county Louth, was born in 1834. He became a Captain in the Royal Artillery. The Bolton family crest for this branch of the family is blazoned as follows: Or, on a chevron gules three lions couchant of the first. Crest: A hawk belled argent.
Bolton of Nenagh
The lineage or genealogy of this family begins with John Bolton, who married Anne, daughter of George Whitehead Esq., and had a daughter with her named Sarah and a son named George. George Bolton, Esquire, married, in 1782, Katharine, daughter of John Standish Esq., and had issue with her as follows: 1) John (heir), 2) George (married Ann, daughter of Robert White of Scotchrath, had issue), 3) Robert, 4) William, 5) Frances (married John Colclough Esq.), 6) Ann (married John Meredyth, Esq.), 7) Ellen (married John Honner, Esq.), 8) Charlotte (married John Onions Esq.). He died in 1837 and was succeeded by his eldest son, John. John Bolton, Esquire of Shrahane, Queen’s County, Ireland, in 1818, married Sarah, daughter of William Cashion Esq., and had issue with her as follows: George (his heir), William Standish (born 1823), Jemima (married Robert White, Esq. of Scotchrath), Kate (married Maunsell Andrews of Rathey House, King’s County, and had two sons), Sarah, and Keziah. He died in 1860 and was succeeded by his son George.George Bolton, Esquire of Nenagh, county Tipperary, and Merrion Square, Dublin, was born in 1818. In 1849, he married Henrietta Anna, daughter of Rowan P. Cashley, and he later married Sophia, daughter of John Hardy, Esq. He had three issue by his first marriage: John Frederick (1850), Rowan Cashel (1855), and Georgina Anna.
Bolton of Mount Bolton
Captain William Bolton was the founder of this family. He was an officer of dragoons in the Protector’s army and stormed Fatlock Castle in 1649. He obtained a grand of land in county Waterford in 1667. He also became mayor of Waterford in 1662. He married Abigail, daughter of Colonel Prittie, and had several children. The eldest son was named Cornelius, a Captain in Colonel Collingwood’s Regiment, from whom William Edward Bolton Esq. (officer in the 18th Hussars) descended. Captain William’s brother, Thomas Bolton, Esquire served in Fleetwood’s regiment and was mayor of Waterford in 1671. He had issue, the eldest of which was Thomas. This son, Thomas Bolton, was born in 1654 and was appointed Recorded of Waterford. He had a son named William. William Bolton was an Esquire of Fatlock Castle and a Captain in Colonel Edward May’s troop of dragoons. He had children. He died in 1750 and was succeeded by his son, John. John Bolton Esquire of Fatlock Castle and Mount Bolton, in 1745, married Anne Shaw of Snowhaven, and had issue with her as follows: 1) Charles (his heir), 2) Sir Robert (Lieutenant General, of Sweriod Park, Oxfordshire, was Aide-deCamp to King George III), and 3) Hannah (married Maunsell Bowers Esq. of Mount Prospect, had three sons and six daughters). The son and heir, Charles Bolton, Esq. was born in 1759. He first married Jane, daughter of John Doyle, Archdeacon of Kilmacduagh, and had one son with her: John (his heir). Charles latter married Ellen, daughter of Harry Wallis of Drishane Castle, and had issue with her as follows: 4) Henry (Vicar of Dysart, Enos, and Kilteale, married Frances Newport, had issue named Charles Newport, Robert Wallis, Jane Wallis) and 5) Elizabeth (married Sir Simon Newport, Knight of Waterford). Charles was succeeded by his eldest son, John Bolton. John was an Esquire of Mount Bolton born in 1783. He married Eliza, daughter of Maunsell Bowers) and died in 1807. He was succeeded by his son, also named John. This son, John Bolton, Esq. of Mount Bolton was born in 1807. He was a Major of the 7th Dragoon guards. He passed away suddenly in 1841 while in London, England. He was succeeded by his sister, Jane Bolton of Mount Bolton, county Waterford. The Bolton family crest is blazoned as follows in heraldry: Argent, on a chevron gules three lions passant guardant or. Crest: A buck’s head erased argent, attired or, and pierced through the nose with an arrow of the second. 