Bolton (Waterford)

Captain William Bolton was granted lands formerly owned by the Aylwards at Faithlegg in county Waterford in 1667. Smith, writing in 1774, provides a detailed description of the property. Sadleir mentions Cornelius Bolton, resident at Faithlegg and MP for Waterford, who was married to a Miss Barker. This branch of the Boltons continued at Faithlegg until 1819 when Cornelius Bolton sold it to Nicholas Power. In June 1857, Cornelius Henry Bolton offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court his property at Ballycanvan and Ballynbooly, barony of Gaultiere. The properties were held under leases forever, dating from the mid eighteenth century. They encompassed the demesnes of Woodlands and Ballycanvan. William Harrison was in possession of Ballycanvan in 1703. Another branch of the family continued at Mount Bolton. Jane Bolton, resident in Bath, England, was the owner of over 1600 acres in county Waterford in the 1870s while her cousin, Charles Bolton of Brook Lodge, Waterford, owned almost 900 acres. Jane Bolton was among the principal lessors in the parish of Clonagam, barony of Upperthird, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Rev. Henry Bolton held townlands in the parish of Mothel in the same barony. Richard Bolton was among the lessors in the parish of Rossmire, barony of Decies-without-Drum and Eliza Bolton held townlands in the parish of Kill St. Nicholas, barony of Gaultiere. Richard was the owner of over 800 acres in the county in the 1870s. In 1890 over 900 acres of Henry Bolton's estate in the barony of Upperthird, ccounty Waterford was offered for sale in the Land Judges' Court but the sale was adjourned.

Associated Families

Bolton

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Mountbolton	Mountbolton	Clonagam	Carrick-on-Suir	Portlaw 4	Upperthird	Waterford	OSI Ref: S465186 OS Sheet: 4 Discovery map: 75
Rath (Fenoagh)	Rath	Fenoagh	Carrick-on-Suir	Fenoagh	Upperthird	Waterford	OSI Ref: S414186 OS Sheet: 3 Discovery map: 75
Prospect Lodge (Waterford)	Gibbetthill	Trinity Without	Waterford	Waterford Rural 85	Middlethird	Waterford	OSI Ref: S595128 OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 76
Faithlegg House	Faithlegg	Faithlegg	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S665122 OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 76
Brooke Lodge	Cross	Kilmacomb	Waterford	Woodstown 94	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S660092 OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 76
Woodland House	Ballycanvan Big	Kill St. Nicholas	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S662115 OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 76
Ballycanvan House	Ballycanvan Big	Kill St. Nicholas	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S660110 OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 76
Spring Hill (Gaultiere)	Ballycanvan Big	Kill St. Nicholas	Waterford	Faithlegg 90	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S659106 OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 76

Archival sources

Grant, Marquis of Waterford to Rev. Henry Bolton, of lands in the barony of Upperthird, co. Waterford, April 26, 1831. D. 23,891 ; National Library of Ireland
Rentals, lists of tenants and a map relating to the estates of the families of Newport and Bolton in County Waterford, 1840-1850 and 1876. Newport-Bolton Estates Papers, Ms. 8488 ; National Library of Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Bolton, 26 June 1857, Vol 26, MRGS 46/023, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 173
HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 43
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upperthird: 14 (Mountbolton), 23 (Rath)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Middlethird: 82 (Gibbetthill)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Gaultiere: 28 (Ballycanvan Big), 40 (Cross)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 135
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 383
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 335 (Mount Bolton)

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 50
NOLAN, W, POWER, T.P. & COWMAN, D. (eds). ''Waterford: History and Society''. (Dublin: Geography Publications, 1992). : Morris, Henry F. The "principal inhabitants" of county Waterford in 1746, pp.315-316.
McENEANEY, Eamonn. ''A history of Waterford and its mayors, twelfth to twentieth century.'' (Waterford: Waterford Corporatin, 1995) : "To hell or to Connaught"-and back: Captain William Bolton, Mayor 1662-63. pp.135-145
SMITH, Charles. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Waterford''. Third edition edited by Donald Brady. Wateford : Waterford County Council, 2008. : 70 (Faithlock)
''The Irish Genealogist'': WALTON, Julian. The Boltons of county Waterford. Part I, VII (1987), 186-200, part 2, VII (1988), 405-420, part 3, VII (1989), 615-641.
''Jnl of the Waterford and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society'' : Sadlier, T.U. The county of Waterford, 1775. XVI (1913), pp.49-55.
''Irish Times'': Land Judges' Court sale reports, 1 March 1890, p.6.
WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.102