Mottoes: Vies et virtute and La mort me suit, over the crest.
Bolton of The Island
The lineage of Bolton genealogy traces back to Richard Bolton of Ballyduff, county Wexford, Ireland. He had a son named Richard. Richard Bolton was of Ballyfuff and Cold Harbour. He married Ann Roberts and had issue with her as follows: 1) Richard (had sons Richard and Edward, grandsons Robert, Richard, Henry, Edward, John, and William), 2) John (of Island), 3) William (discussed below), 4) Benjamin, 5) Abraham (of Ballinvally, married Anne Eyres, had a son named Henry of Monamolin, granddaughter named Isabella), 6) Hugh, 7) Henry (married and had children), 8) Edward, 9) Elizabeth (married William Perceval of Ballytrammon), 10) Mary, and 11) Diana. He died in 1730. His third son, William Bolton inherited Island under the will of his brother John. William married Ms. Lyndon and had issue with her as follows: 1) William (his successor) and 2) Lyndon (of Dublin, married Jane Carpenter, had four daughters and sons named Richard, Reverend Lyndon Henry, Abraham, and William Gordon). The eldest son, William, was Esquire of the Island and High Sheriff of Wexford, Ireland in 1789. In 1780, he married Dorothea, daughter of Sir John Blunden, Baronet, and had issue with her as follows: 1) William (heir), 2) Philip (of Holly Lodge, Rahmines, county Dublin, Major in the army), 3) Overtington, 4) John (of Ballynapierce), 5) Anne (married Alexander Tovey Esq. 20th Regiment), 6) Lucy (married David Ledwith, M. D.), and 7) Dorothea (married Richard Ledwith, Esq.). The eldest son, William, was an Esquire of the Island and High Sheriff. He married Jane, daughter of Joshua Nunn Esq. of St. Margaret’s, having a son and heir named William. This William Bolton was an Esquire of The Island, Justice of the Peace, and High Sheriff born in 1815. In 1843, he married Susan, daughter of Montifort Westropp Esq. of Limerick, and had three children with her: William (married Ann Douglas, daughter of John Rowe of Ballycross in 1872, had issue), Mountifort, and Jane (married William Henry West Esq. of Farmley). The family was seated at The Island, Oulart, Gorey.
Bolton of Castle Ring
The pedigree of this family begins with John Bolton, of Great Fenton, Staffordshire, England, son of Roger Bolton, who desceded from the Boltons of Bolton, Lancashire. John married Margaret, daughter of Richard Ashe of Ashe, and had a son with her named Richard.
This son, Sir Richard Bolton, Knight, of Courtduff, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, married his first wife, Frances, daughter of Richard Walter of Stafford, and had issue with her as follows: 1) Sir Edward (Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, from whom descended the Boltons of Bective Abbey), 2) Richard, 3) John, 4) Thomas (discussed below), 5) Anne (married Arthur Hill, Member of Parliament for Hillsborough, had issue), and 6) Mary (married Patrick Nangle of Navan and later Edward Bermingham). Richard married his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Patrick Barnewall, Knight of Turvey.
He was succeeded by his son, Thomas. This son, Thomas Bolton of Knock, married Alice Knilton, and had a son with her named Nicholas. Nicholas Bolton of Knock, county Louth, married Anne, daughter of Anthony Buckworth of Drogmore and Sarah Bermingham, and had issue with her as follows: Thomas (ancestor of the Boltons of Tullydonnell), Anthony, and Theophilus (Archbishop of Cashel). The second son, Anthony Bolton, of Grange, county Louth, married Martha Sheldon and had a son with her named Charles. Charles Bolton of Castle Rigg, married his cousin Sidney, the daughter of Richard Bolton of Dromiskin, and had a son with her named Richard. This son, Richard Bolton of Castle Rigg, was born in 1772. In 1808, he married Marianne, daughter of Gibbons Ruxton of Blackcaster and Ardee and had three sons with her as follows: 1) Charles (Major of Ulimbah, Newcastle, New South Wales, had a daughter named Sidney Elizabeth), 2) John, and 3) Richard. The third son, Richard Bolton of Castle Rigg and Donaghmoyne, was born in 1811. He was a Justice of the Peace. In 1853, he mar