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'''Colonel Robert Bolling''' (December 26, 1646 - July 17, 1709) was a wealthy early [[North America|American]] settler.  He was the son of John and Mary (Carrie) Bolling.

'''Colonel Robert Bolling''' (December 26, 1646 - July 17, 1709) was a wealthy early [[North America|American]] settler, planter, merchant and burgess.

Robert Bolling was born on Tower Street, All Hallows, Barking Parish, in [[London]]. His father was one of the Bollings of Bolling Hall near [[Bradford]], England. Robert could trace his ancestry back to Robert Bolling, Esquire, who died in 1479 and was buried in the family vault in the Church of Bradford. According to Bolling family tradition, the original deBolling family was Norman and came to England with [[William the Conqueror]].

Robert Bolling was born at Tower Street, All Hallows, Barking Parish, in [[London]] on December 26, 1646.<ref>The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353.</ref> He was the son of John and Mary (Carrie) Bolling. His father was one of the Bollings of Bolling Hall near [[Bradford]], England.<ref>Some prominent Virginia families, Louise Pecquet du Bellet, Edward Jaquelin, Martha Cary Jaquelin, page 305.</ref> Robert could trace his ancestry back to Robert Bolling, Esquire, who died in 1479 and was buried in the family vault in the Church of Bradford. According to Bolling family tradition, the original deBolling family was Norman and came to England with [[William the Conqueror]].

Bolling arrived in the colony of [[Virginia]] at the age of fourteen on October 2, 1660.  He married, in 1674, [[Jane Rolfe]] the daughter of [[Thomas Rolfe]] and Jane Poythress. Her paternal grandmother was the Native American [[Pocahontas]]. Robert and Jane only had one child who lived to adulthood; [[John Bolling]] who was born on January 26, 1676 he married Mary Kennon and died on April 20, 1729. The descendants of John Bolling were termed the "Red Bollings".

Bolling arrived in the colony of [[Virginia]] at the age of fourteen on October 2, 1660.<ref>The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353.</ref> He married, in 1674, [[Jane Rolfe]] the daughter of [[Thomas Rolfe]] and Jane Poythress.<ref>The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353.</ref> Her paternal grandmother was the Native American [[Pocahontas]].<ref>The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353.</ref> Jane died around the time their only child, [[John Bolling]] was born<ref>A Memoir of a Portion of the Bolling Family in England and Virginia, Robert Bolling, John Robertson, Thomas Hicks Wynne, Chesapeake Book Co., 1868, page 19.</ref> on January 26, 1676 he married Mary Kennon and died on April 20, 1729. The descendants of John Bolling were termed the "Red Bollings".

After his wife Jane died Robert married Anne Stith the daughter of John Drury Stith and Jane Gregory.  

After his wife Jane died Robert married Anne Stith the daughter of John Drury Stith and Jane Gregory.  

The descendants of his second marriage are often referred to as the "White Bollings".

The descendants of his second marriage are often referred to as the "White Bollings".

Robert Bolling died on July 17, 1709, and was buried on his plantation [[Kippax Plantation|Kippax]], in [[Prince George County, Virginia|Prince George Co.]], Virginia, where his tomb still stands.

 

Robert Bolling died on July 17, 1709, and was buried on his plantation [[Kippax Plantation|Kippax]], in [[Prince George County, Virginia|Prince George Co.]], [[Virginia]], where his tomb still stands. However, in 1858, his remains were removed from Kippax to the Bolling mausoleum at Blandford Cemetery in [[Petersburg, Virginia]] erected by his great grandson. 

Archaeologist [[Donald W. Linebaugh]], of the [[University of Kentucky]], located the remains of Col. Bolling's house in [[Hopewell, Virginia]] in 2002.<ref>[http://www.uky.edu/PR/News/Archives/2002/March2002/HOPEWELL.HTM UK Archaeologist Locates 17th Century Merchant's House, Plans Excavation with Students, Dan Adkins, March 8, 2002]</ref>

Archaeologist [[Donald W. Linebaugh]], of the [[University of Kentucky]], located the remains of Col. Bolling's house in [[Hopewell, Virginia]] in 2002.<ref>[http://www.uky.edu/PR/News/Archives/2002/March2002/HOPEWELL.HTM UK Archaeologist Locates 17th Century Merchant's House, Plans Excavation with Students, Dan Adkins, March 8, 2002]</ref>