Mary Bolling

Mary Bolling (Jefferson), also known as Polly, 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.

She married John Bolling, on June 29, 1760 and had seven children. John was the son of John Kennon Bolling and second wife Elizabeth Blair.

She did NOT marry Thomas Turpin, Jr. THAT Mary Jefferson was her aunt, and the daughter of Thomas Jefferson of Osbourne and wife Virginia Mary Field.

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

Links to additional material:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albemarle_County,_Virginia
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadwell_(Virginia)_
• https://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/mary-jefferson-bolling

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Mary Jefferson, sister

Mary Jefferson, also known as Polly, 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 (SIC. 1804).

She married John Bolling, on June 29, 1760 and had seven children. John was the son of John Kennon Bolling and second wife Elizabeth Blair.

She did NOT marry Thomas Turpin, Jr. THAT Mary Jefferson was her aunt, and the daughter of Thomas Jefferson of Osbourne and wife Virginia Mary Field.

THE ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ROLFE WITH NOTICES OF SOME CONNECTED FAMILIES BOLLING OF VIRGINIA

8. Thomas* Bolling, of Cobbs, was bom July 7, 1735, and diedAug. 7, 1804; married Elizabeth, daughter of her William Gay. Thomas Boiling, was, it is believed, educated at William and Mary College, and studied law in Williamsburg under R. C. Nicholas; but never practiced. At his mothers death (his brother Edward having died unmarried) he inherited Cobbs, and the other estates in which she hada life interest. He was a Justice of Chesterfield; a member of the Committee of Safety of that Cotmty 1774-76 (Wm. Mary Quarterly,V, 102) and during the Revolution was a Major in the Chesterfield militia. Heappears to have been for a short time in active service in 1775, as in the Militia Book in the State Library is an entry imder date Nov. 5, 1775:Pay and rations to Thomas Boiling, Major Chesterfield militia, per acct. £66.8. In the Chesterfield County Order Book for July 1777 isa record that Thomas Boiling qualified (by taking the oath) as Major of militia.

Issue:

• 16. I. Elizabeth^, bom 1760, m.arried William Robertson. (SeeRobertsons Descendants of Pocahontas.)
• 17. II. Rebecca^ m.arried William Murray. (See Descendants ofPocahontas, and Slaughters History of Bristol Parish 199-205).
• 18. III. Col. William^ Boiling, of- Boiling Hall, GoochlandCounty; member of the House of Delegates; married Mary, daughter of Richard Randolph Jr., of Curies. He died July 17, 1849, age 69.For descendants see Robertsons Descendants of Pocahontas.
• 19. IV. Thomas^, deaf mute a remarkably accomplished man,never married. See Descendants of Pocahontas.
• 20. V. Mary 5, deaf mute, never married.
• 9. John* Bolling, bom June 24. 1737, died 179-; married June 29,1760, Mary (bom Oct. 1, 1741) daughter of Col. Pete Jefferson, and sister of President Jefferson.

John Bolling lived first in Goochland (where in the land tax book of 1783 he was assessed with 1800 acres of land and was a member of the House of Burgesses for that County at the sessions of November 1766, March 1767 and March 1768; but afterwards removed to Chestnut Grove, Chesterfield County. During the Revolution he held some office, probably paymaster, in the militia of that county. In the Council Journal, under date Oct. 25, 1776, is entered a warrant to John Boiling for £ 12,15.11, for 118 days pay of drtunmers and fifers in the Chesterfield militia, and for colours, haFouts, drums and fifes furnished the said militia by the Captains Royal. Harris and Cread as accts. settled by the commissioners.

From https://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/mary-jefferson-bolling

Mary Jefferson Bolling (1741-1804) was Thomas Jefferson's older sister. Born on October 1, 1741, she was the second of the ten children born to Jane Randolph and Peter Jefferson. She may have been born at her parents' residence at Fine Creek.1

Mary Jefferson married John Bolling (1737-1800) on January 24, 1760. They had ten children:

1. John, Jr. (Jack) (March 24, 1762-?),2 m. ca. 1786 Mary Kennon3
2. Thomas (February 11, 1764-December 1784)4
3. Jane (September 17, 1765-before May 1796)5
4. Ann (July 18, 1767-1785)6 m. Captain Howell Lewis
5. Martha (b. 1769)7 m. Peter Field Archer8
6. Edward (September 17, 1772-1835)9 m. Dorothy Paine (Payne)10
7. Robert m. Jane Payne11
8. Archibald m. Catherine Payne12
9. Mary (Polly, d. 1798) m. Edward Archer13
10. Son (name unknown, d. 1787)

The Bollings lived at Fairfields in Goochland County and Lickinghole Creek, just west of Goochland Courthouse. In 1785, they moved to Chestnut Grove, Bolling's family plantation in Chesterfield County, while their oldest son Jack assumed ownership of Fairfields.

Mary Jefferson Bolling

• Find A Grave Index
• Name: Mary Jefferson Bolling
• Maiden Name: Jefferson
• Event Type: Burial
• Event Date: 1817
• Birth Date: 01 Oct 1741
• Death Date: 1817

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Mary Bolling (Jefferson)

Find A Grave Memorial ID # 194297196

Mary was born in 1741. Mary Jefferson had many children with John Bolling [1].

Mary Jefferson Bolling (1741–1811) - married John Blair Bolling III, who served in the Virginia House of Burgesses and who was a descendant of Pocahontas. [2]

According to the Monticello website they were married January 24, 1760. [3]

Mary Jefferson married John Blair Bolling (1737-1800) on January 24, 1760. They had ten children:

• John, Jr. (Jack) (March 24, 1762-?), m. ca. 1786 Mary Kennon
• Thomas (February 11, 1764-December 1784)
• Jane (September 17, 1765-before May 1796)
• Ann (July 18, 1767-1785) m. Captain Howell Lewis
• Martha (b. 1769) m. Peter Field Archer
• Edward (September 17, 1772-1835) m. Dorothy Paine (Payne)
• Robert m. Jane Payne
• Archibald m. Catherine Payne
• Mary (Polly, d. 1798) m. Col. Edward Archer
• Son (name unknown, d. 1787)

Thomas Jefferson's granddaughter wrote to him on January 21, 1804, "I suppose you have heard of Aunt Bolling's death." Her death most likely occurred in early 1804, or possibly late 1803. Given the close distances involved, the former seems more likely. [4]

Sources

1. http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/mary-jefferson-bolling
2. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Peter_Jefferson
3. https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/mary-jeffe...
4. Edwin Morris Betts and James A. Bear, Jr., eds., The Family Letters of Thomas Jefferson (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1966), 254.
5. Mary Jefferson Bolling (1741-1804) on Find A Grave: Memorial #194297196 retrieved 22 October 2019
6. 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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