History of Bolton, Massachusetts, USA

Bolton, Massachusetts
A good farming town in the county of Worcester, 31 miles W. by N. from Boston and 15 N.N.E. from Worcester. Incorporated, 1738. Population, 1837, 1,185. It lies between Concord and Nashua rivers. Here are good limestone, and small manufactures of boots, shoes, leather and combs.

Bolton once included the greater part of Berlin, and with. Berlin once belonged to Lancaster.

The land is elevated, and its hills separate the streams of the Nashua and the Concord. The soil is productive.

Combs, boots and shoes, are the principal manufactures.

Distance from Worcester, 16 miles ; from Boston, 31.

This town was taken from the old town of Lancaster, and was incorporated in 1738 by the general court, when it received its present name. It was originally pretty extensive, and contained most of the town of Berlin. The first church was gathered here in 1741, and Rev. Thomas Goss was ordained their pastor. He remained till his death, in 1780, and was succeeded by Rev. John Walley, who was dismissed from the society not long before his death, and was succeeded by Rev. Phineas Wright, ordained in 1785. Rev. Isaac Allen succeeded Mr. Wright, in 1804. Rev. John W. Chickering, the first minister of the 2d society, was ordained in 1830; he was succeeded by Rev. John S. Davenport, in 1836. In this town and in Berlin there is a society of Friends, consisting of a large number of wealthy families.

The engraving on the following page is a south-eastern view of the village in the central part of the town.

The township is very good land, and there are many fine farms within its limits. The...

Bolton, a post-township of Worcester county, Massachusetts, 27 miles W. by N. of Boston. Population, 1263.

The Bolton Fair was established in 1883.

lately, where they have lived fifty years. Mrs. Hayes was the fourth daughter of the late Nathan David Hosmer, of Acton, and is the fourth child in the family who has celebrated a golden wedding.