Joseph CABELL, Jr.

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Joseph Cabell, Jr., was born January 6, 1762; was first taught by tutors; was at Hampden Sidney in 1778 and 1779; and at William and Mary College from May 4, 1779, to 1781. Although his name does not appear in Mr. Grigsby's list, he was certainly a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. His son, Gen. Benjamin Cabell, said that the college boys formed a company, of which Joseph, Jr., was a member, and that this company was attached to the regiment of Col. Joseph Cabell, the elder, at Yorktown.



Joseph Cabell, of Repton, devoted himself to his farm and domestic pursuits with success; but he finally deter­mined to follow his sisters to Kentucky, -- "the then prom­ised land," -- and sold "Repton" to Gov. William H. Cabell, who changed the name to "Montevideo."

He emigrated with his family to Kentucky in 1811; settled in Henderson County, and died there on August 31, 1831. His widow died at "The Retreat," in Buckingham, while on a visit to Virginia, on January 26, 1834.

Col. Robert Bolling, of "Chellowe" (the father of Col. Joseph Cabell, Jr.'s first wife), was born August 17, 1738. "He was educated at Wakefield, in England, by the cele­brated Dr. Clarke. He was learned in many languages, and wrote the 'Memoirs of the Bolling Family' in the French tongue, a translation of which, by John Robertson, was edited and printed by T. H. Wynne, Richmond, 1869." He was "a lover of wisdom and esteemed it more precious than rubies." He was high sheriff of Bucking­ham County in 1767, and is said to have been a member of the House of Burgesses. He was a member of the Conven­tion of July 1775, and died at Williamsburg while in at­tendance on that body. He was the son of Maj. Jobn Boll­ing, born in 1700; county lieutenant of Chesterfield; justice of the peace; and "for thirty years a member of the House of Burgesses." Between 1740 and 1751, he entered for over 20,000 acres of land in the present counties of Amherst, Bucking­ham, Appomattox, and Campbell for himself and sons, together with two small entries for Maj. Richard Kennon and Mr. Thomas Edwards. Bolling's Creek, south of Lynchburg, in Amherst County, was named for him. He married, August 1, 1728, Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Archi­bald Blair (of the House of Burgesses), and niece of Com­missary James Blair, D. D., founder of William and Mary College. He died September 6, 1757. He was the son of Col. John Bolling, of "Cobbs" (born 1676), "who en­gaged in commerce, and conducted an extensive and gain­ful trade with his countrymen, and a yet larger one with the Indians (equally his countrymen)." He was a member of the House of Burgesses; married, in 1697, Mary, daugh­ter of Richard Kennon, of "Conjuror's Neck" (also a member of the House of Burgesses), and died in 1729. He was son of Col. Robert Bolling (1646-1709), the emi­grant, by his wife, Jane Rolfe, daughter of Thomas Rolfe, son of John Rolfe, by his wife, generally incorrectly called "Pocahontas," which was not her name; her Indian name was "Matoaka," and her baptismal name was "Rebecca." She was a daughter of "Wahunsenacawh," the chief of the Powhatan tribe of Indians, commonly called "King Pow­hatan" by the English.

"Matoaka" was "the first fruit of the English church among the Virginians," and as such occupies a position of unique attraction in our earliest annals. Her husband, John Rolfe, was one of the founders of Virginia. He wrote one of the most accurate accounts of the enterprise, and devoted his life to the establishment of the colony.

Archibald Bolling, of "Red Oak," and of "The Re­treat," the father of the second wife of Col. Joseph Cabell, Jr., is said, in the work just referred to, to have been born March 20, 1750. But on the 9th of May, 1743, Maj. John Bolling entered for his son Archibald 600 acres of land on Possum Creek of the Fluvanna. (James) River. So the major must have had another son by this name, who died young, or the foregoing date of birth is wrong, as although entries were made in the names of infants, we cannot suppose the major to have taken time so vehemently by the forelock as to make the entry seven years before the child was born.

Archibald Bolling died about 1829. He was a brother of Col. Robert Bolling, of "Chellowe," aforesaid, and his ancestry was the same. He was married four times. The mother of Mrs. Anne Everard Duval Cabell was his sec­ond wife, Jane Randolph, the daughter of Richard Ran­dolph, of Curls (member of the House of Burgesses), and his wife, Anne Meade. Which Richard was an uncle of John Randolph of Roanoke, and a son of Col. Richard Randolph, of "Curles" (1690-1748), member of the House of Burgesses, and treasurer of Virginia, who mar­ried Jane Bolling (1703-1766), the daughter of Col. John Bolling, of Cobbs (1676-1729), aforesaid.

Anne Meade was the daughter of David Meade by his wife, Susanna Everard, the daughter of Sir Richard Ever­ard, governor of North Carolina, by his wife, Susanna Kidder, daughter of Rt. Rev. Richard Kidder, D. D., bishop of Bath and Wells, England.

Sir Richard Everard was the son of Sir Hugh Everard, the son of Sir Richard Everard, the son of Sir Richard Everard (created a baronet by Charles I in January 1629) by his wife, Joan Barrington, daughter of Sir Francis Bar­rington and his wife, Joan Cromwell, aunt of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell, and daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell, the son of Sir Richard Williams (eldest son of Morgan Williams by his wife, Catherine Cromwell, sister of Thomas Cromwell, the great Earl of Essex), who assumed at the desire of Henry VIII the surname of his uncle, Cromwell, and, through the influence of that once power­ful relative himself and his family, obtained great wealth and station. Joseph and Pocahontas Rebecca Bolling Cabell had issue:

78. i. Sophronisba E. 79. ii. Sarah B. iii. Robert Bolling (1st), b. in 1787; M. D.; m. in 1808, Eliza Walthall, of Chesterfield County, Va.; d. October 7, 1808, s. p. 80. iv. Joseph M. v. Archibald, d. infant. 81. vi. Edward Blair. 82. vii. Benjamin W. S. viii. Archibald B., b. at Repton in May 1795; lost his sight in early youth; a musical genius, ex­celling on all instruments, but especially the violin and harp; d. in 1822 in Henderson County, Ky., unmarried. ix. Nicholas, d. infant. 83. x. Mary P. R.

Joseph and his (2d wife) Anne Everard Bolling (Duval) Cabell had issue:

84. xi. Jane Randolph. 85. xii. John Breckinridge. 86. xiii. Elizabeth R. 87. xiv. Robert B. (2d). 88. xv. George Washington. xvi. Joseph H., b. November 23, 1815; d. May 15, 1816. xvii. William Nicholas, b. November 1, 1817; d. September 10, 1820.


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xviii. Richard R., b. March 9, 1822; d. October 9, 1843, unmarried. 89. xix. Mary A. H. xx.George C., b. April 16, 1825; d. infant.

And several others who died in early infancy with­out names. "There are said to have been by both wives 39 children in all."

Joseph married Pocahontas Rebecca BOLLING, daughter of Robert BOLLING and Susan WATSON, in 1783 in Bollingbrook House, Petersburg, Virginia, USA. (Pocahontas Rebecca BOLLING was born in 1764 in Chellowe, VA and died in 1803 in Chellowe, VA.)

Joseph next married Anne E. BOLLING.