 1595 - 1616 (21 years)
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| Name |
Amonute Matoake Pocahontas "Rebecca" |
| Birth |
1595 |
Jamestown, James City County, VA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
21 Mar 1615/16 |
Gravesend, Kent, England |
| Person ID |
I10423 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family |
John Rolfe, b. 6 May 1585, Heacham, Norfolk, England d. 1621/22, Jamestown, James City County, VA (Age 36 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Apr 1614 |
Jamestown, James City County, VA |
| Children |
| | 1. Thomas Rolfe, b. 30 Jan 1614/15, Richmond, Virginia, USA d. 1675/76, Virginia, USA (Age 60 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F4048 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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 | Death - 21 Mar 1615/16 - Gravesend, Kent, England |
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| Notes |
- BIOGRAPHY: The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume I
page 113
ARGALL, Sir Samuel, deputy governor of Virginia, was born in England in 1572. He came to America as early as 1609 on a trading and fishing expedition. The following year he conducted Lord Delaware to Virginia, and while in America established trade with the Indians. In 1612 his abduction of Pocahontas occurred. This has been erroneously looked upon as one of Argall's many acts of treachery and baseness. Powhatan, the Indian chief and father of Pocahontas, held in captivity a number of Englishmen whom Argall proposed to liberate by securing Pocahontas as a means of exchange. He went to her uncle, Pastancy, who, in consideration of a copper kettle, agreed to assist him in beguiling the young Indian girl to Argall's ship. The stratagem succeeded, and the English prisoners were released. Pocahontas was well treated, and declared her wish to "dwell with the English, who loved her best."
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