Everard Bolton (abt. 1660 - 1727)

Born about 1660 in Ross, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 1727 at about age 67 in Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Everard was a Friend (Quaker)

Everard Bolton, his wife Elizabeth, and their two eldest children, came to Pennsylvania from Herfordshire, England. His certificate of removal from the Ross meeting dated 5mo (July) 18, 1682 was read at the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting at Arch Street, at the family was accepted into fellowship.

Everard Bolton accepted into Philadelphia Monthly Meeting

The family settled in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, on a tract of land a little east of the site of the present village of Milestown. This tract was presented to his eldest son in 1711, but the deed of transfer was not recorded until 1760. Everard Bolton was an active member of the Society of Friends, having been Treasurer of Abington Meeting for nearly forty years. He was much esteemed, and was appointed a Justice of the Peace by a Council held at Philadelphia, May 30, 1715. Elizabeth Bolton died June 5, 1707, and Everard subsequently married Margaret, widow of John Jones, a merchant of Philadelphia. Everard Bolton died in 1727, leaving eleven children, all by his first wife. They were Everard, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary, Samuel, Abel, Sarah, Lydia, Isaac, Rebecca, and Martha. Margaret died in 1742^[1]

Timeline

1693: 26, 12th month (February 26): Everard Bolton, Giles Knight and John Fletcher were appointed to represent the Abington Monthly Meeting to the Quarterly Meeting.^[2]

1699: 4th month (June, 1699) Everard was a witness to the marriage of Isaac Knight & Mary Carver.

Research Notes

date of birth estimated from birth year of children Powell-5629 18:06, 2 January 2015 (EST)

Sources

1. ↑ Martindale, History of the Townships of Byberry and Moreland ... Page 234.
2. ↑ Abington Monthly Meeting, Men's Minutes, 1682-1746. ancestry.com ($)

See also:

• Vanishing Philadelphia: Ruins of the Quaker City, J.P. Webster [Google Books]

• Miscellaneous Data Regarding the Family of Everard Bolton of England and Pennsylvania; [Google Books]

• Martindale, Joseph C., History of the Townships of Byberry and Moreland, in Philadelphia, Pa. .... G.W. Jacobs & Co. (1901) OCLC3111379.
• Notes on interpreting Quaker Records
• "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935", database, Ancestry.com, 2014 citing Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Quaker Meeting Records, Pennsylvania > Montgomery > Abington Monthly Meeting >Births and Deaths, 1682-1809 Vol. 1, images 23 and 24 of 124.
  • View (Image : accessed 6 Oct 2021) on ancestry.com (requires subscription).
  • View free Sharing Image page 23 Sharing Image page 24.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Bolton-414 created through the import of HEACOCK.JONATHAN1680.GED on Jul 17, 2012 by Ronald Heacock.