William Bolstridge

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 1822, Saint Johns, New Brunswick, Canada

Notes:

Transcript of New England families, genealogical and memorial (Vol 1 Part 1 Page 191 (Bolstridge Line)

The Bolstridge Line

(I) James Bolstridgc was born in Bristol, England, died at St. John, New Brunswick, about 1822. He came to this country about 1819, settling at St. John. He married a Miss Smith.
Children, order of birth not given:

i. Fred, died in Limestone; married Catherine McDougall, of Fort Fairfield, Maine.

2. Jane, died at Maysville, Maine; married William Fields, a farmer of Maysville.

3. Ebenezer,mentioned below.

4. James, died young.

5. William, died young.

6. Joseph.

(II) Ebenezer Bolstridge, son of James Bolstridge, was born in Bristol, England, in 1815, died at Ashland in 1S9S. He was four years old when his parents came to this country, and he settled in Ashland when he came of age, residing there the remainder of his life. He was a lumberman. In politics he was a Democrat, and he was a member of the Church of England. He married Amelia Bradley, born at Long Reach, near Tobique, New Brunswick, in 1S17, died at Ashland in 1855, daughter of Henry Bradley, born in New Brunswick about 1792, died there about 1848. Henry Bradley was a farmer ; he married Abigail Freeman; children; Henry; Angus; Sarah, married Jacob Sailor ; Mary ; Amelia, married Ebenezer Bolstridge. mentioned above ; Dorcas, died young. Children of Ebenezer and Amelia ( Bradley ) Bolstridge, born in Aroostook county, Maine:
i. Martha Jane, born September 12, 1836, died young.

2. Rachel Ann, borna pril 5, 1838; married George Bolstridge, who served three years in civil war and Iived at Fort Fairfield. 3. William Henry, born August 5, 1S39, died in Minnesota; married Mary Bean, of Minnesota.

4. Albert, born February 18, 1841 ; married (first) Martha Bragdon, (second) Minnie Bragdon.

5. Eleanor M, born October 31, 1S42; married Charles Matheson, of Masardi, Maine, an innkeeper and farmer ; she died in Montana.

6. Frances K., married Nathan Winslow (see Winslow VIII).

7. Victoria A., born September 12. 1845; married Israel West. 8. Ebenezer, born April II, 1847; married Lucinda Metcalf. of Masardis; he is a farmer at Ashlane Maine.

9. Amelia, born September 12, 1S48, died young.

10.Fred C, born October 22, 1850; married Ida Bragdon: he is a farmer at Portage Lake Maine

11. Rufus L born Oct 19, 1852; was a storekeeper in .Minneapolis,died in 191l, in Masardis. unmarried.

12. Celestia, born September 18, 1S54; married Roscoe Noyes, uf Crystal, Maine,Where they live.

13. .Angus, born March 26, 1856, died aged twenty years.

James married Amelia Smith. Amelia was born about 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• NB: Some of the original Maine settlers arriving from New Brunswick c. 1840

Notes:

A rumor about how Buffalo got its name is that the Bragdons and Bolstridges, of the community?s original settlers, came from Buffalo, NY. No geneology buff of those families has been able to establish that as a fact. Two brothers from the original Bolstridge family that migrated from Bristol, England, to Saint John's, New Brunswick, in about 1820, eventually moved over into Ashland and Masardis in the 1840s. The son Albert of one of those brothers moved into the north end of Portage in 1878 and married into the Bragdon family who already lived there.
Source http://www.connectmaine.com/portage/history.html