High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Colonel Robert Bolling (December 26, 1646 July 17, 1709) was a wealthy early American settler planter and merchant. Robert Bolling was the son of John and Mary (Carrie) Bolling. He was born at Tower Street, All Hallows, Barking Parish, in London on December 26, 1646. His father John, was one of the Bollings of Bolling Hall, near Bradford, England. Robert's ancestry could be traced to Robert Bolling, Esquire, who died in 1485 and was buried in the family vault in the church of Bradford.