1585 - 1622 (36 years)| Name | John Thomas Rolfe [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] | |
| Birth | 6 May 1585 | Heacham, Norfolk, England  [1] |
| Gender | Male | |
| Emigration | Abt 1609 | Bermuda [5] |
| John Rolfe, and wife, emigrated from England aboard the "Sea Venture", which left Britain for Jamestown but was wrecked off Bermuda | ||
| Immigration | 1610 | Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA [6] |
| Sarah and John completed their journey after their shipwreck in Bermuda | ||
| Occupation | 1610 | Virginia, USA |
| English businessman and expert at cultivation of tobacco | ||
| Arrival | 1621 | Virginia, USA [3] |
| Return to the Colonies after the death of Pocahontas | ||
| Death | 20 Mar 1622 | Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA [1, 2] |
| Cause: Massacred at Jamestown | ||
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Town-Jamestown Colony The Jamestown[a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg.[1] It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 and was considered… |
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| Person ID | I22077 | A Tree Called Smith |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Father | John Eustace Rolfe, b. 17 Oct 1562, Heacham, Norfolk, England d. 29 Nov 1594, Heacham, Norfolk, England (Age 32 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Mother | Dorothea Mason, b. 1559, Heacham, Norfolk, England d. 17 Oct 1645, Heacham, Norfolk, England (Age 86 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Family ID | F5250 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | Princess Matoaka Pocahontas Powhatan, b. 1 Sep 1595, Virginia, USA d. 21 Mar 1617, Gravesend, Kent, England (Age 21 years) | |||
| Marriage | 5 Apr 1614 | Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA [2, 7] |
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Town-Jamestown Colony The Jamestown[a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg.[1] It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 and was considered… |
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| Family ID | F8571 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |||
| Family 2 | Sarah Hacker, b. 1585, Heacham, Norfolk, England d. 1610, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA (Age 25 years) | |
| Marriage | 1608 | Heacham, Norfolk, England |
| Family ID | F8572 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Family 3 | Jane Pierce, b. 1595, Heacham, Norfolk, England d. 1635, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA (Age 40 years) | |
| Marriage | 25 Jan 1621 | Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA |
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Town-Jamestown Colony The Jamestown[a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg.[1] It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 and was considered… |
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| Family ID | F8573 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
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| People | | ROLFE-Pocahontas and John John Thomas Rolfe and Pocahontas |
| Places | | Town-Jamestown Colony The Jamestown[a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg.[1] It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 and was considered… |
| Wars & Battles |  | War-Powhatan Massacre (1622) A 1628 woodcut by Matthaeus Merian published along with Theodore de Bry's earlier engravings in 1628 book on the New World. The engraving shows the March 22, 1622 massacre when Powhatan Indians attacked Jamestown and outlying Virginia settlements. Merian relied on de Bry's earlier depictions of the Indians, but the image is largely considered… |
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