John Rolfe^[1]

1585 - 1622  (36 years)

• Name	John Rolfe
  Birth	6 May 1585	Heachum, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Mar 1622	Jamestown, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I158105	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John Rolfe,   b. 1562   d. 1594 (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Dorothea Mason,   b. 1565   d. 1645 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1582
  Family ID	F62603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Princess Matoaka Pocahontas,   b. 1595, Hanover Co. Virginia, USA d. 21 Mar 1617, Gravesend, England (Age 22 years)
  Marriage	1614	Hanover Co. VA
  Children	1. Thomas Rolfe,   b. 1615, Hanover Co. VA d. 1663, Jamestown, VA (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F62601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  From South Alabama Roots and Branches http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marjoeal by Mary Stearnes Henley Below is from Barton-Hightower-Trammell-Creilly-Dandridge Trees to Adam &Eve http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bartont Contact: Thomas Barton at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bartont&id=I2471 "b. a twin of Eustacius, baptized, 1585. "The name of Rolfe is Danish and first occurs in history when Rolfe Krokewas King of Denmark. This special branch of the Rolfes are recorded asowners of Beachman Hall, County Norfolk, where they were living as farback as 1560. The first entry in the record is the marriage of EustaceRolfe to Jener (Joanna). These were the grandparents of John Rolfe. Therecord further states that John Rolfe, son of John Rolfe and and DorotheaMason was b. May 6, 1585. John Rolfe, Jr., was one of the prominentcharacters of his time, being the first Secretary of State and RecorderGeneral of Virginia, also a member of the Royal Council for the colony.Thomas Rolfe, the only child of John Rolfe, Jr., and Pocahontas Rebecca,b. 1615, in the colony--" (Some Prom. VA Families, v. IV, pp. 303-304)." Sources: Abbrev: Pocahontas & Her Descendants Title: Through her Marriage at Janestown, VA, in Apr. 1614, with JohnRolfe, Gent. Author: Wyndham Robinson Publication: Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., 1982

  
  

• Sources

  [S3540] Hamish Maclaren.