Robert Bolling

Colonel Robert Bolling (December 26, 1646 - July 17, 1709) was a wealthy early American settler and an ancestor of Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.

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He was born on Tower Street, All Hallows, Barking Parish, in London. He arrived in Virginia at the age of fourteen on October 2, 1660. He married Jane Rolfe the granddaughter of Pocahontas. They had one child, John Bolling, born on January 26, 1676. His descendants, the only American descendants of Pocahontas, are termed the "Red Bollings". They include Edith Bolling, wife of U. S. President Woodrow Wilson.

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In 1681, Col. Bolling married his second wife Anne Stith with whom he had many children, including Robert Bolling, Jr., who was born on 25 January, 1682. Both Presidents Bush are descended from Robert Bolling, Jr.

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Robert Bolling died on July 17, 1709 and was buried on his plantation Kippax, in Prince George Co., Virginia, where his tomb still stands.

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