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Author: Burton Edward Sarnoff
Henry Bolton II had lived for a time in the Netherlands, but eventually went to Virginia and fought in the French and Indian War. He was granted 50 acres for his service, which he promptly sold, returning to England about 1758. In about 1760, his son Henry Bolton III was born. In 1775, he and his older brother went down to the docks in London and visited a ship there. While aboard, the captain asked if they could read and write. They had learned at the Methodist Sunday school started by John Wesley. To demonstrate their abilities, they signed the ships “register”. While they were below decks, the ship, the “Culvert” sailed, with them aboard, newly signed up as indentured servants. The boys were sold to a Mr. Moore from Hagerstown, MD, area.
One day, an officer of the newly formed continental army came by looking for horses and horsemen for the army. He told them that if they joined, their indenture would be cancelled. The next day, they approached the camp, and looking for the officer in question discovered that he was General Washington. Henry served in the army until the battle of Brandywine, where he was wounded in the hip, carried off the field on an artillery limber or wagon. He walked with a limp from thenceforth.
In 1786, he married a Catherine Chapman, moving first to Maryland and later to Botetourt County, VA. He proceeded to have 6 children with Catherine and 14 with a second wife, Nancy Mann after Catherine’s death in 1798. He did not receive a pension, as his service records were destroyed in a fire, possibly during the War of 1812. He died in 1846.
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