acourte, 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 Beauparc and Bensford, had issue including a daughter named Mary Anne). The third son, Richard Bolton, was born c. 1710 and married Mary, daughter of John Page Esq., and had three sons with her: Theophilus, Chichester, and John. He died in 1779 and was succeeded by his third son, John. John Bolton, Esquire of Maine, Castle Bellingham, and Tullydonnell, county Louth, Ireland, was a Captain in the 5th Royal Irish Dragoons born in 1753. In around 1783, he married Mary Anne, daughter of David Jones, Esq. of Beau Parc, and had eight children with her as follows: 1) Theophilus (his successor, discussed below), 2) John Henry (successor to his brother) 3) Chichester Francis (successor to his brother), 4) Maryanne (married J. Marton Esq., had issue), 5) Sidney-Mary (married Frederick Jones Esq. and later Captain Richard Crookshank), 6) Elizabeth (married Edward Mayne Esq. and Captain in the 95th Regiment), 7) Frances Ann (married George Jones French Esq.), and 8) Harriet (married Francis Charles Annesely in 1839, a Baron of the German Empire). He died in 1813 and was succeeded by his eldest son Theophilus. Theophilus Bolton, Esquire of Tullydonnell, was born in 1795 and became Captain in the Battleaxe Guards. He died without posterity and was succeeded by his brother John Henry. John Henry was born in 1799 and was Lieutenant of the 45th Regiment. He died without posterity and was succeeded by his brother, Chichester. Chichester Bolton was an Esquire of Tullydonnell and Barrister-at-Law, born 1804. He married Harriet, daughter of Reverend Henry Stewart of Armagh, and had issue with her as follows: Theophilus, Edward Chicester, Henry Richard, Harriet Augusta (married Herbert Dawson Slade, Lieutenant Colonel of the King’s Dragoon Guards), Emily Charlotte (married John C. Dean, Esquire), and Sophia Frances. The eldest son, Theophilus, was born in 1831 and was a Captain in the 40th and 22nd Regiments. He died without posterity in 1870 and was succeeded by his brother, Edward Chichester. Edward Chichester Bolton of Tullydonnell, 