John Bolling
| John Bolling | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 27, 1676 Kippax Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia |
| Died | April 20, 1729 (aged 53) |
| Resting place | Chesterfield County, Virginia |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Kennon (1697 – 1727) |
| Children | 7 |
| Parent(s) |
Robert Bolling Jane Rolfe |
| Relatives |
Thomas Rolfe (maternal grandfather) Pocahontas (maternal great-grandmother) |
Major John Bolling (January 27, 1676 – April 20, 1729) was a colonist, farmer, and politician in the Virginia Colony.
John Bolling was the son of Colonel Robert Bolling and Jane (née Rolfe) Bolling. His maternal grandfather was Chief Powhatan's grandson, Thomas Rolfe, the only child of Pocahontas.
John Bolling was born at Kippax Plantation, in Charles City County, a site which is now within the corporate limits of the City of Hopewell. He made his home at the Bolling family plantation "Cobbs" just west of Point of Rocks on the north shore of the Appomattox River downstream from present-day Petersburg, Virginia. (Cobbs was located in Henrico County until the area south of the James River was subdivided to form Chesterfield County in 1749.)
John Bolling married Mary Kennon (1679–1727), daughter of Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham, on December 29, 1697. They had at least seven children, whose names appear in John Bolling's will:
In 1722, he opened a tobacco warehouse in what is now the 'Pocahontas' neighbourhood of Petersburg. William Byrd II of Westover Plantation is said to have remarked that Major Bolling enjoyed "all the profits of an immense trade with his countrymen, and of one still greater with the Indian."
Major Bolling served in the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1710 until his death in 1729.
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