Sunday, May 13, 2018

CAPT JOHN THOMAS ROLFE JAMESTOWN VIRGINIA


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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