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Thomas Bolles

Birth	:	1 Dec 1644
Death	:	26 May 1727
Burial	:	Foscoe Community Cemetery #132, Watauga County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.1585000, -81.7744000
Description	:	aged 84 years [Thomas Bolles is the "Father" of the Bolles line in New London. He came to N.L. from Wells, Maine, on the invitation of John Winthrop (F.M. Caulkins). He is the Great Grandfather of my 4th Great Grandmother, Margaret Bolles, who was first married to Frederick Lee (son of Colonel Stephen Lee); then married Green Plumbe 22 Mar 1758 in New London (after Frederick's death). Margaret's father John Bolles is an amazing story, as shared by Caulkins: F. M. Caulkins has a remarkable story about Thomas in her HISTORY OF NEW LONDON: "Thomas BOLLES is found at... Read More	aged 84 years [Thomas Bolles is the "Father" of the Bolles line in New London. He came to N.L. from Wells, Maine, on the invitation of John Winthrop (F.M. Caulkins). He is the Great Grandfather of my 4th Great Grandmother, Margaret Bolles, who was first married to Frederick Lee (son of Colonel Stephen Lee); then married Green Plumbe 22 Mar 1758 in New London (after Frederick's death). Margaret's father John Bolles is an amazing story, as shared by Caulkins: F. M. Caulkins has a remarkable story about Thomas in her HISTORY OF NEW LONDON: "Thomas BOLLES is found at New London about 1668. Of his marriage we have no account. He bought a house and land at Foxen`s Hill, and there lived with his wife Mary (Wheeler) and three children,--Mary, born in 1673; Joseph, in 1675; 2 (2. In some papers at Hartford this child is called Thomas; at his baptism the name registered was Joseph.) and John, in August, 1677. On the 5th or 6th of June, 1678, while Mr. BOLLES was absent from home, a sudden and terrific blow bereaved him of most of his family. His wife and two oldest children were found dead, weltering in their blood, with the infant, wailing but unhurt, by the side of its mother. The author of this bloody deed proved to be a vagabond youth, who demanded shelter and lodging in the house, which the woman refused. Some angry words ensued, and the reckless lad, seizing an axe that lay at the wood-pile, rushed in and took awful vengeance. He soon afterwards confessed the crime, was carried to Hartford, tried by the Court of Assistants, October 3d, condemned and executed at Hartford, Oct. 9, 1678. The records of the town do not contain the slightest allusion to this act of atrocity. Tradition, however, has faithfully preserved the history, coinciding in important facts with the account contained in documents on file among the colonial records at Hartford. John BOLLES, the infant thus providentially preserved from slaughter, in a pamphlet which he published in afterlife concerning his peculiar religious tenets, alludes to the tragic event of his infancy as follows: 'My father lived about a mile from New London town, and my mother was at home with only three little children, I being the youngest, about ten months old. She, with the other two, were murdered by a youth about sixteen years of age, who was afterwards executed at Hartford, and I was found at my dead mother`s breast.' Tradition states that the blood of the child Mary, who was killed as she was endeavoring to escape from the door, flowed out upon the rock on which the house stood, and that the stains long remained." -Chuck Plumb]

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Thomas Bolles's memorial is located at: Foscoe Community Cemetery #132, Watauga County, USA.
When did Thomas Bolles death?
Thomas Bolles death on 26 May 1727 in
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Latitude: 36.1585000
Longitude: -81.7744000

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Mary Zipporah Wheeler Bolles

(1648 - 1678)

Siblings

Children

Mary Bolles

(1673 - 1678)

Joseph (Thomas) Bolles

(1675 - 1678)

John Bolles

(1677 - 1767)

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Coordinate: 36.1585000, -81.7744000

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