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She died in england possibly of pneumonia or tuberculosis and was buried at st. Georges church on march 21 1617.

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Before she could return to virginia she fell ill.

Pocahontas father. Pocahontas was an indian from virginia. Pocahontas i will call you father. The marriage ensured peace between the jamestown settlers and the powhatan indians for several years.

Although pocahontas was the favorite daughter of the paramount chief she still had the freedom to choose whom she married as did other women in powhatan society. Pocahontas was suffering from tuberculosis in london when john smith came to visit her for the last time. She was so moved that smith had come to visit that she called him father.

Pocahontas daughter of the chief of the powhatan indian confederacy marries english tobacco planter john rolfe in jamestown virginia. Jane rolfe married robert bolling of prince george county virginia. Pocahontas remained close to her father and continued to be his favorite daughter after her marriage as the english accounts imply.

Jane rolfe was born in varina henrico county virginia on october 10 1650 thomas rolfe and his wife jane poythress had a daughter jane rolfe. He was the father of pocahontas. Pocahontas and john rolfe had a son thomas rolfe born in january 1615.

Powhatan alternately called king or chief powahatan by the english led the main political and military power facing the early colonists was probably the older brother of opchanacanough who led attacks against the english in 1622 and 1644. Her father was the chief of the tsenacommacah group of tribes. Chief powhatan was the father of pocahontas and the ruler of the tribes that lived in the area where english colonists founded the jamestown settlement in 1607.

In 1616 pocahontas baptized as rebecca and married to john rolfe left for england. Since pocahontas was living with her father chief powhatan wahunsenaca at werowocomoco and because she was the daughter of a chief she was likely held to even stricter standards and provided with more structure and cultural training. She married an englishman and had a child but died at the age of 22.

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