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Elizabeth Bolling (Blair)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth (Blair) Bolling / Bland", "Elizabeth Blair", "Elizabeth Lewis", "Mary Elizabeth Blair"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Blair House, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Death: April 22, 1775 (67)
Bland House, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Jordan's Point Plantation, Chesterfield, Virginia, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. Archibald Alexander Blair, "Dr. of Apothecary" and Sarah Blair
Wife of Major John Kennon Bolling, II
Mother of Archibald Bolling, I; Elizabeth Bolling; Maj. Thomas Bolling; John Bolling, I; Colonel John Bolling, of Chestnut Grove and 11 others
Sister of John Blair, Sr.; Sarah Harrison Blair and James Blair
Half sister of Elizabeth Liston Morehead

Managed by: Bryan Wayne Barber
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About Elizabeth Bolling

THIS IS ELIZABETH BLAIR also known as Elizabeth Blair Bolling Bland. She was not named Mary Elizabeth Bolling, Mary Bolling also known as Mary Bolling Bland, was her daughter She also is not the same as Elizabeth Bolling who became Elizabeth Bolling Robertson, that was THIS Elizabeth's granddaughter.

Elizabeth Blair was the daughter of Colonel Archibald Blair, as well as the niece of Rev. Dr. James Blair, the Commissary to the Bishop of London. She married Maj. John Bolling, II, son of Colonel John Bolling and wife Mary Kennon. They had seven children who reached maturity and eleven who did not. After the death of her 1st husband, John Bolling in 1757, she married the twice widowed Richard Bland II in 1760. They had no children together, however, Elizabeth's daughter Mary Bolling married Blands son, Richard Bland III. At the time of her death, Elizabeth Blair was no longer Mrs Bolling but Mrs. Elizabeth Bland. Contrary to popular belief, she was not buried at Cobbs Cemetery but at Bland Cemetery at Jordan's Point Plantation, in Prince George County, Virginia. The Elizabeth Bolling buried at Cobbs Cemetery is Elizabeth Bolling Robertson , the granddaughter of Elizabeth Blair Bolling Bland.

The "mysterious" Bollings a.k.a. "Blue" Bollings, are twelve extra children supposedly of Major John Bolling and Elizabeth Blair. Alas! A most numerous and enthusiastic contingent, but actually no relation. Major 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 whose descendants claim are members of this family and thus, descendants of Pocahontas . That claim has 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. Refer to http://pocahontas.morenus.org/poca_gen.html for a list of descendants approved by the Pocahontas Foundation.

Children of Elizabeth Blair Bolling and husband John Bolling who reached maturity:

  • Thomas Bolling, 1735-1804, married Elizabeth Gay
  • John Bolling, of Chestnut Grove, b.1737, married Martha Jefferson
  • Robert Bolling, of Chillowe, 1738-1769, married (1) Mary Bruton (2) Susan Watson
  • Mary Bolling, b.1744, married Richard Bland of Jordans
  • Sarah Bolling, b.1748, married John Tazewell of Williamsburg
  • Archibald Bolling, of Mt. Athos, Campbell Co., b.1750, married (1) in 1770 Sarah Cary (2) in 1774, Jane Randolph (3) in 1797, Widow Byrd (4) in 1802, Widow Clark
  • Ann Bolling, b.1752, married William Dandridge

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Elizabeth Bolling's Timeline

1708
January 20, 1708
Blair House, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1730
June 1, 1730
Cobbs Plantation, Henrico, Virginia
1731
April 5, 1731
Cobbs Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia
1731
1735
July 17, 1735
Varina Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia
1736
1736
1737
June 24, 1737
Cobbs Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial America
1738
August 17, 1738
Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1740
August 22, 1740
Virginia, United States
1744
July 6, 1744
Cobbs, Chesterfield, VA