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| James Bollen | Immigrant Ancestor | see FAMILY TREE |
| Born: abt. 1625-1629 possibly England
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| Married: Abt 1655 | ||
| Died: Abt 1682 Woodbridge, NJ | Calendar of NJ Wills Page: 44 Name: Capt. James Bolin Bollen Date: 27 Mar 1682 (Secretary of the Province). Inventory of the estate of, (£63.-.-, real property, £85.9.11 1/2, personal, incl. a maid servant £7.-); made by John Pike, Sam'l Dennes, John Blomefild and Samuel Moore. Middlesex Wills 28 Sep 1682 Sale of the personal effects to Capt. Greenland, Cornelius Longfeld, Mr. Danise, Mrs. Allis Rouse, Mr. Liprarey, John Bromfeld, Beniamine Hull, Ann Bollen, Matthew More, John Durham, bringing £93.15.1. 12 May 1683 Administration on the estate of, granted to Samuel Moore and Nath'l Fitzrandolph. N. J. Archives, XXI., p. 54 12 May 1683 Bond of Samuel Moore, gentleman, and Nathaniel Fitzrandolph, yeoman, both of Woodbridge, as administrators of the estate. Edward Slater, of Piscataway, fellow bondsman. Middlesex Wills -- May 1683 Bollen, James, of Woodbridge, late Secretary of E. J., James and Anna Bollen, children of, select Samuel Moore and Nathaniel Fitzrandolph as guardians |
FATHER
unkown
MOTHER
unknown
WIFE
possibly Anne Vauquellen
CHILDREN
2. Mary Bollen
3. James Bollen
From "The History of Union County NJ 1664-1923 by A Van Doren Honeyman
1923
James Bollen came over with the English fleet in 1664, and as he was styled
"Captain," he nay have been in command of one of the vessels. He was deputized
by (Col.) Nicolls to receive the surrender of the fort at New Amsterdam, (Sep.
8, 1664) and was appointed by him "Commissary of the Ammunition at New York." He
remained at New York until August, 1665, as his name appears often in court
records. There is no doubt he was acquainted with Governor Carteret in
England, who on his first voyage sent his dispatches from Newport News,
Virginia, June 13, 1665, to Captain James Bullaigne in New York. On the
arrival of Governor Carteret at the port of New York, Bollen was made secretary
of the new province and accompanied the governor in August to Elizabethtown."
James Bollen
Year: 1655
Place: New Jersey
Family Members: Wife Anne Vauquellin; Daughter Mary
Source Publication Code: 9228.50
Primary Immigrant: Bollen, James
Annotation: Date and port of arrival, date and place of marriage, or date and
place of first mention of residence in the New World. Names were only indexed if
birth overseas was specifically stated in source. An A following the page number
indicates entry appears in
Source Bibliography: TURK, MARION G. The Quiet Adventurers in North America.
Parts 1 and 2. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1993. 670p.
Page: 647
Evidence that the wife of James was Anne Vauquellen, daughter of Robert Vauquellin and Jeane (unknown) seems to be based on the fact that James Bollen signed as witness to the will of Robert Vauquellin.
| Page: 481 Name: Robert Vauquellin, alias Laprery Date: 05 Sep 1673 Location: Woodbridge |
| will of. Wife Jeane sole heiress of real and personal estate. Witnesses--James Bollen and Samuel Moore. |
| N. J. Archives, XXI., p. 288, and Middlesex Wills |
| 1698 Oct. 10. Inventory of the personal estate, £184.10.6, incl. some French books £5.-, surveying instruments £1.-, 6 silver spoons, 4 forks and a small cup £4.19.-; made by John and Ezekiel Blomfeild. |
James Bollen may have been a relative of Ann Boleyn
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