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Thomas Rolfe (January 30, 1615 – c. 1680) was the only child of Pocahontas and her English husband, John Rolfe. His maternal grandfather was Chief Powhatan , the leader of the Powhatan tribe in Virginia .
Pocahontas and John Rolfe had a son, Thomas Rolfe, born in January 1615. [62] Thomas and his wife, Jane Poythress, had a daughter, Jane Rolfe , [ 63 ] who was born in Varina, in present-day Henrico County, Virginia , on October 10, 1650. [ 64 ]
Earlier that same year, Pocahontas chose to convert to Christianity; she was baptized by Alexander Whitaker and chose "Rebecca" as her new baptismal name. [8] Richard Buck officiated their wedding. Their son, Thomas Rolfe, was born in January 1615. [9] John Rolfe and Pocahontas continued cultivating tobacco with success.
Pocahontas and Edward Norton. Shutterstock(2) Finding out his family history. ... During her time with the English settlers, she wed tobacco planter John Rolfe. The pair welcomed son Thomas in ...
Jane Rolfe was born in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia on October 10, 1650 [1] to Thomas Rolfe and his wife, Jane Poythress, whose parents were Francis Poythress and Alice Payton of England. [2] [3] [4] Thomas Rolfe was the son of John Rolfe and his wife, Pocahontas. [5] Jane Rolfe married Robert Bolling of Prince George County, Virginia.
Rolfe and Pocahontas married April 16, 1614 and had their only son 8 months later on January 18, 1615. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] This was the first known inter-racial union in Virginia and helped to bring a brief period of better relations between the Indians and the colonists.
John Bolling was the son of Colonel Robert Bolling and Jane (née Rolfe) Bolling. [1] He was the only great-grandchild of Pocahontas and her husband, John Rolfe. [2]John Bolling was born at Kippax Plantation, in Charles City County, in the east central part of Virginia, a site which is now within the corporate limits of the City of Hopewell.
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 ...