John rolfe pocahontas family tree

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    Pocahontas Family Tree

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    Here is a graphic chart of Pocahontas' family and descendants. It shows the first five generations in their entirety, and generations six to twelve of my branch of the family. The people shown in the first five generations are the ones usually listed in contemporary Pocahontas genealogies. This chart features "red", "white", and "blue" Bollings! "Red" Bollings are Pocahontas descendants. "White" Bollings are the non-Pocahontas descendants of Col. Robert Bolling and Anne Stith, also called the Stith-Bollings. "Blue" Bollings are dubiously claimed to be the children of Maj. John Bolling and Elizabeth Bland Blair. (More on them below.) You have three choices of size. Smallis best for those with small screens and slow Internet connections. Largeis best for printing. How to print the charts.

    Plain Text Descendants Chart

    I have made another Pocahontas family tree of descent that has more information in it, but is not presented as nicely. This is a plain text outline of Pocahontas Descendants. It includes all of the first six generations, plus some of the seventh and my own branch of the family. Unlike the chart above, names for the first seven gene

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    If you or any of your extended family members are descendants of Pocahontas and John Rolfe, you’ll want to read this recent article from Popular Archaeology: Archaeologists rebuild 1608 church where Pocahontas was married.

    The June 2013 issue of Popular Archaeology details the story of the archeologists who found the original site of the church in Jamestown, Virginia, where Pocahontas and John Rolfe were married 401 years ago, on 5 April 1614.

    Archeologists are rebuilding a replica of the church on the site. Here is a companion Youtube video showing how this rebuilding is being done: Experimental archaeology: bringing Jamestown’s early church to life.

    Tracing Pocahontas Descendants

    The marriage between Pocahontas and John Rolfe worked to form a unity among the English settlers and Native Americans during the course of their matrimony. Their son, Thomas Rolfe, was born in Virginia in January 1615. In 1616 the family traveled to England and stayed for 10 months. In March 1617 they set sail to return to Virginia, but as the ship was heading down the river Thames, Pocahontas fell sick. She was taken ashore in Gravesend, England, where she died. Her son Thomas also fell ill, but recovered and continued living in England with family members. She was buried there on 2

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