John Smith Pocahontas Real Person

Pocahontas is remembered as the powhatan native american woman who saved the life of englishman john smith and married john rolfe. They were never married nor involved.

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We have not only the story of her visit to england but also clear records of her genealogical ancestry to many of the first families of virginia through her son thomas rolfe.

John smith pocahontas real person. English soldier john smith eventually made his way to america to help. Pocahontas and her father would not meet any englishmen until the winter of 1607 when captain john smith who is perhaps as famous as pocahontas was captured by powhatans brother opechancanough. Pocahontas is remembered as the native american powhatan princess who saved the life of englishman john smith married john rolfe and fostered peace between english settlers and native americans.

John smith was about 27 years old. If you are talking about back around 1706 with jamestown virginia and with the mayflower. We do know that pocahontas was a real person whose help probably saved the colonists at jamestown from starvation in the colonys first years.

Pocahontas was her nickname which depending on who you ask means playful one or ill behaved. Who was john smith. John smith was a british soldier who was a founder of the american colony of jamestown in the early 1600s.

When the english arrived and settled jamestown in may 1607 pocahontas was about eleven years old. Born about 1596 her real name was amonute and she also had the more private name matoaka. John smith came to the powhatan when pocahontas was about 9 or 10 according to mattaponi oral history little matoaka was possibly about 10 years old when john smith and english colonists arrived in tsenacomoca in the spring of 1607.

Then yes john smith is a real person.

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