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William Bouldin (abt. 1621 - 1671)

William Bouldin aka Bouldinge, Boulden, Boulding
Born about in Kecoughtan Village, Hampton, Virginiamap
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Son of and
Brother of
Husband of — married 1649 in Kent Island, Marylandmap
Descendants descendants
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Died at about age 50 in Bohemia River, Marylandmap
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Biography

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William Bouldin was a Jamestown colonist.

Parent's History:

FROM: THE BOULDIN FAMILY, A GENEALOGY
Posted by: Danny Ricketts Date: June 14, 2001 at 06:59:40

In Reply to: THE BOULDIN FAMILY, A GENEALOGY by Carolyn Ericson[1] Thomas Boulding

"Thomas Bouldinge is believed to be the immigrant of the Bouldin family. Thomas was born about 1584 in Barford, Warwickshire, England. After almost five months at sea, he and wife Mary arrived at Jamestown in August of 1610 on the ship “Swan.” [2]They moved south to “Kecoughtan Village” in the area which is now Newport News, Virginia." By the 1624 the Muster was recorded in Virginia of persons who had arrived earlier, but survived the ordeal of Indians, and starvation, were recorded, Thomas and family were recorded as living in Elizabeth Cittie. [3]

Thomas was an Ancient Planter of Virginia. [4]

William Bouldin's Biography

William Boulding was listed with Mary and Thomas Bouldinge in Jamestown.[5] Since sources say it is not certain William was a son, we list him in the household. This source also lists William I Bouldin as being an Ancient Planter.[6]FamilySearch.org lists his birth date as 1611.[7]

William Bouldin I married Ann Jacobs in 1649 in Maryland. (Cecil County, Maryland did not exist until June 1674). [8] As William was from Virginia and Ann was most-likely born in England and an immigrant, it is disputable that they married in Maryland. The only land transactions in Maryland for William Bouldin were ca. 1669 when he bought land in an area that became Cecil Co., six years later.

William was married to Ann Jacobs and they had four children:
Marriage: Ann Jacobs [9]
Married: 1649 in Cecil Co., MD [sic: Cecil Co., only named in 1674][10][11]
Children:
  1. William BOULDEN b: Abt 1665 in Virginia, ,
  2. John BOULDIN
  3. Thomas BOULDIN
  4. Mary BOULDIN

After many years in Gloucester Co., Virginia), William and Ann established a plantation at the upper Chesapeake Bay. William Bouldin and Ann (Jacobs) Bouldin had four children: John Bouldin, Thomas Bouldin, William Bouldin, and Mary Bouldin .

William Bouldin II, son of William and Ann (Jacobs) Bouldin was born about 1665 in Virginia and died in Cecil County, Maryland. He married Thomasin Nash in 1687 in Cecil County..." [12]

NOTE: There are many variations on this Surname: Bouldinge, Bouldin, Boulden, Boulding, Bowling, Bouling, Bolling, Bolton, etc.[13]

•Name: William Bouldinge
•Given Name: William
•Surname: Bouldinge
•Sex: M
•Birth: 1612 in Virginia Colony
•Death: 1671 in Baltimore, MD

From: The Flournoy, Hopkins, Hoot, Currie Family Genealogy[14]

Two of his sons, Thomas and William, and his grandson William Jr., appear to have migrated to Maryland from Virginia in 1677.
William migrated up the Chesapeake to escape a series of things gone wrong in the Colonies. Since early in 1622, the Indians had become increasingly hostile, and many uprisings had occurred resulting in much loss of life on both sides. Some days the Indians would come to the villages to trade and would be very friendly. After dispersing into the village they would suddenly attack as if on some signal, and slaughter men, women and children. Needless to say, village life was disrupted greatly, forcing families to take refuge inside the fort at night where conditions were already cramped and of poor hygiene.
Most important, though, was the effect these raids had upon tobacco and crop production. Dependence upon the "trading company" for the marketing and export of tobacco soon became less profitable than trading independantly or through "co-ops." Not long after these conditions arose, the London Company became bankrupt and a wave of independence swept the land. Settlers began to venture further into the territory and opportunities for free land were being made available in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania.[15]

From: The Bourbon Co, KY Families Genealogy:[16]

William Boulden, son of Thomas and Mary, lived for a time in Gloucester County, Virginia, and later in Maryland. The Richmond Times Dispatch of June 22, 1913, printed this item of interest:
...In 1668 William Bouldin took up 880 acres in Abingdon Parish, a small creek dividing him from the land of Col. Augustine Warner. In 1652 William Boulden had 174 acres in Gloucester between Propotank Creek and Dragon Swamp. These Bouldens, in our opinion, are the ancestors of Thomas Boulden who built the second frame house in Charlotte County and took up land there before 1732 and was the ancestor of Powhatan Boulden...
From Gloucester County, William and his family moved to Baltimore County, Maryland, that part which was later to become Cecil County. The "Maryland Historical Magazine" of June 1932 has an article by Louis Dow Sisco entitled, "Baltimore Co., Land Records of 1671." It includes this item:
P. 38-41 of the present record Liber IS No. IK are the following items placed on the record apparently in 1691 in the former Liber IC No. A which afterwards was transcribed to the book now existing...

William moved for a time to Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, before William's death in 1671. William made a will on August 26, 1671 and bequeathed,

"to Mary Thwate and the two children now living named William Thwayte and Thomas Thwayte (sic) which were borne in my house in Abingdon Parish in the County of Gloucester in Virginia"......his whole estate, both in Virginia and Maryland.

William died in the fall of 1671 at his plantation on the Bohemia River, in Baltimore County, Maryland (the area became Cecil County in June 1674 when Baltimore County was divided in three parts). [17][18]


Will, August 1671: William Bouldin of Bohemia River bequeathing all his Maryland and Virginia property to Mary Thwaite and to her sons William and Thomas Thwaite who were born in Bouldin's house in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., Va. She was to be their guardian and to control their tuition and the bequeathed estate. Wit: John Gardiner, Geo. Brocas, Roger Fretwell, William Brocas.
Furthermore, Mary was to be guardian and see to it that there was tuition. They were to receive the estates at age seventeen. In view of this will, the chronology of ages and dates, it is [here] assumed that Mary Thwate, wife of James Thwate (deceased), was the daughter of William Bouldin, and the children, namesakes of him and his father, were his grandchildren. The name Thwate has been spelled many ways, for example; Thweat, Thwayte, and Thwate. For an alternate view that states that Mary Thwate was William Bouldin's mistress and that the 2 boys were, in fact, his own sons.[19]
Cecil County came into being in 1674, and from the early days the Bouldens can be found on Scotchman's Creek and later on Back Creek. These items are in the Inventories and Bonds 1675-1692:
Bond by Alice Foster, Admr'x of Richard Foster 1675 deceased; John Hyland and John Boulding Surety.
Administrator's Bond Thomas Browning, Ann his wife, William Boulding (signed William Bouldin) and John Bavington; 1694.
Inventory of Robert Boldin's estate 1698.

Sources

  1. ↑ The Bouldin Family, A Genealogy
  2. ↑ http://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/swan.htm
  3. ↑ The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, 1600-1700 by Hotten,Page 255.
  4. ↑ http://www.ancient-planters.org/ancestors.html
  5. ↑ Mary Boulding
  6. ↑ Thomas Boulding
  7. ↑ Nashes of Ireland. & Old Kent Co. Md. 975.2 D2h B.C./ Libr. page 109. page 17, Vol 5 Old Bible Records of Delaware Families.
  8. ↑ Note by Chet Snow
  9. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hop&id=I4622
  10. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Cecil_County,_Maryland_Genealogy
  11. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_County,_Maryland
  12. ↑ http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?ann,jacobs,bouldin::bouldin::190.html
  13. ↑ Note by Chet Snow, Feb. 14, 2014
  14. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hop&id=I4622
  15. ↑ "First Families of America," by Virkus, Vol 4, pg. 479; and "Adventurers of Purse and Person: Virginia, 1607-1624/25, 3rd Ed., by Virginia M. Meyer and John Frederick Dorman Jester, pp. 3-4.
  16. ↑ Bourbon Co, KY Families - Thomas Boulden
  17. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bouldin/190/
  18. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/o/l/i/Ronald-T-Olivet/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0770.html
  19. ↑ Corrected Bouldin Saga Genealogy by K Harbury
  • Corrected Bouldin Saga Genealogy by K Harbury
  • "FIRST FAMILIES OF AMERICA," by AUTH VIRKUS, lPAGE VOL 4, PP. 479, #7
  • "ADVENTURERS OF PURSE AND PERSON, VIRGINIA, 1607-1624/25, 3RD EDITION, AUTH VIRGINIA M. MEYER AND JOHN FREDERICK DORMAN. JESTER, PAGE PP 3, 4
  • Boyer's Ships Passenger Lists
  • Nell Nugent's Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol. I, p. 6
  • The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, 1600-1700 by Hotten,Page 255. *Musters of the Inhabitants in Virginia 1624-5 Elizabeth Cittie...
  • "The Bouldin Family": a genealogy by John William Bouldin, BOOK (LDS catalog) "The Bouldin Family": a genealogy by John William Bouldin, priv. pub 1994 by J W Bouldin Texas City TX 1994
  • Corrected Bouldin Saga Genealogy by K Harbury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_planter Google Book, Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635 by Martha W McCartney





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