Aaron Boylan I (1710 - 1751)

Born 1710 in Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland

Husband of Catherine (Parkinson) Boylan — married 1741 in Basking Ridge,Morris , NJ

Descendants

Died 1751 at about age 41 in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey

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Biography

Aaron Boylan ...Aaron was born in 1710. He passed away in 1751. ^[1]

Aaron is said to have pronounced his surname "Bullion".

The three Boylan brothers were orphaned in Coleraine, Ireland in the early 1700s. Roger (oldest of brothers) was made guardian of two younger boys (James & Aaron); James & Aaron were unhappy with arrangement and came to US, settling in Somerset County, Bernards Township, NJ, near Trenton, in a place known as "Annins Corners" in the early 1700s. Aaron operated a tavern there which served as a hospital during the Revolutionary War. Due to the notoriety, the town was often referred to as Boylan Corners. He married Catherine Parkinson Shilton, widow of Richard Shilton and daughter of Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth Parkinson in 1741. They had three sons and one daughter: James, John, Aaron, and Ann.^[2]

Aaron was listed with James as a taxpayer of 1740 in Somerset County, NJ.^[3]

Around 1750 a town meeting was held at Liberty Corner at which the following Boylans were present: Isaac Boylan, Capt. Samuel Boylan, Baney Boylan, Thomas Boylan, and Andrew Boylan.^[4]

The Boylan house, built in 1751, is located in Pluckemin across the street from the Pluckemin Presbyterian Church. The house was built by Aaron Boylan, who also helped provide funds to build St. Paul's Church across the street. (Another reference refers to this chruch as a Lutheran Church at Bedminstertown; the church became known as the Zion Lutheran Church; a cemetery was commissioned at a later time).

Possibly buried in Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery; Lot 130...Acc. to Cemetery records, an "Aaron Boylan" was buried in April in Lot 130; no other detail given.^[5]

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1. ↑ Entered by John Aaron Boylan, Jr. Jul 26, 2011
2. ↑ Boylan, B. L. and James D. Boylan (Co-Historians), The Boylan Family: The Descendents of Aaron Boylan and Catherine Parkinson Shilton. Ann Arbor, MI, Unpublished, 1942.
3. ↑ NJ Tax Tables, NJ Archives, Trenton, NJ.
4. ↑ Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869-1914, ed. Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910.
5. ↑ John A. Boylan, Jr. 17 Sep 2012