Major John Bolling^{[1, 2, 3]}

1700 - 1757  (57 years)

• Name	John Bolling
  Prefix	Major
  Born	20 Jan 1700	Cobbs, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Sep 1757	Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., Virginia Colony
  Person ID	I10921	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Major John of Jane Rolfe Bolling,   b. 26 Jan 1676, Charles City Co., Virginia ,   d. 20 Apr 1729, Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., Virginia Colony  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F4464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Blair,   b. 4 Apr 1712, Williamsburg, Colonial Virginia ,   d. 22 Apr 1775, Virginia Colony  (Age 63 years)
  Married	1 Aug 1728	Chesterfield Co., Virginia
  Children	1. Benjamin Bolling,   b. 30 Jun 1734, Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia ,   d. 20 Jan 1832, Flat Gap, Virginia  (Age 97 years) + 2. John Bolling,   b. 24 Jun 1737, Cobbs, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 1800  (Age 62 years)   3. Mary Agnes Bolling,   b. 16 Jul 1744, Henrico Co., Virginia ,   d. Abt 1775  (Age 30 years) + 4. Hannah Bolling,   b. Abt 1720, Cobbs, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2016
  Family ID	F4463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Major John Bolling 10921Maj John Bolling 1700.jpg

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Col. Richard Bland 10648 Col Richard Bland.jpg
  		Jane Poythress, d/o Francis Poythress, married Thomas Rolfe, s/o John Rolfe and Rebecca 'Pocahontas' Rolfe; their only Daughter Jane, married Robert Bolling 11136-11191-11135 Rolfe.jpg
  		Document Property Lines From An Old Survey Book Halifax Co., Virginia 1741-1901 Property Lines-HLFX-1741-1901.pdf Property Lines From An Old Survey Book Halifax Co., Virginia 1741-1901 By Roger C. Dodson
  		Lineage of John Bolling, Published in 1883 and published in the Richmond Times Dispatch BollingJohn RichmondDispatch Jan14,1883.jpg

  
  

  Histories

  The Vestry Book of Henrico Parish, Virginia 1730-1773 by Dr. R. A. Brock 975.5453 K2.pdf

  
  

• 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 [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34656576. Birth: Jan. 27, 1676, Charles City County, Va Death: Apr. 20, 1729, Virginia Burial: Cobbs Cemetery Enon, Chesterfield County, Virginia Parents: Robert Bolling (1646 - 1709) Jane Rolfe Bolling (1650 - 1676) Spouse: Mary Kennon Bolling (1679 - 1727) Children: John Bolling (1700 - 1757) Elizabeth Bolling Gay (1709 - 1766) Mary Bolling Fleming (1711 - 1744) Anne Bolling Murray (1718 - 1800) 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 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."