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View Tree for Mary Mollie BowlingMary Mollie Bowling (b. 1702, d. Aft. 1776)

Mary Mollie Bowling (daughter of Robert Bolling and Ann Meriweather Stith) was born 1702 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1776. She married Andrew Baker, son of Robert Baker and Susan Packer.

 Includes NotesNotes for Mary Mollie Bowling:
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Subj: Re: Pocahontas/Thomas Jefferson
Date: 01/20/2000 12:20:39 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: MaggieSoCa
To: BBrown7152

Byron..
Here is the connection...

Robert Bolling b 1646 Married Jane Rolfe
child # 3 of this marriage is Mary Molly Bolling
Mary Molly Bolling Married Andrew Baker

John Rolfe and Pocahontas
child Thomas Rolfe who married Jane Poythress
child *Jane Rolfe who married Robert Bolling b. 1646
child Mary Molly Bolling who married Andrew Baker b.1692

Now.. Mary Molly has been placed as a child of Robert Bolling and Ann Stith.. that has been proven to be incorrect... She is the daughter of Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe.

Maggie

Subj: Re: Pocahontas/Thomas Jefferson
Date: 01/20/2000 1:08:04 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: MaggieSoCa
To: BBrown7152

Hi Byron

Another Connection:

**Robert Bolling married Jane Rolfe
their child John Bolling married Mary Kennon
their child John II Bolling married Elizabeth Blair*
their child John Blair married Mary Jefferson Sister of Thomas Jefferson

*Notes for Elizabeth Blair:
From Mary South:
niece of James Blair founder of Wm. and Mary College Sources: From Nancy Tarver gedcom: Birth: "Pocahontas Descendants" by Stuart E. Brown Jr., Lorraine F. Myers and Eileen M. Chappel. A revision, enlargement and extension of the list as set out by Wyndham Robertson in his book "POCAHONTAS AND HER DESCENDANTS" (1887). Originally published by the Pocahontas Foundation (1985). Reprinted as a consolidated edition by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1994. Death: "Ancestral File" Mormon Library, Cushing, OK "Pocahontas Descendants" by Stuart E. Brown Jr., Lorraine F. Myers and Eileen M. Chappel. A revisio set out by Wyndham Robertson in his book "POCAHONTAS AND HER DESCENDANTS" (1887). Originally published by the Pocahontas Foundation (1985). Reprinted as a consolidated edition by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1994. Sources: "DOZENS of COUSINS" by William G. O'Connor, 716 Bradfield Drive, Trotwood, OH 45426

Maggie

Received from Jean Vore (jvore@iti2.net) 2/17/2000 - "In one of the old records, and I can't remember if it was the Battle of Kings Mountain or Draper papers? Benjamin Bolling says that his sister married Old Andrew Baker. None of the children of John Bolling and Elizabeth Blair fit the age group and all are accounted for. If we accept that John Renta was born in 1744 (Editors Note-I believe he was born 1735, Byron Brown) his sister cannot be from that marriage. She would have been 11 when she had her first child. However little is known about John Bolling and Elizabeth Lewis. I have an old genealogy that has no author on it that says John and Eliz Lewis had 5 girls names unknown. Mary would fit in this family just fine. I got a letter recently that said Eliz Lewis had at least one girl and died in childbirth. Did that child live?

I know I am out on a limb but I have put Mary Mollie in that marriage. She would have been considered a sister to Benjamin and would be the right age for an early marriage."

Subj: Mary Molly Bowling/Bolling
Date: 03/24/2000 11:10:36 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: MaggieCal
To: NL7G, BBrown7152

Hi

I think I have solved the mystery Mary Molly Bowling/Bolling.... but no absolute proof. Also my theories have not always proven to be correct.

But, since I believe that Mary Molly Bolling's birth records, etc., were expunged from the Bolling family. To the point that Mary Molly spelled her last name Bowling.. With no parentage listed. Please bear with me for a few sentences.

#1. My "founding Father" idol has always been Thomas Jefferson. I think I have read everything about him that has been published. (this will have bearing on my theory)

#2. Proof = In Colonial America, (as per English Law) it was illegal for any "white" man to marry an Indian. Punishable by death. This rule had one exception. It was legal in the Virginia Colony. Sanctified by England, since Pocahontas was of "Royal" blood.

#3. You will note in all the Bolling records that no Bolling left Virginia prior to the Revolutionary War. (Except Mary Molly Bolling)

#4. The Randolph's married heavily into the Bolling Family. When the Revolutionary War became evident, the Randolph's ( including their Bolling Spouse and children).. left Virginia and returned to England. After the War the returned to the United States. (Historical fact documented in many places) The Randolph's returning to England had a profound affect on Thomas Jefferson, as his mother was a Randolph and his Uncle that had "raised" him was a Randolph and the Randolph property abutted Thomas Jefferson's.

#5. *It was not until after the Revolutionary War that the Bolling's moved to other States in the Union. (except Mary Molly). Most of the States in the United States did not prohibit the marriages of Indians and Whites.

#6. Mary Molly could not have identified herself as being part Indian, or it would have been a death sentence for her, her husband and her children.

#7. Also, I now believe that Mary Molly Bolling was a daughter of John Bolling and Mary Kennon. The birth date is right. I do not believe her to be the daughter of Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe. But rather the granddaughter of Jane Rolfe and Robert Bolling.

Below are some notes from the "Jones Family" regarding their connection to Pocahontas. This site also gives additional Pocahontas genealogy.. e.g. her grandparents, etc. It was the last 2 sentences that got me thinking. (now that is sometimes a dangerous thing.. LOL )

Notes for MATOAKA "POCAHONTAS" POWHATAN:

"In 1616, John Rolfe and his wife, "Pocahontas", in company with Sir Thomas Dale, also of the company, ventured to England to show off the Princess to the King and Queen. While in London she gave birth to their only child, a son, Thomas Rolfe. Not long after this Pocahontas died at Gravesend.
John returned to his beloved Virginia with his young son and when Thomas was old enough to attend school John sent him to England for that purpose and he took lodgings, and was under the care and tutorship of his uncle, Henry Rolfe. Thomas thereafter returned to his home in Virginia and settled on a large estate in old Henrico County (now Chesterfield) above where Petersburg now is. He married Miss Jane Poythress and by her had one daughter, Jane Rolfe, before his untimely death.
The American Colonies of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries all had stringent laws prohibiting interracial marriages. Because Pocahontas and John Rolfe were married very early in the seventeenth century with the approval of the then Governor of the colony, and because Pocahontas was of royal (albeit aborigine) blood, the statutes in Virginia made an exception in their case. The laws of the other colonies, however, were very strict, and the punishment was severe. Thus, Thomas Rolfe was "safe" but only in Virginia or back in England. He chose to return to Virginia to claim the vast amount of land Powhatan had given the couple when John and Pocahontas married.
When Jane Poythress died, after bearing an only daughter, Thomas Rolfe is reputed to have left Virginia and moved to North Carolina, where he is also reputed to have married again. With the laws of North Carolina so strict, both then and during the next century or so, it is understandable that Thomas would never have mentioned the fact that he was half Indian, nor would that information have likely been passed down in the family tales.
If, in fact, Thomas did remarry after he left Virginia and sired a number of male children, it would be reasonable to assume that one or more of them returned to the motherland, particularly if they knew of their ancestor's ethnic background and were therefore nervous about remaining in the colonies."

For a full view and additional genealogy regarding Pocahontas visit the site listed below.

Click here: http://www.angelfire.com/co2/family1/

Maggie

Children of Mary Mollie Bowling and Andrew Baker are:
  1. +Rev.Andrew Baker, Jr., b. 1749, Augusta Co, VA21, d. 24 September 1815, Lee County, VA22.
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