 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. 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