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Matoaka "Pocahontas" Rebecca Powhatan 1595–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 September 1595

Birth Location: Present Day Gloucester County, VA

Death Date: 1617

Death Location: Heacham, Norfolk, England

Father: Chief Powhatan

Mother: Nonoma Powhatan

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Thomas Rolfe

Matoaka "Pocahontas" Rebecca Powhatan was born in 1595 in Present Day Gloucester County, VA, the child of Chief Wahunsenacawk Powhatan And Nonoma Winanuske Matatishe Powhatan. Matoaka "Pocahontas" Rebecca Powhatan had children including Thomas Rolfe. Matoaka "Pocahontas" Rebecca Powhatan passed away in 1617 in Heacham, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • Matoaka "Pocahontas" Rebecca Powhatan was born in 1595 in Present Day Gloucester County, VA, the child of Chief Wahunsenacawk Powhatan And Nonoma Winanuske Matatishe Powhatan.
  • Matoaka "Pocahontas" Rebecca Powhatan had children including Thomas Rolfe.
  • Matoaka "Pocahontas" Rebecca Powhatan passed away in 1617 in Heacham, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Matoaka Powhatan's Ancestors

Self
Matoaka Powhatan
1595–1617
Birth Place: Present Day Gloucester County, VA
Parents
Chief Wahunsenacawk Powhatan
1548–1618
New River, Pulaski, Virginia, USA
Nonoma (Winanuske Matatishe) Powhatan
1571–1618
Werowocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Ensenore Algonkian
1516–1570
Pau (Pauwiske "Scent Flower") Powhatan
1517–1600
Confluence Dan Staunton Rivers, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Pau Powhatan
1500–
Mother Powhatan
1500–1570
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Matoaka Powhatan's Descendants

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Matoaka ("Pocahontas" Rebecca) Powhatan (17 September 1595–1617)
  1. 1. Thomas Rolfe 1616–1675 m. Jane Poythress 1630–1701
    1. 1. Jane Rolfe 1650–1676 m. Robert (Bolling) Col 1646–1709
      1. 1. Robert (II Bolling) Jr/ 1682–1747

Matoaka Powhatan's Timeline

4 Records

1595
17 September 1595
Birth of Matoaka "Pocahontas" Rebecca Powhatan in Present Day Gloucester County, VA
Present Day Gloucester County, VA
1614
1614
Age 19
Matoaka "Pocahontas" Rebecca Powhatan was married in VA
VA
1617
May 1617
Age 22
Death of Matoaka "Pocahontas" Rebecca Powhatan in Gravesend, Kent, England
Gravesend, Kent, England
1617
1617
Age 22
Burial of Matoaka "Pocahontas" Rebecca Powhatan in Heacham, Norfolk, England
Heacham, Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 September 1595
    Event Place: Present Day Gloucester County, VA
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Gravestone Photograph Index
    [3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 769.055; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 56
    [4] Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0584
    [5] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 15; Page: 1336
    [6] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [7] Millennium File
    [8] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1617
    Event Place: Gravesend, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Gravestone Photograph Index
    [3] Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0584
    [4] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 15; Page: 1336
    [5] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [6] Millennium File
    [7] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1617
    Event Place: Heacham, Norfolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Gravestone Photograph Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1614
    Event Place: VA
    Record Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 769.055; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 56

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