Col Robert Bolling's home and 2 wives

 Col Robert Bolling, (a repost)

Birth 26 DECEMBER 1646 • All Hallows, Barking Parish, London, England

Death 17 JULY 1709 • Died At Kippax/Kippax, Charles, Virginia

Robert Bolling

He was husband of Anne Meriwether Stith Bolling 1660–1709 (her birth date of 25 JANUARY 1660 • Charles City, Charles, Virginia, Death 17 JULY 1709 • Kippax, Charles City, VA) 

The Bollings were parents of Mary Agnes Bolling Kennon 1700–1762 who was featured on my last blog.

Col. Robert Bolling, my 8th great grandfather, had been born 26 Dec. 1646 in London, England.  Son of John. Bolling and Mary Carie(Cary) Bolling.  They both died at the same time on Nov.11, 1648,  just before his 2nd birthday. The next date we hear of him is when he came to America in 1660 at age 13-14, and settled in Prince George Co. VA.

He married first (1675) Jane Rolfe, the grandaughter of John Rolfe and Matoaka Pocahontas (Rebecca) Powhatan, a Christian-converted Native American. (See blog about John Rolfe HERE.)

Chart about Pocahontas connection to the Bolling family. And who the heck are "Sons and Daughters of the God Daniel" who made this chart? I like that other famous people are also on the chart.

Col. Robert Bolling's first wife was the granddaughter of Pocahontas, Jane Rolfe Bolling. Her mother had been Jane Poythres Rolfe, her father had been Thomas Rolfe.  She only lived from Oct 10, 1650/55 to Jan 26, 1676.  Col. Robert and Jane Rolfe Bolling supposedly had one daughter, Rebecca Jane Bolling 1675-1714 (OOPS, that's what my tree said, but now I find they only had one son, John Fairfax Bolling!)

1650–1676

When Col. Robert was 36, in 1681, he married a second time to 21 year old Anne Meriwether Stith.  They had 8 children.

He did have prestige in his community.  He represented it in the VA House of Burgess in 1702, and was Sheriff, surveyor, Col. and Co. Lt. in the VA militia.

He died 17 July 1709. Again the same date of death as his wife.  I'm finding this too convenient to believe twice in two generations.  Were there fires? Plagues?  Or did the people putting records together at some point just choose a date?

Col. Robert Bolling
Find a Grave Site:

Birth:     Dec. 26, 1646, England 
Death:     Jul. 17, 1709 
Prince George County 
Virginia, USA 

Colonel Robert Bolling (December 26, 1646 - July 17, 1709) was a wealthy early American settler, merchant and planter. He is the ancestor of many prominent individuals including Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. 

He was born on December 26, 1646 at Tower Street, All Hallows, Barking Parish, in London. He arrived in Virginia at the age of fourteen on October 2, 1660. In 1674, he married Jane Rolfe the granddaughter of Pocahontas. They had one child, John Bolling, born on January 26, 1676. His descendants, the only American descendants of Pocahontas, are termed the "Red Bollings". They include Edith Bolling, wife of U. S. President Woodrow Wilson and John Randolph of Roanoke. Jane died after one year of marriage. 

In 1681, Col. Bolling married his second wife Anne Stith with whom he had many children, including Robert Bolling, Jr., who was born on January 25, 1682. Both Presidents Bush are descended from Robert Bolling, Jr. 

In 1702 Bolling was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing Charles City Co., in 1702. He died on July 17, 1709 and was buried at his plantation Kippax, in Prince George Co., Virginia, where his tomb still stands. 

Bolling's remains were moved postumously to Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia.  
  
Family links:  
 Spouses: 
  Jane Rolfe Bolling (____ - 1676) 
  Anne Stith Bolling (1660 - 1709)* 
  
 Children: 
  Thomas Bolling* 
  John Fairfax Bolling (1676 - 1729)* 
  Robert Bolling (1682 - 1747)* 
  Stith Bolling (1686 - 1727)* 
  Edward Bolling (1687 - ____)* 
  Elizabeth Anne Bolling (1690 - ____)* 
  Drury Bolling (1696 - 1726)* 
  Agnes Bolling Kennon (1700 - ____)* 
  
*Calculated relationship 
  
Burial: 
Blandford Cemetery 
Petersburg 
Petersburg City 
Virginia, USA 
  
Maintained by: A C Turner 
Originally Created by: Eric Bruno Borgman 
Record added: Dec 29, 2005 
Find A Grave Memorial# 12815946 

So my ancestor was Robert and Anne's daughter, Mary Agnes Bolling, who married Richard Kennon, JR., and their daughter Mary married Col. John Clack.  Interestingly enough Col. Robert Bolling and his first wife's son John Fairfax Bolling, married the sister of Richard Kennon Jr, Mary Kennon.  We read about Richard Jr. HERE, as being also my ancestor.

I am hoping I don't have to rewrite too much of my tree, if my information isn't accurate!

Kippax Plantation buildings

About the Bolling's home, Kippax:

Kippax Plantation was located on the south bank of the Appomattox River in what is today the City of Hopewell in southeast Virginia.

Kippax Plantation was the home of Colonel Robert Bolling (1646-1709). Bolling married Jane Rolfe, who was the granddaughter of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Their (Robert & Jane Bolling's) only child, John Bolling was born at Kippax in 1676, and settled nearby at Cobbs Plantation, just west of Point of Rocks across the Appomattox River in what is now Chesterfield County. While Jane's father Thomas Rolfe (1615-1675) never lived at Kippax Plantation, it is believed that he was buried there.

Kippax Plantation is considered to be a well-preserved archaeological site that is also well documented. Archaeologist Donald W. Linebaugh, of the University of Kentucky, located the remains of Col. Bolling's house in Hopewell, Virginia in 2002. Most of the current digging is performed at the site of the unearthed residence. Research by graduate students from the College of William and Mary, headed by Donald W. Linebaugh, have found the remains of at least four separate structures spanning the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries at the Kippax site. These structures have the potential to answer important research questions regarding the history of early trade between Europeans and Native Americans, the lives of the African American slaves who lived there, and the cultural interaction between these groups. The Archaeological Conservancy recently purchased the site of Kippax Plantation to protect it from development. Members of the Archaeological Conservancy are in the process of raising the $205,000 needed for the purchase. [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kippax Plantation Archeological Site U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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