He was admitted a commoner of Wadham College, Oxford on 12 April 1712, where he was subsequently elected a scholar.
He then moved to Kensington, depending mainly on his personal fortune, and became close to William Whiston, from he had introductions to both Jekyll and Lord Hardwicke.
[1] Bolton died in London on 26 November 1763, having come to town to consult Dr. Anthony Addington.
His most typical work was Deity's Delay in punishing the Guilty considered on the Principles of Reason (1751).
Bolton issued a collection of short works on the Choice of Company, on Intemperance in Eating and Drinking, on Pleasure, on Public Worship, and Letter to a young Nobleman on leaving School (1761 and 1762).