Major John Fairfax (not) BOLLING

  Noted events in his life were:

• Biography. John Bolling was Colonel of the Chesterfield Co., VA Militia and was known as "Major John". He was a member of House of Burgess, Chesterfield Co. for thirty years. He first married Elizabeth Lewis daughter of Col. John Lewis and Elizabeth Warner of Warner Hall. John was a merchant and had 5000 acres of land in Henrico Co..

In reference to descendants of Major John and both Elizabeths:

Elizabeth had no children...A list of children was made by Robert, one of the children Co. John and Elizabeth Blair Bolling.

He states that, "there were many children, some of whom died in their infancy", and goes on to name the ones who survived Col. John. The total list includes 18 children. Of the children who died young others were given the same name. There 2 Archibalds, 2 Sarahs, 2 Roberts, 2 Anns and 3 Elizabeths. Rebecca, the twin of Jane, only lived 25 days. None of the Elizabeths lived past one year.

Only 8 of his children survived him and of those Edward did not have any children. The others were Thomas, John, Robert, Mary, Archibald, Sarah and Anna. If all the children plus the ones in question were totaled there would be 28.

The Price list, published by Judge Zelma Wells Price, includes Benjamin and the others I have listed here. The Price list is based upon "an old and faded sheet which had been in the hands of John Tapley Bowling, (and which) shows twenty children as having been born to John Bolling, and gives there names and birth dates." Some VA genealogists refer to the additional twelve as the "mysterious Bollings"

More information is available about this from the Bolling Foundation and the Pocahontas Society.
http://www.waynevaughn.com/3397.htm

• See also. http://pocahontas.morenus.org/images/tree75.gif

The "mysterious" Bollings a.k.a. "blue" Bollings, twelve extra children of Maj. John Bolling and Elizabeth Blair. Alas! A most numerous and enthusiastic branch of the family, but probably no relation. Maj. John Bolling and Elizabeth Blair had seven children who survived to adulthood, and another eleven who died as infants. The "blue" Bollings are yet another twelve children. That claim has been rejected by the Pocahontas Foundation. In those days, it took nine months to make a baby, so the "blue" Bollings must have had a different mother.

The twelve "blue" Bollings are not considered their children: Meotaka William Elizabeth Jared Martha Dorothea Benjamin Jane Rodney Rolfe Powhatan James

John married Elizabeth Lewis (not) BLAIR in Aug 1728 in Cobbs, Henrico County, VA. (Elizabeth Lewis (not) BLAIR was born on 20 Jan 1709 in Williamsburg, James City, VA and died on 20 Apr 1775 in Chesterfield County, VA.)