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Pocahontas, who adopted the Christian name of Rebecca,<ref>The conversion of Pocahontas to Christianity was undertaken by [[Alexander Whitaker]].</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pocahontas Biography: also called Matoaka and Amonute, Christian name Rebecca (1595–1617) |url=http://www.biography.com/articles/Pocahontas-9443116|year=2011|publisher=[[The Biography Channel]]|accessdate=August 25, 2011}}</ref> married John Rolfe on April 5, 1614. Reverend Richard Buck of [[Wymondham]] officiated at the wedding.<ref>''Travels and Works of Captain John Smith (Edinburgh 1910), p.514</ref> They had one child, [[Thomas Rolfe]], who was born in Virginia on January 30, 1615. |
Pocahontas, who adopted the Christian name of Rebecca,<ref>The conversion of Pocahontas to Christianity was undertaken by [[Alexander Whitaker]].</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pocahontas Biography: also called Matoaka and Amonute, Christian name Rebecca (1595–1617) |url=http://www.biography.com/articles/Pocahontas-9443116|year=2011|publisher=[[The Biography Channel]]|accessdate=August 25, 2011}}</ref> married John Rolfe on April 5, 1614. Reverend Richard Buck of [[Wymondham]] officiated at the wedding.<ref>''Travels and Works of Captain John Smith (Edinburgh 1910), p.514</ref> They had one child, [[Thomas Rolfe]], who was born in Virginia on January 30, 1615. |
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She was born in Virginia about 1655 <ref name="Dorman">John Frederick Dorman, ''Adventurers of Purse and Person'', 4th ed., Vol. 3, pp23-36.</ref> to Thomas Rolfe and his wife Jane Poythress |
She was born in Virginia about 1655 <ref name="Dorman">John Frederick Dorman, ''Adventurers of Purse and Person'', 4th ed., Vol. 3, pp23-36.</ref> to Thomas Rolfe and his wife, Jane Poythress whose English parents were Francis Poythress and Alice Payton. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Thomas Rolfe|url=http://www.nps.gov/jame/historyculture/thomas-rolfe.htm|first=Megan|last=Snow|month=May|year=2003|work=Historic Jamestowne|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|accessdate=August 31, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Some prominent Virginia families|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/someprominentvir04pecq#page/304/mode/2up|first=Louise|last=Pecquet du Bellet|year=1907|publisher=J.P. Bell Co.|location=Lynchburg, VA|page=304|chapter=Bolling Family|accessdate=August 31, 2011}}</ref> <ref>"The Descendants of Pocahontas: An Unclosed Case", by Elizabeth Vann Moore and Richard Slatten, ''Magazine of Virginia Genealogy'', XXIII, no.3, pp.3-16, cited by John Frederick Dorman, ''Adventurers of Purse and Person'', 4th ed., Vol. 3, p.26, fn23-24. Moore and Slatten traced the suggestion that his wife was a Poythress back to a comment by W. G. Stanard in "Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents", ''Virginia Historical Magazine''(I, 1894, 446-447): "His wife is said to have been a Miss Poythress (if so, doubtless a daughter of Francis Poythress." According to Moore and Slatten, Stanard cited as evidence handwritten notes on the flyleaf of a copy of ''A Complete Collection of All the Laws of Virginia Now in Force Carefully Copied from the Assembled Records'' (London, 168[?], now in the Library of Virginia. Moore and Slatten state: "Interestingly, Thomas Rolfe here is recorded as married to a 'Miss Payers'. We recall that in John Rolfe's will the name of his third wife is spelt ''Pyers'' (Peirce) and that it was John who married a "Jane". Here again a Bolling descendant confused the son with his father. Not recognizing the name 'Payers' as another variant of ''Peirce'', someone searched the records for a name beginning with 'P' and having a 'y' in the first syllable. Francis Poythress lived in adjacent Charles City County and his name ended in ''s''! Stanard wrote, 'His wife is said to have been a Miss Poythress (if so, doubtless a daughter of Francis Poythress).' (VMHB I, 446) Wyndham Robertson, a Bolling descendant, wrote in ''Pocahontas Alias Mataoke and Her Descendants'' (Richmond, 1887), 'I adopt "Jane Poythress" (not "Poyers") whom he is stated in the ''Bolling Memoirs'' to have married in England.' He added in justification of his charming ''adoption'' of an ancestress, '...no such name as "Poyers" is anywhere known ... the family of Poythress was already settled in Virginia.' ... The result has been the acceptance of a non-existent personage, 'Jane Poythress', in the Bibles of Virginia genealogy, as the bona fide ancestress of many illustrious Virginians. Who the wife (or wives) of Thomas Rolfe may have been remains an unanswered question."</ref> |
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In about 1675, Jane married [[Robert Bolling]] of [[Prince George County, Virginia|Prince George County]], [[Virginia]]. Their son [[John Bolling|John]] was born on January 26, 1676. Jane is said to have died shortly afterward.<ref name="Dorman"/> |
In about 1675, Jane married [[Robert Bolling]] of [[Prince George County, Virginia|Prince George County]], [[Virginia]]. Their son [[John Bolling|John]] was born on January 26, 1676. Jane is said to have died shortly afterward.<ref name="Dorman"/> |
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Revision as of 21:18, 16 November 2011
Jane Rolfe (c. 1655 - c. 1676) was the granddaughter of Pocahontas (Chief Powhatan's daughter) and the English colonist John Rolfe, (credited with introducing a strain of tobacco for export by the struggling Virginia Colony).
Pocahontas, who adopted the Christian name of Rebecca,[1][2] married John Rolfe on April 5, 1614. Reverend Richard Buck of Wymondham officiated at the wedding.[3] They had one child, Thomas Rolfe, who was born in Virginia on January 30, 1615.
She was born in Virginia about 1655 [4] to Thomas Rolfe and his wife, Jane Poythress whose English parents were Francis Poythress and Alice Payton. [5][6] [7]
In about 1675, Jane married Robert Bolling of Prince George County, Virginia. Their son John was born on January 26, 1676. Jane is said to have died shortly afterward.[4]
Bolling married Mary Kennon, daughter of Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham of Conjurer's Neck.[4] The couple had six surviving children, each of whom married and had surviving children.[8] As a result, many Americans are today able to claim descent from Pocahontas through her great-grandson, John Bolling.
Rolfe's interment was near her father in the Kippax Plantation.
References
- ^ The conversion of Pocahontas to Christianity was undertaken by Alexander Whitaker.
- ^ "Pocahontas Biography: also called Matoaka and Amonute, Christian name Rebecca (1595–1617)". The Biography Channel. 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ^ Travels and Works of Captain John Smith (Edinburgh 1910), p.514
- ^ a b c John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 4th ed., Vol. 3, pp23-36.
- ^ Snow, Megan (2003). "Thomas Rolfe". Historic Jamestowne. National Park Service. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Pecquet du Bellet, Louise (1907). "Bolling Family". Some prominent Virginia families. Lynchburg, VA: J.P. Bell Co. p. 304. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ^ "The Descendants of Pocahontas: An Unclosed Case", by Elizabeth Vann Moore and Richard Slatten, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, XXIII, no.3, pp.3-16, cited by John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 4th ed., Vol. 3, p.26, fn23-24. Moore and Slatten traced the suggestion that his wife was a Poythress back to a comment by W. G. Stanard in "Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents", Virginia Historical Magazine(I, 1894, 446-447): "His wife is said to have been a Miss Poythress (if so, doubtless a daughter of Francis Poythress." According to Moore and Slatten, Stanard cited as evidence handwritten notes on the flyleaf of a copy of A Complete Collection of All the Laws of Virginia Now in Force Carefully Copied from the Assembled Records (London, 168[?], now in the Library of Virginia. Moore and Slatten state: "Interestingly, Thomas Rolfe here is recorded as married to a 'Miss Payers'. We recall that in John Rolfe's will the name of his third wife is spelt Pyers (Peirce) and that it was John who married a "Jane". Here again a Bolling descendant confused the son with his father. Not recognizing the name 'Payers' as another variant of Peirce, someone searched the records for a name beginning with 'P' and having a 'y' in the first syllable. Francis Poythress lived in adjacent Charles City County and his name ended in s! Stanard wrote, 'His wife is said to have been a Miss Poythress (if so, doubtless a daughter of Francis Poythress).' (VMHB I, 446) Wyndham Robertson, a Bolling descendant, wrote in Pocahontas Alias Mataoke and Her Descendants (Richmond, 1887), 'I adopt "Jane Poythress" (not "Poyers") whom he is stated in the Bolling Memoirs to have married in England.' He added in justification of his charming adoption of an ancestress, '...no such name as "Poyers" is anywhere known ... the family of Poythress was already settled in Virginia.' ... The result has been the acceptance of a non-existent personage, 'Jane Poythress', in the Bibles of Virginia genealogy, as the bona fide ancestress of many illustrious Virginians. Who the wife (or wives) of Thomas Rolfe may have been remains an unanswered question."
- ^ Henrico County Deeds & Wills 1697-1704, p.96