Lucy Bolling

Brief Life History of Lucy

When Lucy Bolling was born in 1725, in Albemarle Parish, Sussex, Virginia, United States, her father, Drury Bolling, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Meriwether, was 26. She married John Dunn in 1735, in Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 13 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 5 December 1812, in Wake, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 87.

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Family Time Line

John Dunn
1714–1789
Lucy Bolling
1725–1812
Marriage: 1735
Drury Dunn
1737–1798
Thomas Dunn
1750–1800
Henry Dunn
1757–
Lewis Dunn
1757–
Isabell Dunn
1740–1784
John Dunn
1741–1783
James Dunn
1742–1793
Lucinda "Lucy" Dunn
1743–1789
Edwin Dunn
1749–1826
Patrick Dunn
1752–
Boling Dunn
1753–1836
Jeremiah Dunn
1756–1856
Hardyman Dunn
1760–1823
William Dunn
1761–1832
David Dunn
1764–1785

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  • Births or Christenings Albemarle Parish, 1739-1778, Surry County, Virginia: Surry. Christening Records 1739–1778, Religious Birth Records 1739–1778
  • Franklin. Probate Records 1785–1797, Wills 1785–1797
  • Births or Christenings Albemarle Parish, 1739-1778, Surry County, Virginia: Surry. Christening Records 1739–1778, Religious Birth Records 1739–1778

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Name Meaning

English: variant of Bowling , a habitational name from Bowling in Bradford, Yorkshire.

English: perhaps a nickname for a large person, from Middle English bolling ‘something swollen’, a derivative of Middle English bollen ‘to swell, bulge, puff up’.

German (Bölling): derivative of the ancient Germanic personal name Baldo (see Boll 2).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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