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	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Mother	Dorothea Mason,   b. 1565   d. 1645 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F29494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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

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