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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).
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 ]
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
It is unknown exactly where John Rolfe got the seeds for this new species of tobacco, as the sale of the seeds to a non-Spaniard was punishable by death. [3] It is possible he acquired the seeds from the Taino people in the Caribbean or from plants found in Bermuda (where he was shipwrecked with other colonists).
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 ]
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 ...
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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.