Col. Robert Bolling

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Colonel Robert Bolling (December 26, 1646 – July 17, 1709) was a wealthy early American settler planter and merchant.

Robert Bolling was the son of John and Mary (Carrie) Bolling. He was born at Tower Street, All Hallows, Barking Parish, in London on December 26, 1646.[1] His father John, was one of the Bollings of Bolling Hall, near Bradford, England. Robert's ancestry could be traced to Robert Bolling, Esquire, who died in 1485 and was buried in the family vault in the church of Bradford.[2] According to Bolling family oral tradition, the original deBolling family was Norman French, and came to England with William the Conqueror, later being granted lands at Bolling in Bradford. Recent DNA studies focusing on the male family descendants support this theory. October 2, 1660, at the age of fourteen, Bolling arrived in the colony of Virginia.[3] In 1674, he married Jane Rolfe, the daughter of Thomas[4] and Jane (Poythress) Rolfe and the granddaughter of Pocahontas. They only had one child for Jane died just a year after their marriage.[5]

* John Bolling (January 26, 1676-April 20, 1729), married Mary Kennon. He was an ancestor to Edith Bolling Wilson, Nancy Reagan, and John McCain.

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

Robert married Jane Matoaka Rolfe, daughter of Thomas Rolfe and Living, in 1674. (Jane Matoaka Rolfe was born on 10 Oct 1650 and died in 1676.)

Robert next married Ann Stith.