The next generation of hearing Bollings had deaf children, and they wanted their children to be educated in the United States.[6] William, the last child of Thomas and Elizabeth, married his first cousin Mary, who bore five children, two of whom were deaf.[6] The couple's first deaf child, William Albert, drove his father's desire to create a school for the deaf in America.[6] William Bolling met John Braidwood, a descendant of Thomas Braidwood, after he arrived in America in 1812.[6][8] Bolling invited Braidwood to stay in his home as Braidwood sorted out a more permanent living arrangement.[8] Braidwood discussed with Bolling his desire to open a school similar to the Braidwood Academy in America.[8] After many setbacks, the Cobbs School was established in 1815.[9][10] It closed about a year and a half later, in the fall of 1816, when Braidwood's personal problems caused him to leave the school and Bolling could no longer financially maintain it.[10]