Penelope Johnson
Female, #10032, (14 Aug 1684 - 10 Aug 1756)
| Name Variation | Penelope Johnson was also known as Penelope Bolling.1 | |
| Birth* | 14 Aug 1684 | Penelope was born at New Kent Co., Virginia, on 14 Aug 1684. |
| Marriage* | 1709 | She married Christopher Clarke at New Kent Co., Virginia, in 1709. |
| Married Name | 1709 | As of 1709, her married name was Clarke. |
| Death* | 10 Aug 1756 | She died at St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Virginia, on 10 Aug 1756. |
| Research note* | There is a dispute as to whether Christopher Clarke's wife was Penelope Johnson or Penelope Bolling. -------------------------------------------------------- Janet Hunter 2 writes: I have Royalist Dr. Arthur JOHNSTON/JOHNSON, one of King CharlesII physicians, who with his possible wife Barbara GORDON and children leaves Aberdeen when seized by the Covenanters to live with married daughter in Oxford, England. His son Edward Johnson (apparently converted to Quakerism in England?) marries at age 39 in 1677 Elizabeth WALKER, daughter of Alexander Walker, shortly after his arrival in New Kent Co VA, ca 1677. Alexander Walker, who travelled with Edward Johnson, had been excommunicated for being a Quaker. With Walkers and Johnsons was William EDMUNSON, one of the fathers of NC Quakers. Edward Johnson and Elizabeth Walker are believed to be the parents of Penelope Johnson who married Capt.Christopher CLARKE (b. 1681, Nansemond VA, d. 1754, Louisa Co VA), son of Micajah Clark and Sallie Anne MOORMAN. However, some records show this Christopher Clarke to have married Penelope BOLLING. Of course, there is a tendency to favor the Bolling marriage because then you get to claim Pocohontas and other lines. Also, William and George Rogers Clark, famous expeditioners, etc., also are claimed by this Clark family, which goes many lines beyond Micajah that I haven't started to digest. This Christopher Clarke, according to the Penelope Johnson camp, was said to have joined the Quakers later, in the 1740s. ?? He is also said to have patented land in 1722 with one Nicholas Meriwether in Hanover, where Clark was a tobacco planter, militia captain and justice of the peace. They were large landowners in Hanover, Albemarle and Louisa Cos. I am particularly interested in whether any of you are familiar with this Clark controversy? Did Christopher Clarke marry Penelope Bolling or Penelope Johnson? ------------------------------------------------ Carol McCrite 1 writes: My grandmother was a hobbiest-genealogist from 1925 through 1945. She and my grandfather worked together on family history and I was the beneficiary of an Ancestry Chart that has proven to be a treasure trove. Most of my mother's family migrated from VA to Wilkes Co., GA, then over to Gwinnett and Barrow. The Anthony and Blakey line I follow came to Wilkes after the Am Revolution. My grandmother was extremely meticulous with her research and I have found VERY few mistakes as I have attempted to verify her work. I have an Ancestry Journal she wrote in long hand with each family tree, dates of birth and death, and even some side "notes" when she received information worthy of penning it for future generations. Penelope Anthony is listed on her ancestry chart as Penelope Bolling Clarke, wife of Christopher Clarke and mother of Elizabeth Clarke. Bolling is a family name that continued down through my great-great grandfather, Bolling Anthony Blakey, grandson of Churchill and Agnes Anthony Blakey. With help from several other genealogists in GA and two who are "specialists" in Wilkes County history, I have found a surplus of the name BOLLING in almost every line of the family. In fact, I was able to untangle the confusion of at least three men whose genealogy had been entwined. I say "I" but actually I give credit to my grandmother's excellent recording from family Bibles, letters, etc. I have found that when a name re-appears generation after generation it solidifies the ancestry. There is NO Johnson in any of Anthony family names, I might add. Penelope Bolling Clarke was the daughter of John Bolling and Mary Kenyon. John's father was Robert Bolling, husband of Jane Rolfe. Jane's father was Thomas Rolfe, the ONLY child of John and Rebecca Rolfe (she is known as "Pocahontas" the famous Algonquin Indian princess who befriended Capt John Smith. (Pocahuntas-Culpepper connection at: http://gen.culpepper.com/historical/legends/indian.htm#Pocahontas) Penelope, in my grandmother's ancestry chart, is the missing link in terms of birth, marriage and death dates, places. There was plenty preceding her name and certainly plenty following that name, but she had penned in "Penelope Bolling" as the wife of Christopher Clarke and left it at that. Since so much material is available on the John Rolfe-Pocahontas lineage, it was not difficult obtaining the information in descending order rather than the usual ascendency method. I will list the families beginning with Joseph Anthony, Sr to John and Rebecca Rolfe. Joseph Anthony, Sr (Rev Sol) Elizabeth Clarke Anthony b: 02 May 1718 b: 15 Feb l720 pob: New Kent Co VA pob: Louisa Co VA m: 27 April l741 [Elizabeth Clarke] d: 1825 (I have seen l820 in other places) pom: Louisa Co VA pod: Wilkes County GA d: 23 Nov l785 pod: Henry Co VA Parents of Elizabeth Clarke Anthony: Christopher Clarke Penelope Bolling b: 1681 - England b: 1684 m: 1709 [Penelope Bolling] pob: New Kent Co VA ? pom: New Kent Co VA d: 1756 d: l754 pod: ? pod: Louisa Co VA Parents of Penelope Bolling Clarke: Major John Fairfax Bolling* Mary Kenyon b: 26 Jan 1676 b: 29 June 1679 pob: Kippax Plantation Henrico Co VA pob: Henrico Co (Conjure's Neck) VA m: no date d: 29 June l727 pom: possibly Henrico Co VA pod: Henrico Co (Cobbs) VA d: 20 April 1729 pod: Cobbs Plantation (Henrico Co) VA *only child of Col. Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe, grandaughter of John and Rebecca Rolfe Parents of John Bolling: Col.Robert Bolling (Sr) Jane Rolfe b: 26 Dec 1646 b: 10 Oct 1650 pob: London (Essex Parish) E pob: Henrico Co (Varina) VA m: 1675 [Jane Rolfe] d: 1676 d: 7 July 1679 pod: Kippax Plantation, Henrico Co VA, now Chesterfield Co pod: Kippax Plantation (Henrico )VA Father of Jane Rolfe: Thomas Rolfe b: 30 Jan 1614 or 1615 pob: Richmond City VA m: about 1640 [Jane Poythess of England] pom: VA d: about 1675 pod:Cobbs Plantation (Henrico Co) VA Parents of Thomas Rolfe: John Rolfe Rebecca (aka Pocahontas) b: 1585 b: 1595 Tidewater area of VA pob: Heacham (Norfolk) England m (2nd time): 05 April, 1614 Rebecca (Metoaka) princess daughter of Wahunsunacock, chief of Powatan Confederation pom: Smith's Plantation, Jamestown, Virginia d:1622 pod: Jamestown, VA (historians think he was killed in a massacre which took place in Henricus, across James River) -------------------------------------------------------- If you have facts to support one theory versus the other, please contact Warren Culpepper.3 |
Family | Christopher Clarke (1681 - 1754) | |
| Marriage* | 1709 | She married Christopher Clarke at New Kent Co., Virginia, in 1709. |
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| Charts | Warren Culpepper's Ancestry Chart |
| Last Edited | 10 Sep 2006 |
Citations
- E-mail from Sr.) Carol (Mrs. Richard) McCrite (descendant of Churchill Blakey and Joseph Anthony, e-mail address, Whittier, NC to Warren Culpepper, 1 Sep 2006.
- Janet Hunter, compiler, e-mail address, Johnson/Clarke/Anthony in VACULPEP-L archives, Rootsweb, 27 Oct 1998.
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/VACULPEP/1998-10/0909545199 - Warren L. Culpepper, Publisher of Culpepper Connections, See link below for e-mail address.