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Chief Pocahantas Powhatan Rolfe 1595–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Sep 1595

Birth Location: Tidewater, James City, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 21 Mar 1617

Death Location: Gravesend, Kent, England

Father: Wahuns Pocahontas

Mother: Matatishe Powhatan

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The story of Chief Pocahantas Powhatan Rolfe began in 1595 in Tidewater, James City, Virginia, United States. Chief Pocahantas Powhatan Rolfe passed away in 1617 in Gravesend, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Chief Pocahantas Powhatan Rolfe began in 1595 in Tidewater, James City, Virginia, United States.
  • Chief Pocahantas Powhatan Rolfe passed away in 1617 in Gravesend, Kent, England.

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Chief Rolfe's Ancestors

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Chief Rolfe
1595–1617
Birth Place: Tidewater, James City, Virginia, United States
Parents
Wahuns Nacock aka Wahunsonacock paramount Chief or the Powhattan Powhaten father of Pocahontas
1545–1645
Werewocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, United States
Matatishe (Winanuske Eagle Plume Nonoma) Powhatan
1570–1618
Werewocomoco, Orapax, at confluence of Dan Staunton rivers, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Great (Chief ElsenoreEnsenore 'Running Stream' Algonkian, Chief of the Powhatan) Indians
1500–1570
territories around what is now Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
Dashing (Stream) Winsinocock
1495–1600
Banks Tributary Lancer River, Blue, Virginia
Chief Poechancanough
1557–1646
Virginia, United States
Native American
1550–1617
Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Poechancanough
1525–1590
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Chief Rolfe's Timeline

2 Records

1595
17 Sep 1595
Birth of Chief Pocahantas Powhatan Rolfe in Tidewater, James City, Virginia, United States
Tidewater, James City, Virginia, United States
1617
21 Mar 1617
Age 22
Death of Chief Pocahantas Powhatan Rolfe in Gravesend, Kent, England
Gravesend, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Sep 1595
    Event Place: Tidewater, James City, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Mar 1617
    Event Place: Gravesend, Kent, England

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