Elizabeth (Bolling) Bannister (1709 - abt. 1766)

Born 17 Dec 1709 in Prince George County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of James Munford — married about 27 Jan 1727 in Amelia County, Colony of Virginia

Wife of John Banister — married 4 Feb 1755 in Amelia County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1766 at about age 56 in Amelia County, Colony of Virginia

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NOTE: Please see Research Notes. Primary documentation is lacking and others sources are contradictory. See ongoing research at Space: Virginia John Banisters.

Biography

Elizabeth Bolling married Maj. James Munford c. 1727.^[1][2]

James Mumford, born ca. 1702/07, Prince George Co., VA; died March/April 1754, Amelia Co., VA; married ca. 1727/28 to Elizabeth Bolling, born 17 Dec. 1709, Prince George Co., VA; died after 1754, Amelia Co., VA.^[3]

Children

• Thomas Bolling Munford married Jane Watson^[2] on 1 February 1766^[4]
• Martha Munford^[2] married William Wilson^[4]
• Robert Munford married Anne Broadnax^[2] in 1755^[4]
• Edward Munford^[2] Elizabeth (Hall) Brodnax in 1757 or 1758^[4]
• Capt. William Munford married Prudence Ward^[2] on 11 January 1768^[4]
• James Munford, Jr.^[2] died after April 1754^[4]
• Susanna Munford^[2] married Buckner Stith in October 1751^[4]

Research Notes

Estimated Dates: born 17 Dec 1709,^[3] died 1766 (in datafield as of 1 May 2021),^{[citation needed] [3]} or 11 June 1777.^{[citation needed]}

Mother's Maiden Name

Most researchers call her mother Anne Cocke, but she is sometimes named Meriwether.

• Anne Cocke, according to W.G. Stanard: Elizabeth Bolling was the child of Robert Bolling, Jr. of Charles City Co., VA and his wife Anne Cocke.^[5]
• Anne Meriwether, according to sources consulted by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck and noted in the entry for James Munford.^[6]
  • "James, d. 1754, Amelia Co., son of Robert, Sr.; m. 1727, Elizabeth Bolling, dau. of Robert; res. Brunswick Co.; rem. 1744 to Amelia Co. 50V173. He, son of Robert and Martha (Kennon); she, b. 17 Dec., 1709, dau. of Robert and Anne (Meriwether). 3Tl75; 36V74; 5W(1)276."^[6]

In the same volume of Wulfeck, but on page 9, are the following entries for Hugh Miller and may be for the same marriage:^[6]

• "Hugh m. Jane Bolling, b. 1722, dau. of Robert and Anne (Cocke). 4V330."
• "Hugh m. Jane Bolling, dau. of Robert and Anne (Meriwether). 5W(1)276."

From volume 5's bibliography:^[6]

• T = "Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine," edited by Lyon G. Tyler.
• V = "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," a quarterly by the Virginia Historical Society. 1893-
• W = "The William and Mary Quarterly," published by William and Mary Colleges.

Will of Hugh Miller, written 1 December 1761, codicil written 3 February 1762, proved 2 March 1762. This will names his "brothers and sister in law in Virginia viz ___ Randolph Esq., Alexander Bolling, John Hall, Robert Bolling, [Richard?] Eppes and Elizabeth Bannister and their heirs."^[7]

Second Marriage: Amelia County Marriage Bond Records include one for John Banister and Elizabeth Munford, issued 4 February 1755.^[8] It has been used as a source for the marriage of John Banister to this Elizabeth Bolling, widow of James Munford, as well as for the first marriage of John Banister to Elizabeth Munford (her maiden name). See Space: Virginia John Banisters for ongoing research.

Merge Notes

The profile previously attached as her mother was removed during a merge - see Anne (Cocke) Bolling (1690-abt.1749) - and is in a pending merge with the profile currently attached as her mother: Anne (Cocke) Bolling (abt.1682-abt.1776).

Additional bits from a merged profile that may not apply to this Elizabeth.^[9]

• Elizabeth Bolling Munford married 2nd John Bannister Feb. 4, 1755 in Amelia, Virginia; signed by Edw. Jones as security.
• Elizabeth Bolling Munford's Memorial (ID 74072067)^[10] says she died on Feb 4, 1755, but the Virginia marriage record list Feb 4, 1755 as the date of her marriage to John Bannister.
• Mrs. Elizabeth Bannister, Spouse to Col. John Bannister of Dinwiddie, died on 11 June 1777.
• Elizabeth Bolling's maternal grandfather was Capt. Thomas Cocke and her maternal Grandmother was Elizabeth Mason daughter of Lemuel Mason of Prince Anne County, Virginia.

Sources

1. ↑ Wulfeck, Dorothy Ford. Marriages of some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800 ; v.1 Surnames A-E. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2003. Page 138.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} McGhan, Judith. Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quartlery Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, Mumford and Munford Families, Pags. 740-748.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, v. 36, p. 75; William & Mary Quartery, v. 5, No. 4, pp. 275-276. Information quoted was in a passage about James & Elizabeth's son Edward and included "married at Prince George Co., VA", presented in a way that made it unclear who married there (but probably intended for James and Elizabeth).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} From a merged profile that might have been a copy/paste from another source, based on odd spacing.
5. ↑ Stanard, William Glover. "The Cocke Family of Virginia." Edited by Philip Alexander Bruce. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,, June 1896, 322-32. November 21, 2007. Accessed January 5, 2018. https://books.google.com/books?id=o78RAAAAYAAJ&dq. Descendants of Anne Cocke and Robert Bolling.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1986) : see FamilySearch, Vol 5, pp 76-77
7. ↑ Will proved "at London at the Perogative Court of Canterbury, 2 Mar 1762. Photcopy downloaded from British Records Office."
8. ↑ Ancestral Trackers: Virginia County Records, page 121 (249 of 518 in the pdf accessed 29 April 2021).
9. ↑ The following list of sources was given on the profile, but without indicating which information was from which source:
   • Bristol Parish Register
   • Bolling Papers
   • Ancestry Virginia Marriage Record 1700-1850 for Elizabeth Munford
   • Ancestry Virginia Extracted Vital Records, 1660-1923
   • Jamestowne Society Magazine | Vol. 41, No. 2 Fall 2017 by Lyndon H. Hart III
10. ↑ if FindAGrave, then Find A Grave: Memorial #74070267

• Find A Grave: Memorial #74070267 for Elizabeth Munford.
• Ancestry link (Elizabeth Anne Bolling).

See also:

• Cotter , Vera. "Re: BOLLINGS of Yorkshire and Virginia." Genealogy.com. December 19, 2002. Accessed January 11, 2018. http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bolling/2285/. I found this under "Cocke" in Genealogies of Virginia Families from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography a five volume set, softcover, cost about $60.00 from Amazon.com.There is other data scattered amongst the Cocke's and I haven't retreived it all. I'm not descended from Bollings, but Daniel's but I started out researching Woodsons and I think they are linked to every Virginia Family living in Virginia in the 1700s...
• Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: Who Were Themselves Notable or Left Descendants Notable in American History, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), Page 436.
• Slaughter, Philip, 'A History of Bristol Parish, Va: with Genealogies of Families Connected Therewith and Historical Illustrations', 2nd ed., Richmond: J. W. Randolph & English (1879), Page 141.
• Baskervill, P. Hamilton (Patrick Hamilton), 1848-1925 'Genealogy of the Baskerville family and some allied families including the English descent from 1266 A.D.' Richmond : W. E. Jones' Sons, 1912. Richmond, VA,
• Wm.Ellis Jones' Sons, 1912. pp. 132, 141-142; Wm & Mary, IBID ; Pedigrees of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne. Nashville, TN, Ambrose Print. Co., for the ORder, 1978. v. 3 p.8; Cocke, Leonie. "Cockes and Cousins." Ann Arbor, MI, Cocke & Cocke, 1967. v. , p. 5.
• E. Jay Stith, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #5156, Date of Import: Jan 16, 1999. (1995), "Electronic," Date of Import: Feb 2, 1999.
• William Addams Reitwiesner, comp. 1999, "Ancestry of George W. Bush" (web page, "as printed in Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition [Santa Clarita, Cal.: Boyer, 1995], pp. 121-130).
• Bays family Tree ancestry site (this page?)
• "Pedigree resources" database familysearch.org
• Elizabeth Mumford married John Banister in the Virginia, compiled marriages, 1660-1800 (FamilySearch?)
• Williams, Kathleen Booth, Marriages of Amelia County, Virginia, 1735-1815. Originally published Alexandria, VA, 1961. Reprinted from a volume in the library of The Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD, by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1979.
• Biographical Card Files of the R. Bolling Batte Papers, Library of Virginia Digital Collections. Part of Batte’s collection of genealogical and historical research consists of more than 30,000 typed and handwritten index cards containing biographical information compiled from original and secondary sources. Index, accessed 1 May 2021.
  • Card 132 B, for John Banister (b c1692), married (2) Elizabeth Bolling, widow of James Munford, on 4 February 1755 in Amelia - note - "attained his majority c1813" is a century typo (for 1713, apparently the basis for c1692 birth)
  • Card 132 BB, for John Banister (b 26 December 1734), married (1) Elizabeth Munford in 1755
• "Historical and Genealogical Notes", in William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5 no. 4 (Apr 1897), p. 275. Robert Bolling Jr's note on a flyleaf.
• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84268381
• Will of Robert Bolling, 1747.