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Title: Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania Vol. 3 / editor-in-chief, John W. Jordan.
Author: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921
Pg. 1698 BOLARD
FREDERICK BOLARD, OR BOLAR, son of CHRISTIAN and SALOMA BOLARD, or BOLAR, was born in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1769 or 1770, died Aug. 28, 1836 at Dicksonburg, Crawford Co., Pa., where he was buried. He was the founder of this family in America, coming over from Holland in 1785, when he was about 16 years of age, and located near Jamestown, Mercer Co., Pa. He was a bell maker by trade, and worked as one of the blacksmiths in equipping Perry’s fleet in 1812. He married (first) MARGARET NORTH, in Jamestown; (second) MRS. ELIZABETH NELSON. Children by first wife: JACOB; DAVID, born Jan. 21, 1802, died July 13, 1879; POLLY (pg. 1699) (THOMPSON); CHARITY (THOMPSON); CHRISTOPHER; CATHERINE (PARKER); and FREDERICK. Children by second wife: ELIZABETH (THOMPSON), and RACHEL.
(II) CHRISTOPHER BOLARD, son of FREDERICK and MARGARET (NORTH) BOLARD, or BOLAR, was born near Conneautville, Crawford Co., Pa., July 16, 1809, died Jan. 7, 1872. He was a farmer, also a contractor and hotelkeeper. In politics he was a democrat, and he belonged to the Methodist church. On Sept. 29, 1836, he married MARY ANN GRAY, born July 29, 1813, died May 5, 1872. Children: FREDERICK DAVID; MARY E., born Feb. 20, 1839, died Feb. 27, 1847; infant son, born and died Oct. 17, 1842.
(III) FREDERICK DAVID BOLARD, son of CHRISTOPHER and MARY ANN (GRAY) BOLARD, was born Nov. 29, 1837, in Woodcock Twp., Crawford Co., Pa., died at Waterford, Sept. 10, 1904. When he was still very young his parents moved to Meadville. Soon after his marriage in 1862 he returned to the farm where he was born, near the site of McGufftentown, and remained there until the fall of 1874; he then moved to Waterford. He was one of the prominent business men in his community, and he was for many years an active member of the Methodist church. He was one of the oldest members of the Waterford Lodge and Ancient Order of United Workmen. On Feb. 19, 1862, he was married to CELIA HENRIETTA HAYES, born Feb. 3, 1844, died Nov. 30, 1887. Children: WILLIAM, born March 6, 1864, died April 9, 1865; EMMA, born Aug. 23, 1865; JOHN A.; FRANK HAYES, Feb. 21, 1871, died Dec. 14, 1894; CHARLES FREDERICK; CLINTON, Sept. 7, 1874; HARRY H., Dec. 17, 1876; LAURA, Nov. 4, 1878; FLOYD, July 5, 1882, died Dec. 24, 1895; HELEN CELIA, Feb. 21, 1885.
(IV) JOHN A. BOLARD, son of FREDERICK DAVID and CELIA HENRIETTA (HAYES) BOLARD, was born Oct. 4, 1867, on the farm in Woodcock Twp., Crawford Co., Pa. He moved with his parents to Waterford, Erie Co., Pa., in October, 1874...He entered the University of Michigan...He has been borough solicitor at Cambridge Springs, Pa., for the past ten years or more, having moved to this city in May, 1902 (pg. 1700) He then taught for a year, being principal of the seminary at Jamestown, Pa. He has been in newspaper work for six years, as editor of the Waterford Leader...He has formerly been a member of the Republican party and now a Progressive. He is also a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. MR. BOLARD is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his wife and children are also members.
He married, Aug. 4, 1894, in Waterford, MARY JANE COWAN, born July 15, 1868, on her father’s farm near Franklin, Venango Co., Pa., daughter of ANDREW JACKSON and JENNIE (SMITH) COWAN, who were the parents of six children, four of whom are now living. MR. and MRS. BOLARD have four children all of whom are attending school: FREDERICK COWAN, born April 10, 1896; CELIA, Dec. 4., 1897; KATHERINE, July 5, 1900; GEORGE LAWRENCE, June 16, 1905.
(IV) CHARLES FREDERICK BOLARD, son of FREDERICK DAVID and CELIA HENRIETTA (HAYES) BOLARD, was born in Woodcock Twp., Crawford Co., Pa., Nov. 8, 1872...He is a member of the Presbyterian church of Waterford, as is also his wife, and he is a Republican...He is a member of Waterford Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, in which he served as treasurer for several years, also trustee, now worshipful master; Presque Isle Lodge of Perfection, of Erie, Pa.; and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has held all principal offices. He married, Oct. 24, 1894, in Waterford, Pa., JENNIE M., daughter of FRANK M. and EMMA M. (WESTON) MERRITT, who were the parents of four other children, namely: CHARLES WESTON, died in infancy; HARRY LYNN, of Waterford, Pa.; CHARLOTTE A., married DR. J. LLOYD BARTON, of Reading, Pa.; INA CATHERINE, married FRED R. POWERS, of Madison, Ohio. FRANK M. MERRITT, father of JENNIE M. (MERRITT) BOLARD, was born in Brighton, Monroe Co., New York, Dec. 14, 1848, died Feb. 13, 1904 at Waterford (pg. 1701); he was an agent for the Pa. Railroad; he married, May 10, 1871; EMMA M. WESTON, born in Cambridge, Crawford Co., Pa.
THE HAYES LINE)
(I) JOHN HAYS and his wife JANE came to this country from Ireland in 1730, one record stating that they came from Donegal, another that they came from Londonderry. They settled in Chester Co., Pa., where their dwelling was burned. Then they moved to Northumberland Co., in 1732, where they kept a public house and store. JOHN HAYS died Nov. 16, 1789, age 84 or 85 years, and was interred in the burying ground connected with the Presbyterian church near Weaverville. His wife survived him, dying at Derry, Northumberland Co., Pa., in 1806, age about 94 years; her home at the time of her death was with her son ROBERT. Of the five sons of JOHN HAYS and his wife, all except WILLIAM, who died young, served in the Revolutionary War; two of them were said to have been with parties left to keep up the camp fires at Trenton when Washington surprised the British at Princeton. Children: 1. JOHN, born in Ireland, was 2 years old when his parents arrive in this country; at the outbreak of the Revolution, he raised a company and marched with it as captain to Philadelphia, in Dec., 1776; he was thereafter known as CAPTAIN JOHN; after the war he resided in the settlement, engaged in milling, teaming, and farming, until 179, when he was taken sick during an expedition into Crawford Co., to examine a tract of land which he wished to acquire, and died at Meadville, Nov. 3, 1796; he married (first) Oct. 16, 1760, BARBARY KING, (second), JANE WALKER, having children by both wives. 2. WILLIAM, died young. 3. ROBERT. 4. JAMES, settled at Beech Creek, Centre Co; he served as lieutenant under Colonel Bonquest in the French and Indian War, and received for his service the tract of land on which he settled; he raised a large family; he was buried in the HAYS graveyard at Beech Creek. 5. FRANCIS, moved to Tennessee, and was not heard from after 1808; JACK HAYS, of Texas, was one of his descendants. 6. JANE, married a MR. BROWN, moved to Virginia and returned afterwards to Pa. 7. ISABEL, married a MR. PATTON, their descendants living in Centre Co., Pa. 8. MARY, married MR. GRAY, and after his death a MR. STEELE. 9. ELIZABETH, married THOMAS WILSON.
(II) ROBERT HAYS, son of JOHN and JANE HAYS, was born in 1742, died in July, 1819. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the Revolutionary army, on June 15, 1776. After the war he moved, in 1790, to Northumberland Co. and settled near Warrior Run Church, where he lived for nine years. He then moved to a farm a mile south of White Hall, in Montour Co., where he remained for 7 years, during which time occurred the death of his mother, in 1806. ROBERT HAYS next moved to a farm near Dewart, which at that time was overgrown with woods and had only a cabin built upon it. He changed it into a beautiful home, which has since passed into the possession of (pg. 1702) his grandsons, ROBERT and JOSEPH. He became blind in his old age, and died at the age of 77 years. His descendants changed the spelling of the name to “HAYES.” He married MARY ALLISON, who died in Aug. 1835. Children: JOHN; WILLIAM, born May 23, 1776; JAMES, May 21, 1778; JANE, May 15, 1779; JOSEPH, Aug. 1, 1780; MARY, Jan. 29, 1783; SARAH, or SALLY, May 6, 1785; ELIZABETH, or BETSY, July 21, 1788.
(III) JOHN HAYES, son of ROBERT and MARY (ALLISON) HAYS, was born Nov. 3, 1770, or 1772, died in 1803. He married MARGARET FALLS; she survived him and married BETHUEL VINCENT, the father of WILLIAM, DANIEL, JOHN H., and PHEBE VINCENT. MR. and MRS. HAYES had two children: A daughter, who died young; and JAMES.
(IV) JAMES HAYES, son of JOHN and MARGARET (FALLS) HAYES, was born in 1799, his father dying when he was about four years old. After his mother married BETHUEL VINCENT, he lived with the VINCENT family for a short time, and then with his grandparents, after which he went to Milton, Pa., where he learned the trade of wheelwright and chair-making. He then located at Waterford, Erie Co., where he passed the remainder of his life, with the exception of several short residences on farms near Waterford and a brief time that he spent in Mill Creek Twp. at the first toll-gate out of Erie on the Erie and Waterford turnpike. He died March 1, 1874. On Dec. 25, 1823, he was married to MARY (or POLLY) BOYD, who died Nov. 18, 1866. They had fourteen children: 1. LAFAYETTE S., born Sept. 23, 1824, died Oct. 8, 1903; lived at Wright City, Missouri; married MARIAH STEWART and had two daughters, EMMA, born June 26, 1860, died 1900, and BELLE, born April 12, 1862; both married and having children. 2. JOHN V., born Jan. 18, 1826, now deceased; lived in Wright City, Missouri; married, and had three children: RALPH, JAMES and MADGE. 3. DUNCAN H., born April 3, 1827, of Canyon City, Colorado; married LUCINDA DUNN and had one son, ALBERT, born June 29, 1856. 4. CHARLES M., born July 23, 1828; married MARGARET L. ZIMMERMAN and had children, SUSIE B. and CARL Z. 5. WILLIAM P., born Dec. 3, 1829; lived in Erie, Pa.; married JULIET F. JUSTICE and had five children: FRANK M., WILLIAM, JOSEPH, C. BOYD, and EDITH. 6. MARY, born Jan. 2, 1832, died Oct. 14, 1901. 7. SYLVESTER M., born Sept. 2, 1833, died June, 1906; married KATE THOMPSON and had nine children: NELLIE, CHARLES, ROBERT, FRED, JOHN, LESLIE, KITTY, ROGER and one other daughter. 8. LUCINDA B., born Sept. 2 (or 30), 1835; married DAVID S. GRAY, lived in Denver, Colorado, and had eleven children: IDA JANE, ELLSWORTH, JULIA ETTA, DWIGHT LINCOLN, MARY LUCINDA, HATTIE, LAURA, MABEL H., DAVID WYNN, ROBERT R. and ANGIE. 9. IRVINE C., of Waterford, born Feb. 18, 1837, died April 9, 1904; served in the Civil War; married (first) ENA (?) BARNET and had son, WILLIS, married (second) ROSE JOHNSON and had five children: CLARENCE, ALICE, JESSIE, ELLA and IRVINE. 10. THERESA A., born May 1, 1841, died May 22, 1845. 11. CELIA HENRIETTA, born Feb. 3, (pg. 1703) 1844; married FREDERICK D. BOLARD . 12. ELLEN D., born Oct. 15, 1845; married JOHN HOLDEN; lived in Chicago, and had three children: CLINTON, FRED and LOTTIE. 13. JAMES, born July 22, 1848, died Nov. 24, 1872. 14. JOSEPH C., born May 14, 1852, died Feb. 22, 1875.
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