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Bolling for AncestorsNew - 21 June 2010
Generations 136 -- 162 Bolling for Ancestors
Figure 1. A Consistency of Williams, Johns, Roberts, and Tristams Generation No. 136 Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] Tristam De Bolling was born 1075 in France, and died 1123 in England. This seemingly inconsequential detail is actually rather important. Suddenly the Family Tree has made a move from the De Boulogne, aka French detail, to the De Bolling, aka English version. Undoubtedly this has to do with Eustace's assistance in the Normandy invasion, the granting of English lands, the loss of them, and the restoration of some of them. There's just nothing like the booty from an invasion to switch allegiance from the Frogs to the Tea Sippers.
Generation No. 137 John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] John De Bolling was born 1120 in Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire, England, and died 1164 in England.
Generation No. 138 William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] William De Bolling was born 1140 in Yorkshire, England, and died 1246 in Norfolk, England.
Generation No. 139 William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] William De Bolling (II) was born 1165 in Yorkshire, England, and died Unknown in England.
Generation No. 140 William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] William De Bolling (III) was born 1190 in New Hall, England, and died Abt. 1258 in Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire, England.
Generation No. 141 Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] Robert De Bolling was born 1220 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and died 1258 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Generation No. 142 John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] John De Bolling (II) was born 1232 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and died 1323 in Yorkshire, England.
Generation No. 143 William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] William De Bolling (IV) was born 1258 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and died 1316 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Generation No. 144 John De Bolling (III) [144] William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] John De Bolling (III) was born 1284 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and died 1330 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Generation No. 145 Robert De Bolling (II) [145] John De Bolling (III) (=Alice) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] Robert De Bolling (II) was born 1310 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and died 1370 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Generation No. 146 John De Bolling (IV) [146] Robert De Bolling (II (=Elizabeth De Thornton) [145] John De Bolling (III) (=Alice) [144] William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] John De Bolling (IV) was born 1340 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and died 1408 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Generation No. 147 Robert De Bolling (III) [147] John De Bolling (IV) (=Grace Papeley) [146] Robert De Bolling (II (=Elizabeth De Thornton) [145] John De Bolling (III) (=Alice) [144] William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] Robert De Bolling (III) was born 1370 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and died 1423 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Generation No. 148 Robert Bolling (IV) [148] Robert De Bolling (III) (=Margaret Thornoe) [147] John De Bolling (IV) (=Grace Papeley) [146] Robert De Bolling (II (=Elizabeth De Thornton) [145] John De Bolling (III) (=Alice) [144] William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] Robert Bolling (IV) was born 1396 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and died 23 Oct 1457 in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Generation No. 149 1. Tristam Bolling [149] Robert Bolling (IV) (=Isabel Thornton) [148] Robert De Bolling (III) (=Margaret Thornoe) [147] John De Bolling (IV) (=Grace Papeley) [146] Robert De Bolling (II (=Elizabeth De Thornton) [145] John De Bolling (III) (=Alice) [144] William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] Tristam Bolling was born 1427 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and died 30 May 1502 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
2. Murmuring Ripple [149] ... unknown. Murmurming Ripple was an Algonquian (Algonquian) Indian in Virginia, born 1415, died 1495.
Generation No. 150 1. Edward Bolling [150] Tristam Bolling (=Beatrice Calverley) [149] Robert Bolling (IV) (=Isabel Thornton) [148] Robert De Bolling (III) (=Margaret Thornoe) [147] John De Bolling (IV) (=Grace Papeley) [146] Robert De Bolling (II (=Elizabeth De Thornton) [145] John De Bolling (III) (=Alice) [144] William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] Edward Bolling was born 1516 in Chellow, Yorkshire, England, and died 1543 in Chellow, Yorkshire, England.
2. Dashing Stream [150] Murmuring Ripple [149] ... unknown Dashing Stream was an Algonquian Indian, born 6 May 1474.
Generation No. 151 1. Tristam Bolling (II) [151] Edward Bolling (=Magdaline Greene) [150] Tristam Bolling (=Beatrice Calverley) [149] Robert Bolling (IV) (=Isabel Thornton) [148] Robert De Bolling (III) (=Margaret Thornoe) [147] John De Bolling (IV) (=Grace Papeley) [146] Robert De Bolling (II (=Elizabeth De Thornton) [145] John De Bolling (III) (=Alice) [144] William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] Tristam Bolling (II) was born 1530 in Chellow, Yorkshire, England, and died 1561 in Chellow, Yorkshire, England.
2. Scent Flower [151] Dashing Stream [150] Murmuring Ripple [149] ... unknown Scent Flower was born 3 June 1517, died in 1555 in Virginia. She was the daughter of Dashing Stream.
3. Eustace Rolfe [151] ... Eustace Rolfe was born 1536 in Hoacham, England; died in 1593 in Norfolk, England.
Generation No. 152 1. Edward Bolling (II) [152] Tristam Bolling (II) (=Anne Rookes) [151] Edward Bolling (=Magdaline Greene) [150] Tristam Bolling (=Beatrice Calverley) [149] Robert Bolling (IV) (=Isabel Thornton) [148] Robert De Bolling (III) (=Margaret Thornoe) [147] John De Bolling (IV) (=Grace Papeley) [146] Robert De Bolling (II (=Elizabeth De Thornton) [145] John De Bolling (III) (=Alice) [144] William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] Edward Bolling (II) was born 1560 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and died 1592 in Chellow, England.
2. Chief Wahunsonacock Powhatan [152] Scent Flower [151] Dashing Stream [150] Murmuring Ripple [149] ... unknown Chief Wahunsonacock Powhatan was an Algonquian Chieftain, born 17 June 1545, died April 1618. He is known primarily on the basis of the many and varied legends concerning his daughter, Pocahontas.
3. John Rolfe [152] Eustace Rolfe (=Joanna Jenner) [151] ... John Rolfe was born 1562 in Hoacham, England; died in 1594 in Norfolk, England.
Generation No. 153 1. Robert Bolling (V) [153] Edward Bolling (II) (=Jane Greene) [152] Tristam Bolling (II) (=Anne Rookes) [151] Edward Bolling (=Magdaline Greene) [150] Tristam Bolling (=Beatrice Calverley) [149] Robert Bolling (IV) (=Isabel Thornton) [148] Robert De Bolling (III) (=Margaret Thornoe) [147] John De Bolling (IV) (=Grace Papeley) [146] Robert De Bolling (II (=Elizabeth De Thornton) [145] John De Bolling (III) (=Alice) [144] William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] Robert Bolling (V) was born 1590 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and died 13 Nov 1639 in London, England.
2. Matoaka Pocahontas Powhatan [153] Chief Wahunsonacock Powhatan [152] Scent Flower [151] Dashing Stream [150] Murmuring Ripple [149] ... unknown Matoaka Pocahontas Powhatan was... yes... THE POCAHONTAS.
Matoaka Pocahontas Powhatan was born 1595 in Tidewater, James City, Virginia, and died 21 Mar 1617 in Gravesend, England.
Pocahontas was a Native American woman who became a celebrity in London in the last year of her life. She was a daughter of Wahunsunacawh (also known as Chief or Emperor Powhatan), who ruled an area encompassing almost all of the neighboring tribes in the Tidewater region of Virginia (called Tenakomakah at the time). Her formal names were Matoaka (or Matoika) and Amonute; Pocahontas was a childhood nickname referring to her frolicsome nature (in the Powhatan language it meant "little wanton"). After her baptism, she went by the name Rebecca, becoming Rebecca Rolfe on her marriage. Pocahontas is perhaps best known for the classic tale of her encounter with Captain John Smith. The event allegedly occurred in May 1607, when she was about 12 to 14 years of age... and Captain John was clearly well beyond that. According to Smith, he had been captured by a group of Powhatan hunters, had been brought to Werowocomoco, on the the chief villages of the Powhatan Empire, and was about the be executed, (beaten with clubs) when Pocahontas threw herself across his body. Smith claimed that:
Well... maybe. A bit of skepticism might be in order here. On the one hand, Smith's earliest mention of the event dates from 1616, despite his having written two books on Virginia prior to that (and completely failed to mention the rescue). In fact, the occasion of his telling the tale was in a letter entreating Queen Anne to treat Pocahontas with dignity. It is possible that Smith's earlier writings were simply not of the nature for such a tale... but then there's a similar tale by Smith in which he described being rescued through the intervention of a beautiful young girl after he was captured by Turks in Hungary in 1602. Oops. Still... Pocahontas can be credited with bringing provisions to the colonists... and in fact saving many of them from inevitable starvation. Such charity did not, however, go unnoticed by the Native Americans who were beginning to feel threatened by the insatiable needs of the white folk. On one occasion in 1608, there was allegedly a plot against Smith and his colonists, whereupon during a visit to Werowocomoco, they were temporarily delayed in their return. The idea was then to provide the white men with food... and when they had laid down their weapons to eat, to be attacked by the Indians. And of course, once again coming to the rescue was Pocahontas who warned Smith before hand. Thus forewarned, no weapons were laid down... and for whatever reason, there was no attack. When Smith was injured in a gunpowder explosion and had to return to England for medical care, Pocahontas was told that he was dead... an understanding she held until arriving in England a few years later, only in this case as the wife of John Rolfe. However, there is no suggestion that Pocahontas and Smith were ever lovers. Such romantics tend to be limited to animated Disney versions. There is another tale wherein Pocahontas was kidnapped by the English colonists, with the aid of a tribe of other indians. The apparent goal was to use her as ransom for some English prisoners held by Chief Powhatan. The colonists were, of course, not obliged to keep their end of the bargain and Pocahontas was held in captivity for roughly a year... during which Pocahontas improved her English, learned about Christianity, was baptized, and took the name Rebecca as her English name. Pocahontas may have even reached the point where she preferred to live with the English. Part of her reasoning may have been after meeting John Rolfe, whose English-born wife had died. John had successfully cultivated a new strain of tobacco in Virginia and was on his way up the corporate ladder... so to speak. John was also a pious man who agonized over the potential moral repercussions of marrying a heathen... aka Pocahontas. In a long letter to the governor requesting permission to wed her, he expressed both his love for her and his belief he would be saving her soul. He claimed he was not motivated by:
According to Wikipedia, "Pocahontas's feelings about Rolfe and the marriage are unknown.: Poca and Rolfe were married on April 5, 1614 -- her never having returned to her father and her tribe after her kidnapping. For purposes of the marriage, Pocahontas was christened Lady Rebecca. For a few years after the marriage, the couple lived together on Rolfe's plantation, Varina Farms, which was located across the James River from the new community of Henricus. They had a child, Thomas Rolfe, born on January 30, 1615. Amazingly enough, their marriage was unsuccessful in winning the English captives back... the standoff continued. However, the glorified John marrying a heathen... did create a climate of peace between the Jamestown colonists and Powhatan's tribes for several years. Furthermore, Pocahontas was even used as an enticement and evidence of the good times to be had in Virginia... especially for new colonists and wealthy investors (in what was the failing enterprise called Jamestown). In the spirit of true irony, John and Poca left Jamestown, along with a small group of eleven other Powhatan natives. In other words, they bailed... in order to tell others just what a cool place Virginia was in the spring of 1616. It was at this juncture, of course, that Pocahontas learned that Captain John Smith was still alive. They apparently did not meet at this point in time, but Smith did write a letter to Queen Anne that Pocahontas be treated as a royal visitor... because... if she were treated badly, her "present love to us and Christianity might turn to… scorn and fury", and England might lose the chance to "rightly have a Kingdom by her means". Now... this is true English hospitality! Pocahontas was promptly given the royal treatment... from society gatherings to banquets with the King... and even a bit of so-called nights on the town, enjoying a performance of Ben Jonson's masque The Vision of Delight. But the best part was that, according to Smith, King James was so unprepossessing that neither Pocahontas nor her shaman companion realized whom they had met until it was explained to them afterward. You remember James, right? Just one of the guys! Pocahontas and Rolfe lived in Middlesex for some time... a locale -- not the nature of their relationship. Recall that John Rolfe was a pious man. In early 1617, Smith finally visited them -- "Why won't he call?". They're were of course words... but mostly in old English... Pocahontas apparently calling Smith, father, and his not liking it. (On the one hand, she outranked him as "a King's daughter". Albeit that is seldom the real reason for such humility.) In March 1617, Rolfe and Pocahontas boarded a ship to return to Virginia. However, the ship had only gone as far as Gravesend on the River Thames when Pocahontas became ill. The nature of the illness is unknown, but since she had been described as sensitive to London's smoky air, pneumonia or tuberculosis are likely, although smallpox has also been suggested. She was taken ashore and died. Legacy Pocahontas and Rolfe had one child, Thomas Rolfe, who was born at Varina Farms in 1615 before his parents left for England. Through this son Pocahontas has many living descendants. Many First Families of Virginia trace their roots to Pocahontas and Chief Powhatan, including such notable individuals as Edith Wilson, wife of Woodrow Wilson; George Wythe Randolph; Admiral Richard Byrd; Virginia Governor Harry Flood Byrd; fashion-designer and socialite Pauline de Rothschild; former First-Lady Nancy Reagan; and astronomer and mathematician Percival Lowell (mathematical founder of Pluto). Such claimants need to realize that because of certain matrilineal inheritances of power, Pocahontas could not have inherited her father's power under any circumstances. Worse yet, her mother apparently had a low status (among the Native Americans). Thus while Pocahontas may have been her father's favorite... it was only his indulgence that she was able to maintain any pretense among her tribesmen. Still... the English regarded her as a princess in the European sense, e.g.:
In this manner, some contemporary English recognized Wahunsunacock as ruler of an empire, and presumably accorded what they considered as appropriate status to Pocahontas (Matoaka). This is supported by Captain John Smith's 1616 letter of recommendation to Queen Anne (King James' wife) concerning Pocahontas, which refers to "Powhatan their chief King". Regardless, Pocahontas certainly captured the imagination of many generations (at least ten or so), and her name has lent itself to a host of posthumous honors, including:
3. John Rolfe [153] John Rolfe (=Dorothea Mason) [152] Eustace Rolfe (=Joanna Jenner) [151] John Rolfe born 1585 in England; died 1622 in Jamestown.
John Rolfe was one of the early English settlers of North America. He is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia and is primarily known as the husband of Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Confederacy. Rolfe was born in Heacham, Norfolk, England as the son of John Rolfe and Dorothea Mason, and was baptized on May 6, 1585. At the time of Rolfe's ascendancy, Spain held a virtual monopoly on the lucrative tobacco trade. Most Spanish colonies in the New World were located in southern climates more favorable to tobacco growth than the English settlements, notably Jamestown. As the consumption of tobacco had increased, the balance of trade between England and Spain began to be seriously affected. Rolfe was one of a number of businessmen who saw the opportunity to undercut Spanish imports by growing tobacco in England's new colony at Jamestown, in Virginia. Rolfe had somehow obtained seeds to take with him from a special popular strain then being grown in Trinidad and South America, even though Spain had declared a penalty of death to anyone selling such seeds to a non-Spaniard. In 1609, Rolfe heeded the advice of "Go west, young man, go west," and sailed from England with his wife and small child. They had embarked, along with hundreds of new settlers and a huge load of supplies for Jamestown, on a seven ship armada, led by the flagship Sea Venture. However, somewhere in the southern Atlantic ocean (*), they encountered a three day-long storm, thought to have been a severe hurricane. The ships of the fleet became separated, and the new Sea Venture, whose caulking had not cured... are you kidding me?... was taking on water faster than it could be bailed. The Admiral of the Company, Sir George Somers, took the helm and the ship was deliberately driven onto the reefs of Bermuda to prevent its foundering. All aboard, 150 passengers and crew, and 1 dog, survived. Most remained for ten months in Bermuda, subsequently also known as The Somers Isles, while they built two small ships to continue the voyage to Jamestown. A number of passengers and crew, however, did not complete this journey. Some had died or been killed, lost at sea (the Sea Venture's long boat had been fitted with a sail, and several men sent to take word to Jamestown, and they were never heard from again), or left behind to maintain England's claim to Bermuda. Because of this, although the Virginia Company's charter was not extended to Bermuda until 1612, the Colony at Bermuda dates its settlement from 1609. Among those left buried in Bermuda were Rolfe's first wife and child.
In May 1610, the two newly-constructed ships set sail from Bermuda, with 142 castaways on board, including Rolfe and Admiral Somers. On arrival at Jamestown, they found the Virginia Colony almost destroyed by famine and disease during what has become known as the Starving Time. Very few of the supplies from the Third Supply had arrived (the same hurricane which caught the Sea Venture had also badly affected the rest of the fleet), and only 60 settlers remained alive. It was only through the arrival of the two small ships from Bermuda, and the arrival of another relief fleet in June 10, 1610 that the abandonment of Jamestown was avoided and the colony was able to survive. After finally settling in, although his first wife and child had died, Rolfe began his long-delayed work with tobacco. John Rolfe was now in a position to attract a princess... which he promptly did, marrying Pocahontas. The couple set up housekeeping on land provided by John's father-in-law. Their son, Thomas Rolfe, was born there. Then in 1616, on what might be called a "public relations trip" for the Virginia Company, Rolfe and Pocahontas headed back to England with their baby son. After Pocahontas' death, Thomas Rolfe stayed in England while his father returned to Jamestown. Eventually, John Rolfe married his third wife, Jane Pierce. They had a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1620. Elizabeth died in 1635 at the age of 15. Thomas Rolfe, the son of Pocahontas and John Rolfe, later returned to Virginia, where he was accepted by both the Powhatans and the English settlers. He married an English settler, and through their children, many First Families of Virginia trace their roots to both an English and Native American heritage. Figure 2.The Pocahontas Connection Generation No. 154 1. John Bolling (V) [154] Robert Bolling (V) (=Anne Clarke) [153] Edward Bolling (II) (=Jane Greene) [152] Tristam Bolling (II) (=Anne Rookes) [151] Edward Bolling (=Magdaline Greene) [150] Tristam Bolling (=Beatrice Calverley) [149] Robert Bolling (IV) (=Isabel Thornton) [148] Robert De Bolling (III) (=Margaret Thornoe) [147] John De Bolling (IV) (=Grace Papeley) [146] Robert De Bolling (II (=Elizabeth De Thornton) [145] John De Bolling (III) (=Alice) [144] William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] John Bolling (V) was born 1615 in All Hallows, Barking, London, England, and died 11 Nov 1648 in London, England.
Bolling Hall: With reference to John's son, Robert: "His father John, was one of the Bollings of Bolling Hall, near Bradford, England." Bolling Hall is one of the oldest buildings in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is currently used as a museum and education center. The building is about a mile from the centre of Bradford. Its surroundings are suburban in character. Before the Industrial Revolution, Bradford was a small town and difficult to defend as it lay in a basin. However, Bolling Hall occupies a commanding position on a hillside. The earliest part of this building, dating from the 14th century, has been interpreted as a pele tower, although Bradford is somewhat outside the typical geographical area for these defensive structures. The Manor of Bolling (Bollinc) is first mentioned in Domesday Book and was at that time in the possession of a man named Sindi. The manor then came under the control of Ilbert de Lacy. By 1316 the manor was owned by William Bolling, and Bollings owned the estate until the late 1400s when control went to the Tempests who held the estate until 1649. The estate changed hands several times thereafter until eventually it was let to several tenants until being presented to Bradford Corporation in 1912. It was opened as a museum three years later. During the second siege of Bradford in 1643, during the English Civil War, the house was a Royalist base. On this occasion the Royalists took the town, which had strong Parliamentarian sympathies, and it was thought that the victors would put the inhabitants to the sword. There is a legend that a ghost appeared in the bedroom where the Royalist commander Earl of Newcastle was staying to tell him to "Pity poor Bradford". There is usually material on display relating to the English Civil War including a death mask of Oliver Cromwell. In the eighteenth century parts of the house were modernized by the architect John Carr, following a fire. The Bolling chapel at Bradford parish church, now Bradford Cathedral, was restored by the Tempest family in the seventeenth century but did not survive the twentieth-century rebuilding of the Chancel.
2. Thomas Rolfe [154] John Rolfe (=Pocahontas) [153] John Rolfe (=Dorothea Mason) [152] Eustace Rolfe (=Joanna Jenner) [151] or much more importantly... at least genealogically (...at least for certain social climbers): 2. Thomas Rolfe [154] Matoaka Pocahontas Powhatan (=John Rolfe) [153] Chief Wahunsonacock Powhatan [152] Scent Flower [151] Dashing Stream [150] Murmuring Ripple [149] ... unknown Thomas Rolfe was the son of Pocahontas and John Rolfe.
Thomas Rolfe (January 30, 1615 - c. 1675) was the only child of Pocahontas by her English husband John Rolfe. Thomas was born at Smith's Plantation in Jamestown, Virginia. After growing up in England, on 13 September 1632 he married Elizabeth Washington, at St James's church, Clerkenwell, London, and their daughter Anne was born in 1633. Elizabeth died shortly after Anne’s birth, and in 1635 Rolfe returned to Virginia, leaving his daughter with his cousin Anthony Rolfe. In 1659, Anne Rolfe married Peter Elwin (1623-1695), of Thurning, Norfolk, England, and left descendants. Rolfe became a powerful leader in the tribe Powhatan, named after the chief who was the father of Pocahontas, and met and married Jane Poythress. He served in the English military until 1675. His only child by his second wife, called Jane Rolfe, was born on October 10, 1650, and in 1675 married Colonel Robert Bolling and herself had a single child, ("Major") John Fairfax Bolling (born January 26, 1676). Many Americans claim descent from Rolfe, including some politicians. In 1675, Rolfe died at the age of 59 or 60, and was survived by his wife and child. As a result of Thomas Rolfe's birth, the Rolfe family is considered one of the First Families of Virginia. He appears as an infant in the 2005 theatrical film The New World but does not exist in the 1998 Disney animated straight-to-video film Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, a sequel to the 1995 motion picture. Rolfe is buried in Hopewell's Kippax Plantation.
Generation No. 155 "Colonel" Robert Bolling (V) [155] John Bolling (V) (=Mary Carie) [154] Robert Bolling (V) (=Anne Clarke) [153] Edward Bolling (II) (=Jane Greene) [152] Tristam Bolling (II) (=Anne Rookes) [151] Edward Bolling (=Magdaline Greene) [150] Tristam Bolling (=Beatrice Calverley) [149] Robert Bolling (IV) (=Isabel Thornton) [148] Robert De Bolling (III) (=Margaret Thornoe) [147] John De Bolling (IV) (=Grace Papeley) [146] Robert De Bolling (II (=Elizabeth De Thornton) [145] John De Bolling (III) (=Alice) [144] William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] "Colonel" Robert Bolling (V) was born 26 Dec 1646 at Tower Street, All Hallows, Barking Parish, London, England, and died 17 July 1709 in Kippax, Charles City, Virginia... having come to the colony in Virginia, arriving in October 2, 1660, at the age of fourteen. He was the son of John and Mary (Carie) Bolling, and according to Bolling family (oral) tradition, the original deBolling family was Norman French, and came to Barking Parish with William the Conqueror. He became known as a wealthy early American settler, planter, and merchant.
As a merchant and planter, Bolling acquired a large estate. He was colonel of the militia and was a member of the House of Burgesses from Charles City County in 1702. After his death, Robert Bolling was buried on his plantation Kippax, in 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, a mausoleum erected by his great grandson. Generation No. 156 "Major" John Fairfax Bolling [156] "Colonel" Robert Bolling (=Jane Rolfe) [155] John Bolling (V) (=Mary Carie) [154] Robert Bolling (V) (=Anne Clarke) [153] Edward Bolling (II) (=Jane Greene) [152] Tristam Bolling (II) (=Anne Rookes) [151] Edward Bolling (=Magdaline Greene) [150] Tristam Bolling (=Beatrice Calverley) [149] Robert Bolling (IV) (=Isabel Thornton) [148] Robert De Bolling (III) (=Margaret Thornoe) [147] John De Bolling (IV) (=Grace Papeley) [146] Robert De Bolling (II (=Elizabeth De Thornton) [145] John De Bolling (III) (=Alice) [144] William De Bolling (IV) [143] John De Bolling (II) [142] Robert D. Bolling [141] William De Bolling (III) [140] William De Bolling (II) [139] William De Bolling [138] John De Bolling [137] Tristam De Bolling [136] William De Boulogne [135] Eustace II De Boulogne (=Mary of Scotland) [134] Mathilda Van Leuven (=Eustache I, Count of Boulogne)[133] Gerberga of Lower Lorraine [132] Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine [131] King Louis IV of France (=Gerberga of Saxony) [130] Charles III, the Simple (=Eadgifu of England) [129] Louis II, the Stammerer (=Adelaide of Paris) [128] Charles II, the Bald (=Ermentrude) [127] Louis I, the Pious (=Judith of Bavaria) [126] Charlemagne the Great (=Hildegard) [1-125] or "Major" John Fairfax Bolling [156] Jane Rolfe (="Colonel" Robert Bolling) [155] Thomas Rolfe (=Jane Poythress) [154] John Rolfe (=Pocahontas) [153] John Rolfe (=Dorothea Mason) [152] Eustace Rolfe (=Joanna Jenner) [151] or "Major" John Fairfax Bolling [156] Jane Rolfe (="Colonel" Robert Bolling) [155] Thomas Rolfe (=Jane Poythress) [154] Matoaka Pocahontas Powhatan (=John Rolfe) [153] Chief Wahunsonacock Powhatan [152] Scent Flower [151] Dashing Stream [150] Murmuring Ripple [149] ... unknown
"Major" John Fairfax Bolling was born 27 Jan 1676 in Kippax, Charles City, Virginia, and died 20 Apr 1729 in Cobbs, Henrico, Virginia.
According to Wikipedia: Major John Fairfax Bolling was a colonist, farmer, and politician in the Virginia Colony. 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). Major Bolling served in the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1710 until his death. In 1722, he opened a tobacco warehouse in what is now the 'Pocahontas' neighborhood 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." John and Mary Bolling's descendants are the only American descendants of Pocahontas, and include Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, wife of U. S. President Woodrow Wilson, Percival Lowell, who mathematically discovered Pluto, Harry Flood Byrd and Richard Evelyn Byrd, the Randolphs of Roanoke, Nancy Reagan, and John McCain.
Generation No. 157 John Bolling [157] MAJOR Bolling (=Mary Kennon) [1-156] John Bolling was born 20 Jan 1700 in Cobbs, Henrico, Virginia, and died 06 Sep 1757 in Cobbs, Henrico, Virginia.
Generation No. 158 Metoaka Bolling [158] John Bolling (=Elizabeth Blair) [157] MAJOR Bolling (=Mary Kennon) [1-156] Metoaka Bolling was born on 3 July 1729 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, and died 22 Apr 1775 in Virginia.
Generation No. 159 John Sullivan [159] Metoaka Bolling (=James Sullivan) [158] John Bolling (=Elizabeth Blair) [157] MAJOR Bolling (=Mary Kennon) [1-156] John Sullivan was born in February 1756 in Caroline, Virginia, and died 14 Nov 1839 in Edgefield, South Carolina.
Generation No. 160 William Thomas Sullivan [160] John Sullivan (=Sarah Roberts) [159] Metoaka Bolling (=James Sullivan) [158] John Bolling (=Elizabeth Blair) [157] MAJOR Bolling (=Mary Kennon) [1-156] William Thomas Sullivan was born on 1 June 1805 in Hancock, Georgia, and died 06 Nov 1871 in Toto Roberts, Parker County, Texas.
Generation No. 161 William J. Sullivan [161] William Thomas Sullivan (=Hariet C. Nichols) [160] John Sullivan (=Sarah Roberts) [159] Metoaka Bolling (=James Sullivan) [158] John Bolling (=Elizabeth Blair) [157] MAJOR Bolling (=Mary Kennon) [1-156] William J. Sullivan was born 28 February 1828 in Tennessee, and died 11 Dec 1907 in Parker County, Texas.
Generation No. 162 Nancy Angeline Carter [162] William J. Sullivan (=Mary E. Harris) [161] William Thomas Sullivan (=Hariet C. Nichols) [160] John Sullivan (=Sarah Roberts) [159] Metoaka Bolling (=James Sullivan) [158] John Bolling (=Elizabeth Blair) [157] MAJOR Bolling (=Mary Kennon) [1-156] Nancy Angeline Carter was born on 02 Apr 1857 in Roberts, Parker County, Texas, and died 18 February 1943 in Central, Parker County, Texas.
Obviously, one must take their hat off to Nancy Angeline (and to a lesser degree, John Wesley).
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