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James Report 22 Feb 2004 22:29

James Alexander Bolton - I am told that the name Bolton stated as Bolton but some changed to Boulton because the name Bolton was associated with thieves. Does anybody know of this tail?

Leigh

Leigh Report 5 May 2018 13:32

I'm a Bolton and there are lots of tales like this out there ........ even that some changed to Boulton as there was a notorious highwayman called Bolton.

Actually, it just depended on who was writing the records down originally (most people could not write in old days and records were usually done phonetically by a scribe or a priest. I've seen Bolton, Boulton, Belton and many others all within one family line due to this. By the 1800s most seem to have settled on either Bolton or Boulton (though some families still flip-flopped through genenrations) but literacy was better by then.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 5 May 2018 13:41

Welcome to the boards, Leigh.

You've replied to a 14 -year-old thread, and James isn't likely to be looking for replies here now.

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