Good catch, Raymond. I mis-stated Robert Bolling as being the great-grandson of Pocahontas, when it was in fact his first wife, Jane Rolfe, who was the granddaughter of Pocahontas. Quoted from the book Pocahontas Descendants with Correction and Additons (by Stuart E. Brown, et al): "Col. Robert and Ann Stith Bolling's descendants (seven children, etc., etc.) are sometimes referred to as "white" Bollings to distinguish them from the descendants of Colonel Robert and Jane Rolfe Bolling who, in the same context, and because of their descendancy from Pocahontas, are sometimes referred to as "red" Bollings." Drema Raymond Ryan wrote: > In reply to the Bolling and Stith postings, the following is provided: > > Robert Bolling married Jane Rolfe abt. 1675 and they had a son, John > Bolling, who married Mary Kennon. This was the Pocahontas line, as > Jane Rolfe was her granddaughter. > > Ann Stith married Robert Bolling abt. 1681, and they had seven > children. Consequently Ann Stith is not a descendant of Pocahontas. > She was born 1665 in James City Co., Va. and died July 17, 1709 at > "Kippax," Prince George Co., Va., which has just been formed from > Charles City Co., Va. in 1703. Ann Stith was the daughter of John > Drury Stith and Jane Gregory. > > I close with a note that one should be careful when taking what has > been written in publications, in particular some of the books in > regard to the descendants of Pocahontas, as many of them are bogus. > There was but one son of Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe, namely John > Bolling and he, in turn, had only one son, also named John Bolling. > This latter John Bolling married Elizabeth Blair and they had > thirteen children, seven sons, and six daughters. Their descendants > are the true descendants of Pocahontas. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To post to the list, email: VABEDFOR@rootsweb.com > To contact the list admin, email: VABEDFOR-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VABEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >