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John Thomas Rolfe

John Thomas Rolfe

Male 1585 - 1622  (36 years)

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  • Name John Thomas Rolfe  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 6 May 1585  Heacham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Emigration Abt 1609  Bermuda Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    John Rolfe, and wife, emigrated from England aboard the "Sea Venture", which left Britain for Jamestown but was wrecked off Bermuda 
    Immigration 1610  Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Sarah and John completed their journey after their shipwreck in Bermuda 
    Occupation 1610  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    English businessman and expert at cultivation of tobacco 
    Arrival 1621  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Return to the Colonies after the death of Pocahontas 
    Death 20 Mar 1622  Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Cause: Massacred at Jamestown 
    • Killed in the Jamestown Indian Massacre
    Person ID I22420  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father John Eustace Rolfe,   b. 17 Oct 1562, Heacham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1594, Heacham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Dorothea Mason,   b. 1559, Heacham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1645, Heacham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F5232  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Princess Matoaka Pocahontas Powhatan,   b. 1 Sep 1595, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1617, Gravesend, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years) 
    Marriage 5 Apr 1614  Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Rolfe,   b. 30 Jan 1615, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1680, Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F8502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 2 Sarah Hacker,   b. 1585, Heacham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1610, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Marriage 1608  Heacham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 3 Jane Pierce,   b. 1595, Heacham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1635, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jan 1621  Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 May 1585 - Heacham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1608 - Heacham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - Sarah and John completed their journey after their shipwreck in Bermuda - 1610 - Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - English businessman and expert at cultivation of tobacco - 1610 - Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 5 Apr 1614 - Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - Return to the Colonies after the death of Pocahontas - 1621 - Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Jan 1621 - Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Massacred at Jamestown - 20 Mar 1622 - Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    John and Pocahontas    		John and Pocahontas

  • Sources 
    1. [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    2. [S525] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84.0099.
      Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981      		 Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981


    3. [S567] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Place: Virginia; Year: 1621; Page Number: 5.

    4. [S327] Ancestry.com, Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
      Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775      		 Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775


    5. [S567] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Place: Bermuda; Year: 1609-1610; Page Number: 16.

    6. [S567] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Place: Virginia; Year: 1610; Page Number: 23.

    7. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.


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