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Colonel Robert Bolling (December 26, 1646 – July 17, 1709) was an English-born merchant, planter, politician and military officer. Early life. Coat of Arms of Robert Bolling. Robert Bolling was the son of John Bolling (b. 1615) and Mary Carie (née Clarke) Bolling. He was named after his grandfather Robert Bolling; his grandmother was Anne Clarke.
13. Jan. 2024 · Colonel Robert Bolling (December 26, 1646 - July 17, 1709) was a wealthy early American settler, merchant and planter. He is the ancestor of many prominent individuals including Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. He was born on December 26, 1646 at Tower Street, All Hallows, Barking Parish, in London.
22. Dez. 2021 · Robert Bolling was a poet, a member of the House of Burgesses (1761–1765), the sheriff of Buckingham County, and a member of the county court (1761–1775). Trained as a lawyer, he nearly fought a duel with William Byrd (1728–1777), a judge on the General Court, when Bolling accused the judges of bias in a murder case.
Robert Bolling is an ancestor of a US President/Vice President. Join: US Presidents Project. Discuss: Presidents. Contents. [ hide] 1 Biography. 1.1 Origin. 1.2 Immigration to Virginia. 1.3 Marriages. 1.4 1676 - Child of 1st Marriage. 1.5 1682 to 1700 - Children of 2nd Marriage. 1.6 Positions and Property. 1.7 Kippax. 1.8 Death and Legacy.
Robert Bolling was an acquaintance of Thomas Jefferson and a fellow agitator for revolution against Britain. In his ceaseless ambition and violent hatred of the British and of the ruling clique in Virginia, Bolling seems to resemble the ferocious young revolutionaries of Robespierre's France.
Bolling is best known as a poet, however, and he published more poetry than any other colonial American between 1759 and 1775. In addition, during the failed courtship of his distant cousin, Bolling kept a journal, A Circumstantial Account, which provides a distinctive view of eighteenth-century Virginia gentry.
12. Dez. 2019 · Bolling Patriarch Robert Bolling, Sr. The Old Brick (Kennon) House overlooking the Appomattox River at Conjurer’s Neck. The Old Brick House. John Randolph of Roanoke. The Bolling Mausoleum at Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg. A youthful Edith Bolling Wilson. SOURCES: Billings, Warren M.; Selby, John E.; and Tate, Thad W. Colonial Virginia: A History.
