CAPTAIN JOHN THOMAS ROLFE
JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA
John Thomas Rolfe was
born 6 May 1585 in Heacham, Norfolk, England , to
Johannes Eustaclus Rolfe,
1562 – 1594, and Dorothea Mason, 1559 – 1645. He was
christened the day of his
birth. At age 15 he was resident of Virginia Colony.
In England, 1608 he
married Sarah Harker who died in 1610 as did a daughter, Bermuda,
born 1610 died 1610.
In 1614 at Virginia
Colony , he married Matoka Pocahontas Lady Rebecca Powhaten,
had two sons, Lieutenant
Thomas and Thomas W. { They may be just one son) .
At Jamestown, 1620, he
married Jane Pierce and had daughter elizabeth Pierce Rolfe, born
1620, died 1645.
John Thomas Rolfe was
killed in an Indian massacre, 22 March 1622 at Jamestown,
Virginia.
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