Posted on: Amelia County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Va/Amelia/461 Surname: Bolling, Brackett ------------------------- I've recently been apprised by Shirley Adair of the possibility that Frances Brackett, possibly a daughter of Ludwell Brackett and sister of Martha Brackett, was the wife of Robert Bolling of Buckingham County. If this is so it would solve an enduring Bolling family mystery. It appears that for well over a century Martha, who actually married a George Chesley, has been listed by Bolling chroniclers as the third wife of Robert M. Bolling (1795-1876) of Buckingham County. Instead this third wife may have been her sister Frances, who gave birth in 1851 to Susan Peyton Bolling, my wife's gggrandmother. The one "fly in the ointment" is a birth year for Frances of 1790, which would just not be feasible. The 1850 census says that "Frances Bolling" was 40-years-old. Furthermore, it's not likely that a 61-year-old woman would have given birth to Susan Bolling in 1851. I notice that LDS records have a "Betsy Brackett," daughter of Ludwell, born in 1810 in Amelia County. Might it be possible that this is actually Frances? Thanks for whatever light you may be able to shed, and very best wishes. Fred.