Meredith: The surname Bolling finally popped up in my data base. The trick is going to be figuring out the correction to Pate. The connection MAY be through the surnames CARY and RANDOLPH. Major John Bolling married Elizabeth BLAIR (no data on when and where) and had issue: Archibald Bolling. Archibald Bolling married Sarah Jane Cary, again no data beyond this. Sarah Jane Cary was the daughter of Col. Archibald Cary and Mary Randolph. I think this Cary lines descends from a Miles Cary who has some nexus with a Pate line Joel