FAMILY MATTERS

John is my pick for Inez’s ancestor, because he married Sarah Henley, and the name is repeated in his grandson. The name Phelps/Felts

“Henley” of Henley Fugate, son of Martin, seems to come out of nowhere.

Benjamin Fugate

Benjamin was supposed to have married a Martha “Patsy” Phelps on ____ in Albemarle Co., Va. There are two references b. approx. 1760.VA. d. 1838. KY. Age78.

at the LVA to a Phelps family in Albemarle Co:

m. Hannah Devers, b. 1753. d. 1853. Age. 100

Patent: Grantee: Phelps, James. Date 16 August 1756. Location: Albemarle County. Grantee(s): Phelps, James and Phelps, Removed to Troublesome Creek, KY, 1802.

William. Description: 400 acres on both sides of a branch of Wreck Island Creek.

7 Children

Patent: Grantee: Phelps, James. Date 16 August 1756. Location: Albemarle County. Grantee(s): Phelps, James and Phelps, Henley Fugate

William. Description: 400 acres on a western fork of Wreck Island Creek.

b. 1798, VA. d. before 1882, KY. Age 84.

The Randolph’s and Bollings do have a long history though and General Isham Randolph was the brother of Mary Bolling m. Tabitha McIntosh (1815-1834), daughter of Peter McIntosh

Fleming’s brother-in-law, Col. Richard Randolph.

21 Children (two wives)

This Mary Bolling, sister of John Boling who married Elizabeth Blair and wife of Col.John Fleming is a possibility for William B. Fugate

Benjamin’s mother. Col. Fleming died in 1756 but Mary died in 1744, possibly giving birth to Benjamin? This would make b. 1825. d. 1864 (shot by a Union sniper) Age 29.

him 10 years younger than previously thought but age descrepancies happen all the time. This theory also says his name m. Rachel Neace

was John Benjamin Bolling, he was raised by his grandmother “Betsy” Bland (Elizabeth Blair Bolling m. Richard Bland after her husbands death in 1757) and that he had a sister named Jane Jefferson.

Granville Pearl Fugate

The only Jane Jefferson I can find in this time period is Jane Randolph, daughter of Isham, wife of Peter Jefferson, and b. 1850. d. 1954. Ganderbill Age. 104

mother of President Thomas Jefferson.

m. Julia Collins (Collinsworth 1895–1990)

According to the theory, Benjamin was supposed to have returned to Virginia to visit his grandmother but she was already 5 children.

dead so he ended up working for his sister, Jane Jefferson, helping her to build a house. Elizabeth “Betsy” Bland died Edward James Fugate

in 1775 and Jane Jefferson died in 1776 while living at Monticello, the home of her son, Thomas Jefferson. Construction b. 1912. d. 1964. Age 52.

began on Monticello in 1769 and lasted for many years, so Benjamin could have worked on it. But..if he worked on

m. Vesta Noble (1921-2003) Age 83.

Monticello wouldn’t family tradition have mentioned that instead of just saying that he helped his sister build a house?

Monticello was not just a house, it was the house of the President!

Inez Fugate Liftig

http://bblair.freeservers.com/theories.html

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig, 1971. b. 1947

Martha “Patsy” Phelps

Birth 1737

Anya Liftig

Death 03/08/1767

b. 1977

Aged: 30.2 years

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

m. Benjamin Bolling

Dorothy Liftig

01/26/1699 – 09/06/1757

b. 1981

Husband of 01/20/1708 – 04/29/1775

m. David Martin, 2009

Spouses

The Pettus Family of Monrovia (near Huntsville) in Madison County, Alabama descends from Colonel Thomas Pettus,

Marriageabt 1750

who settled in the Jamestown settlement of Virginia colony sometime between 1637 and 1641. Most of his descendants remained there in Lunenburg and Halifax Counties until the early 1800s, when several traversed eastern Tennesee to m. Name:

settle in Limestone and Madison Counties in northwestern Alabama.

Born: 20 Jan 1709 at Williamsburg, James City Co, VA

Died: 22 Apr 1775 at Cobbs , Chesterfield Co, From Henrico , VA

Father:

Mother:

William Blackwater Bill Bolling

b. 1750

m. Sarah Fugate

Louannah Bolling (RED BOLLING)

b. 1780

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