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i.-siie : I. Mary, married William Stark. 2. Elizabeth, married James Munford. 3. Anne, married John liall. 4. Lucy, married Peter Randolph. 5. jane, married Hugh IMiller. 6. Martha, married Richard Eppes. 7. Sus- c.nna, n.'arried Alexander Boiling. 8. Robert, married Mary Tabb. He died 1749.

Boiling, Robert, son of Robert Boiling (q. v.). and grandson of Col. Robert Boiling, was born June 12, 1730, was burgess for Dinwiddie county from 1758 to 1774. He settled at Petersburg, where his residence was known as "Bollingbrook." He was colonel (^f the militia and had large estates. He married (firstj Martha Bannister; and (second) Mary Marshall Tabb. He died Eel). 24. 1775.

Boiling, Robert, Jr., was son of Col. John Boiling, of "Cobbs," and lived af'Chellowe" in Buckingham county. He was born at V'arina. Henrico county, Aug. 17, 1738, and was educated at Wakefield, Yorkshire, Eng- land. He was a man of learning, and wrote '■The I tolling Memoir," besides two vol- umes of verse. He was a member of the house of burgesses for Cumberland from 1761 to 1765. and of the convention of July, 1775. He married (first) ]\Iary Burton; (second) Susannah Watson. Died in 1775.

Bonall, James, vine dresser, was doubtless a near relative of John Bonall, or I'onnell, silkworm raised to the King at Oakland, England, who selected the vine dressers sent to Buckroe, Elizabeth City, Virginia, in T620. James Bonall was one of these. In 1627 he leased fifty acres from the gov- ernment at Buckroe, where the public lands lay, Bonnell m.ay have been later anglicised into "Bonny," the name of a well known family of Princess Anne.

Bond, Maj. John, was burgess for Isle of Wight county in 1654, 1656, 1658, 1659 and 1660. He was a Puritan, and after the restoration in 1660 he was removed by the general assembly from his of^ce as justice "because of factious and schismatical be- havior." His will dated May 2, 1669, was proved June 9, 1669, and by it he left two sons William and John.

Booker, Edmund, son of Col. Edmund Booker and grandson of Capt. Richard Booker, of Gloucester county, was a bur- gess for Amelia county, 1758-1761. He mar- ried Edith Marot, daughter of Samuel Cobbs of Amelia, and his will, dated Sept. 26, 1792, was proved in Amelia Sept. 24, 1793.

Booker, Edward, son of Capt. Richard Booker and Rebecca, his wife, was baptized June 2, 1680. He removed from Gloucester to the part of Prince George county which is now Amelia county, and was appointed justice of Prince George in 1733, and was one of the first justices of Amelia county in 1736. The same year he represented Amelia iri the house of burgesses, and continued a member till 1747. He was lieutenant colo- nel of the militia of Amelia. He died in 1750. His residence was called "Winter- ham."

Booker, Richard, son of Col. Edward Booker, of "Winterham," Amelia county, was colonel in the militia, and represented his county in the house of burgesses from 1756 to 1760. He married Rachel Marot, daughter of Jean Marot, of Williamsburg. He had sons Edward, Richard, Parham. John, and William Marshall Booker.

Booth, Robert, was clerk of York county from about i'')-|0 till his death 1657; burgess