Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . n the then Provinceof Maine, where he held numerous colonial ?otfices and commissions. He was town clerkfrom 1654 to 1664. In 1653 he was ajipointedClerk of the Writts, with power to grant^\arrullts, Attachments, etc., by tlie Commis-sioners of Massachusetts who held court atWells. In 1664 Sir Eerdinando Gorges com-missioned sundry of liis loving friends, in-cluding Mr. Bolles, as Deputies and Connnis-sioners for the government of the Province ofMaine. Tliomas
Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . n the then Provinceof Maine, where he held numerous colonial ?otfices and commissions. He was town clerkfrom 1654 to 1664. In 1653 he was ajipointedClerk of the Writts, with power to grant^\arrullts, Attachments, etc., by tlie Commis-sioners of Massachusetts who held court atWells. In 1664 Sir Eerdinando Gorges com-missioned sundry of liis loving friends, in-cluding Mr. Bolles, as Deputies and Connnis-sioners for the government of the Province ofMaine. Tliomas Bolles, son of Josepli, at the invita-tion of Governor Winthrop, moved to NewLondon, Conn., prior to 1668, and settled onwhat has since been known as Bolless Hill. He purchased his land from the Indians, andthe receipt for the final i)ayinent, dated Octo-ber 14, 1693, and signed by Owaneop (hismark), one of the Mohegan sachems, is still inexistence. He was much employed in townaffairs, and for nearly twenty years was in theCommission of the Peace. Although brought up in the Presbyterianway his son, John Bolles, became a Quaker. HEZEKIAH E. IIOLLES. and Seventh-Day Baptist, and largely devoteda vigorous life to maintaining the right tOworship God according to his own conscience:on account of which he and his childi-en weremuch persecuted, suffering fines, imprisonmentand beating with stripes, preferring to recei\-ethe stripes rather than conn) on payinga fine for imnuuiitv- Believing that slaverywas wrong, he liberated all his slaves, and as-sisted them generously with support and was the author of numerous religious booksand pamphlets, including A Message to theGeneral Court at Boston, May, 1754, TrueLiberty of Conscience is in Bondage to noFlesh, A Brief Account of Persecutions inBoston and Connecticut Governments and(!ood News from a Far Country. .John had a .son Joshua, who had a son Hez- BIO GRA PHICA L.~MA SSA CH USE T TS. 487 ekiali, wlio was tlie fallier
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