826, Book 36, page 134c, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deed records, 1664-1900, Plymouth County.
  8. [S1127] Mary Bolton, Probate (1730 Bridgewater, Plymouth County) Case number 2220, Box 107049 on FHL Film# 2426726. Probate file papers 1686-1881, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; microfilm of records at Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, on 246 microfilm reels. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Probate of Mary Bolton (1730 Bridgewater).
  9. [S624] Plymouth County Massachusetts Probate (Index) 1686-1903, FHL Film# 549782, Index and Docket Abe-Bur 1685-1881, Case number 2220; FHL Film# 550705, Index to probates 1686-1820; FHL Film# 550511, Probates 1724-1731, Volume 5, pages 704-705, 780-786 and 789-790.
  10. [S625] Deed records, 1664-1900, Plymouth County, FHL Film# 559116, Book 46, pages 261-262.
  11. [S669] Plymouth Court Records, 1686-1859 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Volume 5, page 303, number 7; referencing (4:326-329). Hereinafter cited as Plymouth Court Records 1686-1859 - NEHGS.
  12. [S625] Deed records, 1664-1900, Plymouth County, Film# 558823, Book 28, page 108.
  13. [S633] Records of deeds, 1639-1885; indexes to deeds, 1639-1920 (Suffolk County, Massachusetts). Microfilm of original records in the Registry of Deeds, Boston, Massachusetts on 1128 microfilm reels. Includes indexes to grantors, 1639-1920; indexes to grantees, 1639-1920; and indexes to persons other than grantors and grantees, 1639-1799: Film# 494601, Volume 108 dated 1765-1766, pages 75-R and 76-L, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Records of deeds 1639-1885, Suffolk County.
  14. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org.
  15. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, referencing P.R.4: citing a private record, from a record of deaths kept from 1766 to 1820 by Oliver Alden, and from 1820 to 1846 by his son, Caleb Alden, and grandson, Cromwell Alden, or members of the family, now in the possession of the Bridgewater Public Library.
  16. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, referencing P.R.4: citing a private record; from a record of deaths kept from 1766 to 1820 by Oliver Alden, and from 1820 to 1846 by his son, Caleb Alden, and grandson, Cromwell Alden, or members of the family, now in the possession of the Bridgewater Public Library.

Joseph Bolton1

b. 10 March 1776
Family
RelationshipsNephew of John Bolton
2nd great-grandson of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Descendants of John Bolton and Zilpah Peirce
Father*Joseph Bolton Jr.1 b. 1744, d. 18 Jul 1832
Mother*Mary Bolton1 b. 6 May 1752
Birth*10 March 1776Joseph Bolton was born on 10 March 1776 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress).1,2 
(Son) Census US 1790It 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 
Census US 1850*26 August 1850Joseph Bolton appeared on the 1850 census taken on 26 August 1850 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He lived in an Alms House and was noted on the census as a pauper, age 74 unable to read or write and with no occupation.4 

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Bolton, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Roll M637_4; Image: 0087. Hereinafter cited as 1790 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Alms House, Alonzo P Benson, Keeper, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_333; Page: 19!; Image:43. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Joseph Bolton1

b. 8 July 1682
Family
Father*William Bolton1 d. 27 Mar 1697
Mother*Mary Denison1
Birth*8 July 1682Joseph Bolton was born on 8 July 1682 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1 

Citations

  1. [S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, 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.

Joseph Bolton1

Family
Father*Dr. Hugh Bolton1 b. 1687, d. 8 Jun 1772
Mother*Elizabeth Patterson1 d. 30 Jan 1755

Citations

  1. [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.

Joseph Bolton Jr.1

b. 1744, d. 18 July 1832
Family
Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of John Bolton
Great-grandson of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant (#1)
Descendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant (#2)
Descendants of John Bolton and Zilpah Peirce
Father*Joseph Bolton1 b. 27 Jul 1704, d. 12 Mar 1751
Mother*Deliverance Washburn1 b. 7 Oct 1706, d. 28 May 1755
Birth*1744Joseph Bolton Jr. was born in 1744, his year of birth calculated from his age of 35 when he enlisted in the Continental Army in 1779.1,2 
Marriage*27 April 1773He married Mary Bolton, daughter of John Bolton and Elizabeth Hayward, on 27 April 1773 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England). They were first cousins, one time removed.1,3 
Revolutionary War*8 August 1779Joseph Bolton Jr. of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress), enlisted from Plymouth County on 8 August 1779 and served in the Revolutionary War with the Continental Army. He was delivered to Ensign E. White and also served with Major's Company. His enlistment was for nine months and he was discharged on 8 Apr 1780.2 
Description*At the time of his enlistment into the Continental Army in 1779, Joseph was described as 35 years of age, 5 ft. 10 in. in stature with a dark complexion.2 
Census US 1790*He appeared on the 1790 census as the Head of Household 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.4 
Land Transfer*31 December 1793Joseph Bolton Jr. of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, yeoman, signed a deed agreement on 31 December 1793 to sell a dwelling house standing in the East Precinct of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and the Land that the house was standing on to Betty Bolton, Spinster, for the sum of 4 pounds, 4 shillings. The deed was witnessed by Thomas Hayward and Cornelius Hayward on 16 Mar 1794 and recorded on 27 Mar 1794. The younger Betty was Joseph's sister-in-law, and the house she purchased provided a home for herself and her mother, Elizabeth "Betty" (Hayward) Bolton, Joseph's mother-in-law, until their respective deaths a few years later.5 
Census US 1800*He appeared on the 1800 census as the Head of Household in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Joseph and Mary would have been married about 27 years in 1800 and both were noted in the age category of 45 and over. Two females under the age of 10 and possibly daughters, resided with the couple.6 
Census US 1810*He appeared on the 1810 census as the Head of Household in East Parish, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The two members of the household were one male of 45 and over and one female of 45 and over.7 
Census US 1820*He appeared on the 1820 census as the Head of Household in West Parish, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The two members of the household were one male of 45 and upwards and one female of 45 and upwards.8 
Administration*3 October 1831In a letter to Justice Wilkes Wood dated 3 October 1831, John E. Howard wrote that he was the guardian of the deceased John Bolton's father, Joseph Bolton Jr.. Stating also that the deceased John Bolton died without issue, John E. Howard requested that Jonas Hartwell, a selectman of West Bridgewater, be appointed Administrator of John Bolton's estate.9 
Death*18 July 1832He died on 18 July 1832.10 
Probate*1833His estate was probated in 1833 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.11,12 

Family

 Mary Bolton b. 6 May 1752
Children 1.Philip Bolton1 b. 17 Jul 1774, d. 25 Nov 1843
 2.Joseph Bolton1 b. 10 Mar 1776
 3.John Bolton1 b. 23 Apr 1778, d. 8 Aug 1831
 4.Mary Bolton1
 5.Deliverance Bolton1 b. 27 Feb 1781
 6.Barzillia Bolton1 b. 27 Nov 1783
 7.Zimri Bolton1 b. 22 Dec 1786
 8.Betty Bolton+1 b. 6 Dec 1788
 9.Silence Bolton1 b. c 1795, d. 29 May 1814

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S482] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, in 17 Volumes, online at www.ancestry.com, Volume 2, page 251. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  4. [S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Bolton, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Roll M637_4; Image: 0087. Hereinafter cited as 1790 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S625] Deed records, 1664-1900, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, microfilm of original manuscript on 462 microfilm reels. Includes Grantor and Grantee indexes: Film# 559131, Book 76, page 41, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deed records, 1664-1900, Plymouth County.
  6. [S164] 1800 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Bolton, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Roll 16; Page:67; Image: 77; Family History Library Film: 205617. Hereinafter cited as 1800 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Bolton, East Parish, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Roll 21; Page: 85; Family History Film Number: 0205629; Image: 00048; "Bolton" transcribed as "Botton". Hereinafter cited as 1810 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S468] 1820 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Bolton, Bridgewater West Parish, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Roll M33_50; Page: 443; Image: 373. Hereinafter cited as 1820 United States Federal Census.
  9. [S624] Probate records, 1686-1903; with index and docket, 1685-1967, Massachusetts Probate Court (Plymouth County), microfilm of originals at Plymouth, Massachusetts on 157 microfilm reels filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1968. Includes Index. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Film# 2426726, Probate# 2218. Hereinafter cited as Plymouth County Massachusetts Probate (Index) 1686-1903.
  10. [S483] U.S. Pensioners 1818-1872 from original data: Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872, online at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Pensioners 1818-1872.
  11. [S611] Probate file papers, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (microfilm of records at Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, on 246 microfilm reels. Filmed by Graphic Microfilm of New England, Waltham, Massachusetts, 2007), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: Case number 2219. Hereinafter cited as Probate file papers, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
  12. [S624] Plymouth County Massachusetts Probate (Index) 1686-1903, Index and Docket Abe-Bur 1685-1881, film number 549782.

Lanson Bolton1

b. 2 February 1810, d. 2 October 1818
Family
Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of John Bolton
3rd great-grandson of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Father*Gamaliel Bolton1 b. 11 May 1778
Mother*Sally Hooper1
Birth*2 February 1810Lanson Bolton was born in 2 February 1810 possibly in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts,1 
Death*2 October 1818 and died in 2 October 1818 possibly in Pittsfield at age 8.1 

Citations

  1. [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 19 Oct 2012, citing "Pittsfield Families", Volume 1, A-B. Hereinafter cited as "Jeremiah Bolton, Additional Information."

Lemuel Bolton1

b. 4 May 1778, d. 12 March 1844
Family
Relationships1st cousin of John Bolton
2nd great-grandson of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Father-Possible*William Bolton1
Birth*4 May 1778Lemuel Bolton was born on 4 May 1778 in New London, New London County, Connecticut.1 
Marriage*He married Ruth Briggs, daughter of Perez Briggs and Elizabeth White.1 
Death*12 March 1844He died on 12 March 1844 in Burlington, Otsego County, New York, at age 65.1 
(Great Grandfather) LineageHis Great Grandson, Harry Emmett Bolton, 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, Lemuel Bolton, 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 Elisha Bolton, 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 Elisha Bolton were sons of John Bolton who was the son of the immigrant Nicholas Boulton.1,2 

Family

 Ruth Briggs b. 7 Jun 1777, d. 30 May 1843
Child 1.Perez Bolton+1 b. 4 May 1807, d. 28 Dec 1898

Citations

  1. [S670] Prepared by Arthur Adams, "Memoirs of the Deceased Members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 113, page 229, (July 1959). Hereinafter cited as "Memoirs - Harry Emmett Bolton."
  2. [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.

Leonard Bolton1

b. 28 November 1800
Family
Relationship3rd great-grandson of James Bolton
ChartsDescendants of William Bolton of Reading, The Immigrant
Father*Edward Bolton1 b. 5 Feb 1780, d. 1834
Mother*Elizabeth (Eliza) (Beth) Sanderson1 b. 21 Jul 1778
Birth*28 November 1800Leonard Bolton was born on 28 November 1800 in Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1 

Citations

  1. [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.

Lois Bolton1

b. 28 February 1757
Family
RelationshipGreat-granddaughter of James Bolton
ChartsDescendants of William Bolton of Reading, The Immigrant
Father*William Bolton1 b. 25 Oct 1721
Mother*Mary __?__1 d. b 16 May 1776
Birth*28 February 1757Lois Bolton was born on 28 February 1757 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2,3 
Marriage*24 July 1774She married Ephraim Lord on 24 July 1774 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.2,3 

Family

 Ephraim Lord

Citations

  1. [S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, 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.
  2. [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.
  3. [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.

Lowell Bolton1

b. 8 January 1809
Family
Father*Daniel Bolton1
Mother*Polly Fletcher1
Birth*8 January 1809Lowell Bolton was born on 8 January 1809.1 

Citations

  1. [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.

Lucinda Bolton1

b. 1 July 1791
Family
Relationship2nd great-granddaughter of James Bolton
ChartsDescendants of William Bolton of Reading, The Immigrant
Father*Timothy Bolton1 b. 5 May 1759
Mother*Sybel Bennett1 b. 17 Sep 1755, d. 20 Mar 1807
Birth*1 July 1791Lucinda Bolton was born on 1 July 1791 in Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1 
Marriage*She married Erastus Glover of Wilbraham, Hampden County, Massachusetts.2 

Family

 Erastus Glover

Citations

  1. [S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, 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.
  2. [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.

Lucy A. Bolton1

b. circa 1850, d. 23 August 1887
Family
ChartsDescendants of Jeremiah Bolton of Connecticut and New York
Father*Jeremiah Bolton1 b. 7 Mar 1809, d. b 19 Jun 1880
Mother*Harriet Talcott1 b. 1810, d. 16 Aug 1880
Birth*circa 1850Lucy A. Bolton was born circa 1850 in New York.1,2 
(Daughter) Census US 185013 September 1850Lucy A. Bolton appeared on the 1850 census taken on 13 September 1850 in the household of her parents, Jeremiah and Harriet Bolton, in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County, New York. Their surname was indexed as "Boulton" and their household consisted of 8 people. Daughters Harriett E. and Sarah E., both born in Massachusetts, were 19 and 17 respectively. The four youngest children were born in New York. William H. was 11, Albert J. 6, Mary L. 4 and baby Lucy's age was recorded as 0. The family's real estate was valued at $1000 in 1850.2 
(Daughter) Census US 186028 June 1860Lucy appeared on the 1860 census taken on 28 June 1860 in the household of her parents, Jeremiah and Harriet Bolton in Ashford, Cattaraugus County, New York. The family's surname was indexed as "Blston", and the Bolton household consisted of 8 people. Jeremiah was 52, and Harriet 50. Son William was 20, and Albert 16. Daughter Louisa was 12, and Lucy 9. Their youngest son George was 7. Also residing with the family in 1860 was four-year-old Wallace Thurber (indexed as "Turbur"), who in 1870 was found to reside in the Cattaraugus County Poor House in Machias. Jeremiah's real estate value was recorded at $2000 in 1860, and his personal estate at $300.3 
(Sister) Census US 187022 June 1870Lucy A. Bolton appeared on the 1870 census taken on 22 June 1870 in the household of her brother William H. Bolton 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 $3,000.4 
Marriage*14 February 1871She married Edwin G. Smith on 14 February 1871.1 
Death*23 August 1887She died on 23 August 1887.1 

Family

 Edwin G. Smith b. 17 Apr 1850, d. 21 Jan 1921

Citations

  1. [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."
  2. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jeremiah "Boulton", Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County, New York; Roll: M432_480; Page: 456B; Image: 282. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jeremiah "Blston", Ashford, Cattaraugus County, New York; Roll: M653_725; Page: 249; FHL Film# 803725. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  4. [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. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

Luther Chamberlain Bolton1

b. 19 February 1801
Family
Relationship3rd great-grandson of James Bolton
ChartsDescendants of William Bolton of Reading, The Immigrant
Father*John Bolton1 b. 24 Oct 1773, d. 28 Mar 1843
Mother*Betsy Tilton1 b. 30 Jun 1783
Birth*19 February 1801Luther Chamberlain Bolton was born on 19 February 1801 in Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont.1 

Citations

  1. [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.

Lydia Bolton

b. 29 June 1804, d. 1876
Family
Relationships2nd cousin 2 times removed of John Bolton
4th great-granddaughter of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Father*John Bolton1 b. 10 Aug 1762, d. 30 Oct 1829
Mother*Tryphena Hathaway1 b. 13 Jul 1764, d. 3 Feb 1832
Birth*29 June 1804Lydia Bolton was born on 29 June 1804 in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts.2 
Death*1876She died in 1876.1 

Citations

  1. [S608] Bolton Family Bible - Bristol County Massachusetts. Transcription located online at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meandrhs/taylor/bible/… as a result of a Google search, (2001); Jimmy - e-mail address Kerr, Austin, Texas 79762, listings, page 2. Hereinafter cited as Bolton Family Bible - Bristol County Massachusetts.
  2. [S608] Bolton Family Bible - Bristol County Massachusetts, listings, page 3.

Margery Bolton1

b. 31 March 1791
Family
Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of John Bolton
3rd great-granddaughter of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Father*John Bolton1,2 b. 18 Aug 1762, d. 2 Jun 1841
Mother*Margery Pratt1,2 b. 5 Feb 1764, d. 31 Jul 1840
Birth*31 March 1791Margery Bolton was born on 31 March 1791 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.1 
Baptism28 September 1793Margery Bolton was baptized on 28 September 1793 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.1 
(Daughter) Census US 1800Margery Bolton likely appeared on the 1800 census in the household of her parents John and Margery Bolton in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. John and Margery would have been married about 12 years in 1800, and were both noted in the age category of 26 thru 44. The children in their household included 1 male under 10, who would have been son Alfred, 1 male aged 10 thru 15, who would have been son Micah and 3 females under 10, who would have been daughters Margery, Mary Ann and Anna.3 
Marriage*She married James Mitchell. 
(Daughter) Residence12 September 1832In his pension application dated 12 September 1832, John Bolton, father of Margery Bolton, stated that he had resided at Raynham in Bristol County, Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War. After the war he lived one year at Taunton, also in Bristol County, and twenty years at Bridgewater, in Plymouth County. Next, for about the same length of time he lived in several other towns and at the time of his declaration was residing in Billerica village in the town of Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is believed that John's wife and unmarried children resided with him.4 
(Heir) Affidavit of Death23 June 1841Margery Mitchell, Alfred Bolton, Mary Ann Mason, George Washington Bolton and Anna Wade Death and the other four surviving children of the widowed John Bolton, were named as his only heirs in his affidavit of death filed by Margery's husband, James Mitchell on 23 June 1841 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.5 

Family

 James Mitchell

Citations

  1. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  2. [S402] Compiled by Jayne Pratt Lovelace, The Pratt Directory (Chandler, Arizona: Ancestor House, 1995), page 579. Hereinafter cited as The Pratt Directory.
  3. [S164] 1800 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, 1800, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Household of John Bolton; Roll 16; Page:57; Image: 67; Family History Library Film: 205617. Hereinafter cited as 1800 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S480] John Bolton (of Bristol County), number S29649; Massachusetts, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Application File; film number M804 (Washington D.C.: NARA).
  5. [S486] John Bolton, Affidavit of Death 1841, Probate File Number 26247, Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County Massachusetts probate file number 26247 (Microfilm of original records in the Middlesex County Courthouse, Cambridge, Massachusetts), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Bolton, John Affidavit of Death 1841.

Martha Bolton1

b. 23 July 1725, d. 16 August 1802
Family
Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of John Bolton
Great-granddaughter of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Father*John Bolton1 b. 21 May 1686, d. 5 Jun 1755
Mother*Ruth Hooper1 b. 9 Mar 1691, d. 17 May 1755
Birth*23 July 1725Martha Bolton was born on 23 July 1725 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2,3 
Marriage*4 March 1744She married Joab Willis, son of Joshua Willis and Experience Barbour, on 4 March 1744 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2,3,4,5 
(5th Daughter) Will27 May 1755Martha's father wrote a will dated 27 May 1755 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, in New England, naming his five daughters his primary beneficiaries. Martha and her sisters Elizabeth and Hannah, as joint recipients, were bequeathed all the rest of their father's land, at home or abroad, his Purchase Right, his Right in Furnaces, and all his moveables of every sort and kind, other than the sixty acres he had already bequeathed to Martha's two eldest sisters Susanna and Ruth, the £40 lawful money he bequeathed to her sister Hannah, and a silver tankard he bequeathed to the church, their heirs and assigns forever, to be equally divided among them, excepting that he directed that the girls' aunt, his sister Abigail (Bolton) Ripley, during her widowhood, to her improvement, should have the small west front room in his house and as much firewood as she wanted out of his home farm.6,7,8,1 
(Daughter) Estate28 July 1755Her father's estate was valued at a total of £1404,15,4 and Martha and two of her sisters, Elizabeth and Hannah, inherited most of this by his will. His apparel and bedding and all his indoor moveable estate was appraised at £58,3,9; his livestock and husbandry tools at £59,8,3; his home lands together with all his other lands, cedar swamps and meadows given by will to his three daughters, Elizabeth, Hannah and Martha at £1036,5,4; his eighth part of Titicut Furnace and his sixteenth part of the South Furnace at £62,13,4; and his interest in the stock of coal and the next profits at the furnace at £27,15,4.

An inventory of the estate, completed and appraised on 4 July 1755, provided an itemization of the inheritance value for each of Bolton's daughters, but no additional documents, or information regarding the final accounting or distribution of his estate, were found in his probate packet. Further research of land records and probates, particularly of his daughters under their married names of Cowing, Leach, Thomson and Willis, may yield a more complete story. We do know that his 4th daughter, Hannah Thomson, wife of Peter, died just one month after her father's death, and before his will was probated. We also know that his youngest daughter, Martha Willis, wife of Joab, was alive after the will was executed, and that his 2nd daughter Ruth Leach was living in 1771 when she was appointed Executrix of her husband's probate. Research will continue in our attempt to finalize the distribution of his estate to our satisfaction.6,7,9,8 
Death*16 August 1802She died on 16 August 1802 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, at age 77.1 
Burial*She was buried in Section B, grave number 128 of the Old Graveyard, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Her stone read "Here lies Mrs. Martha, wife of Mr. Joab Willis, she died Aug 16, 1802, in her 78 year."10,11
(Wife) BurialJoab Willis was buried next to his wife, Martha (Bolton) Willis, in Section B, grave number 129 of the Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. His stone read "In memory of Mr. Joab Willis, who died Jan. 4th, 1805 in his 90th year."11,12

Family

 Joab Willis b. 29 Sep 1715, d. 4 Jan 1805
Children 1.John Willis1,5 b. 17 Jun 1745
 2.Joab Willis1 b. 1747
 3.Martha Willis1 b. 1749
 4.Hezekiah Willis1 b. 1751
 5.Timothy Willis1 b. 1753
 6.Caleb Willis1 b. 1755
 7.Ruth Willis1 b. 1755
 8.Joshua Willis1 b. 1760
 9.Ezra Willis1 b. c 1766, d. 6 Nov 1813
 10.Jacob Willis1

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S610] Charles Henry Pope and Thomas Hooper, compilers, downloaded from Google Books, Hooper Genealogy (Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope, 1908), Part I, The Reading Family, compiled by Thomas Hooper of Boston, Second Generation, pages 6-10. Hereinafter cited as Hooper Genealogy.
  4. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume II, Marriages, page 411. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  5. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Willis, pages 363-371. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  6. [S624] Probate records, 1686-1903; with index and docket, 1685-1967, Massachusetts Probate Court (Plymouth County), microfilm of originals at Plymouth, Massachusetts on 157 microfilm reels filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1968. Includes Index. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, FHL Film# 549782, Index and Docket Abe-Bur 1685-1881, Case number 2217; FHL Film# 550705, Index to probates 1686-1820; FHL Film# 551540, Probates 1751-1755, Volume 13, pages 545-547. Hereinafter cited as Plymouth County Massachusetts Probate (Index) 1686-1903. Hereinafter cited as Plymouth County Massachusetts Probate (Index) 1686-1903.
  7. [S1128] John Bolton, Probate (1755 Bridgewater, Plymouth County) Case number 2217, Box 107049 on FHL Film# 2426726. Probate file papers 1686-1881, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; microfilm of records at Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, on 246 microfilm reels. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Probate of John Bolton (1755 Bridgewater).
  8. [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 xii; source stated he had all daughters. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.
  9. [S471] Anna Chesebrough Wildey, Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Part I, Descendants of Samuel, pages 18-301; source identified John Bolton Jr. as one of the children, and the only son, of Ensign John Bolton and Ruth Hooper.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Martha (Bolton) Willis, Memorial# 22158736. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  11. [S747] Williams Latham, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Illustrated with Plans and Views, downloaded from Google Books, (Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Henry T. Pratt, Printer, 1882), page 71. Hereinafter cited as Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater.
  12. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joab Willis, Memorial# 22158752.

Martha Bolton1

Family
Father*Thomas Bolton1 b. c 1698, d. b 1788
Mother*Mary (McLellan) Craige1

Citations

  1. [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.

Mary Bolton1

b. 1 February 1779
Family
Relationship2nd great-granddaughter of James Bolton
ChartsDescendants of William Bolton of Reading, The Immigrant
Father*Timothy Bolton1 b. 5 May 1759
Mother*Sybel Bennett1 b. 17 Sep 1755, d. 20 Mar 1807
Birth*1 February 1779Mary Bolton was born on 1 February 1779 in Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress),1,2 
Baptism9 May 1779 and was baptized there on 9 May 1779.1 
Research Notes* The Shirley History source reported she died unmarried, and the Shirley Uplands source reported she married Captain Torrance.3,2 

Citations

  1. [S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, 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.
  2. [S2599] Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Shirley Uplands and Intervales : Annals of a Border Town of Old Middlesex, with some Genealogical Sketches, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: George Emery Littlefield, 1914), Bolton, pages 324-327. Hereinafter cited as Shirley Uplands and Intervales : Annals of a Border Town of Old Middlesex.
  3. [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.

Mary Bolton1

b. 29 October 1697, d. before 13 March 1728
Family
RelationshipsGrandaunt of John Bolton
Granddaughter of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Father*John Bolton1 b. c 1660, d. 21 Dec 1721
Mother*Sarah Chesebrough1 b. 24 Dec 1663, d. 24 Oct 1743
Birth*29 October 1697Mary Bolton was born on 29 October 1697 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 
(3rd Daughter) Estate and Land5 April 1723The personal estate of Mary's father, John Bolton, late of Bridgewater, after the payment of debts and charges, was divided by agreement between Sarah, his widow, and their children.

A special committee of five good and sufficient freeholders, Josiah Edson Esq., Nathaniel Hayward, Joseph Edson, Nathaniel Brett and John Field, was appointed by Judge Isaac Winslow to determine a fair distribution of real estate that John Bolton died seized of in the County of Plymouth. The committee's task was completed on 5 April 1723 and included setting off the widow Sarah Bolton's Dower or Thirds of housing and lands, and also setting off an equitable portion or share of land for each of the couple's ten children, John Bolton Jr., Samuel Bolton, Sarah (Bolton) Leonard, Elizabeth Bolton, Nicholas Bolton, Mary Bolton, Elisha Bolton, Joseph Bolton, Nathaniel Bolton, and Abigail Bolton.

Mary Bolton, the couple's third daughter, received the portion or share defined by the committee as Lot# 7. It was bounded southerly by the highway lying 19 rods and 3 feet wide in the middle, and was bounded north-easterly by a stake with a heap of stones around it, ranging in length south-east and by east across the 50 acres which, together with the two-thirds of the buildings contained thereon, made up the seventh share. Her mother received the other one-third of the buildings as part of her Dower.3,4 
Death*before 13 March 1728She died unmarried and without a will before 13 March 1728 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,5,6,7 
Administration*25 April 1730Administration was opened on the estate of single woman Mary Bolton of Bridgewater on 25 April 1730 and Jonathan Washburn was appointed Administrator by Isaac Winslow, Judge of the Probate of Wills and for Granting Administrations in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).5,6 
Estate and Land*25 September 1730The settlement and distribution of real estate of the deceased Mary Bolton, late of Bridgewater, who died intestate, was completed on 25 September 1730. Her estate was divided into ten equal shares and distributed between her mother, Sarah (Chesebrough) Bolton, and brothers and sisters, John Bolton, Samuel Bolton, Sarah (Bolton) Leonard, Elizabeth (Bolton) May, Nicholas Bolton, Elisha Bolton, Joseph Bolton, Nathaniel Bolton, and Abigail Bolton.

A special committee of five freeholders consisting of Joseph Alden, whose land bordered the deceased's, and Joseph Edson, Eleazer Carver, Daniel Hudson and Jonathan Sprague had earlier been appointed by Judge Isaac Winslow on 15 June 1730 to inventory Mary's land and to determine, in their best judgment, an equitable division of her real estate, which they estimated to be 6 acres. Their recommendation, submitted to the court on 10 August 1730 and approved on 21 August 1730, distributed the lands into ten shares as follows:

The first share was distributed to John Bolton, the deceased's eldest brother, and was on the south side and joining to the land of John's brother Nathaniel, It contained about 3/4 of an acre and 18 rods of land, and was bounded at the north-west corner by a stake and heap of stones, the stones being in the easterly range of Deacon Joseph Alden's land, and from there ranged south 56 degrees east 56 rods to a stake and heap of stones standing by the highway and ranged westerly by the highway 4 rods to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged north 56 degrees east 22 rods to a stake and heap of stones and from there ranged north 59 degrees west 30 rods to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged north 30 degrees east 4 rods to the bounds first mentioned at the north-west corner of his lot.

The second share was distributed to Elisha Bolton, the deceased's fourth brother, and contained 3/4 of an acre. It began at the south-east corner, joining to the lot of his brother John on the south side to a stake and heap of stones, and from there running north 56 degrees west 22 rods to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged north 59 degrees west 30 rods to a stake and heap of stones standing in Deacon Joseph Alden's range, and from there south 30 degrees west 3 rods and 1/4 to a stake and heap of stones and from there ranged south 60 degrees east 30 rods to a stake and heap of stones and from there ranged south 56 degrees east 20 rods to a stake and heap of stones standing by the highway and bounding by the highway 4 rods to the bounds first mentioned at the south-east corner of his lot.

The third share was distributed to Nathaniel Bolton, the deceased's sixth and youngest brother, and was on the south side of the lot distributed to his brother Elisha, joining it, and containing about 3/4 of an acre of land. It began at the south-east corner, and from there ranged north 56 degrees west 20 rods to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged north 60 degrees west 30 rods to a stake and heap of stones and from there ranged south 30 degrees west 4 rods to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 64 degrees east 30 rods and 1/2 to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 56 degrees east 16 rods and 1/2 to a stake and heap of stones, standing by the highway and bounding by the highway 4 rods to the bounds first mentioned at the south-east corner of his lot.

The fourth share was distributed to Nicholas Bolton, the deceased's third brother, and contained about 3/4 of an acre of land lying on the south side of the share distributed to his brother Nathaniel. It began at the south-east corner at a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged north 56 degrees west 16 rods to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged north 64 degrees west 30 rods and1/2 to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 30 degrees west 5 rods to a stake and heap of stones, then ranged south 68 degrees east 30 rods and 3/4 to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 56 degrees east 13 rods to a stake and heap of stones standing by the highway, and bounding by the highway 4 rods to the bounds first mentioned at the south-east corner of his lot.

The fifth share was distributed to the deceased's fifth brother, Joseph Bolton, and contained about 3/4 of an acre of land lying on the south side and joining to the lot distributed to Joseph's brother Nicholas. Joseph's lot began at the south-east corner at a stake and heap of stones standing by the highway, and from there ranged north 56 degrees west 13 rods to a stake and heap of stones and from there ranged north 68 degrees west 30 rods and 3/4 to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 30 degrees west 5 rods and 1/4 to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 71 degrees east 31 rods to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 56 degrees east 10 rods to a stake and heap of stones standing by the highway, and from there bounding by the highway 4 rods to the bounds first mentioned at the south-east corner of his lot.

The sixth share was distributed to the deceased's eldest sister, Sarah (Bolton) Leonard, wife of William Leonard of Bridgewater, and contained about 3/4 of an acre of land. It was on the south side and joining to the lot distributed to her brother Joseph. It began at the south-east corner at a stake and heap of stones and from there ranged north 56 degrees west 10 rods to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged north 71 degrees west 31 rods to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 30 degrees west 5 rods and 1/2 to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 78 degrees east 31 rods to a stake and heap of stones standing by an apple tree which was the north-west corner of her mother's share that contained the Bolton house, and from there ranged south 56 degrees east 7 rods to a stake and heap of stones standing by the highway, and from there bounding by the highway 4 rods to the bounds first mentioned at the south-east corner of her lot.

The seventh share was distributed to Elizabeth (Bolton) May, the wife of Michael May of Bridgewater, and contained about 3/4 of an acre of land. It was on the south side of the lot distributed to her older sister, Sarah. It was bounded at the west end by the lands which contained the Bolton house, beginning at the north-west corner of the house land at a stake and heap of stones standing near an apple tree, and from there ranged north 78 degrees west 31 rods to a stake and heap of stones, and from there ranged south 30 degrees west 5 rods to a stake and heap of stones standing by the highway, and then bounding by the highway 31 rods to a stake and heap of stones standing about 1 rod from the south-west corner of the Bolton house, and from there ranged north 30 degrees east 4 rods and 1/4 to the bounds first mentioned at the north-west corner of the house land.

The eighth, ninth and tenth shares were distributed together as one larger lot to the deceased's mother, the widow Sarah (Chesebrough) Bolton, and to siblings, Samuel and Abigail Bolton. It was on the east end and joining to the lot distributed to the deceased's sister, Sarah (Bolton) Leonard, and also joined to the southerly side of the easterly end of the lot distributed to the deceased's sister, Elizabeth (Bolton) May. The combined share contained about 18 rods of land, together with the Bolton house, and began at a stake and heap of stones which was at the south-east corner of the lot, and from there ranged north 30 degrees east 4 rods and 1/4 to a stake and heap of stones standing near an apple tree, and from there ranged south 56 degrees east 7 rods to a stake and heap of stones standing by the highway and bounded by the highway 8 rods to the bounds first mentioned at the south-east corner of the combined share.6,5 

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, surname spelled "Bolten". Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S1124] John Bolton, Probate (1723 Bridgewater, Plymouth County) Case number 2216, Box 107049 on FHL Film# 2426726. Probate file papers 1686-1881, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; microfilm of records at Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, on 246 microfilm reels. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Probate of John Bolton (1723 Bridgewater).
  4. [S624] Probate records, 1686-1903; with index and docket, 1685-1967, Massachusetts Probate Court (Plymouth County), microfilm of originals at Plymouth, Massachusetts on 157 microfilm reels filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1968. Includes Index. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, FHL Film# 549782, Index and Docket Abe-Bur 1685-1881, Case number 2216; FHL Film# 550705, Index to probates 1686-1820; FHL Film# 550510, Probates 1717-1724, Volume 4, pages 322-324; FHL Film# 550511, Probates 1724-1731, Volume 5, pages 643-649. Hereinafter cited as Plymouth County Massachusetts Probate (Index) 1686-1903.
  5. [S624] Plymouth County Massachusetts Probate (Index) 1686-1903, FHL Film# 549782, Index and Docket Abe-Bur 1685-1881, Case number 2220; FHL Film# 550705, Index to probates 1686-1820; FHL Film# 550511, Probates 1724-1731, Volume 5, pages 704-705, 780-786 and 789-790.
  6. [S1127] Mary Bolton, Probate (1730 Bridgewater, Plymouth County) Case number 2220, Box 107049 on FHL Film# 2426726. Probate file papers 1686-1881, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; microfilm of records at Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, on 246 microfilm reels. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Probate of Mary Bolton (1730 Bridgewater).
  7. [S625] Deed records, 1664-1900, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, microfilm of original manuscript on 462 microfilm reels. Includes Grantor and Grantee indexes: Film# 558826, Book 36, pages 134B, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deed records, 1664-1900, Plymouth County.

Mary Bolton1

b. 6 May 1752
Family
RelationshipsSister of John Bolton
2nd great-granddaughter of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant (#1)
Descendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant (#2)
Descendants of John Bolton and Zilpah Peirce
Father*John Bolton1 b. 1729/30, d. 9 Jul 1762
Mother*Elizabeth Hayward1 b. c 1726, d. 10 Nov 1801
Birth*6 May 1752Mary Bolton was born on 6 May 1752 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 
Marriage*27 April 1773She married Joseph Bolton Jr., son of Joseph Bolton and Deliverance Washburn, on 27 April 1773 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England). They were first cousins, one time removed.1,2 
Census US 1790*Mary (Bolton) Bolton was likely enumerated on the 1790 census in the household of her husband Joseph Bolton Jr. 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 
Land Transfer31 December 1793Mary's husband, Joseph Bolton Jr. of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, yeoman, signed a deed agreement on 31 December 1793 to sell a dwelling house standing in the East Precinct of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and the Land that the house was standing on to Betty Bolton, Spinster, for the sum of 4 pounds, 4 shillings. The deed was witnessed by Thomas Hayward and Cornelius Hayward on 16 Mar 1794 and recorded on 27 Mar 1794. Betty was Mary's sister, and the house Betty purchased provided a home for herself and their mother until their respective deaths a few years later.4 
Census US 1800*She was likely enumerated on the 1800 census in the household of her husband Joseph Bolton Jr. in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Joseph and Mary would have been married about 27 years in 1800 and both were noted in the age category of 45 and over. Two females under the age of 10 and possibly daughters, resided with the couple.5 
Census US 1810*Mary was probably enumerated on the 1810 census in the household of her husband Joseph Bolton Jr. in East Parish, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The two members of the household were one male of 45 and over and one female of 45 and over.6 
Census US 1820*She was likely enumerated on the 1820 census in the household of her husband Joseph Bolton Jr. in West Parish, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The two members of the household were one male of 45 and upwards and one female of 45 and upwards.7 

Family

 Joseph Bolton Jr. b. 1744, d. 18 Jul 1832
Children 1.Philip Bolton1 b. 17 Jul 1774, d. 25 Nov 1843
 2.Joseph Bolton1 b. 10 Mar 1776
 3.John Bolton1 b. 23 Apr 1778, d. 8 Aug 1831
 4.Mary Bolton1
 5.Deliverance Bolton1 b. 27 Feb 1781
 6.Barzillia Bolton1 b. 27 Nov 1783
 7.Zimri Bolton1 b. 22 Dec 1786
 8.Betty Bolton+1 b. 6 Dec 1788
 9.Silence Bolton1 b. c 1795, d. 29 May 1814

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Bolton, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Roll M637_4; Image: 0087. Hereinafter cited as 1790 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S625] Deed records, 1664-1900, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, microfilm of original manuscript on 462 microfilm reels. Includes Grantor and Grantee indexes: Film# 559131, Book 76, page 41, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Deed records, 1664-1900, Plymouth County.
  5. [S164] 1800 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Bolton, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Roll 16; Page:67; Image: 77; Family History Library Film: 205617. Hereinafter cited as 1800 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Bolton, East Parish, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Roll 21; Page: 85; Family History Film Number: 0205629; Image: 00048; "Bolton" transcribed as "Botton". Hereinafter cited as 1810 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S468] 1820 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Bolton, Bridgewater West Parish, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Roll M33_50; Page: 443; Image: 373. Hereinafter cited as 1820 United States Federal Census.

Mary Bolton1

Family
RelationshipsNiece of John Bolton
2nd great-granddaughter of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Descendants of John Bolton and Zilpah Peirce
Father*Joseph Bolton Jr.1 b. 1744, d. 18 Jul 1832
Mother*Mary Bolton1 b. 6 May 1752
(Daughter) Census US 1790It 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.2 

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Bolton, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Roll M637_4; Image: 0087. Hereinafter cited as 1790 United States Federal Census.

Mary Bolton1

b. 15 March 1805
Family
Relationship3rd great-granddaughter of James Bolton
ChartsDescendants of William Bolton of Reading, The Immigrant
Father*Edward Bolton1 b. 5 Feb 1780, d. 1834
Mother*Elizabeth (Eliza) (Beth) Sanderson1 b. 21 Jul 1778
Birth*15 March 1805Mary Bolton was born on 15 March 1805 in Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1 

Citations

  1. [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.

Mary Bolton1

b. 25 September 1655, d. 6 December 1656
Family
Father*William Bolton1 d. 27 Mar 1697
Mother*Jane Bartlett1 d. 6 Sep 1659
Birth*25 September 1655Mary Bolton was born on 25 September 1655 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1 
Death*6 December 1656She died on 6 December 1656 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England), at age 1.1 

Citations

  1. [S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, 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.

Mary Bolton1

b. 29 August 1811, d. 30 September 1835
Family
Relationship3rd great-granddaughter of James Bolton
ChartsDescendants of William Bolton of Reading, The Immigrant
Father*John Bolton1 b. 24 Oct 1773, d. 28 Mar 1843
Mother*Cynthia Chamberlain1 b. 30 Dec 1782
Birth*29 August 1811Mary Bolton was born on 29 August 1811 in Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont.1 
Marriage*She married James Remick.1 
Death*30 September 1835She died on 30 September 1835 at age 24 leaving two young sons.1 

Family

 James Remick
Children 1.James Remick1
 2.John Remick1

Citations

  1. [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.

Mary Bolton1

Family
Father*Thomas Bolton1 b. c 1698, d. b 1788
Mother*Mary (McLellan) Craige1

Citations

  1. [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.

Mary Bolton1

Family
Relationships2nd cousin 4 times removed of John Bolton
6th great-granddaughter of Nicholas Boulton
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Father*Sylvanus R. Bolton1 b. 1 Apr 1819, d. 26 Nov 1893
Mother*Sarah Janes1 b. 4 Mar 1822, d. 31 Mar 1884
Birth*Mary Bolton was born in Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont.1 
Death*She died in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.2 
Marriage*She married Alva Peck.1 

Family

 Alva Peck

Citations

  1. [S910] Linda Pumiglia, "Sylvanus R. Bolton," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, 29 Sep and 4 Oct 2011. Hereinafter cited as "Sylvanus R. Bolton Email Messages."
  2. [S910] Linda Pumiglia, "Sylvanus R. Bolton Email Messages," e-mails to LHB, 29 Sep and 4 Oct 2011, citing Massachusetts Death Index.

Mary Bolton1,2

b. 11 February 1761, d. 3 January 1859
Family
RelationshipGreat-granddaughter of James Bolton
ChartsDescendants of William Bolton of Reading, The Immigrant
Father*William Bolton2,3,4 b. 25 Oct 1721
Mother*Mary __?__2,3,4 d. b 16 May 1776
Birth*11 February 1761Mary Bolton was born on 11 February 1761 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2,5,3,4,1,6 
Death*3 January 1859She died on 3 January 1859 in Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York, at age 971 
Burial* and was buried next to her husband in Smith Mills Cemetery, Smith Mills (Hanover), Chautauqua County.7 

Citations

  1. [S2596] Compiled, documented and edited by Clyde V. Gage, Thomas Gage of Yarmouth, Mass. and His Descendants : an Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Record as developed from sources explained herein, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. No copyright, no table of contents. (Worcester, New York: Gage, Clyde V., 1963), #6247, Asa Gage, pages 22-23, reporting her birth year as 1761 or 1762 and her death year as 1859 or 1860. Hereinafter cited as Thomas Gage of Yarmouth, Mass. and His Descendants.
  2. [S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, 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.
  3. [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.
  4. [S979] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, Birth of Mary Bolton on 11 February 1761 in Reading, Massachusetts, USA, daughter of William Bolton and Mary Bolton. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  5. [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.
  6. [S2599] Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Shirley Uplands and Intervales : Annals of a Border Town of Old Middlesex, with some Genealogical Sketches, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: George Emery Littlefield, 1914), Bolton, pages 324-327. Hereinafter cited as Shirley Uplands and Intervales : Annals of a Border Town of Old Middlesex.
  7. [S2604] Frederick Ward Kates, compiler, Patriot-Soldiers of 1775-1783 : The Veterans of the War for American Independence of Chautauqua County, New York (Jamestown, New York: The Jamestown Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the America Revolution, 1981), Asa Gage, Town of Hanover, Smith Mills Cemetery, pages 163-166. Hereinafter cited as Patriot-Soldiers of 1775-1783 : The Veterans of the War for American Independence of Chautauqua County, New York.