ohn (married Bridget, daughter of Hugh Shakerley of Somerford, had a son named Edward and a daughter named Bridget), 4) James, 5) Carroll (had a John, Mary, Anne, Dorothy, and Hill), 6) Benjamin, 7) Anne (married Colonel Arthur Hill, Member of Parliament, had three sons named Moyses, Edward, and Francis), and 8) Mary (married Patrick Nangle, Baron of Navan, and secondly, Edward Bermingham). Richard died in 1648. He bequeathed the lands of Tullydonnell to his second son. His heir was his second son, Sir Edward Bolton of Brazell, county Dublin. Sir Edward was Solicitor General in 1622, Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1640, and Protector in 1651. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Serjeant Ayloffe, and had two issue: Nicholas (his heir) and Edward (of Clounesk, Queen’s County). He was succeeded by his son, Nicholas Bolton, Esquire of Brazeel. In 1649, Nicholas married Anne, daughter of Nicholas Loftus of Fethard, and had issue as follows: Edward (of Brazeel, died without posterity in 1705), Richard (successor to his brother), Isabella (married Sir Mark Rainsford), Frances (married John Madden of Dublin and Manor Waterhouse), and Margaret (married Theophilus Jones of Bealanmore and secondly John Edkins of Roper’s Rest). Nicholas died in 1692. His second son, Richard Bolton, was an Esquire of Brazeel. He married Anne Catherine, daughter of Stein Bill of Copenhagen, and died in 1721, whereupon he was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward. Edward Bolton, Esquire of Brazeel, was a Member of Parliament for Swords, born in 1695. He married Letitia, daughter of Robert Viscount Molesworth, and had issue with her as follows: Letita (married Reverend Gustavus Hamilton), Anna Maria (married Captain Archibald Grant), two other unnamed daughters, Robert (his heir), Theophilus, Richard, and Edward. The eldest son, Robert Bolton, Esquire of Brazeel, in 1754, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Blennerhasset of county Kerry, and had two sons with her: Edward and Robert Compton (married Elizabeth, daughter of Jas. Massy-Dawson of Ballynacourte, had issue Robert and John). He died in 1798 and was succeeded by his son Edward. This son Edward was an Esquire of Brazeel, who served in the Royal Horse Guards, and married Ms. McDonnell and had a son with her named Robert Charles (married Charlotte, daughter of Joseph Neynoe, had sons Richard and Robert). He later married Frances, daughter of Joseph Neynoe, and had three issue: William Edward, Richard Nassau, and Ellen (married John Wilson Esq.). He died in 1809 and was succeeded by his grandson, Richard. Richard Bolton was an Esquire of Bective Abbey, county Meath, Ireland was a Justice of the Peace who married Frances, daughter of George Bomford of Rahinstown, and sister and co-heir of Robert George Bomford, Esq. He died in 1868 and was succeeded by his widow. The branch of the Bolton family tree bore the following coat of arms blazoned in the Medieval art of heraldry as follows: Or, on a chevron gules three lions couchant of the field. Crests: A hawk belled argent.
Bolton of Tullydonnell
This branch of the family related to Bolton of Bective Abbey. Its genealogy or lineage begins with Thomas Bolton, Esquire of Tullydonnell, county Louth, Ireland, son of Sir Richard Bolton. In around the year 1676, Thomas married and had two sons: 1) Reverend Theophilus (born at Burris-Hoole, county Mayo, became Archbishop of Cashel) and 2) Thomas. The younger son, Thomas Bolton, was an Esquire of Knock, county Louth, Sheriff of Dublin, and Lord Mayor born in 1701. In 1716, he married Sydney, daughter of Colonel Chichester Fortescue, of Dromisken, county Louth, and had issue with her as follows: 1) Thomas (of Knock, married Alice, had a son named Theophiluis and a daughter named Sydney who became heiress of Knock and married George Clive Esq. and had issue with him), 2) Chichester (of Stephen’s Green, Dublin, in 1768, married Anne, daughter of Reverend Rowley Hall of Killyleagh), 3) Richard (discussed below), and 4) Sidney (married Theophilus Shaw, Esq., had a daughter named Sidney who married David Jones, Esq. of Be