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Jane Rolfe (October 10, 1650 – January 27, 1676) was the granddaughter of Pocahontas and English colonist John Rolfe (credited with introducing a strain of tobacco for export by the struggling Virginia Colony). Her husband was Colonel Robert Bolling, who lived from 1646 to 1709. Robert and Jane had one son, John Bolling (1676–1729).
Actor Anne Whitfield, famous for her role as Susan Waverly in "White Christmas," has died at the age of 85. According to her obituary posted to the local newspaper, Anne Langham Whitfield Phillips ...
John Anthony Copeland Jr. (August 15, 1834 – December 16, 1859) was born free in Raleigh, North Carolina, one of the eight children born to John Copeland Sr. and his wife Delilah Evans, free mulattos, who married in Raleigh in 1831.
Barberton, Ohio – O. C. Barber (president of the Diamond Match Company) Barboursville, West Virginia – Philip P. Barbour (governor of Virginia) [ 45 ] Bard, California – Thomas R. Bard (irrigation district official)
Walter Hawkins, 61, American gospel music singer ("Oh Happy Day"), pancreatic cancer. [147] Daja Wangchuk Meston, 39, Tibetan-born American Buddhist monk. [148] Marco Aurelio Martínez Tijerina, 45, Mexican journalist, shot. [149] Bob Sheppard, 99, American public address announcer (New York Yankees, New York Giants). [150]
Pocahontas (US: / ˌ p oʊ k ə ˈ h ɒ n t ə s /, UK: / ˌ p ɒ k-/; born Amonute, [1] also known as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; c. 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World is a 1998 American direct-to-video animated musical adventure film and the sequel to the 1995 Disney film Pocahontas.While the first film dealt with her meeting with John Smith and the arrival of the British settlers in Jamestown, the sequel focuses on Pocahontas's journey to England with John Rolfe to negotiate for peace between the two nations, although ...
The funeral started with the choir singing the Funeral Sentences, composed by William Croft. [40] The first lesson, from Ecclesiasticus, chapter 43, verses 11–26, was read by the Dean of Windsor. The second lesson, from the Gospel of John, chapter 11, verses 21–27, was read by the Archbishop of Canterbury. [40]