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Personal data John Thomas Rolfe 

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Household of John Thomas Rolfe

He is married to Princess Pocahontas Matoaka Rebecca Powhatan.

They got married on April 5, 1614 at Jamestown, James, Virginia, he was 28 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Thomas Rolfe

John Thomas Rolfe
1585-1622

1614

Princess Pocahontas Matoaka Rebecca Powhatan
1595-1617

Lt Thomas Powhatten Rolfe
1615-1675

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Birthday May 6, 1585

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1585: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 9 » The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
    • July 7 » The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
    • August 8 » John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
    • August 10 » The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
    • August 17 » A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
    • August 17 » Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.

Day of marriage April 5, 1614

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1614: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 5 » In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
    • July 6 » Raid on Żejtun: The south east of Malta, and the town of Żejtun, suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
    • August 22 » Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
    • October 11 » The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.
    • October 31 » First performance of Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair by the Lady Elizabeth's Men company at the Hope Theatre in London.
    • November 8 » Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.

Day of death March 22, 1622

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1622: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 12 » Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
    • March 22 » Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
    • April 22 » The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island.
    • June 24 » Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture Macau.
    • December 18 » Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.
    • December 22 » The town of Bucaramanga, Colombia, is founded by Andres Paes de Sotomayor.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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