Parents possibly out of wedlock, based on the testimony of son Jeremiah.

Colonel Isham Randolph

Mary Fleming

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Benjamin Franklin Bolling Sr (1734 - 1832)
Reverend Benjamin Franklin Bolling Sr aka Bowlin, Bowlen, Bowline, Bowling, Bolen, Boling, Boland, Bolande
Born 30 Jun 1734 in Henrico County Courthouse, Henrico, Virginiamap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]
Husband of Martha (Phelps) Bolling — married 20 Jun 1753 in Albermarle County, Virginiamap
Husband of Charity (Larrimore) Bolling — married after 1767 [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Joseph Bolling, Justice (Bolling) Bowling, Benjamin Bolling Jr, John Kidwell Bolling, William (Bolling) Bowling, Jesse Bolling, Rebecca (Bowling) Hudson, Hannah (Bolling) Osborne, Elizabeth (Bolling) Short, Elizabeth Blair (Bolling) Williams, Delaney Bowlin, Jeremiah Bolling and Jeremiah Bolling Sr.
Died 20 Jan 1832 at age 97 in Flat Gap Russell, Virginia

Said by Diana Collins to be this profile:
Rev. Benjamin Franklin Bolling

According to e-mails from the BFA, evidence exists which prove that Benjamin was not the son of Major John Bolling but was descended from Edward Bolling. Edward Bolling (1687-1710) was the son of Robert Bolling and Anne Stith. He married a Slaughter girl at a very young age and made his living at sea. A letter from a Col. Byrd mentions that he recently lost two of his "beautiful young men" at sea one of whom was Edward. Edward's widow took her family to North Carolina including her son Benjamin who married Charlotte Ward and later fathered Benjamin (1734-1832)

Additional Curator's Notes

From Pocahontas Descendants:

The "mysterious" Bollings a.k.a. "blue" Bollings, twelve extra children of Maj. John Bolling and Elizabeth Blair. Alas! A most numerous and enthusiastic contingent, but actually no relation. Maj. John Bolling and Elizabeth Blair had seven children who survived to adulthood, and another eleven who died as infants. The "blue" Bollings are yet another twelve children. The claims of these additional 12 Bollings have been rejected by the Pocahontas Foundation, using standard genealogical methods. Paternal DNA tests concur that they are not Pocahontas descendants, and also show that they are several distinct, unrelated families.

The twelve "blue" Bollings are not considered their children:

• Meotaka
• William
• Elizabeth - Elizabeth Wright
• Jared
• Martha
• Dorothea
• Benjamin 1734-1832
• Jane
• Rodney
• Rolfe
• Powhatan 1754-?
• James c. 1756-?

If the "blue" Bollings are not descendants, then who are they? The Bolling Family Association has undertaken a DNA study to shed light on the ancestry of all Bollings in America. They coordinated DNA testing of men with the Bolling surname (including spelling variants), who trace their ancestry to various Bolling/Bowling/Bolen/Bouldin immigrants to the US. The test results show that the early Bollings divide into different family groups. Here are some groups important to the "blue" Bolling question:

• Group 1. "Red" and "white" descendants of Robert Bolling (1646-1709). All Pocahontas descendants are in this group.
• Group 3. Descendants of Benjamin Bolling (1734-1832), in multiple lines, through his sons Jesse, Jeremiah, and Delaney.
• Group 5. Descendants of James Bowling (arr. 1700-1729). This group includes:
• * James (c. 1756-?)
• * John (c. 1756-?) m. Mary Tarpley
• * John Tarpley Bolling/Bolding (1778-1849)
• Group 6. The common ancestor for this group is undetermined. If you descend from one of the "Benjamin Bowlings" below, then you are neither a descendant of Pocahontas nor of Benjamin Bolling (1734-1832). This group includes:
• * Benjamin Bowling (1754- post 1820) Family String S
• * Benjamin Bowling (1696-1767) Family String A
• * Benjamin Bowling (1765-1838) Family String M18

Conclusion: DNA evidence indicates that the "blue" Bollings were not Pocahontas descendants. Also, they were not all siblings to each other.

A word about Benjamin Bolling (1734-1823) in particular. On the family tree he is a "blue" Bolling, but in life he was a real pioneer who left numerous proud descendants. His original tombstone was made by his son, Jeremiah, and inscribed: "B. Bolling, b. 1734, d. 1832". The grave originally was surrounded by rocks with a huge flat rock covering it. Many graves in the cemetery were similar, and known as "Indian graves". Much later, a monument was erected on his gravesite in Flat Gap, VA, by some of his proud descendants. It does little to dispel the myth that he was the child of John Bolling and Elizabeth Blair -- quite the reverse! Note, however, that it shows his birthplace as Wilkes County, North Carolina. Maj. John Bolling and Elizabeth Bland Blair lived nowhere near there.

Maria Edmonds-Zediker, Volunteer Curator, March 4, 2013

From Bullock Genealogy:

When Benjamin, 1734, left North Carolina to return to Virginia he moved to Flat Gap in what is now Wise Co., VA. near the Kentucky and Tennessee borders. He died there in 1832 at age 98 and is buried in the Bolling family cemetery there. His second wife, Charity Larrimore whom he married after Patsy Phelps (Jesse's Mother) died in childbirth on 8 Mar 1767, is buried beside him. Benjamin and Charity had Jeremiah and possibly other children. This Jeremiah was the great-great grandfather of Pennington cousin Rev. C. Glenn Bowling, and is also the ancestor of E. Watson Bolling, author ot "The Bolling Descendants of John Rolfe and Pochahontas.

Benjamin and Patsy lived in Wilkes Co., N. C., then back to VA.. They had 9 children and then Benjamin and Charity had 10 children. (From Microfilm # 1502551 item 33 at the FH Library S.L.City Utah)

When Benjamin settled in what is now Wise County, Virginia, there were no roads, only Indian trails and animal paths. He settled in an area now known as Esserville, Virginia. An old chimney stood for many years which was believed to have belonged to Benjamin. It was located where the Rocky Forks empties into Guest River. Upon his arrival it is said that he declared, "all the land I can see is mine," and thereby became a land owner or squatter. It has been said that Benjamin believed that to live in the mountains, walled in, would make him free from religious and political examination.

From Janet Ariciu Family Bush:

Flat Gap Cemetery (also known as the Benjamin Bolling Cemetery) is located off of State Route 671 in Wise County, Va. It is about 8 miles from Pound.

Spellings found for this surname include: Bowling, Bolden, Bolding, Bolen, Bolin, Boling,Bollen, Bollin, Bolling, Bollyng, Bolwing, Boulden, Boulding, Bowland, Bowlyn

The Bollings were among the first to brave the dangers of the New World. Evidently the love for adventure was inherited by Benjamin. He was the first settler on the Pound. He first came into what is now Wise County about 1789 and claimed all the land that he could see on the Guest River ( Esserville ). The pioneer built a cabin and lived there two to three years. One day a home seeker came by with a rifle and a couple of hound pups, which caught his eye. A trade was soon made and the pioneer, Ben, returned to his home and civilization thinking the lure for adventure was over. Little time had elapsed until the call of the wilderness overcame him. He shouldered his gun, whistled to his dogs, and hit the trail. A few weeks later Benjamin reached Fox Gap in the Black Mountains. He viewed the valley which was to be his home. This was to be later known as Flat Gap ( located in now what is Wise County, Va. ).

• Reference: RootsWeb - CAUTION! contains many errors!

Moved from Virginia to NC before 1760, then on to Tennessee, then to Eastern Kentucky. Inscribed on tombstone, Flat Gap Cemetery, Wise County, VA: 1734-1832, First Settler in area, born Wilkes County, NC, son of Major John Bolling and Elizabeth Blair. Wed first to Patsy Phelps and then to Charity Larrimore .

Benjamin Bolling ( June 30, 1734-Jan. 30, 1832 ) son of Major John Bolling ( 1700-1757) and Elizabeth Blair was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina.(Since proven in error by DNA testing) The Bollings were among the first to brave the dangers of the New World. Evidently the love for adventure was inherited by Benjamin. He was the first settler on the Pound. He first came into what is now Wise County about 1789 and claimed all the land that he could see on the Guest River ( Esserville ). The pioneer built a cabin and lived there two to three years. One day a home seeker came by with a rifle and a couple of hound pups, which caught his eye. A trade was soon made and the pioneer, Ben, returned to his home and civilization thinking the lure for adventure was over. Little time had elapsed until the call of the wilderness overcame him. He shouldered his gun, whistled to his dogs, and hit the trail. A few weeks later Benjamin reached Fox Gap in the Black Mountains. He viewed the valley which was to be his home. This was to be later known as Flat Gap ( located in now what is Wise County, Va. ).

While single Benjamin went to live on his father's estate in Albermarle Co., which later became Amherst Co.. About 1760, after he married Mary Patsy Phelps, Benjamin and wife moved to Rowan Co., NC and later to Randolph Co.. Patsy died in childbirth of Elizabeth in 1767. In 1791 after Benjamin remarried he and second wife Chariety Larrimore moved near Esserville, near Flat Gap, VA, later on they moved to Russell Co., VA and then Lee Co., VA. They then went on to NC because of Indian trouble but returned in 1806 with Daniel Boone their guide to the "Wilderness Area" of VA, in the Flat Gap area. The nearest post office was sixty miles away. Benjamin died in 1832, age 98, and was the first person buried in the Flat Gap Cemetery and Charity is buried beside him. His tombstone is inscribed: "B. Bolling, b. 1734, d. 1832." The tombstone was made by his son Jeremiah. Benjamin is shown on the 1790 Randolph Co., NC census and on the Russell Co., Virgina 1810 tax list and the 1820 census. He was a Baptist Minister who visited some of his brothers in KY.

According to one researcher, while single Benjamin lived on his father's estate in Albermarle Co., the part later became Amherst Co. Benjamin first married Mary Patsy Phelps. Around 1760 they moved to Rowan Co., NC, then later on to Randolph Co. NC. Patsy died in childbirth. Benjamin then married Charity Larrimore . They settled near Esserville, near Flat Gap, Va. around 1791. They later went to NC because of Indian trouble but returned in 1806 with Daniel Boone as their guide to the "wilderness area" of Va. in the Flat Gap area. Benjamin is buried in the Flat Gap Cemetery in Flat Gap, Va. ( This makes for a nice story but according to history, in 1799 Boone led his extended family from KY to Femme Osage country in Missouri; appointed "syndic" of district by the Spanish governor. In 1803 he was seriously injured in a hunting accident and relocated with Rebecca to a cabin on the farm of his son Nathan; Louisiana Purchase. In 1806 he appeared before the Federal Land Commission, seeking confirmation of his Spanish land grant hi Missouri. He was 72 years old at this time. He was given the land in 1814 and spent the rest of his life in Missouri. It is possible that he led a party of settlers into Ky. in 1806, but not likely.).

When Benjamin settled in what is now Wise County, Virginia, there were no roads, only Indian trails and animal paths. He settled in an area now known as Esserville, Virginia. An old chimney stood for many years which was believed to have belonged to Benjamin. It was located where the Rocky Forks empties into Guest River. Upon his arrival it is said that he declared, "all the land I can see is mine," and thereby became a land owner or squatter. It has been said that Benjamin believed that to live in the mountains, walled in, would make him free from religious and political examination.

Benjamin, as all white settlers, feared the Indians, although he was never attacked. In this particular area, he felt that he was fairly safe, however, incidences regarding a family by the name of Roberts was said to have influenced Benjamin's return to North Carolina. These incidences were in regard to Indian raids involving this family and others. The Roberts family and some of his in-laws had unknowingly moved and settled within five miles of chief Benge and his tribe. This was a nearby area now know as Robert's Branch. It was said that Robert's small son had seen some Indians nearby. He told his father about it and said that if they should come that he was going to hide under the trunk of an old tree, under the branch, where the water had washed the dirt from around it. Roberts gathered his sons-on-law for a battle with the Indians. The Indians attacked at night. It was said that Roberts yelled, "why don't you wait until daylight and fight like white men." They said the young Roberts boy did just as he said and hid under the trunk of the tree near the branch. The Roberts dog attacked an Indian and pulled him over the tree trunk where the boy was hiding. Apparently the Indian did not see him. the Roberts man was killed during the attack. The family buried him under a large chestnut tree. They cut the tree and scattered chestnut burrs so the Indians would think they had cut it for the chestnuts.

It is said that the first raid Chief Benge's Tribe made was either in Russell or Scott county. Two girls were captured and taken back to the tribe. The girls, they said, kept a keen eye on the way and later escaped. they told that they hid behind a fallen tree and that the Indians came so close looking for them that they could hear them talking. They arrived safely home.

The last known raid that Chief Benge and his warriors made was in Southwest Virginia in 1794. They raided and burned the Peter and Henry Livingston homes on Holston River, capturing two of the Livingston women. They traveled northward through an area called Wildcat, East Stone Gap, Powell Valley, across Stone Mountain turning right at Hoot-owl Hollow.

Jess Brock (1751-1843) organized a posse and went after the Indians. They took a shortcut across the High Knob Mountain and waited for Chief Benge. On the way to High Knob, an area now called Ice Plant Hallow, near a large rock, Jess and his posse killed Chief Benge. The rock is now called Benge Rock. The Livingston women were rescued. It was believed at that time that Benge's Tribe was located at the head of the Cumberland River in Kentucky. The tribe was thought to have migrated back to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. They had heard that Benge had a half brother, who was said to be the chief of a tribe there.

Marriage 1 Pattie(Patsy) PHELPS (FELTS) B: 1737

*Married: 20 Jun 1753 in Albemarle Co., Virginia

• Note: Article submitted to Clay Co. Ancestral news by Jeannie Nelson

Children

1. Benjamin II BOLLING Rev. B: ABT 1754/1756
2. John BOLIN B: 1758
3. Joel BOLIN B: 1760
4. Jesse BOLLING Rev. B: 22 May 1758 in Hillsboro North Carolina, USA
5. William BOLIN B: ABT 1755 in , , North Carolina, US

This ancestry information has not been verified!

The Bolling, Bowling, Bolen Family in America Before 1800, Todd Bolen and Lois Bolen Strange, Vol 1,p.262
Willis Bolling was born 1791 the son of John and Martha (Mangum) Bolling in Orange County, North Carolina. In 1816 he married Elizabeth Wilkerson. In 1817 Willis Bowling was the executor of a will of a John Bowling. Willis Bolling and his father John bought land about 1836 from Sion Carrington in NC when the Carringtons moved to Henderson Co TN. I have a copy of the land deed. The 1850 Census of Orange Co NC has his mother Martha (Mangum) Bolling living with him. Willis Bowling is buried in an old family cemetery just east of Durham, NC, near Bowling Mountain. His father John Bowling's farm included Bowling Mountain. The cemetery was near the Bowling farm. There are no markers for his mother and father but Willis and his wife's graves do have markers. The Bolling's Mountain area later became known as Red Mountain, and the Rougemont. Willis Bolling was the son of John Bolling and Miss Mangum (1770-1821). Willis Bolling married Elizabeth Wilkerson (? -1866) of Red Mtn.

Benjamin is considered a "Blue Bolling." This means the identity of his parents is in dispute. Evelyn Sukey's genealogy data show his parents being Major John Bolling, II and Mary Elizabeth Blair. However, their master profiles in Geni.com do not list Benjamin as one of their children.

Benjamin Bolling came from Wilkes Co., NC about the year 1790. Benjamin settled on the Guest River, built a log cabin and claimed a vast tract of land. One day his wife went to a spring to get water and a panther sprang out at her. Returning to the cabin, she prevailed on Benjamin to go back to NC. He said he would if he could sell his property.

One day a hunter came along with a rifle over his shoulder and two hound dogs at his heels. The hunter remarked that Benjamin had a good place to live. Benjamin said he wanted to sell. The hunter asked him how much he would take. Benjamin looked at the rifle and the dogs and said, "I'll sell all my holdings here for that rifle and them dogs." And so, the trade was made and Benjamin and his wife returned to NC. The land sold so cheaply is today worth millions of dollars.

But he was still dissatisfied with NC and again he returned to VA bringing with him his wife, his son Jeremiah, and his daughter-in-law who before her marriage was Sallie Ward. Benjamin Bolling made his second settlement on the Pound Fork of the Big Sandy. Here the Bollings still live.

Benjamin Bolling lived to be 98 years old, and a rude stone marking his grave had the inscription "B. Bolling 1734-1832".

Not an accepted child of Major John Kennon Bolling, II & Elizabeth Bolling by the Pocahantas Foundation

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Biography

Benjamin was born about 1736.
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Said by Diana Collins to be this profile:
Rev. Benjamin Franklin Bolling

According to e-mails from the BFA, evidence exists which prove that Benjamin was not the son of Major John Bolling but was descended from Edward Bolling. Edward Bolling (1687-1710) was the son of Robert Bolling and Anne Stith. He married a Slaughter girl at a very young age and made his living at sea. A letter from a Col. Byrd mentions that he recently lost two of his "beautiful young men" at sea one of whom was Edward. Edward's widow took her family to North Carolina including her son Benjamin who married Charlotte Ward and later fathered Benjamin (1734-1832)

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