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The birthplace of John Rolfe, born c. 1585, remains unproven. At that time, the Spanish Empire held a virtual monopoly on the lucrative tobacco trade. Most Spanish colonies in the Americas were located in South America and the West Indies, which were more favorable to tobacco growth than their English counterparts (founded in the early 17th century, notably Jamestown in 1607).
Bermuda Rolfe ️ baby girl -- John Rolfe and Sarah Hacker Rolfe's daughter. Born on Bermuda islands, died on islands c. 1610: John Rolfe: tobacco trader Sea Venture: Sarah Hacker Rolfe ️ Wife of John Rolfe Sea Venture: Either died in Bermuda or soon after reaching Virginia (c. spring 1610) Edward Samuell ️ Samuel, E. Sea Venture
John Rolfe returned to Virginia alone once again, leaving their son in England to obtain an education. Once back in Virginia, Rolfe married Jane Pierce and continued to improve the quality of his tobacco with the result that by the time of his death in 1622, the colony was thriving as a producer of tobacco.
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] Jane married Robert Bolling of present-day Prince George County, Virginia.
Feb 1610: In the Somers Isles, Bermuda Rolfe (baby girl) is born to John Rolfe and Mistress Sarah Hacker Rolfe, but soon perishes; Feb 1610: In the Somers Isles, Bermudas Eason (baby boy) is born to Edward Eason and wife; March: About 60 out of 500 to 600 colonists remain alive. Francis West and 36 men aren't counted as they had absconded to ...
Measurable economic progress was made, and the settlers began expanding their planting to land belonging to local native tribes. Not only did food production increase markedly, but the following year John Rolfe succeeded on his plot in raising the first hybrid tobacco − the key to the colony's future.
John Richard Rolfe (1935 – 12 August 2020) was a British actor. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was named after the colonist who married Pocahontas in Jamestown, Virginia . His stage work includes appearances at the Bristol Old Vic and with the RSC . [ 5 ]
Rolfe is said to have founded Varina Farms near Sir Thomas Dale's progressive new city of Henricus, and in 1614 he married Chief Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas, who had converted to Christianity and taken the name Rebecca. The couple had one son named Thomas Rolfe, who was born in 1615.