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     Mehitable Bolster, daughter of Isaac Bolster Jr. and Mary Dwinel, was born circa 1766.¹

     Mehitable died on 17 August 1775,¹ and was buried at Millbury Cemetery, Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts. Headstone reads: ERECTED in the memory of the Children of Capt. Isaac Bolster and Mrs. Mary his wife. Mr Solomon Bolster died November 2 1806 in the 18 year of his age. William Bolster died August 15th 1775 in the 11th year of his age. Jacob Bolster died August 28th 1775 in the 6th year of his age. Mehitable Bolster died August 17th 1775 in the 9th year of her age. Mary Bolster died August 17th 1775 in the 6th month of her age. Jacob Bolster died August 28th 1778 in the 3d year of his age. John Bolster died June 15th 1780 in the 2d year of his age. Death like an overflowing flood hath us all swept away.
The young the old the middle aged to Death become a prey.¹

     Moses Bolster, son of Abraham Bolster and Bathsheba House, was born on 11 February 1803 at Paris, Oxford, Maine.²

     Octavia Bolster, daughter of Abraham Bolster and Bathsheba House, was born on 30 October 1814 at Paris, Oxford, Maine.²

     Octavia Florantine Bolster, daughter of Jacob Bolster and Ruth Daggett, was born on 12 June 1834 at Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.¹

     Octavia, at age 28, daughter of Jacob Bolster and Ruth Daggett, married Lewis G. Hersey at age 34 on 19 February 1863 This was a second marriage for Lewis. His first wife, Mary Ann Crafts, died, 02 Feburary 1862.^2,3

     Octavia died at age 92, on 11 September 1926,⁴ and was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Earlville, Delaware, Iowa.⁴

     Polly (Mary) Bolster, daughter of Abraham Bolster and Bathsheba House, was born on 13 May 1799 at Paris, Oxford, Maine.^3,2