Sir George Bolles of London's Family Tree
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George Bolles b. ~ 1538 Gosberton, Lincs. (parents: Thomas Bolle (third son of Godfrey Bolle of Gosberkirke) and Jane Winter (George of Northington, Leicester))
See The Bolles of Gosberton Family Tree for where this tree fits in at 2.1 George Bowles (Sir)
The following section is here for discussion purposes only. The generally accepted family tree is below.
Theory: George's marriage to Joan Harte at age 41 leaves a possibility that he may have had an earlier marriage which has yet to be documented. The people in the tree listed here as potentially being from a theoretical first marriage are all known to have had many elements in common with George and were almost certainly related to him in some way, whether from this potential prior marriage or as his cousins or nephews not too far removed, exactly how has yet to be proven.
George m.(1) ? ca. 1560
1. William Bolles b. 1560-1578 (Clerk of Council for New England 1622)
1.1 John Bolles (went to America in 1610 and 1621)
(some other possibilities for a John Bolles involved in trade with America:)
or
1.1.1 Edward Bolles b. 1598 England,
m. Isabelle in England,
1.1.1.1 William Bolles b. England
m. Sarah
William d. 1662 Virginia
1.1.1.2 Joane Bolles b. England
1.1.1.3 Simon Bolles in Virginia in the early 1600’s; m. Elizabeth; d. in the 1650’s in Virginia
(Simon goes here or as son of John below)
(Edward & family emigrated to America 1650)
Edward
d. 1659 Maryland
1.1.2 John Bolles b. 1615 d. 1675 Maryland
m. Sarah Knight (or possibly that was John Sr.'s wife)
1.1.2.1 Thomas Bolles d. 1673 Accomack co., VA
1.1.2.2 Simon Bolles in Virginia in the early 1600’s; m. Elizabeth; d. in the 1650’s in Virginia
(Simon goes here or as son of Edward above)
John d. 1664 America
1.2 Possibly Valentine
1.3 Possibly Charles
2. Christopher Bolles b. 1560-1578
3. Thomas Bolles b. 1560-1578
George's first wife would have died in the late 1570’s, some time before he married Joane Hart in October 1579
George Bolles b. ~ 1538
Gosberton, Lincs. (parents: Thomas Bolle
(third son of Godfrey Bolle of Gosberkirke) and Jane Winter (George of Northington,
Leicester)) (Sheriff of London
1608, Alderman, Lord Mayor of London 1617, Knighted 1618, acquired Manor of
Scampton through his marriage) m.
Joan Harte, widow (formerly Gates) (b. 1564; John Harte,
Lord Mayor of London 1589-90) on or after
Oct. 3, 1579
(note: this entry is from London Marriage Licenses which is very thorough regarding
marital status but it does not refer to George as a widower;
Joan was indeed a widow, she had m. German Gates in 1577who had died a
year later;
if George had been married previously you would expect to see 'widower' on this
marriage license; however this is a transcription of an old record and it may
just have been an incomplete transcription; Gates was transcribed as Gales)
1. John Bolles (Sir; 1st
Baronet Bolles of Scampton (July 24, 1628); High Sheriff of Lincolnshire
1626-27) bp.
July 29, 1582 St Mary, Bothaw, London (as Bowlls)
m.
Katherine Conyers (Thomas of Brodham, Notts and East Barnet, Herts.) 1604
(marriage settlement in NA)
1.1 George Bolles b. Sept. 5, 1612
bur.
Mar. 29, 1632 St Swithin London Stone (at age 20) (recorded as dead with no children in 1634
Herald's Visitation of Lincolnshire)
1.2 Conyers Bolles b. Nov. 20, & bp.
Nov. 28, 1614 & bur. July 9, 1616 St John the Baptist, Scampton
note 1 below
1.3 Sir Robert Bolles, (2nd
Baronet Bolles 1648; MP for Lincoln 1661-63) b. Apr. 1 & bp. Apr. 11, 1619 Scampton m.
(Dame) Mary Hussey (bp. July 16, 1617 Honington; Sir Edward, Elizabeth Anton)
Oct. 14, 1637 Honington, co. Lincoln
(nominated on Oct. 9, 1660 to the Grand Jury trying the Regicides)
1.3.1
Isabell Bolles b. Jan. 12 &
bp. Jan. 22, 1639 St John the Baptist, Scampton
note 1 below m.
Sir Peter Wyche
1.3.1.1 John Wyche
1.3.1.1.1 Sir Cyril Wyche
1.3.2 Sir John Bolles (Bolle, Bouls,
Bowles), Knight and Bart. (3rd Baronet Bolles 1663) b. June 8 & bp. June 21, 1641 Scampton
note 1 below (the
family fortune had been declining for the last 3 generation, John was
declared an ‘outlaw’ for debt in 1671 and spent three years abroad.)
m.(1) Elizabeth Pynsent (b. ca. 1644; John), Dec. 3, 1663 St Andrew, Holborn
(Elizabeth is sometimes stated to have been a widow in some references but the
marriage register states she was a spinster)
1.3.2.1
Mary
Bowles b. in Mr Pynsents house in Bartletts Court Sept. 18 & bp. Sept. 28, 1664
St Andrew, Holborn Mary bur. Sept. 9, 1675 St Swithin London Stone
(see inventory of the family vault below)
(John Pynsent, Esq. was Prothonotary of the Common Pleas at Westminster)
Elizabeth
bur.
Sept. 29, 1664
m.(2) Elizabeth (Mary in some references) Corbett (Sir Vincent) May 1667
1.3.2.2
John
Bolles (Sir; 4th Baronet Bolles 1686-1714; MP for Lincoln 1690-1702)
b. July 1669 (he
was declared a ‘Lunatick’ in 1708 by the courts and some of his land at
Thimbleby Woodhall, Driby, Haugh, Sutterby and Saltfleetby was sold off to pay
his debts) d.
Dec. 23, 1714 (without heir) bur. St Swithins
1.3.2.3
Henry Bolles bur. Apr. 8,
1671 St Swithin London Stone (see inventory of the family vault below)
1.3.2.4
Sarah Bolle b. 1673 (heir
to her brother’s estate)
Sarah Bolles d. Nov. 7, 1746 & bur. Dec. 12, 1746 St Swithin London Stone
(the burial entry is labelled 'The last of the Bolles'; after her death the Scampton estate was sold)
1.3.2.5
Elizabeth Bowles b. at Mr
Arnalds house bp. at the Tobacco Roll, High Holborn 1675/76 St Andrew, Holborn
Elizabeth bur. Apr. 9, 1678 St Swithin London Stone (see
inventory of the family vault below)
Dame Elizabeth Bolles bur. Aug. 8, 1676
St Swithin London Stone (see inventory of the
family vault below)
Sir John Bolls d. Mar. 3, bur. Mar. 8, 1685/86 St Swithin London Stone (in his
own vault)
1.3.3
Katherine Bolles b. ca.
1646 m. Thomas Washer, Esq. 1669 (at age 22) (Allegations
for Marriage Licences, Dean and Chapter of Westminster,
1558-1699. 1669
Thomas Washer of Lincoln’s Inn,
Gent. Bachelor abt 26 and Mrs. Catherine Bolles
of St Andrew’s Holborn,
Spinster abt 22, by consent of her mother, Dame Mary
1.3.4
Robert Bolles b. Sept. 14 &
bp. Sept. 18, 1647 St John the Baptist, Scampton
note 1 below d.
August 1674 in an engagement at sea against the Dutch
1.3.5
Mary Bolles b. Oct. 9 & bp.
Oct. 19, 1648 St John the Baptist, Scampton note 1
below
m.(1) Sir Thomas Agar; m.(2) Sir Miles Cooke June 20, 1689 Westminster Abbey (d.
same year)
m.(3) Thomas Turner
1.3.6
Elizabeth Bolles b. Oct. 7
& bp. Oct. 8, 1649 St John the Baptist, Scampton
note 1 below
Elizabeth bur. Jan. 29, 1663/64 St John the Baptist, Scampton
note 1 below
1.3.7
Ann Bolles b. in her
father’s house at the Elme Tree in
High Holborne bp. Feb. 24, 1652/53 St Andrew, Holborn (p.
96 of 118 in the register)
(note: this entry appears on the Feb. 1651/52 page of the register as occurring
on the 24th and then the same entry (word for word) appears 22 pages
later in the same register on the Feb. 1652/53 page still on the 24th
of the month; In
the St Andrew Holborn register Feb.
24, 1652/53 (p. 104 of 118 in the same register)
it’s
likely that this register was copied over from an earlier book and one of these
entries was incorrectly made, Anne’s baptism possibly having been only recorded
as Feb. 23, 1651 (based on the old calendar) and under the new calendar
standards that would be now written Feb. 23, 1651/52 which by today’s calendar
would actually be Feb. 23, 1652; the clerk doing the transcribing could easily
have become confused) m.
George Antrobus, Esq.
1.3.7.1
Mary
Antrobus m. John Hayes, daughters. Anne Hayes ob.s.p. and Mary Hayes m. John
Turton MD of Birmingham
1.3.8 Olympia
Bolles bp. Jan. 1654/55 St Giles in the Fields
bur.
Feb. 15, 1656 St John the Baptist, Scampton note 1
below Sir
Robert Boles d. Aug. 3, bur. Aug. 13, 1663 St Swithin London Stone (“in ye south
vault; brought from Covent Garden and buried in ye night, paid all duties except
ye parish for the valte”; note: his family owned the vault)
Dame
Mary Bolles bur. Nov. 30, 1672 St Swithin London Stone (p.
31 of 200 of the register)
1.4
Katherine Bolles bp. Apr. 11, 1619 St John the Baptist, Scampton d. bef.
1634 note 1 below 1.5
Joanna (Joan) Bolles b. July 8 & bp. July 27, 1620 St John the Baptist, Scampton
note 1 below
bur. Oct. 5, 1629 St John the Baptist, Scampton note 1
below 1.6
John Bolles b. May 19 & bp. May 21 note 1 below & bur. June 19, 1624 St John the Baptist, Scampton
note 1 below 1.7
Isabella Bolles b. Mar. 13, bp. Mar. 26, 1627/28 St John the Baptist,
Scampton note 1 below
(mentioned in Heralds Visitation of Lincolnshire in 1634 at age 6) m.
Sir Edward Ayscough of South Kelsey Sept. 11, 1645 (marriage settlement dated
May 31, 1645) note 1 below
Isabella d. Jan. 9, 1683 bur. Jan. 11, 1683 St Swithins
1.8 Elizabeth Bolles
bp.
Mar. 6, 1627/28; did not marry; bur.
Feb. 19, 1663/64
Katharine d. Sept. 20, bur. Sept. 21, 1644 Scampton note 1
below Sir
John Bolles d. Mar. 8, bur. Mar. 9, 1647/48 Scampton note
1 below
2.
George Bolles bp. Oct. 20,
1583 St Mary, Bothaw (as Bowlls), died with no children
bur.
Mar. 29, 1632 in ye vault St Swithin London Stone
3.
Mathew Bolles bp. Sept. 22
(as Bolls) St Mary, Bothaw bur. Sept. 26, 1584 (as Bowells) St Mary,
Bothaw
4.
Anne Bolles bp. Nov. 20,
1586 St Mary, Bothaw (as Bolls)
m.
Humpery Smyeth (Humphrey Smyth), Grocer Apr. 16, 1604 St Mary, Bothaw (Sheriff
of London 1629)
4.1
George Smith b. ca. 1605 4.2
Humphrey Smith b. ca. 1606 4.3
John Smith b. ca. 1616 4.4
Thomas Smith b. ca. 1617 (became a ward of Sir Robert Bolles after
Humphrey Smyth’s death)
(P.R.O. C10 53/5, 1659. Described as a ward of Sir Robert Bolles) Anne
d. bef. Sept. 1, 1625 (in her father’s lifetime)
Humphrey d. 1638
5.
Judith Bolles bp. Feb. 16,
1588 St Mary, Bothaw
Witnesses: Mr Cleff (?) Richard Clefford (Clifford?) Judith Cage (Judith
Harte m. Edward Cage, grocer in London in 1582; possibly Judith was named
after her Aunt Judith Cage) and Mr Osborne m.
Hewet Stapers of St Martins Outwith May 13, 1607 St Mary, Bothaw
Judith d. s.p. bef. Sept. 1, 1621 6.
Rycherd (Richard) Bools bp Sept. 9, 1593 St Mary, Bothaw
d. bef.
1634 (not mentioned in Herald's Visitation of Lincolnshire in 1634) Sir George Bowles bur.
Sept. 1, 1621 St Swithin London Stone in Sir John Harts Vault
The burial register says
he was buried in his father-in-law Sir John Hart’s vault. That vault is at
the upper end of the south aisle but George is known to be buried in a new
monument built by his wife on the south side of the chancel which would become
their family vault and which is still in good shape today. It seems that he was first laid to rest in his
father-in-laws vault and was moved to his own vault on Mar. 4, 1621/22.
This move was made without obtaining an affidavit from the archbishop but note
was made in the register that instead the family had paid 50s to the church to
use for its poor. We know about some other
family burials even though they are not recorded in the parish register as an
inventory was taken of the bodies in the Bolles family vault on April 18, 1679:
Memorial that on the 18th
of April 1679 a view was taken in the vault in the south side of the Church of
St Swithin belonging to Sir John Bolles Barronet and their remained in the said
vault the corpses of the several persons following:
Henry Bolles etc.
Connierus Bolles son of Johis
Bolles bp. Nov. 28, 1614 (bur. July 9, 1616) Katherine Bolles dau. of
Johnis Bolles bp. Apr. 11, 1619 Joanna Bolles dau. of Johnis
Bolles bp. July 27, 1620 Johes. Bolles son of Johes and
Katherina Bolles bp. May 21, 1624 Isabella Bowles dau. of John
and Katherine Bolles b. Mar. 6, bp.
Mar. 26, 1628 John son of William Bolles
Nov. 3, 1633 Margaret dau. of William
Bolles July 21, 1635 John son of William and
Margaret Bolles Nov. 18, 1638 Isabell dau. of Robert Bolles
Esq. and wife Marie b. Jan. 12, 1639 bp. Jan. 22, 1639 John son of Robert Bolles,
Esq. and wife Mary b. June 8, bp.
June 20, 1641 Robert son of William and
Margaret Bowles bp. Mar. 27, 1642 Edward son of William and
Margaret Boules bp.Dec. 8, 1644 Robert son of Robert Bolles,
Esq. and wife Mary b. Sept. 14, bp. Sept. 18, 1647 Mary dau. of
Robert Bolles, Esq. and wife Mary b.Oct. 9, bp. Oct. 19, 1648 Elizabeth dau. of Baronett Sir
Robert Bolles and Lady Mary b. Oct. 7, bp. Oct. 8, 1649 Isabel Bolles & Edward
Aysroyhe of South Kelsey Sept. 11, 1645 Margaret Bolles m. William
Cooke of Welbon Oct. 16, 1656 Connierus Bolles son of Johis
Bolles bur. July 9, 1616 (bp. Nov. 28, 1614) Johes. Son of Johes and
Katherine Bolles bur. June 19, 1624 Joanne dau. of John and
Katherine Bolles Oct. 5, 1629 William son of William and
Margaret Bolles Mar. 2, 1638 Lady Katherine wife of Robert
Bolles, Baronett Sept. 21, 1644 John Bolles bur. Mar. 9, 1648 Slymira (Olympia) dau. of
Robert Bolles bur. Feb. 15, 1656 (b. 1654) Willim. Bowles bur. Oct. 16,
1658 Margaret Bowles bur. Feb. 21,
1659 Elizabeth dau. of Robert
Bolles, deceased Jan. 29, 1663 Sir George had acquired the
estate at Scampton through his wife's inheritance from her father but their son
John seems to have been the first to actually live there. Most of his and
his son Robert's church functions (many baptisms, one marriage and several
burials) were performed at the little family church at Scampton. They
account for all of the Bolles entries in the Scampton register except for the
marriage of a Margaret Bolles to a William Cooke there in 1656 and the baptisms
of another entire Bolles family with the father a William Bolles as well as
William's and seemingly his wife Margaret's burials there while the family was
still young. William Bolles bur. Oct. 16,
1658 Scampton
How were William and Margaret related to John?
Note 1
(as marked in blue text in the above family tree)
St John the Baptist Scampton Baptisms
St John the Baptist Scampton Marriages
St John the Baptist Scampton Burials