Thanks for replying! :-)

Yup, your Michael Bolt is different from mine. I encountered your ancestor when researching the Bolt name and had to untangle the two likely lines! I remember your Michael as the cabinet maker was not my line however there was another Michael Bolt in the area that was a Coachman and he is my Michael Bolt.

So my search goes on! I see a lot of Bolts in Dorset area but have not been able to trace mine there yet. I have traced the Death of my Michael Bolt to a poorhouse and his son, Thomas, was brought up by his stepfather who was a tinsmith and Thomas took his trade before joining the 4th Hussars. Thomas ended up here in Perth at the Barracks and so our line of Bolts is established here but Thomas seems a bit of a ropey character. Mind you, given the early death of his father etc it should hardly be surprising.