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About Colonel John Bolling, of Chestnut Grove
John Bolling was the son of John Kennon Bolling and second wife Elizabeth Blair. He was born June 24. 1737 at Cobbs Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia. He lived for some time in Gloucester County, but then settled in Chesterfield County, on a plantation he named Chestnut Grove. He died at Chestnut Grove, Chesterfield County, Virginia, c.1800 (some sources say as late as 1822). Some sources list a middle name of William, others list Blair, however no primary evidence of either name, so both names are listed in the "also known as" field. He served as a Burgess 1766-1769 for Gloucester County. In 1778 he served in the House of Delegates for Chesterfield County.
He married Mary Jefferson on June 29, 1760 and had seven children. Mary Jefferson was the daughter of Peter Jefferson and wife Jane Randolph, and the sister of Thomas Jefferson. She was born October 1, 1741 at Shadwell, Goochland County, Virginia, and died in 1817.
Children of John Bolling and wife Mary Jefferson:
- Archibald Bolling b. 1758-1782
- Thomas Bolling b. 11 Feb 1764
- Jane Bolling b. 17 Sep 1765
- Ann Bolling b. 18 Jul 1767
- Martha Bolling b. 1769
- Robert Bolling b. About 1771
- Edward Bolling b. 17 Sep 1772
Biography
Col. John Blair Bolling
Find A Grave Memorial ID # 194297416
John was born in 1737. He is the son of John Bolling and Elizabeth Blair. He married Mary Jefferson, the sister of the future United States President, and the parents of Archibald Bolling, John Bolling, Martha Jefferson Bolling (Archer), Edward Bolling, Mary Jefferson 'Polly' Archer (Bolling), Robert Bolling, Thomas Bolling, Ann Bolling, Jane Bolling and an unnamed son that died as an infant. [1]
John and Mary Bolling were ancestors of United States First Lady, Edith Bolling Wilson.
John's brother Robert wrote of him in 1764: [2]
John Bolling possessed some of his father's dispositions: was like him, very large, and was six feet high. He delighted for the chase, and cared very little for the ladies, until he saw his lady. His character then as suddenly changed as that of Silvio in the Pastor Fido. After many sighs &c., he married Miss Jefferson, daughter of that Jefferson who, with Mr. Fry, made a map of Virginia.
But it seems he had already developed an attachment to the bottle.[3] Robertson attempts a whitewash.[4] But Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1798:[5]
The state of things at Chesnut Grove is truly distressing. Mr B.'s habitual intoxication will destroy himself, his fortune & family. Of all calamities this is the greatest. I wish my sister could bear his misconduct with more patience. It might lessen his attachment to the bottle, & at any rate would make her own time more tolerable.
Will of John Bolling. Chesterfield County, VA, WB 5, pp. 291-293, w. 7 Feb 1800, no notation of when the will was proved. Digital image at Ancestry.com
my wife (unnamed) - all my land in Chesterfield County.
son Edwd Bolling - land in Goochland County
son John Bolling - land in Goochland County
son Robert Bolling - land in Albemarle County
son Archibald Bolling - land in Campbell County, land in Chesterfield County
grandson Jefferson Archer
Executors: sons Edward Bolling, Robert Bolling, Archibald Bolling
Wit: Thomas (Lasen ?), Henry Walthall, _?_ Fuqua
John Blair Bolling, son of Col. John Bolling of "Cobbs", lived first in Gloucester County, was a delegate in the House of Burgesses in 1766-1769. Afterwards, in 1778, he was a member of the House of Delegates from Chesterfield County. He married Mary, sister of Thomas Jefferson. He was born June 24, 1737, and died in 179-."
Sources
- https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-ency...
- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons, edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler, page 189.
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d001...
- Residence: Chesterfield, Virginia, British Colonial America - 1757
- Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 11 2020, 16:58:08 UTC
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 1 2021, 18:02:28 UTC
- Some Prominent Virginia Families. Vol. IV. J.P. Bell Company (Incorporated); 1907. p. 307–.
- Bolling, Robert (of Chellow): Memoir of the Bolling Family, p. 7.
- Wynne (1868), Memoir, p. 27.
- Robertson (1887), Descendants, p. 61
- Monticello website. Mary Jefferson Bolling.
- Mentioned in the will of his father John Bolling. See also:
- "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (31 October 2017), John Bolling, Aug 1777; citing Aug 1777, Virginia, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,384.
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (5 December 2014), John Bolling in entry for Edward Archer and Mary Jefferson Bolling, 10 Apr 1797; citing Chesterfield, Virginia, reference p 47; FHL microfilm 30,869.
- Profile on danmohn.net
- Morenus, David. The Real Pocahontas website, "Pocahontas Descendants" chart, 5ab.
- "The Ancestors and Descendants of John Rolfe", in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 22, no. 2 (Apr 1914), p. 216, and Vol. 22, no. 3 (Jul 1914), p. 331.
- Robertson, Wyndham (1887), Pocahontas and her Descendants, p. 32 (gen 5), p. 35 (children), p. 61 (sketch).
- Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum.
- Some prominent Virginia families, by Pecquet du Bellet, Louise, 1853-; Jaquelin, Edward, 1668-1730; Jaquelin, Martha (Cary) 1686-1733 (Publication date 1907). 4:310. < Archive.Org >
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Colonel John Bolling, of Chestnut Grove's Timeline
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June 24, 1737
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Cobbs Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1757 |
1757
Age 19
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Chesterfield, Virginia, British Colonial America
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| 1762 |
March 24, 1762
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Chestnut Grove, Goochland, Virginia Colony
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| 1764 |
February 11, 1764
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Goochland, Virginia, British Colonial America
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| 1765 |
September 17, 1765
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Goochland County, Virginia, Colonial America
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September 17, 1765
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St. Jame's Parish, Goochland, Virginia, British Colonial America
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1766
- 1769
Age 28
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House of Burgesses, Gloucester County, Virginia
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| 1767 |
July 18, 1767
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Gloucester County, Virginia, United States
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1768
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Chesterfield County, Virginia, British Colonial America
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