Individual Details
Nathaniel BOULTER
(Abt 1625 - 14 Mar 1693)
Events
| Arrival | Bet 1620 and 1650 | from Chewton, Keynsham, Somersetshire - Hampton, Norfolk, Province of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  | ||
| Birth | Abt 1625 |  | | ||
| Arrival | 1642 | Hampton, Norfolk, Province of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Arrival | 1643 | Hampton, Norfolk, Province of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Property | Bef 8 Jul 1644 | Hampton, Norfolk, Province of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Residence | By 1645 | Exeter, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Removed | Abt 1645 | Hampton, Norfolk, Province of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 4 Nov 1645 | was fined for selling wine to Indians - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Property | Bet 1648 and 1660 | engaged in numerous land transactions in Hampton and Exeter Falls - Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Marriage | By 1648 | Hampton, Norfolk, Province of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Grace SWAIN | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 26 Sep 1648 | was fined by the Hampton court after having been twice convicted of drunkenness - Hampton, Norfolk, Province of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Property | Bet 1660 and 1673 | engaged in numerous land transactions in Hampton and Exeter - Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Property | 4 Sep 1660 | Richard Swain sold property to son-in-law Boulter and to daughter Grace Swain Bolter - Hampton, Norfolk, Province of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 4 Sep 1660 | was appointed the "attorney" of Richard Swain to close out his affairs - Hampton, Norfolk, Province of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Property | 6 Jul 1663 | received a portion of Richard Swain's shares in the Nantucket purchase - Nantucket, New York, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1678 | took oath of allegiance - Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | 14 Mar 1693 | | |||
| Probate | 16 Apr 1695 | | |||
| Residence (family) | Rand's Hill, Hampton, Norfolk, Province of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Grace SWAIN | | |||
| Miscellaneous | seems to have been a man of ability but not altogether prosperous. | |
Families
| Spouse | Grace SWAIN (1627 - 1693) |
| Child | Joseph BOULTER ( - 1661) |
| Child | Mary Swain BOULTER (1648 - ) |
| Child | Temperance BOULTER (1651 - ) |
| Child | Nathaniel BOULTER (1653 - 1689) |
| Child | Joshua BOULTER (1655 - 1657) |
| Child | Joshua BOULTER (1657 - 1661) |
| Child | Rebecca BOULTER (1659 - 1661) |
| Child | Grace BOULTER (1662 - 1663) |
| Child | Hannah BOULTER (1665 - 1723) |
| Child | Elizabeth BOULTER (1669 - ) |
| Child | John BOULTER (1672 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Inferred from a 1685 deposition where he stated he was age 60.Arrival
inferred from an affidavitProperty
Deeding property directly to a woman was unusual.Endnotes
1. "U. S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s," database index, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/: accessed 8 April 2017), Boulter, Nathaniel arrived Hampton from Chewton, Keynsham, Somersetshire; citing BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Edited, indexed and published by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Philadelphia: Bertram Press, 1937. 295p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1957. Repr. 1987. p. 139.
2. Joseph Dow, History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892: Volume II Genealogical and Biographical (Salem, MA: L. E. Dow, 1893), pp 612-614, genealogical sketch of Nathaniel Boulter; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh02dowj : viewed 23 March 2017).
3. "Maine Pioneers, 1623-60," database index with abstracts but no images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4206&h=96&tid=62812056&pid=240074199251&hid=85627803779&usePUB=true&_phsrc=pNp3731&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true: accessed 5 April 2017), Deposed in 1685, ae. 60; citing Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908.
4. William Prescott, The Prescott Memorial, or, A genealogical memoir of the Prescott families in America, in two parts, two volumes (Boston: H. W. Dutton & Son, 1870), footnote, pp. 229-230; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/prescottmemorial00pres : accessed 8 April 2017). summary of the ancestry of Mary Boulter, the wife of the founder of the Prescott family in America.
5. William Prescott, The Prescott Memorial, or, A genealogical memoir of the Prescott families in America, in two parts, two volumes (Boston: H. W. Dutton & Son, 1870), footnote, pp. 229-230; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/prescottmemorial00pres : accessed 8 April 2017). summary of the ancestry of Mary Boulter, the wife of the founder of the Prescott family in America.
6. "U. S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s," database index, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/: accessed 8 April 2017), Nathaniel Boulter arrived 1643 in Hampton, New Hampshire; citing COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p., p. 34.
7. "Maine Pioneers, 1623-60," database index with abstracts but no images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4206&h=96&tid=62812056&pid=240074199251&hid=85627803779&usePUB=true&_phsrc=pNp3731&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true: accessed 5 April 2017), "Hampton, proprietor, sold land before July 8, 1644 [Norf. Rec.]"; citing Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908.
8. "Maine Pioneers, 1623-60," database index with abstracts but no images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4206&h=96&tid=62812056&pid=240074199251&hid=85627803779&usePUB=true&_phsrc=pNp3731&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true: accessed 5 April 2017), "Rem. to Exeter, Signed petitions of inhabitants Sept. 7, 1643 and 29 (3) 1645 [Mass. arch. 112, 8 and 39.] but returned to Hamp."; citing Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908.
9. William Prescott, The Prescott Memorial, or, A genealogical memoir of the Prescott families in America, in two parts, two volumes (Boston: H. W. Dutton & Son, 1870), footnote, pp. 229-230; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/prescottmemorial00pres : accessed 8 April 2017). summary of the ancestry of Mary Boulter, the wife of the founder of the Prescott family in America.
10. "Maine Pioneers, 1623-60," database index with abstracts but no images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4206&h=96&tid=62812056&pid=240074199251&hid=85627803779&usePUB=true&_phsrc=pNp3731&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true: accessed 5 April 2017), "Rem. to Exeter, Signed petitions of inhabitants Sept. 7, 1643 and 29 (3) 1645 [Mass. arch. 112, 8 and 39.] but returned to Hamp."; citing Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908.
11. "Ipswich Court Records and Files," The Essex Antiquarian (serialized in several volumes/issues); online archive of page images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-antiquarian/about/ : accessed 13 April 2017).
12. "Old Norfolk County Records," The Essex Antiquarian (serialized in several volumes/issues); online archive of page images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-antiquarian/about/ : accessed 12 April 2017).
13. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 7 volumes (Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999-2011), vol 6, pp 613-614; indexed database of page images, NEHGS, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/category-search/503850/great-migration-study-project : viewed 18 March 2017).
14. " U.S., New England Marriages prior to 1700," database index with page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3824/: accessed 4 April 2017), Third Torrey Supplement, p. 31, Boulter, Nathaniel & Grace Swaine (bp 1627/8- ); m c 1647; citing TAG 74:248.
15. "Maine Pioneers, 1623-60," database index with abstracts but no images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4206&h=96&tid=62812056&pid=240074199251&hid=85627803779&usePUB=true&_phsrc=pNp3731&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true: accessed 5 April 2017), "He m. Grace, dau. of Richard Swaine"; citing Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908.
16. William Prescott, The Prescott Memorial, or, A genealogical memoir of the Prescott families in America, in two parts, two volumes (Boston: H. W. Dutton & Son, 1870), footnote, pp. 229-230; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/prescottmemorial00pres : accessed 8 April 2017). summary of the ancestry of Mary Boulter, the wife of the founder of the Prescott family in America.
17. "New England Marriages to 1700 [Torrey]," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/169/426877580: accessed 13 April 2017), vol 1, p 169, "BOLTER, Nathaniel (1625-1693, 1695?) & Grace [SWAINE]; by 1648; Hampton, NH"; citing Hampton NH 612, 613, 986; Drake 292; Hamlin 282; Palmer (47) 1 1; Prescott 229-230; Essex Ant. 3:12,141; 5:15; GDMI41-1 100, 669; Sv. 1127; McIntire Ana. 80,147; Farr Ann. 271.
18. Joseph Dow, History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892: Volume II Genealogical and Biographical (Salem, MA: L. E. Dow, 1893), p 986; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh02dowj : accessed 14 April 2017).
19. Joseph Dow, History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892: Volume II Genealogical and Biographical (Salem, MA: L. E. Dow, 1893), p 612; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh02dowj : accessed 14 April 2017).
20. "Old Norfolk County Records," The Essex Antiquarian (serialized in several volumes/issues); online archive of page images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-antiquarian/about/ : accessed 13 April 2017).
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22. Joseph Dow, History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892: Volume II Genealogical and Biographical (Salem, MA: L. E. Dow, 1893), p 613; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh02dowj : accessed 14 April 2017).
23. "Old Norfolk County Records," The Essex Antiquarian (serialized in several volumes/issues); online archive of page images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-antiquarian/about/ : accessed 13 April 2017).
24. "Old Norfolk County Records," The Essex Antiquarian (serialized in several volumes/issues); online archive of page images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-antiquarian/about/ : accessed 13 April 2017).
25. Joseph Dow, History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892: Volume II Genealogical and Biographical (Salem, MA: L. E. Dow, 1893), p 613; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh02dowj : accessed 14 April 2017).
26. "Massachusetts, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890," database index, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3553/: accessed 5 April 2017), Nathaniel Boulter, Sr took oath of allegiance in Norfolk county, MA in 1678; citing Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Massachusetts Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes, p. 204.
27. Joseph Dow, History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892: Volume II Genealogical and Biographical (Salem, MA: L. E. Dow, 1893), pp 612-614, genealogical sketch of Nathaniel Boulter; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh02dowj : viewed 23 March 2017).
28. "Maine Pioneers, 1623-60," database index with abstracts but no images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4206&h=96&tid=62812056&pid=240074199251&hid=85627803779&usePUB=true&_phsrc=pNp3731&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true: accessed 5 April 2017), "He d. March 14, 1694-5. The inventory of his estate was taken April 16, 1695.""; citing Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908.
29. "Maine Pioneers, 1623-60," database index with abstracts but no images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4206&h=96&tid=62812056&pid=240074199251&hid=85627803779&usePUB=true&_phsrc=pNp3731&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true: accessed 5 April 2017), "He d. March 14, 1694-5. The inventory of his estate was taken April 16, 1695.""; citing Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908.
30. Joseph Dow, History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892: Volume II Genealogical and Biographical (Salem, MA: L. E. Dow, 1893), p 613; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh02dowj : accessed 14 April 2017).
31. Joseph Dow, History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892: Volume II Genealogical and Biographical (Salem, MA: L. E. Dow, 1893), p 613; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh02dowj : accessed 14 April 2017).