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  John Rolfe Summary
Rolfe was a businessman who saw the opportunity to undercut Spanish imports by growing tobacco in England's new colony of Jamestown, in Virginia.
Rolfe's plantation at Varina Farms was named for a mild variety of the tobacco from Spain, similar to the strain from Rolfe had brought with him from England, which helped make the colony profitable.
John Rolfe may have been killed by the Powhatan Confederacy during the Indian Massacre of 1622; it is known that he died suddenly in 1622, which was a year of warfare between the colonists and the tribes.
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  John Rolfe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rolfe's plantation at Varina Farms was named for a mild variety of the tobacco from Spain, similar to the strain from Bermuda that helped make the colony profitable.
John Rolfe may have been killed by the Powhatan Confederacy during the Indian Massacre of 1622; it is known with certainty he died suddenly in 1622, a year of warfare between the colonists and the tribes.
Thomas Rolfe later returned to Virginia, and was accepted by the Powhatan.
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 Thomas Rolfe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1675) was the only child of the legendary Pocahontas by her English husband John Rolfe whom she married on April 5, 1614.
Thomas was born at Smith's Plantation, at Jamestown, in Virginia.
As a result of Thomas Rolfe's birth, the Rolfe family is considered one of the First Families of Virginia.
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 John Rolfe and Pocahontas
Young Thomas Rolfe stayed in England and lived with his uncle, Henry Rolfe,(some sources state it was his grandparents) in London while his father and native American aunt and uncle (Matachanna and Tomocomo) returned to VA. The descendants of Pocahontas, come from her only son, Thomas Rolfe.
Thomas Rolfe shall have and enjoy for himself and his heirs forever ffort James, ole Chickahominy ffort, with four hundred acres of land adjoining the same, with all the houses and edifices belonging to the said ffort, provided the said Left.
Rolfe, for himself and sixe men, are exempted from publique tax." That Thomas Rolfe should have been entrusted by the government with so important a position shows him to have been a man of high standing, possessing the confidence of the leading men of the time.
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 Thomas Rolfe
Thomas was born in Virginia in 1615, the first recorded birth of a child born to a Virginia Indian princess and an English gentleman.
Thomas was now part of the English policy to dismantle and control the land of his Powhatan ancestors.
Thomas' name was mentioned in the document as deceased, and it is the last known reference to him.
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 Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans - pafg76 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Henry ROLFE was born on 4 Mar 1679 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Anna (Rolfe) BLANCHARD was born in 1626 in,, Wiltshire, Eng.
Hannah ROLFE was born in 1635 in Whiteparish, Wiltshires, England.
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 Encyclopedia: Thomas Rolfe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Rolfe, his young wife, and their son set off for Virginia in March of 1617, but "Rebecca" had to be taken off the ship at Gravesend.
Her marriage to one of the colonists, John Rolfe, in 1614 created a climate of peace between the Jamestown colonists and Powhatan's tribes for several years.
Her only child was Thomas Rolfe, through whom she has living descendants.
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 Sam Sloan's Big Combined Family Trees - pafg584 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Henry ROLFE was born in 1515 in Hamptworth, Downton Parish, Wiltshire, England.
Thomas ADAMS was born in 1688 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Thomas RUSSELL was born in 1858 in Alabama, U.s..
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 THE ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF JOHN ROLFE
Thomas Rolfe, the son of John Rolfe and Pocahontas was born in Virginia in 1615 and was taken to England by his parents.
Thomas Rolfe was afterwards removed to the care of his uncle Henry Rolfe, of London, who was a member of the Virginia Company.
Thomas Rolfe's wife is said (though there is no proof of the correctness of the statement) to have been a Miss Poythress, and he had an only child, Jane, who married in 1675 Col.
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 Thomas Rolfe at AllExperts
1675) was the only child of the legendary Pocahontas by her English husband John Rolfe whom she married on April 5, 1614.
Thomas was born at Smith's Plantation, at Jamestown, Virginia.
As a result of Thomas Rolfe's birth, the Rolfe family is considered one of the First Families of Virginia.
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 Pocahontas' Earrings
There are some authorities who believe that it was painted from life and that the picture was brought to Virginia by John Rolfe soon after he had buried his lovely young wife under the chancel of the church at Gravesend, in Kent, England, close to where she died when starting on her homeward voyage.
Eustace Neville Rolfe, who happened to be head of the Rolfe family in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, purchased the famous painting in about 1880 from a Mrs.
Rolfe and his brother-in-law, Holcomb Ingleby, examined the canvas most carefully and came to the conclusion that, although very old, it is a copy of an earlier work and that the copyist was an artist of dangerously active imagination who put something into the portrait that was not intended by the original painter.
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 Glenister Family - Hastings Branch - Thomas & Anne Glenister
James Rolfe married Elizabeth Toppin on 5th November 1759 at Tring, Ann, their daughter was christened on 12th March 1760, four months later, she was either born before the marriage or soon after.
Thomas Glenister was born four years later in 1764 and married Ann on 13th November 1788 when he was 24 and Ann aged about 28.
Thomas Glenister was born in 1764 and may have been their brother.
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 Adoniram Judson Ramsdell Family Tree: Eleventh Generation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Thomas ROLFE was born in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England, England about 1579.
Thomas was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1 March 1930.
Thomas ROLFE was born in England about 1579.
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 Virtual Jamestown
Rolfe planted seeds from the West Indies and produced a crop which was more fragrant and sweet than native tobacco, yet was also well-suited to the growing conditions of the new colony.
John Rolfe presumably met Pocahontas after her conversion; he fell in love with the young Indian woman and decided to marry her.
Rolfe's decision to marry Pocahontas was not made lightly.
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 Robert O. Harder - Ancestral Background
Their infant son, Thomas, was too small and fragile to withstand the risky sea journey back to America so John Rolfe left him in England under the care of his brother, Uncle Henry Rolfe.
Furthermore, it must be remembered that Thomas Rolfe was one-half Powhatan, a man who throughout his life remained close to his mother's Native American community, despite his ability to also conduct himself as a proper Englishman.
To summarize then, Thomas Rolfe must have had several children, perhaps as many as twelve according to some reports, and they almost certainly issued from more than one wife or mistress.
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 Historic Markers - John Rolfe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
John Rolfe emigrated from England to Virginia in 1610 and settled in what was to become Henrico County.
Rolfe planted seeds bred in Varinas, Spain, and experimented with curing methods to produce tobacco milder than the native variety.
Thomas Rolfe, son of Pochahantas and John Rolfe, constructed Fort James at Moysonec in exchange fo the land on which it stood.
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 The Genealogy Website of Adams/Simpson - pafg598 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Jane Rolfe [Parents] was born on 10 Oct 1655 in Varina,Henrico,Virginia.
Thomas Rolfe [Parents] was born on 30 Jan 1615 in Smith's Fort Plantation,Richmond,Indian Territory,Va. He died in 1675 in Richmond,Virginia.
John Rolfe was a very religious man who agonized for many weeks over the decision to marry Pocahantas, a "strange wife" a heathen Indian.
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 The Pocahontas Connection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
A son, Thomas Rolfe is reported to have been born to Matoaka and John Rolfe on 30 January 1614.
Rolfe had reservations about marrying a non-Christian, but agreed to do so if she were baptised.
In March of 1617 Rolfe and his family were preparing to sail back to Jamestown; however, she fell ill and died (aged 21 or 22) and was buried in Gravesend, England.
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 Pocahontas: The Real Story
Thomas Mann Randolph Junior was a direct descendant of Jane Rolfe and of her grandmother, Pocahontas (1585-1617).
John Rolfe (1585-1622) was a man whose wife had accompanied him to America but the wife had died shortly after their arrival in 1610.
Thomas Rolfe, the son of Pocahontas, was raised up by an uncle in England.
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 John Rolfe (06 May 1585 - 1622)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Rolfe, John (1585-1622), English colonist, born in Norfolk, England.
In 1614 he married Pocahontas, the younger daughter of the American Indian chief Powhatan, and in 1616 he took her to England, where she died the following year.
Rolfe returned to Virginia, where in 1621 he became a member of the first Council of State.
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 Descendants of John Rolfe
John Rolfe was born October 17, 1562 in Heacham, Norfolk, England, and died November 29, 1594 in Heacham, Norfolk, England.
Thomas Rolfe was born January 30, 1615 in Richmond, Indian Cify, Va, and died in Va.   He married (1) Sarah
Jane Rolfe was born October 10, 1650 in Petersburg, Indian City, Va, and died Abt.
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 Two Mighty Rivers - Children's Book Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Thomas Pepsicanough Rolfe was the son of John Rolfe and Pocahontas.
Thomas was angry at himself for not learning to throw the tomahawk, so he threw it at a chicken.
Thomas’ courage was challenged several times; first to travel to Virginia alone and then when he saw the land and saw how much work it would take to restore the forlorn homestead.
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 The Genealogy Website of Adams/Simpson - pafg591 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Thomas Dale Rolfe [Parents] was born in 1615 in,,Va. He married Jayne Payton Poythress.
Thomas Rolfe was only 2 years old when his Mother, Pocahontas died in Gravesend, England.
When Thomas was old enough for schooling, he took lodgings and was under the care and tutorship of his uncle, Henry Rolfe.
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 The John Rolfe/Pocahontas Connection
John ROLFE's son, Thomas, married Jane POYTHRESS (date unknown), having settled in America, and they had a daughter, also named Jane, who married Captain Robert BOLLING in 1675, but died in childbirth in 1676.
The ROLFE name in direct descent from John ROLFE and POCAHONTAS therefore appears to have ceased at their son Thomas's death.
The ROLFE family home, Heacham Hall at Heacham, Norfolk, was destroyed by fire in 1945.
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 American Journeys Background on Letter of John Rolfe, 1614
Rolfe served as recorder for the colony from 1614 to 1619.
John Rolfe wrote the letter to Sir Thomas Dale, the deputy governor of the colony, asking Dale to approve of his marriage to Princess Pocahontas.
Rolfe also conveyed that he and Pocahontas loved each other and that their union would not compromise his standing in the colony, or the Church.
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 Lavenham, Suffolk
She was married to Henry DAY on 12 May 1844 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England.
Thomas MEEKING \ MAKINS was born in 1816 in Long Melford, Suffolk, England.
Thomas MEEKING was born on 8 May 1809 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England.
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 The Pocahontas Myth - Powhatan Renape Nation - the real story, not Disney's Distortion
In 1612, at the age of 17, Pocahontas was treacherously taken prisoner by the English while she was on a social visit, and was held hostage at Jamestown for over a year.
Two years later on the spring of 1616, Rolfe took her to England where the Virginia Company of London used her in their propaganda campaign to support the colony.
The people of Smith and Rolfe turned upon the people who had shared their resources with them and had shown them friendship.
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Golemon and Rolfe was one of the first architectural firms to research and recommended the compact type, year-round air conditioned school building for more efficient teacher and pupil performance; Walter Rolfe was greatly responsible for the concept.
Rolfe was representative from the AIA to the US Commission to UNESCO from 1953 to 1955 and was active in other committee work in the AIA.
In 1965, Rolfe was awarded the Order of the Sun of Peru, for "outstanding contribution to the furtherance of architectural education and practice in Peru,"* through his having been the professional teacher of Peru's President Fernando Belaúnde Terry.
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