Nelson Gay

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• Residence: 1850, , Perry, Kentucky, USA

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• Residence: 1850, , Perry, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1880, Crocketsville, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA; Marital Status: Married

Joseph married Sarah Sally Johnston on 20 Nov 1835 in Saul, Perry, Kentucky, USA. Sarah was born in 1821 in , , Kentucky, USA; died in 1854 in , Perry, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Perry, Kentucky, USA

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• Residence: 6 Aug 1810, , Clay, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1820, , Clay, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Perry, Kentucky, USA

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Name: Henry (William Henry) "Red" GAY , Sr.
Birth: ABT 1758 in Augusta County, Virginia
Death: 1830 in Gays Creek, Buckhorn, Perry County, Kentucky
Burial: Henry Gay Cemetery, Mouth of Gays Creek, Perry County, Kentucky

Henry Gay was a first cousin of Rev. Jesse Bolling, who at that time was one of the most prominent Baptist preachers in Eastern Kentucky.

Henry Gay B. 1750 d. 1830 served as a Revolutionary War Soldier. At the Battle of Yorktown, October 29, 1781, he was a bodyguard to General George Washington. he came from Greene County, Virginia to Cutshin, leaving eight children from a former marriage. In 1796 he married Margaret Russell. In "Rugged Trail to Appalachia" by Mary Brewer it is written that Margaret Russell was a concert pianist from Tennessee. Mrs. Brewer, also, states, "In 1797 W Henery built a sturdy log home at what was first known as Corner Shoal, so called because the creek which emptied into the river there, made a kind of corner at the shoals. It later came to be known as Shoal, where the Buckhorn Lodge is located today".

In the "John Jay Dickey Diary" page 2211, T.M. Gay was interviewed at Hyde n, Kentucky. March 29, 1898. he stated: "I'm the son of Nelson Gay, a son of Henry Gay. He is 82. He was born in Perry County. His father, mentioned above, Henry Gay was, in turn, a son of a Henry Gay. He came from Ireland, he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; he enlisted soon after he came over.

THIS WILLIAM GAY MAY NOT BE THE FATHER OF HENRY GAY OF KENTUCKY

In 1613 Derry, a city in Northern Ireland, was selected by the British f or Colonization, and was renamed Londonderry. The citizens of Derry we re not in favor of the move, and from 1641 to 1689 there followed one upr ising after another. DR. WILLIAM GAY, who had been involved in the uprisi ngs in 1670, left England about this time and came to America. He settl ed in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he is said to have married the grandda ughter of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. He set up an apothecary shop in Henr ico County, Virginia, where a son, HENRY, was born. Henery's son, W. HEN RY (1750-1830), was a bodyguard to GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON at the Batt le of Yorktown on October 29, 1781.

W. HENRY lived at Greenbriar, Virginia, where he raised a family of ten sons. In 1796, after he lost his first wife, he met and married MARGARET RUSSELL, a concert pianist from Tennessee. Accompanied by three men named Carnage, Wright and Sweeden, W. HENERY and MARGARET left Virginia for Kentucky.

Crossing the southern boundary of what is West Virginia today, they entered Kentucky, came into the Big Leatherwood area, down Cutshin to Asa's Branch into Wilder and on to Grassy Branch. These creeks and branches, all in Leslie county were unnamed at that time, and were later identified by names given to them by W. HENRY GAY.

After W. HENRY reached Grassy Branch he went up another small stream, which he called Rush Creek, and found an old Indian trail that led to a large overhanging cliff. There under that cliff W. HENRY and Margaret lived their first year in Kentucky and it was where, in the winter of 1796, their first son, HENRY III (known as CLIFF HENRY), was born.

In 1797 W. HENRY built a sturdy log home at what was first known as Corner Shoal, so called because the creek which emptied into the river there, made a kind of corner at the shoals. It later came to be known as Shoal, where the Buckhorn Lodge is located today. Around 1800 this home was sold to MR. CARNAGE, who in turn sold it to WILLIAM BOWLING, known as BLUE HEAD BILLY BOWLING.

One day, while MR. CARNAGE lived there, he came home from hunting and found that one of his small children had been killed by a bear. He buried the child on the farm and stuck a maple switch in the grave. The switch took root and grew into a large tree which later became hollow. ALLEN GAY, age 85 in 1977, said he had looked into the hollow tree and seen the ch ild's grave.

Both MR CARNAGE and his wife are buried near the Buckhorn Lodge. Their graves were supposed to have been moved when the BuckhornDam was uilt, but those who know the location of the graves refused to tell where they were, and the graves are still there.

MR. SWEEDEN was killed in 1789 when cutting a bee tree. MR WRIGHT moved on to some other locality.

W. HENRY, whose name appears as HENRY GUYE on the tax records, was the first of the GAY family to pay taxes in Perry County in 1821 or 1822. CALE GAY, a Great Great Grandson, said he saw the record.

While the family lived at GAY'S CREEK, W. HENRY had to be away from home a lot hunting, trading or other business, and MARGARET kept the home and garden. One night, a bear destroyed the garden and MARGARET devised a plan to kill it. She filled several containers with brandy, and placed them in the garden hoping the bear would return. That night it did return, and next morning MARGARET went out to find it thoroughly drunk, lying on its back, peacefully flapping its paws in the air. The grandchildren said, "That was the easiest shot Grandma ever had!"

W. HENRY and MARGARET had eleven children, all boys. One of their sons, EDWARD J., became a Congressman, and EDWARD J'S grandson was a Senator from Louisiana in 1918.

Sons JOHN and JIM went to Fayette Counth. JIM'S son, JOHN L. GAY, became a banker and was Mayor of Berea, Kentucky, for the longest term served by any Mayor in America. ALLEN called him a versatile and energetic man, having suffered a broken arm at the age of 94 while building a garage.

NELSON GAY, who was W. HENRY'S twenty-first son and youngest of his and MARGARET'S sons, was married three times, first to HANNAH BARGER, daughter of ABRAHAM BARGER. Their children, all sons too, were: THOMAS GAY, father of LIGE (ELIJAH), Born 1895, and CALE GAY, born 1910,: BILL GAY, father of ALLEN GAY, born 1892,: JOHN GAY; ABRAHAM GAY; LIGE GAY; HENRY GAY; and JESS GAY.

NELSON'S second wife was CHARITY BOWLING. They had three children. His third wife was Polly Huff, no children.

ALLEN worked at that job for many years while his wife, MARY BELL, taught school in Leslie County.

ALLEN'S son, GREELEY, and wife, GLADYS, also lived in Leslie County for many years. GLADYS worked at Frontier Nursing Service until 1948. Today ALLEN and GREELEY live in Indiana. CALE lives in Perry County and LIGE is the only one left in Leslie County. LIGE is an active member of Senior Citizens Club, having served as President of the club for the past year. Before retirement he taught 40 years in the Leslie County School System. He is probably one of few old timers left who still dig ginseng. Although it is $64. a pound, he digs it mostly for the exercise and enjoyment he gets from tramping the woods. He says he digs it only in the fall, when the berries are ripe on the plants, so he can replant them.

EVERY YEAR THE GAY FAMILIES HAVE A REUNION WITH DEDICATION CEREMONIES TO " OLD RED" HENRY AND HIS EXPLOITS. ON JUNE 27, 1976, THE REUNION WAS HE LD AT LEVI JACKSON STATE PARK, WHERE THE FOLLOWING DEDICATION WAS READ: " HENRY GAY, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS MINUT EMEN HELPED BUILD AND MAINTAIN THIS LAND OF THE FREE, INSURING PEACE AND T RANQUILITY WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WE, HIS DESCENDANTS, GATHER HERE TODAY IN PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP TO CELEBRA TE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GAY REUNION AND THE 200TH BIRTHDAY OF OUR N ATION AND TO HEREBY WISH TO DEDICATE AND INSTILL IN THE HEARTS AND MIN DS OF ALL HERE PRESENT, THE MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED RED HENRY GAY." (Inform ation from LIGE GAY, ALLEN GAY, CALE GAY, and SILAS BOWLING)

HENRY GAY, SR. WILL..PAGE 437, DEED BOOK "B" , PERRY COUNTY, Kentucky..PRO BATED APRIL 14, 1830.

JANUARY THE 17TH DAY, 1830

"I, Henry Gay, Sr., being sick in body and being perfectly in my right min d, and as life is uncertain, and wishing to settle my affairs in this worl d, first: I give my son Henry, my upper plantation where Russell Gay now l ives, for work he has done for me since he has been of age, also my wat ch and the use of a horse beast untill he can raise one, if he lives wi th me that long, and i will and bequeath unto my son Russell, two heifer s, to be worth eleven dollars, and the balance of my estate, both real a nd personal; I will and bequeath to my wife, to be divided between the fol lowing heirs, to wit: Nelson, Elijah, and Joseph, Joanna, Rachel and Mar y. The land to be divided between Nelson, Elijah and Joseph and the person al property between Joanna, Rachel and Mary, and I do by these present ack nowledge this to be my last will anf testament. In witness where of I ha ve here unto set my hand and seal".

Signed: Henry Gay
Test: Justus Bowling and Jeremiah Smith
Clerk's Statement signed by: Jesse Combs, Clerk.

Stamp on the document reads: J. F. Cantrell, 1929 E. Woodland, Springfiel d, MO 65804


ORIGINAL DOCUMENT DONATED BY MEMBERS OF THE WHITE FAMILY OF CLAY COUNTY, K entucky.

EXTRACT of GOOSE CREEK SALT WORKS
NOV. & DEC. 1807 ORDER BOOK FOR ACCOUNTS
CLAY COUNTY, Kentucky
Mss. Reel 43, Item # 649
17pp. Kentucky Historical Society
Rarebook Room Filmed 1981

Recieved from Junetta Bundy Collins and Nancy Frost Moulton, March 20, 200 4

ORDER BOOK: GOOSE CREEK SALT WORKS ACCOUNTS:

29th September, 1807: Clem Griggs: 35 bushels of salt payable at Goose Cre ek Salt Works; payable on 15th November. As witness my hand and seal th is 29th day of September, 1807 Thomas McJilton. Witness: Frances McMillan .

November, 1807: JOHN BAKER: traded 21 Racoon Skins and 1 fox skin for salt .
CAPT. JOHN GILBERT: traded i Barr of Lead for Salt.
OWEN HALL: purchsed buttons
MRS. AMIS: purchased 2 combs, 1 looking glass and 1 dozen needles.
ROBERT BAKER: purchased ? bushels of cornmeal.
EDWARD COX: purchased `Sundries' for JAMES (JAS) BAKER, who had 1 foxsk in and traded it for 2 bushels of salt for James Baker. Mr. Cox also boug ht `Buttons' for MRS. HARRIAON and then bought for himself 2 and1/2 bushe ls of salt; iNegro named JIM; and Auger, 1 umbrella and 1 quart of whiskey .
December, 12, 1807:
MRS. AMIS purchased 12 yards of lace and 1 scoop.
WILLIAM MCCLOOUM bought a `Note' for 3ilbs.,9.
CAPT. ABNER BAKER bought powder and 4lbs of sugar. Also bought 1 bushel co rn @ #4.6; 1 bushel, 10 weight of salt; 77 lbs. of beef @ #16 and 5 Bar rs of soap.
JOHN BAKER got 1 pair of leggings per order of CHRISTOPHER BOLIN by certif icate for $16.50. JOHN also paid WILSON MOORE 3lbs.
HENRY GAY bought 1 pair cards.
PETER HAMMONS by Thursday was to receive 3 yds of cloth for 18 pounds a nd he bought 2 bushels of corn @ 4lbs., 6 pence (?) and the yards of gr ey cloth was 17 pounds and 6 pence.

The first known Salt Works in Clay County, Kentucky were called Langford 's Lick, and were later known as Lower Goose Creek Salt Works.
See CAPT. JOHN AMIS FILE.

FROM: REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS IN Kentucky (QUISENBERRY)
ROSTER OF SOLDIERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Allen Gay, Babee Gay, Bable Gay, Bobie Gay, Henry Gay, James Gay, Johath an Gay, Joshua Gay, Richard Gay, Robert Gay, Simon Gay and William Gay.

What I have is from the Kentucky Explorer magazine - Vol. 21, No. 9., pa ge 94.
The editors have come across some old clippings, and are including th em in the magazine.
Under the heading, Gay-Russell:
Soon after the close of the Revolutionary War Henry Gay, Sr., of Augusta C ounty, Virginia, married as his second wife, Margaret Russell of Hawkins C ounty, Tennessee. She was closely related to the Grant family of which Ge neral U. S. Grant was a member. Henry Gay and his wife moved to Perry Cou nty, Kentucky, where he died in 1830. She survived him many years, bei ng 96 at her death.

William married Margaret "Peggy" Russell on 15 Aug 1795 in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA. Margaret (daughter of Martin L Russell and Violet Grant) was born in 1780 in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA; died on 1 Feb 1855 in Gays Creek, Perry, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1840, , Perry, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Perry, Kentucky, USA

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By deed dated 1 Dec 1746, William Gay conveyed to his brother, Joshua Gay, 50 acres of land, which land was devised to William Gay by his father, Henry Gay and this deed is recorded in the Isle of Wight Courthouse in Deed Book 7 at Page 407.

William + Elizabeth Bolling. Elizabeth (daughter of John Fairfax Bolling and Mary Sarah Kennon) was born on 17 Dec 1709 in Cobbs Plantation, Henrico, Virginia, USA; died on 24 Jul 1766 in Curles Plantation, Henrico, Virginia, USA; was buried in Enon, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martin + Violet Grant. Violet (daughter of Noah Delano Grant and Anna Richardson) was born in 1768 in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA; died on 26 Sep 1873 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Henry made a will on 3 February 1735 in Isle of Wight Co., Virginia.

Will of Henry Gay:
I, Henry GAY of Isle of WIGHT county, being at present sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory, think fit to make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following:

First; I give unto my son Henry GAY five shillings Curr. money of VIRGINIA.

2nd; I give unto my son John GAY two shilings and six pence Curr. money of VIRGINIA.

3rd and 4th ; I give unto my three sons to wit, Thomas GAY, William GAY, Joshua GAY, all my land to be equally divided between them and their heirs and assigns forever, Excepting I give them all privilege to make use of timber in the swamp for their own use for ever but not to sell.

I give unto my son Joshua GAY the Manor plantation that is the house werein I live with his equal share of the lands adjoining to the houses.

5th; I give unto my daughter Ann LAWRENCE two shillings and six pence Curr. money of VIRGINIA.

6th; All the remaining part of my estate whatsoever and all the rest to be equally divided between my four children Thomas, William and Joshua and my daughter Sarah BABB.

7th; I nominate and appoint my son Thomas to be my whole and sole executor to this my Last Will and Testament which I do own and ratify, revoking all other WILLS and Testaments formerly made by me. In witness, I hereof I have herewith set my hand and fixed my seal this 3rd day of February 1735. Henry GAY, X his mark.

The bottom part listing the witnesses names is barely legible, appears to say James Denson, Joseph Denson but date of probate is not legible.

On 6 Feb 1663, one James Long was granted a patent to land in Nansemond County in the Virginia tidewater, on a “headright” obtained for paying the passage of Henry Gay and eight others to the New World {Cavaliers and Pioneers, 1:492}. then on 22 Apr 1669 Henry Gay was himself granted four hundred acres in Nansemond County by patent {VA Patents 6:242}. There is record of the passage of three other GAYs to Virginia about the same time (George by 1654, Thomas by 1661, and Walter by 1673), but Henry is the only early GAY who seems to have purchased land. The vast majority of Virginia immigrants during this period were indentured servants, and at least a minority of those were able to save enough to later purchase their own small piece of land, but if Henry was an indentured servant, his story may be a particularly interesting one.

There is a reported deed, dated 1 Feb 1688, in which “Henry H. Gay” of Isle of Wight County, VA, is selling land “formerly belonging to Ms Henry Gay”. The quotations come from a genealogical report posted by one Craig Rhodes, a descendant of Henry. Mr. Rhodes appears to assume that this is a son of the 1669 patentee selling his father’s land, and despite the difference in counties, it might well be the same land because much of Nansemond Co was transferred to Isle Of Wight in 1774. The reported name of the grantor does raise some doubt that the deed was read correctly, as middle names were exceedingly rare during this period. Evidently, the name of the former owner (“Ms Henry Gay”) was misread, but if the original was instead “Mr Henry Gay”, that would be of considerable interest, because it would mark this Henry as a recognized gentleman — a member of the social elite.

The honorific, “Mr.”, in those days, was the equivalent of “Esq.” or “Gent.”, and to merit such recognition required more than the wealth a former indentured servant might have acquired through extraordinary hard work, talent, and luck; it also required evidence of higher education and gentlemanly bearing. It is worth noting, also, in this connection, that Henry’s patent of 400a was a fairly large holding, especially for a former indentured servant; it seems likely, therefore, that he was no such thing—at least if the deed does really make Henry a “Mr”, which remains to be seen.

Be that as it may, according to Rhodes’s compilation, a second Henry left a will in Isle Of Wight Co in 1737, in which he names sons Henry, Thomas, William, Joshua, and John, so this GAY family was at any rate well established in that part of the world by then. The compiler’s line is then carried down to the present day with much additional primary records material. I should also mention that this compendium is published on the website “Electronic Scotland”, but neither the area in which the original Henry settled, nor the given names in his descendancy suggest that he was of Scottish descent.

There are many GAYs who appear in the records of these tidewater counties, and later in counties to the west, and on down into the Carolinas and Georgia, but it’s likely that a fairly large proportion of these tidewater GAYs are descendants of these early Henrys, although few genealogists researching their GAY roots have been able to establish clear links to Henry’s line. Hopefully, further yDNA testing will be able to strengthen the sketchy paper trail evidence for this important family, and accomplish the desired link-ups.

By deed dated 1 Feb 1688, Henry Gay, of Isle of Wight County conveyed to Lewis Brian "...the land and houses whereon Robert Lawrence now liveth..." said land "formerly belonging to Ms (Mr?) Henry Gay...". Henry Gay signed this deed by making his mark which was witnessed by Jno. Brian and James Doughtie, and this deed is recorded un the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Isle of Wight County, Virginia in Deed Book 1 at Page 17.*2

On 1 May 1689, Henry Gay, son of Henry, made an agreement with Lewis Brian (Bryan) as follows: Lewis Brian of Nansemond stands indebted to Henry Gay of Isle of Wight, 1 Feb 1688-89. Conditions are that Lewis Brian will not molest Robert Lawrence where he now lives on land formerly belonging to Henry Gay, decd., from the main river up to Burnt House Branch. Henry Gay also stands indebted to Lewis Brian and promises to pay in Tobacco. Conditions are that Henry Gay will not molest Lewis Brian in possession of land adjacent to John Brian Sr." 1 May 1689, Witnesses: John Brian, James Daughter (17c-601)*1

On 10 Apr 1710 , Michael MacQuinley (McKenny) and Rose, his wife, conveyed to Henry Gay 150 acres, plus or minus, on the western branch of Nansemond River in Isle of Wight County. This deed recites that it is a part of 450 acres conveyed to John MacKenny on 20 Apr 1694, as aforesaid and excepts 200 acres which was conveyed to Capt. Richard Exum and 100 acres conveyed to Lewis Brian. This deed is recorded in the Isle of Wight Courthouse in Deed Book 2 at Page 157.*2

Henry + Jane Lawrence. Jane was born in 1664 in , Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Apr 1737 in , Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1704, Cobbs Plantation, Henrico, Virginia, USA

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The Cobbs from County Kent, England
In 1639, Ambrose Cobbs and his family landed in Virginia, in the original Henrico County deeper inland on the James River, and settled Cobbs Hall, a 350 acre estate on the north side of the Appomattox River in York County. According to Early Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666, by George Cabel in 1912, Robert Cobbs and Margarett Cobbs, the children of Ann and Ambrose Cobbs were brought to Henrico County by Ambrose and Ann Cobbs.

Ambrose Cobbs was born in 1603 in Petham, Kent, England, where he married Ann White on 18 April 1625. Ann White was born in 1608 in Norton Parish, Kent. Before the marriage, Ann was living in Willesborough with her sister Sarah and brother-in-law Thomas Cobbs, the brother of Ambrose. Ambrose and Ann gave birth to son Robert in 1627, and then in 1633 sold their property in England in preparation for the trip to the colonies. On July 25, 1639, Ambrose patented 350 acres on the Appomattox River, near Swift's Creek, about nine miles from present Petersburg, about fifty miles upriver from Jamestown, and adjacent to properties owned by Abraham Wood and John Baugh. During his lifetime, the entire locale became known as 'Cobbs' or 'Cobbs Hall', a name that was used to identify the entire surrounding area until well after the Civil War. Robert, the son of Ambrose, became the York County Anglican Church Warden of Marston Parish two years after the death of Ambrose. He was York County’s Justice of the Peace in 1676, and High Sheriff of York County in 1682 – the year Robert died. At that time Robert’s son, Ambrose, was a member of Bruton Parish in Williamsburg, and helped build the Bruton Parish Anglican Church, which is still operating today. Robert inherited Cobbs Hall when Ambrose died in 1656, and he immediately sold the property to Michael Masters, who then sold it to John and Thomas Burton that same year. In 1704, a son of Thomas Burton sold "Cobbs" to John Bolling, and though it continued to be known as "Cobbs", the property remained in the possession of the Bolling family for over a hundred years.

John Bolling was the son of Colonel Robert Bolling and his wife Jane Rolfe, daughter of Thomas Rolfe and granddaughter of Pocahontas. The state of Virginia owns a painting of the mansion at Cobbs Hall, but was probably built by the Bolling family. During the Revolution, the property was raided by the British. The crops and outbuildings were burned, but the main house was left untouched. During the Civil War however, the entire property was overrun in 1864 and burned to the ground by Federal troops.


Major John Bolling (January 27, 1676 – April 20, 1729) was a colonist, farmer, and politician in the Virginia Colony. John Bolling was the son of Colonel Robert Bolling and Jane (née Rolfe) Bolling. His maternal grandfather was Chief Powhatan's grandson, Thomas Rolfe and maternal great grandmother was Pocahontas. John Bolling was born at Kippax Plantation, in Charles City County, a site which is now within the corporate limits of the City of Hopewell. He made his home at the Bolling family plantation "Cobbs" just west of Point of Rocks on the north shore of the Appomattox River downstream from present-day Petersburg, Virginia. (Cobbs was located in Henrico County until the area south of the James River was subdivided to form Chesterfield County in 1749.)

John Bolling married Mary Kennon (1679–1727), daughter of Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham, on December 29, 1697. They had at least seven children, whose names appear in John Bolling's will:

John Bolling Jr. (1700–1757) married Elizabeth Lewis in 1720. Later married Elizabeth Bland Blair (the niece of James Blair, the first president of the College of William & Mary) on August 1, 1728 and had at least nine children, including John Bolling III, who married Mary Jefferson (the sister of United States President Thomas Jefferson.

Jane Bolling (1703–1766) married Colonel Richard Randolph in 1714 or 1720 and had seven children.
Elizabeth Bolling (b. 1709), married William Gay of Scotland and had three children.
Mary Bolling (1711–1744), married John Fleming and had eight children.
Martha Bolling (1713–1737), married Thomas Eldridge in 1729 and had four children.
Anne Bolling (1718–1800), married James Murray and had six children.
Sarah Bolling (1727–1816), married Major Robert Davis and had one child.

In 1722, he opened a tobacco warehouse in what is now the 'Pocahontas' neighborhood of Petersburg. William Byrd II of Westover Plantation is said to have remarked that Major Bolling enjoyed "all the profits of an immense trade with his countrymen, and of one still greater with the Indian.". Major Bolling served in the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1710 until his death in 1729. John and Mary Bolling's descendants are some of the descendants of Pocahontas, and include Latter-day Saint pioneer Martha Jane Crismon Lewis, First Lady of the United States Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, astronomer Percival Lowell, Virginia Governor then Senator Harry Flood Byrd, New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd.

In Old Virginia Houses Along the James by Emmie Ferguson Farrar (New York: Bonanza Books, 1957). On pp. 61-62, Ms Farrar has this to say about Cobb's Hall:

"AMBROSE COBB patented three hundred and fifty acres on Appomattox River in 1639. The patent was granted him in order that he might bring over himself, his wife, his son and three others to Virginia and settle on the patented land. He was in business in York, and from the records, there were two other sons, Ambrose II and Thomas. (Bishop Meade mentions Ambrose Cobb, vestryman at the Church in Williamsburg, some time between 1674-1769.)

Cobb built the first mansion at Cobb's. Its site was on the north side of
Appomattox River in what is now Chesterfield County. Later John Bolling
(the great-grandson of Pocahontas and John Rolfe) and his wife, Mary Kennon, of Brick House, bought Cobb's, and it became a Bolling home for many generations. John Bolling went into mercantile business and carried on extensive trade with the Indians as well as the English.

John and Mary had a son, John, who was something of a gay blade and liked
dancing, fishing, hunting, dogs and horses. He was devoted to his family.
He became a justice in the courts, while the family acres were still a part of Henrico, and later presided over the first Court of Chesterfield County. John had a son, Thomas, who married Elizabeth Gay. She rode about the county and to church with her coach and four, with coachman, footman and postillion in bright yellow livery.

Many distinguished Americans, including the second Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, were descendants of this family.

The burial ground at Cobb's is surrounded by a high brick wall, and many
Bollings are buried here. There is a granite monument on which is
inscribed, 'Around this stone lie the remains of Colonel John Bolling of
Cobbs. Great Grandson of Rolfe and Pocahontas--Born 1676--Died 1709.'

Some members of the Bolling family were deaf, so William Bolling engaged a teacher, John Braidwood, of Washington, and in 1815 organized the first
school for the deaf in America. It continued for only four years.

Cobbs suffered damage both during the Revolutionary and the Civil Wars.

It eventually burned down but was rebuilt. After the Bollings sold the
place, there was a succession of owners and several changes of name. Now,
since Mr. M. T. Broyhill, of Hopewall, purchased the property and subdivided it into small farms, there are many people living at Cobb's."

John married Mary Sarah Kennon on 29 Dec 1697 in St Johns Church, Henrico, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham) was born on 29 Jun 1679 in Conjurers Neck, Henrico, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Jun 1727 in Cobbs Plantation, Henrico, Virginia, USA; was buried in Enon, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Elizabeth Kennon

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• Residence: 1790, , New London, Connecticut, USA
• Residence: 1800, Washington, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Noah Delano Grant was born 20 Jun 1748. He was the first child of Noah H Grant and Susannah Delano.

Noah Grant III married twice:

1) In 1775, Anna Richardson [b. 26 Mar 1752 @ Coventry, Connecticut, daughter of Amos Richardson & Ruth Stiles; d. 1786 @ Coventry, Connecticut]; they had 2 children, both born at Coventry, Connecticut:
Solomon Grant, b. about 1779; disappeared in West Indies.
Peter Grant, b. 4 Nov 1781; married 12 Nov 1807 @ Maysville, Kentucky, Permelia Bean (or Bane); d. 10 Jan (or Jul) 1829 @ Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
Note: There is considerable controversy over the maiden surname of the first wife of Noah Delano Grant, as to whether it was Buell or Richardson.

2) Mrs. Rachel (Miller) Kelly on 4 March 1792 at Greensburgh, Pennsylvania. They had 7 children, all except the last of whom were born in Pennsylvania:
Susan A. Grant, b. 7 Dec 1792; married 1) in 1815 Bailey Washington Hudson; 2) in 1831 Henry Grimes; d. 18 Jan 1871 @ Grand Island, California.
Jesse Root Grant, b. 23 Jan 1794; married 24 Jun 1821 Hannah Simpson; d. 29 Jun 1873 @ Covington, Kentucky.
Margaret Moody Grant, b. 23 Oct 1795; married 1) about 1814 John Marshall; 2) __ Givens; d. 1873 @ Georgetown, Ohio.
Noah Bean Grant, b. Nov 1797; unmarried; d. 10 Jan 1821.
John Kelly Grant, b. 2 Jun 1799; unmarried; d. 23 Jan 1832.
Roswell Miller Grant, b. 10 Jan 1802; married 1) 12 Aug 1822 Mary Levi; 2) 4 Jun 1850 Jane Elizabeth Kemper; 3) 9 Nov 1860 Ruth Chanselor; d. 24 Jan 1886 @ St. Albans, West Virginia.
Rachel Maria Grant, b. 6 Sep 1804 @ Youngstown, Ohio; married 27 Dec 1831 William Tompkins; d. 17 May 1882 @ Cedar Grove, West Virginia.

Noah Delano Grant II died on 14 February 1819 at Maysville, Kentucky, at age 70.

Captain Noah Grant

Birth 20 JUN 1748 Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut
Title: Captain
Military service, Revolutionary war - Continental army, was present at the battle of Breed's (a.k.a. "Bunker") Hill.
Residence, 1790 New London, Connecticut, USA
Residence,1800 Washington, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Resided, 1806 Maysville, Kentucky - living with his eldest son, Peter, bringing with him his two youngest children by Rachel Kelley
Death 14 FEB 1819 Maysville, Mason, Kentucky, USA

Sources
https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=8442+ulysses+s+grant&ahnum=4
Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 466, no. 2: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n488/mode/1up
Grant, Arthur. The Grant Family, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Matthew Grant of Windsor, Conn. (A.V. Haight, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1898); pp. 33, 65: https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/33/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/65/mode/1up

SAR Report dated 7 Jun 1894

Applicant: Colonel Frederick Dent Grant: b. 5-30-1850 St. Louis, Sangamon Co. MO

Military Ancestor: Captain Noah Grant: b. 6-20-1748 Tolland, CT: d. 2-14-1819 Mayville, KY
1: parents General Ulysses S. Grant & Julia Dent
2: Grandparents Jesse Root Grant & Hannah Simpson
3: Great Grandparents Noah Grant & Rachael Kelly

Captain Noah Grant:
Edward Chancey Marshall a.m. author of “The History of the United States Naval Academy” in his work “The Ancestry of General Grant” says: “Captain Noah Grant was born in Tolland, Connecticut, June 20tah 1748; he died at Maysville, Kentucky Feb 14th 1820. Captain Grant enlisted at the first call for troops for Lexington, Kentucky and served through most of the revolution (see p. 170 Genealogy of General Grant). Again in PP 44 & 45 “As Matthew Grant was a founder in the wilderness of one of these colonies, so, in a later age, was Captain Noah Grant of the Revolution “one of the founders in blood and suffering of this almighty republic.” On pp 46 & 47 of the same work it is said: “Noah Grant took the field with the first party who marched to avenge the outrage at Lexington H was then twenty-seven years of age, and age suitable for Military service. At the first drum beat for independence, having received an appointment as a Lieutenant of the militia, he bolstered forward to the sense of danger. He _______ on duty with the army gathered at Cambridge, under General Astenans ? Ward and Israel Rterain? And shared in the glory ect ect. At Bunker Hill.” When Washington organized the army in July 1775 Noah Grant’s commission as Lieutenant was_______, by Washington’s orders, in the continental Army (see p. 47 Ancestry of General Grant.).

I do not know when Noah Grant’s record can be found but most probably in the archives of Massachusetts and Washington, However Marshall’s work is taken from records, and letters of my Grandfather, Jesse Root Grant, the son of Captain Noah Grand and my Grandfather was twenty-four or twenty-five years old when his father, Captain Noah, died and must have talked together many times about the Revolutionary War. My Grandfather has informed me (many years ago) that his father served during most of the Revolution, ending finally, as a Captain .

Noah married Anna Richardson in 1775. Anna was born on 26 Mar 1752 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA; died in 1786 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Robert Bowling

Notes:

Parents of Robert Bolling were John Bolling and Mary Cary who resided in Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire,England. Robert was baptised at All Hallows, Barking Essex. Emigrated to America, arrived on October 2,1660 at age 13. He married Jane Rolfe in 1675. Jane Rolfe was a descendent of Pocahantas and John Rolfe. His wife died the next year in 1676, leaving one child. Robert remarried in 1681 to Jane Anne Stith. They had 7 children. Robert, Edward, Anne, Drury, Thomas, Agnes (1700-1762), Mollie (1702) in Virginia. Descendents of Jane Anne Stith-Bollings were referred to as the "white bollings" and descendents of Jane Rolfe were known as the "red bollings". Robert died at Kippax, Virginia on June 17th, 1709.



Robert Bolling, founder of the family in Virginia, was the son of John Bolling, of "All Hallows," Backen Parish, Town St., London. This John Bolling was descended from a younger branch of the Bolling Hall. His son, Robert, b. December 26, 1646, arrived in Virginia, October 2, 1660, when not quite fifteen years old. He lived at Kippox, sometimes called Farmingdale, a large estate below Petersburg on James River. His dwelling house is now in ruins. Robert Bolling grew up, and early attained prominence in the colony and married Jane Rolfe, daughter of Lieut. Thomas Rolfe and Jane Poythress, and granddaughter of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. They had one son, Col. John Bolling, b. 1676, the same year his mother died. He settled, lived and died on his plantation called "Cobbs," on the Appomattox River, below Petersburg, hence his sobriquet "of Cobbs." Col. John Bolling engaged in commerce and soon became very wealthy. He is described as gay and social in his disposition and eminently adapted for society. Judge Windham Robertson, a descendant of the Bollings, in his "Biographical Sketches," relates the following anecdote of him: "Col. Robert Bolling, in England, at a feast given him by a kinswoman, met a Yorkshire lady, who hearing him talk, exclaimed, 'Oh, mine Got, you no hear dat man, an he talk English as well as me.' 'Aye, madam, and a good deal better, or I would not talk at all,' was the Colonel's quick and not over gallant rejoinder."
Volume IV Chapter XII Bolling Family.

Robert married Jane Rolfe in 1674 in Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA. Jane (daughter of Thomas Rolfe and Jane Poythress) was born on 10 Oct 1650 in Varina, Henrico, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Jan 1676 in Hopewell, Prince George, Virginia, USA; was buried in Hopewell, Prince George, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jane Rolfe (October 10, 1650 – 1676) was the granddaughter of Pocahontas and English colonist John Rolfe, (credited with introducing a strain of tobacco for export by the struggling Virginia Colony). Her husband was Colonel Robert Bolling who lived from 1646 to 1709. Robert and Jane had one son John Fairfax Bolling (1676–1729).

Pocahontas, who adopted the Christian name of Rebecca, [1] [2] married John Rolfe on April 5, 1614 in Jamestown. Rolfe's longtime friend, Reverend Richard Buck presided the wedding. [3] They had one child, Thomas Rolfe, who was born in Virginia on January 30, 1615.

Jane Rolfe was born in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia on October 10, 1650 [4] to Thomas Rolfe and his wife, Jane Poythress, whose parents were Francis Poythress and Alice Payton of England. [5] [6] [7]

In about 1675, Jane married Robert Bolling of Prince George County, Virginia. Their son John was born on January 27, 1676. Jane is said to have died shortly afterward. [4]

John Bolling married Mary Kennon, daughter of Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham of Conjurer's Neck.[4] The couple had six surviving children, each of whom married and had surviving children. [8] As a result, many Americans are today able to claim descent from Pocahontas through her great-grandson, John Bolling.

Rolfe's interment was near her father in the Kippax Plantation, but her birth year was never engraved on her headstone.

References
The conversion of Pocahontas to Christianity was undertaken by Alexander Whitaker.

"Pocahontas Biography: also called Matoaka and Amonute, Christian name Rebecca (1595–1617)".

Travels and Works of Captain John Smith (Edinburgh 1910), p. 514

John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 4th ed., Vol. 3, pp. 23–36.

Snow, Megan (May 2003). "Thomas Rolfe". Historic Jamestowne. National Park Service.

Pecquet du Bellet, Louise (1907). "Bolling Family". Some prominent Virginia families. Lynchburg, VA: J.P. Bell Co. p. 304. Retrieved August 31, 2011.

"The Descendants of Pocahontas: An Unclosed Case", by Elizabeth Vann Moore and Richard Slatten, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, XXIII, no.3, pp. 3–16, cited by John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 4th ed., Vol. 3, p. 26, fn23–24. Moore and Slatten traced the suggestion that his wife was a Poythress back to a comment by W. G. Stanard in "Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents", Virginia Historical Magazine(I, 1894, 446–447): "His wife is said to have been a Miss Poythress (if so, doubtless a daughter of Francis Poythress." According to Moore and Slatten, Stanard cited as evidence handwritten notes on the flyleaf of a copy of A Complete Collection of All the Laws of Virginia Now in Force Carefully Copied from the Assembled Records (London, 168[?], now in the Library of Virginia. Moore and Slatten state: "Interestingly, Thomas Rolfe here is recorded as married to a 'Miss Payers'. We recall that in John Rolfe's will the name of his third wife is spelt Pyers (Peirce) and that it was John who married a "Jane". Here again a Bolling descendant confused the son with his father. Not recognizing the name 'Payers' as another variant of Peirce, someone searched the records for a name beginning with 'P' and having a 'y' in the first syllable. Francis Poythress lived in adjacent Charles City County and his name ended in s! Stanard wrote, 'His wife is said to have been a Miss Poythress (if so, doubtless a daughter of Francis Poythress).' (VMHB I, 446) Wyndham Robertson, a Bolling descendant, wrote in Pocahontas Alias Mataoke and Her Descendants (Richmond, 1887), 'I adopt "Jane Poythress" (not "Poyers") whom he is stated in the Bolling Memoirs to have married in England.' He added in justification of his charming adoption of an ancestress, '...no such name as "Poyers" is anywhere known ... the family of Poythress was already settled in Virginia.' ... The result has been the acceptance of a non-existent personage, 'Jane Poythress', in the Bibles of Virginia genealogy, as the bona fide ancestress of many illustrious Virginians. Who the wife (or wives) of Thomas Rolfe may have been remains an unanswered question."
Henrico County Deeds & Wills 1697–1704, p. 96

VA PROMINENT FAMILIES VOL 4 Chapt XII BOLLING FAMILY

For over a year Pocahontas was held as a hostage by Gov. Dale and lived in his family. During these months she proved a willing and apt scholar in many things. An old chronicle says quaintly, "When instructed in the Christian religion she made good progress and was baptized." While staying with Gov. Dale, she met a young Englishman, one Capt. John Rolfe, Gent., of the old family of Beacham Hall, County Suffolk, England. They were married at Jamestown, and, a year or so later, Capt. Rolfe took her to England, where she became the guest of the Virginia Company, was introduced at court and received marked attention from the Queen and her ladies. She was also "entertained with special and extraordinary state festival and pomp by the Lord Bishop of London." Imagine what the contrast must have been to her, taken from the wigwam of an Indian chief, to the palace of England's queen. Some one has said, "It was small wonder this wild flower of the wilderness drooped and died when transported to the hot bed of civilization."

The health of Pocahontas became affected by the excitement and strain of court life, and she pined for her baby boy. In 1617 Capt. Rolfe determined to return to America, and took passage on a vessel belonging to the Virginia Company, which was specially fitted up for the comfort of his wife; but on the eve of her embarkation, she died at Gravesend, and was buried under the chancel of St. George's Church, where the tablet erected to her memory and record of her death and burial may still be seen. On the tablet is inscribed, "Pocahontas Rebecca Rolfe, b. 1595; d. 1617, wyff of John Rolfe, Gent." At "Beacham Hall," Norfolk, England, there is a handsome portrait of her, painted in 1616, by de Passe.

The name of Rolfe is Danish and first occurs in history when Rolfe Kroke was King of Denmark. This special branch of the Rolfes are recorded as owners of Beacham Hall, County Norfolk, where they were living as far back as 1560. The first entry in the record is the marriage of Eustace Rolfe to Jener (Joanna). These were the grandparents of John Rolfe. The record further states that John Rolfe, son of John Rolfe and Dorothea Mason, was b. May 6, 1585. John Rolfe, Jr., was one of the prominent characters of his time, being the first Secretary of State and Recorder General of Virginia, also a member of the Royal Council for the colony. Thomas Rolfe, the only child of John Rolfe, Jr., and Pocahontas Rebecca, b. 1615 in the colony, after the melancholy death of his young mother was taken in charge by his uncle, Henry Rolfe, of London, by whom he was reared to manhood. In 1640, when he was twenty-five years old, he came to Virginia and took possession of his property, called "Varina," located some sixteen miles below Richmond. The Rev. William Stith, President of William and Mary College, speaks of him in his "History of Virginia" as "a man of distinction and fortune" in the colony. In Hening's Statutes we find the following entry, "And be it further enacted and granted that Left. Thomas Rolfe shall have and enjoy for himself and his heirs forever ffort James, ole Chickahominy ffort, with four hundred acres of land adjoining the same, with all the houses and edifices belonging to the said ffort, provided the said Left. Rolfe doe keepe and maintaine sixe men upon the place during the term and tyme of three years, for which tyme he, said Left. Rolfe, for himself and sixe men, are exempted from publique tax." That Thomas Rolfe should have been entrusted by the government with so important a position shows him to have been a man of high standing, possessing the confidence of the leading men of the time.

Lieut. Thomas Rolfe, b. 1651, son of Capt. John Rolfe and Pocahontas, married Jane Poythress, daughter of Lieut. William Poythress, of Jamestown, Va. They had one child, a daughter, called Jane Rolfe, who married (1675) Col. Robert Bolling.

Notes:

Richard Kennon, who was founder of the family in Virginia, was a prominent merchant living at Bermuda Hundred on the James River. In 1685 he was factor for William Paggen, a London Merchant. He was a constant visitor to London, justice of the peace for Henrico county in 1680 and other years, and burgess in 1686.

He married Elizabeth Worsham, daughter of William Worsham and Elizabeth his wife. He died in 1696 and in his will names his children Richard, William, Martha married Robert Munford, Mary married married Major John Bolling of Cobbs, Elizabeth married Joseph Royall Sr, Sarah, and Judith married Thomas Eldridge.

Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. I-II. New York, NY, USA: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. p 271.

Richard married Elizabeth Worsham in 1675 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of William Worsham and Elizabeth Littleberry) was born in 1656 in , Chesterfield, Virginia, USA; died in 1705 in Conjurers Neck, Henrico, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Captain married Susanna Delano on 5 Nov 1746 in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, USA. Susanna was born on 23 Jun 1724 in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, USA; died on 16 Aug 1806 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]