Mehitable Bolster1

F, b. circa 1766, d. 17 August 1775
FatherIsaac Bolster Jr.1 b. 28 Apr 1737, d. 27 Apr 1825
MotherMary Dwinel1 d. 4 Aug 1814
Mehitable Bolster, daughter of Isaac and Mary Bolster
     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
Last Edited13 Dec 2021

Citations

  1. [S63] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave memorial # 175372926.

Moses Bolster1,2

M, b. 11 February 1803
FatherAbraham Bolster1,2 b. 25 Aug 1763, d. 23 Jul 1843
MotherBathsheba House1,2 b. 23 Mar 1779, d. 30 Jan 1853
     Moses Bolster, son of Abraham Bolster and Bathsheba House, was born on 11 February 1803 at Paris, Oxford, Maine.2
Last Edited3 Jul 2019

Citations

  1. [S46] M. D., J. M. Mary Chandler Lowell, Old Foxcroft Maine, Traditions and Memories with Family Records, Found on Page 162.
  2. [S43] Unknown author, FamilySearch, Url: https://familysearch.org, Town records of Foxcroft, 1741 - 1903 Page 19 ; Film # 007595362.

Octavia Bolster1

F, b. 30 October 1814
FatherAbraham Bolster1 b. 25 Aug 1763, d. 23 Jul 1843
MotherBathsheba House1 b. 23 Mar 1779, d. 30 Jan 1853
     Octavia Bolster, daughter of Abraham Bolster and Bathsheba House, was born on 30 October 1814 at Paris, Oxford, Maine.2
Last Edited3 Jul 2019

Citations

  1. [S46] M. D., J. M. Mary Chandler Lowell, Old Foxcroft Maine, Traditions and Memories with Family Records, Gound on Page 162.
  2. [S43] Unknown author, FamilySearch, Url: https://familysearch.org, Town records of Foxcroft, 1741 - 1903 Page 19 ; Film # 007595362.

Octavia Florantine Bolster1

F, b. 12 June 1834, d. 11 September 1926
FatherJacob Bolster1 b. 3 Feb 1805, d. 14 Jun 1881
MotherRuth Daggett1 b. May 1804, d. 2 Mar 1880
     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

Census

     She was probably one of the two females age 5 to 10 listed in the household of his father, Jacob Bolster, in the 1840 Federal Census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.5

     Octavia appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine, in the household of her parents, Jacob and Ruth.6

     Octavia appeared on the 1860 Federal Census in the household of her parents, Jacob and Ruth of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.7

Family

Lewis G. Hersey b. 1 Oct 1828, d. 8 May 1903
Last Edited14 Jan 2018

Citations

  1. [S43] Unknown author, FamilySearch, Url: https://familysearch.org, 'Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,' index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47Q-DJ3 : accessed 19 May 2015), Octavia Florantine Bolster, 12 Jul 1834; citing CIVIL, DOVER-FOXCROFT, PISCATAQUIS, MAINE; FHL microfilm 10,826.
  2. [S30] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Flora Bolster; The Crafts Family : A genealogical and biographical history of the descendants of Griffin and Alice, Page 558.
  3. [S33] Bureau of the Census Census of the United States United States of America, 1900 Twelfth United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1900 Federal Census, Location: Washington, D.C., Earlville, Iowa, Sheet 12 B, line 66 and 67.
  4. [S63] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 113370270.
  5. [S153] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1840 (Sixth) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1840 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Foxcroft, Maine, Marked 338, Line 16.
  6. [S54] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1850 (Seventh) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1850 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Foxcroft, Maine, Marked 533, line 19 thru 26.
  7. [S38] Bureau of the Census United States of America, 1860 (Eighth) United States Federal Census [database on-line], Record Type: 1860 Federal Census, Author Address: Washington, D.C., Foxcroft, Maine, Page 31, line 25 thru 31.

Polly (Mary) Bolster1,2

F, b. 13 May 1799
FatherAbraham Bolster2 b. 25 Aug 1763, d. 23 Jul 1843
MotherBathsheba House2 b. 23 Mar 1779, d. 30 Jan 1853
     Polly (Mary) Bolster, daughter of Abraham Bolster and Bathsheba House, was born on 13 May 1799 at Paris, Oxford, Maine.3,2
Last Edited3 Jul 2019

Citations

  1. [S46] M. D., J. M. Mary Chandler Lowell, Old Foxcroft Maine, Traditions and Memories with Family Records, Found on Page 162.
  2. [S43] Unknown author, FamilySearch, Url: https://familysearch.org, Town records of Foxcroft, 1741 - 1903 Page 19 ; Film # 007595362.
  3. [S46] M. D., J. M. Mary Chandler Lowell, Old Foxcroft Maine, Traditions and Memories with Family Records, Found on Page 162; This reference had year at 1797.
 
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