John Bolan (1752 - 1831)

Born 24 Jun 1752 in Cork, Ireland

Husband of Chloe (Jordan) Bolan — married 8 Jun 1784 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1831 at age 78 in Frankfort, Waldo, Maine, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1752 in Ireland.^[1] He immigrated from Cork, Ireland to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1766, on the Willmott under the name John Bowler.^[2]

He married Chloe Jordan in 1784^[3] in Pembroke, Massachusetts, but soon moved to Frankfort, Maine where they raised their family. They lived in the section of Frankfort that is now the town of Winterport. From Littlefield's An Old River Town,^[4] the map from 1808 shows the "Bowlings" owned lot 287.

John and Chloe had 8 children:^[1]

1. Mary, b. 10 Sep 1785, d. 1684
2. James, b. 30 Jun 1789, d, 1850
3. John Jr, b. 8 Apr 1791, d. 17 Apr 1874
4. Peter, b. 29 Jun 1794, d. 5 Jul 1871
5. Enoch/Edward, b. 28 Apr 1797, d. 17 Apr 1835
6. Charles, b. 19 Jun 1800, d. 1878
7. Jane, b. 9 Oct 1803, d. 30 Apr 1871
8. Wesley, b. 7 Oct 1807, d, 17 Nov 1807

He passed away in 1831.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Downeast Ancestry, Feb 1985, Vol 8, No 5, p 168-9. The Bolan Family of Frankfort, Maine, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/498324/?offset=0#page=5&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=. Extracts from Bolan family bible saved when Bolan house burned down
2. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. In Gaelic Gleanings (Magee Publications, Prescott Valley, AZ). vol. 6:4 (August 1987), pp. 145-150 (National Archives microfilm 575-5, 425-93); vol. 7:1 (November 1987), pp. 13, 25 (National Archives microfilm 237-61); vol. 7:2 (November. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4449215:7486?tid=&pid=&queryId=8bb8fcbf9b06765c308dc0febb517781&_phsrc=CYN72093&_phstart=successSource
3. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCZ1-CY5 : 28 December 2022), John Boland, 1784.
4. ↑ Littlefield, Ada Douglas. An Old Rivertown (New York: Calkins and Company, 1907), page 16-18. Bolan lot referred to as "Bowlings". https://archive.org/details/oldrivertown00litt/page/14/mode/2up
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152779795/john-bolan), memorial page for John Bolan (unknown–15 Sep 1832), Find a Grave Memorial ID 152779795, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Winterport, Waldo County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Dale & Patti (contributor 46937639).

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-DF7 : accessed 3 July 2023), John Bowling, Frankfort, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 117, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 218,677.