Another interesting development. There is one inscription that says "D Wetherell His Book" and then something that looks like "Living in S---wack" and below that "Borrow" or "Bolles". I need to get some help deciphering it. 17th century handwriting is tough!
At first I thought this had to be a marriage between the Bolles and Wetherell families of New London and that the bible had been handed down through them. But it turns out there was never any marriage to the Wetherells. The connection is that Daniel Wetherell held a variety of legal positions in New London. In 1678 he held the title of commissioner and he questioned John Stoddard about the attempted murder of his younger brother, who survived being struck with an axe. during questioning Wetherell began to wonder if Stoddard could have been responsible for the Bolles killings in October of the previous year because of the similarities in the crimes. He questioned Stoddard on it and it was then that Stoddard confessed.
I am guessing that the bible was given as a gift of thanks to Daniel Wetherell, but then the bible appears to have been given back to Thomas Bolles, since he inscribed "Tho Bolles His Book 1696". Daniel Wetherell didn't pass away until the 1700s, so it looks like the bible was gifted back to the Bolles family, probably in 1696.
