Mary and Thomas had two children:


1. Hester, christened 26 September 1678 in Wootton, Oxfordshire; married John Bartholomew, a goldsmith of London and Eynsham, Oxfordshire 1 January 1701; died, leaving a will in 1762. .


2. Mary, christened 17 October 1680 in Wootton; buried 13 April 1681 in Wootton.


Thomas died and was buried 12 January 1680/1, leaving a will: "In the name of God Amen I Thomas Bolton of Wootton in the County of Oxond yeoman beinge weake in body but of pfect memory I prayse God doe make appoint and ordayne this my last will and testament in maner and forme as followeth first I bequeath my soule into the hands of Allmighty God my heavenly father through Jesus Christ my most mercifull Redeemer by whose merits alone I hope to be saved and my body to the earth to be buryed in the pish church of Wootton aforsd as for my worldly goods chattles and cattles I give and bequeath them as followeth Imprimis I give unto my eldest daughter Hester Bolton all my messuage and halfe yard in Wootton holden by coppie of inheritance and formerly knowne by the name of Simonsey his land after the decease of Mary Bolton my wife and her mother to the onely use and behoof of her the sd Hester Bolton and her heires for ever. Itim I likewise give unto her my sd daughter Hester Bolton the sum of two hundred pounds to be paide to her when she cometh to the age of one and twenty years old. Itim I give unto my youngest daughter Mary Bolton the sum of two hundred pounds to be paide to her when she cometh to the age of one and twenty years old and if either of them die before they shall com to the age aforsd then the aforsd half yard land and messuage and half the others portion of money to remaine to the longest liver of them and the other half of their portion of money to remain to their mother. Itim I give unto Alice Camden of Northly five shillings. Itim all the rest of my goods chattles and cattles I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Mary whom I doe hearby make my hole and sole executrix of this my last will and testament and doe likewise nominate and appoint William Bolton my brother and John Buswell my brother in law to be my ffeofies in trust to see this my will pformed for the good of my children. In witness wherof I have hereunto set my hand and seale the second day of December in the two and thirtieth yeare of his majesties reigne that now is and the yeare of our Lord God 1680. Thomas Bolton. Sealed and delivered in the presents of George Bolton Robert Buswell his marke John Boddington"


Mary married again in 1683 to George Knapp of Cumnor, Berkshire. They moved to Eynsham, Oxfordshire in about 1690.


George and Mary had the following children:


1. Elizabeth, christened 29 June 1684 in Cumnor, Berkshire; married John Knapp of Cumnor, gent.; bur 19 May 1721 in Cumnor.


*2. John, christened 15 September 1685 in Cumnor, Berkshire; married Mary Dodwell 22 June 1710 in Horspath, Oxfordshire; buried 13 February 1729 in Eynsham.


3. George, christened 24 December 1687 in Cumnor; apprenticed as a goldsmith in London in 1704; buried 23 October 1723 in Sr. Peters Cornhill.


4. Robert, christened 21 April 1690 in Eynsham; occupation: rector of Bramdean.



Mary died 12 May 1694 in Eynsham. She was buried 14 May in the chancel of St. Leonard's church in Eynsham. Her monument read: "Here lieth the body of Mary the wife of George Knapp who deceased May the 12th 1694."




Her husband George acted as a trustee for the marriage settlement of Hester Bolton in her marriage to John Bartholomew 1 January 1704. 


 
Who were Mary's parents? There were two Buswell couples having children in Wescote Barton in the right time period - John and Ann Buswell, and Robert and Ann Buswell. John and Robert were brothers.

Robert died in 1708, leaving a will. The will listed his children: sons Robert, John, and Edmond, daughters Sarah Coales and Anne Edon, and grandchildren William John Coales, Mary Coales, Robert Edon, Ann Edon, and Robert Buswell (son of John). The Wescote Barton parish register has christenings for three of the children: Robert in 1656, Sarah in 1660, and Edmond in 1664. Mary was deceased by 1708, but there was no mention of any of her Bolton or Knapp children in Robert's will.

John had seven children christened in the Wescote Barton parish register. There was no christening record for Mary, and John did not leave a will.

Since Robert's will mentions many grandchildren and none of Mary's children were mentioned, it seems likely that John and Ann were Mary's parents, and her christening was not recorded.




John was born in about 1620 of Wescote Barton, the son of Robert Buswell and Katherine Howse. He married Anne.


Anne died and was buried 17 September 1684 in Wescote Barton.




John died and was buried 5 August 1697 in Wescote Barton.






John and Anne had the following children:


1. John, christened 10 August 1649 in Wescote Barton; appointed as overseer in the will of Thomas Bolton of Wootton in 1680.


*2. Mary, born in about 1650; married 1) Thomas Bolton 8 October 1677 in Wescote Barton; 2) George Knapp in 1683; buried 14 May 1694 in Eynsham.


3. Ann, christened 20 February 1652 in Wescote Barton.


4. Elizabeth, christened 1 February 1655 in Wescote Barton.


5. Robert, christened 29 August 1658 in Wescote Barton.


6. Thomas, christened 2 January 1661 in Wescote Barton.


7. Catherine, christened 10 April 1665 in Wescote Barton.


8. Sarah, christened 23 January 1667 in Wescote Barton.



SOURCES: Wescote Barton parish register; www.ancestry.com; will of Robert Buswell of Wescote Barton, 1709. 







Robert Buswell was born in about 1590 of Witney, Oxfordshire, the son of William Bussell. Robert married Katherine Howse 26 February 1616 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.



The Buswells moved to Wescote Barton in the early 1600s: "The Buswell family was first recorded in the Bartons in 1633 when Richard Buswell held 1 yardland in Steeple Barton manor." (British History Online - Steeple Barton)


"1638 - About this time the Buswell family came to reside in Westcott Barton , being possessed of almost the entire parish besides the manor." (British History Online - Wescote Barton)


The Buswells became a prominent family in the Bartons:  "There were several prosperous yeomen or minor gentry in the village in the 17th century, notably members of the Ford, Dandridge, Buswell, and Wright families who occupied Park, Manor, and Elm Grove Farms. All those families died out during the 18th century, and their properties were sold to men from outside the parish...By 1687 Robert Buswell had acquired one or both moieties of the manor, which descended in his family until the late 18th century...The manor house of the Buswell family was Manor Farm, just outside the village on the west. It is an earlier 17th-century house in two ranges which was refronted and partly refitted late in the 18th century." (British History Online - Wescote Barton)  "The family of Buswell who for about a century and a half, resided in Westcott Barton have entirely disappeared from the parish , leaving the remains of between forty and fifty of their members deposited in the Churchyard." (Memorials of Westcott Barton)




Robert died in about 1640, leaving a will.

William died and was buried 11 March 1603 in Witney.






William and his wife had the following children:



1. Jone, christened 26 September 1579 in Witney.



2. Elizabeth, christened 24 November 1588 in Witney.



3. (Male), buried 27 November 1594 in Witney.



*4. Robert, born in about 1595 of Witney.



5. Tabitha, christened 24 December 1592 in Witney; married Mr. Hanes.




SOURCES: Witney parish register; www.ancestry.com.