Burgess Major John of Jane Rolfe Bolling^{[1, 2, 3]}

1676 - 1729  (53 years)

• Name	John of Jane Rolfe Bolling  [4, 5]
  	Of Cobbs
  Title	Burgess
  Prefix	Major
  Born	26 Jan 1676	Charles City Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Apr 1729	Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., Virginia Colony
  Person ID	I11065	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Col. Robert Bolling,   b. 26 Dec 1646, All Hollows, Barking Parish, London, England ,   d. 17 Jul 1709, Charles City Co., Virginia  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Jane Rolfe,   b. 10 Oct 1650, Virginia Colony ,   d. Abt 1676, Charles City Co., Virginia  (Age 25 years)
  Married	23 Nov 1670  [6]
  Family ID	F4465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary of Conjuror's Neck Kennon,   b. 26 Jan 1678, Henrico Co., Virginia ,   d. 29 Jun 1727, Henrico Co., Virginia  (Age 49 years)
  Married	Bef 1700
  Children	+ 1. Major John Bolling,   b. 20 Jan 1700, Cobbs, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 6 Sep 1757, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., Virginia Colony  (Age 57 years)   2. Jane [Kennon] Bolling,   b. Est 1702, Henrico Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary 'Kennon' Bolling,   b. Est 1704, Henrico Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Elizabeth [Kennon] Bolling,   b. Est 1707, Henrico Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Martha Bolling,   b. Est 1710, Henrico Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Ann Bolling,   b. Est 1713, Henrico Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F4464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Col. Richard Bland 10648 Col Richard Bland.jpg
  		Lineage of John Bolling, Published in 1883 and published in the Richmond Times Dispatch BollingJohn RichmondDispatch Jan14,1883.jpg

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		Crypt of John Bolling 11065John Fairfax Bowling Crypt.jpg
  		John 'of Jane Rolf' Bolling Stone naming his Daughter, Elizabeth; she is identified as Elizabeth Robertson (nee Bolling), d/o John Bolling 11065John Fairfax Bowling Stone Elizabeth.jpg
  		John Bolling Crypt 11065John Fairfax Bowling Crypt-2.jpg
  		Cobbs Hall 11065Cobbs Hall.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=9jASAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA191&lpg=PA191&dq=Adcock+Hobson+%2B+Joanna+Lawson&source=bl&ots=nKxGk-8VKw&sig=AYUb-cRJH_a8goPZIhrKl06gHU8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BMOWVbrMKYKT-QGi1oGgDA&ved=0CEIQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Adcock%20Hobson%20%2B%20Joanna%20Lawson&f=false. John Bolling, born 1700, died 1757, married Elizabeth Blair, d/o President John Blair, of Williamsburg, and after John Bolling's death his widow married Col. Richard Bland, of Jordan's. John Bolling was the son of Major John Bolling, who married Mary Kennon, and grandson of Robert Bolling, of Charles City County, who married Jane Rolfe, d/o Thomas Rolfe, and granddaughter of John Rolfe and Pocahontas, his wife. [S104] Descendants of Col. Robert Bolling, http://hdhdata.org/roots/c0852.html. John Bollling + Mary Kennon 1-- Col. Robert Bolling [21903] b.26_Dec_1646, All Hollows, Barking Parish, London, England d.17_Jul_1709, Charles City Co. VA . + Jane Rolfe [21902] b.10_Oct_1650, Virginia m.ca.1675, Petersburg VA wife of Col. Robert Bolling d.ca.1676, Charles City Co. VA . 2-- John Bolling [21896] b.26_Jan_1674/75, Charles City Co. VA d.20_Apr_1729, Henrico Co. VA . . + Mary Kennon [21904] b.26_Jan_1678/79, Henrico Co. VA m.29_Dec_1697, Henrico Co. VA wife of John Bolling d.29_Jun_1727, Henrico Co. VA . . 3-- Maj. John Bolling [21889] b.20_Jan_1699/00, Cobbs, Henrico Co. VA d.6_Sep_1757, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co. VA . . . + Mary Elizabeth Bland Blair [21911] b.4_Apr_1712, Virginia m.1_Aug_1728, Chersterfield VA wife of Maj. John Bolling d.22_Apr_1775, Virginia [S100] Internet Source, http://dcodriscoll.pbworks.com/w/page/9955278/Bolling. 1 a Maj. John Bolling of Cobbs, Burgess, JP; b. 26 Jan 1676, Charles City Co; d. 20 Apr 1729, "Cobbs", Henrico Co; lived at "Cobbs", Chesterfield Co (formerly a part of Henrico Co); wealthy merchant & planter; Justice of Henrico 1699; memb. House of Burgesses for Henrico 1710-14, 1718, 1723-26, married (Dec 1697, Henrico Co) Mary Kennon; b. 29 June 1679 "Conjurer's Neck", Henrico Co; marriage bond 29 Dec 1697; d. 1711 / 29 June 1727, "Cobbs", Chesterfield Co; dau of Richard Kennon & Elizabeth Worsham. 1.1 Col. John Bolling, Jr; b. 20 Jan 1700, Henrico Co; d. 6 Sept 1757, Chesterfield Co. See below. 1.2 Jane Bolling; b. 1703, Henrico Co; d. 4 Mar 1766, Henrico; will probated 1 June 1767, Henrico Co. m. (ca. 1714) Col. Richard Randolph of "Curls Neck"; b. May 1689, Henrico Co; d. 17 Dec 1748, Bath, England. 1.3 Elizabeth Bolling; b. 1709, Henrico Co; d. 1770, Chesterfield Co; will written 24 July 1766. m. (ca. 1730) Dr William Gay; d. ca. 1749. 1.4 Mary Kennon Bolling; b. 1711, Henrico Co; d. 10 Aug 1744, m. (20 Jan 1726/7) Col. John Fleming, Burgess; b. Nov 1697, New Kent Co; d. 6 Nov 1756. 1.5 Martha Bolling; b. 1713, Henrico Co; d. 23 Oct 1749, Chesterfield Co. m. (1727) Thomas Eldridge Jr; b. 1710, Surry Co; d. 4 Dec 1754, Sussex Co. 1.6 Anne Bolling; d. 1800, m. (ca. 1742) James Murray; b. 1716, Amelia Co. 1.7 Penelope Bolling; b. ca. 1697. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, http://yeahpot.com/gedcom/tristrambolling/pafg05.htm#8620. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34656576. Find A Grave Memorial# 34656576 Major John Fairfax Bolling (January 27, 1676 to April 20, 1729) was a colonist, farmer, and politician in the Virginia Colony. He was the second son and only surviving child of Colonel Robert Bolling and Jane (Rolfe) Bolling. His maternal grandfather was Thomas Rolfe, the son of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. John Bolling was born at Kippax Plantation, in Charles City Co., Virginia a site which is now within the corporate limits of the City of Hopewell. He made his home at the Bolling family plantation "Cobbs" just west of Point of Rocks on the north shore of the Appomattox River downstream from present-day Petersburg, Virginia. (Cobbs was located in Henrico County until the area south of the James River was subdivided to form Chesterfield County in 1749). John Bolling married Mary Kennon, daughter of Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham, in December 29, 1697 at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia. They had at least six children whose names appear in John Bolling's will: Jane Bolling (1698-1766), married Colonel Richard Randolph. John Bolling Jr. (1700-1757), married 1. Elizabeth Lewis; 2. Elizabeth Bland Blair. Elizabeth Bolling (b. 1709), married William Gay. Mary Bolling (1711-1744), married John Fleming. Martha Bolling (1713-1737), married Thomas Eldridge. Anne Bolling (1718-1800), married James Murray. Another child may be a daughter of John Bolling and Mary Kennon not named in his will: Penelope (c. 1700-1776), married Captain Christopher Clark, and had a son Bolling Clark, two grandsons Bolling Clark, a grandson Bolling Clark Anthony, and several other descendants named "Bolling," "John Bolling," or, indeed, "Rolfe Bolling." Penelope may alternatively have been the daughter of Edward, the son of Arthur Johnston, and Elizabeth Walker. Indeed, this is the more likely of the two possible origins of Penelope, as a birth record of daughter Penelope has survived. In this case, the various descendants of Penelope named Bolling would have been named in honor of a member or members of the Bolling family. Major Bolling served in the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1710 until his death in 1729. In 1722, he opened a tobacco warehouse in what is now the 'Pocahontas' neighbourhood of Petersburg. William Byrd II of Westover Plantation is said to have remarked that Major Bolling enjoyed "all the profits of an immense trade with his countrymen, and of one still greater with the Indian." John and Mary Bolling's descendants are the only American descendants of Pocahontas, and include Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, wife of U. S. President Woodrow Wilson, Percival Lowell, who mathematically discovered Pluto, Harry Flood Byrd and Richard Evelyn Byrd, the Randolphs of Roanoke, Nancy Reagan, and John McCain. Tomb Redicovered On Sunday, 5-15-2011 William Busby rediscovered John Bolling's crypt! Here is his description of the burial site: "I happened on a large stone marker and above-ground crypt surrounded by a stone wall. It is by itself on a rural property near the Appomattox River here in Virginia. It is for "Colonel Jno. Bolling of Cobbs" who died in 1729. The marker is in good condition, though somewhat darkened. In addition to the usual gravestone information, it has a rather lengthy inscription in a script style that I was unable to read from the other side of the protective stone wall. I am not an expert on 18th Century burials but this grave site strikes me as unusual. The above-ground stone crypt is somewhat larger than a coffin. The grave site, is on a hilltop high above the Appomattox with no apparent water table problems. It has a great view of the river (and I-295). The protective stone wall appears to be the same vintage as the rest of the site." "This is in Chesterfield County in a small residential area on Cobb's Point, near Point of Rocks and west of Hopewell. It is just north of the Appomattox and a short distance west of I-295. I am quite sure this would have been on his own land. Some distance away near someone's front yard and facing Enon Church Road there is a small historical marker stating this was the site of Cobb Hall owned by Colonel Bolling, a great grandson of Pocahontas." I want to specially thank Mr. Busby for his taking the time to photograph and share this information here and to post his great photos. Around this stone lie the remains of COL. JNO. BOLLING OF COBBS Great-grand-son of ROLFE AND POCHAHONTAS B. 1676 ----D. 1729 He was prominent in his day. Represented his County (Chesterfield) in the House of Burgesses and was long Lieutenant an office of great dignity and importance. Being the only great-grand-child of Pocahontas he was the ancestor of all who derive their lineage from her. Also, lie here unmarked the remains of a large number of her descendants whose tomb-save one- that of Elizabeth eldest grand-daughter were destroyed during the occupancy of Cobbs by the Federal troops in 1864. Among those buried here were WILLIAM ROBERTSON B. 1750----D. 1829 Member of Council of State His wife ELIZABETH BOLLING And their youngest son WYNDHAM ROBERTSON B. 1803----D. 1888 Sometime Governor of Virginia. And by whose direction this monument is erected. (Transcribed by William Busby, May 2001) Note: At the end of Riverview Ct, Chester, VA Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial Specifically: Above-ground crypt, Cobb's Plantation, Cobb's Point, Chesterfield Co., Virginia, near Appomattox River. [S100] Internet Source, http://yeahpot.com/gedcom/tristrambolling/pafg05.htm#8620. Robert married (2) Jane Rolfe daughter of Thomas Rolfe and Jane Poythress on 23 Nov 1670 in Petersberg, Va. Jane was born on 10 Oct 1650 in Petersburg, Indian Territory, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. She died about 1676 in Kippox,Charles City Co., Va.