Bolton (1822)

Date: 1822 [unknown]
Location: [unknown]

Name	Bolton
Type	Barque
Built	Liverpool, England
Launched	1822
Length	126'6" (50.7m)
Beam	30'8" (9.3m)
Depth	6'11" (2.1m)
Registered Tonnage	541 tons
Owners	T Oldfield of London

The Bolton was a barque built in Liverpool and launched in 1822.

The Bolton made at least three voyages carrying immigrants to New Zealand for the New Zealand Company, and two more voyages to the Australian Colonies in the 1830s & 1840s. A ship of the same name made at least 1 voyage to the New South Wales colony in 1853 carrying 270 immigrants.

From the Passengers in History database we see the following voyages listed:

From London on Monday, November 18, 1839 - to Port Nicholson New Zealand, Sunday, April 19, 1840. Captain J. Robinson (Ports of Call: Tenerife)

From London - to Nelson New Zealand, Tuesday, March 15, 1842

From London on Monday, January 10, 1848 - to Port Adelaide, Friday, April 14, 1848. Captain James Henry Young (Ports of Call: Plymouth)

From London on Wednesday, August 8, 1849 - to Melbourne, Friday, December 28, 1849. Captain J. H. Young (Ports of Call: Plymouth & Adelaide)

Sources

• Passengers in History: Bolton

• Passengers in History: Bolton

• Passengers in History: Bolton

• Wikipedia: New Zealand Company ships: Bolton

• Wikipedia: New Zealand Company

• Bolton from the Nelson Provincial Museum Early Settlers database. first accessed 15th of December, 2019 at: http://www.museumnp.org.nz/early-settlers/voyageDetails.aspx?voyageid=8

• Bolton Captain H. Young from the '"Passengers to Port Phillip from Southern England & Ireland 1839-42"' website, transcribed by Alexander Romanov-Hughes. first accessed 15th of December, 2019 at: https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/SE_and_I_Passenger_Lists_1849-51_162.htm

• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from the South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) of Wednesday 19 April 1848, Page 3. first accessed 10th of December, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48726104?

• BOLTON 1848 from Diane Cummings' Bound For South Australia website. first accessed 10th of December, 2019 at: https://bound-for-south-australia.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/1848Bolton.htm

• Passengers arriving 1848-04-15 in SA aboard the Bolton (541 ot brq 1822) from London 48-01-11 via Plymouth, Captain Jas Hy Young. from the Family History SA "Shipping and Passenger Lists". first accessed 10th of December, 2019 at: https://www.familyhistorysa.org/shipping/passengerlists.html

• 11/01/1848 - 15/04/1848 from the Passengers in History website, an initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed 10th of December, 2019 at: http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/945004

• Passengers arriving 1849-11-29 in SA aboard the Bolton (541 ot brq 1822) from London 49-08-09 via Plymouth, Captain Jas Hy Young. from the Family History SA "Shipping and Passenger Lists". first accessed 15th of December, 2019 at: https://www.familyhistorysa.org/shipping/passengerlists.html

• NRS5316/4_4790/Bolton_23 Jun 1853/ from the Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists on the New South Wales State Archives and Records website at: http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?series=NRS5316&item=4_4790&ship=Bolton