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Bolton

Bolton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern England named Bolton (Lancashire Northumberland Westmorland and Yorkshire) or from Boulton in Derbyshire and East Lothian in Scotland from Old English bothl ‘dwelling house’ (see Bold ) + tūn ‘enclosure settlement’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Colton, Holton, Bilton, Tolton, Belton, Booton, Banton, Milton
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 3048

William Bolton 1842

Plot No. 3077

John Bolton 1833

William Bolton Plot 3048

John Bolton Plot 3077

Inscription

Sacred
To The Memory Of
William Bolton, Yeoman, Late Of
Tang Beck House, Fellescliff
Who Departed This Life May 24^th 1842
Aged 75 Years

Death Is A Sleep And Oh How Sweet
To Souls Prepared Its Chance To Meet
Their Dying Beds, Their Graves Are Blest
For All To Them Is Peace And Rest

Sacred
To The Memory Of
John Bolton,
Late Of Felliscliffe Who Departed This
Life August 17^th 1833 In The 76^th
Year Of His Age

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
##	George BOLTON	18 Dec 1883	71
3077	John BOLTON	17 Aug 1833	76
##	John BOLTON	8 Feb 1879	64
##	Joseph BOLTON	18 Feb 1795	11
##	Mary BOLTON	1 Jun 1848	75
##	Rowland BOLTON	12 May 1857	87
3048	William BOLTON	24 May 1842	75

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