On april 5 1614 pocahontas and john rolfe married with the blessing of chief powhatan and the governor of virginia. The couple spent months in the highest circles of london society but pocahontas died at gravesend england seven months later on their return to virginia.
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Pocahontas had one son thomas rolfe and no daughters.
John rolfe and pocahontas son. So he handed the boy over to his brother henry rolfe who was willing to take care of him. The marriage of pocahontas and john rolfe in 1614 changed the demographics of virginia residents. The only jane rolfe was the daughter of thomas.
John rolfe did have a couple of daughters by other wives. The couple achieved something of a celebrity status in london and were even seated next to king james i and queen anne at a royal perforamnce they attended. Their marriage brought a peace between the english colonists and the powhatans.
In 1616 john rolfe and pocahontas now known as lady rebecca rolfe traveled to england with their young son thomas. He wanted to continue his journey back to virginia and make his fortune tobacco farming. Thomas was the culmination of years of contact between the powhatan indians and the english.
Thomas rolfe january 30 1615 april 16 1680 was the only child of pocahontas and her english husband john rolfe. The son of john rolfe and pocahontas is my grand father and i descend parent to child to my if he were alive 148 year old grandfather and his son my dad. Rolfe was born in heacham norfolk england as the son of john rolfe and dorothea mason and was baptized on 6 may 1585at the time spain held a virtual monopoly on the lucrative tobacco trade.
There were 14 kids here but now there are nine of us siblimgs our great grandfather lived to 105 and so did the others live to very old age. Their only child thomas rolfe was the first descendent in a line that now spans over seven generations. His maternal grandfather was chief wahunsenacah the leader of the powhatan tribe in virginia.
Rolfe left his son in the care of a guardian in england and returned to his adopted home. Most spanish colonies in the new world were located in southern climates more favorable to tobacco growth than the english settlements notably jamestown. In 1616 rolfe took his wife and infant son thomas to england.
Pocahontas son had famous descendants after she died john rolfe wanted nothing to do with pocahontas son thomas.
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