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Bolling, Robert[1]

Male 1646 - 1709  (62 years)


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  • Name Bolling, Robert 
    Birth 26 Dec 1646  London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Address:
    All Hallows, Barking Parish 
    • "Bolling, Robert, a descendant of the Bollings of Bradford in Yorkshire, was son of John Bolling, of the parish of All-Hallows Barking, Tower street, London. He was born Dec. 26, 1646, and came to Virginia in 1660. He engaged in trade as a merchant and acquired large tracts of land. His residence was in Charles City county on the south side of James river in what is now Prince George county. The name of his residence was "Kippax". He was sheriff and lieutenant-colonel of the militia and in 1688, 1692 and 1699 he represented Charles City county in the house of burgesses, and in 1704, 1705-06 he represented Prince George county. He died July 17, 1709. His first wife was Jane Rolfe, daughter of Capt. Thomas Rolfe, son of Pocahontas, and his second was Anne Stith, daughter of Capt. John Stith, of Charles City county."
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 2 Oct 1660  Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 7 Jul 1709 
    Burial 1858  Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Petersburg (city), Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I27603  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2012 

    Father Bolling, John,   b. Abt 1615, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1684, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Carie, Mary   d. UNKNOWN 
    Marriage 23 Nov 1640  Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11354  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rolfe, Jane,   b. 10 Oct 1650, Dinwiddie, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1676, Kippax, Charles City, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Marriage 1675  Dinwiddie, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Petersburg 
    Children 
    +1. Bolling, Maj. John Fairfax,   b. 27 Jan 1676, Kippax, Charles City, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1729, Cobbs, Henrico (Now Chesterfield), Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F11352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 Stith, Anne,   b. 25 Jan 1661, Charles City, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1709, Charles City, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage 1681  Charles City, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Bolling, Hon. Robert Jr.,   b. 25 Jan 1682, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1747, Prince George, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +2. Bolling, Robert,   b. 25 Jan 1686, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1747, Prince George, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    Family ID F36504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

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    All Hallows, Barking Parish - 26 Dec 1646 - London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 2 Oct 1660 - Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1681 - Charles City, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1858 - Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Petersburg (city), Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Notes for Hon. Robert Bolling:
      Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, page 71, "BollingFamily":

      The Honorable Robert Bolling, is the founder of the family in Virginia.He arrived in the Colony, October 2, 1660; and soon attained to fortuneand prominence in affairs of both Church and State. In 1858, his remainswere removed from "Kippax" to the mausoleum, at Blandford Cemetery,erected by his great grandson; he married first to Jane Rolfe, in 1675.She died in 1676, she was the daughter of Lieutenant Thomas and JanePolythress Rolfe; and the great granddaughter of Colonel John Rolfe, andhis wife, Princess Pocahontas Rebecca, daughter of Powhatan, the greatWerowance and ruler of all the Indian tribes, which at the advent of theEnglish, inhabited Virginia.

  • Sources 
    1. [S269] GEDCOM file imported on 26 May 2003.

    2. [S844] Book:Virginia Biography (Tyler), 15 November 2012; p. 189.