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Pocahontas (Matoaka) Powhatan 1595–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 September 1595

Birth Location: Present Day Gloucester County, VA

Death Date: 1617

Death Location: Gravesend, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England

Father: (Chief) Powhatan

Mother: Matatishe Powhatan

Spouse(s): John Rolfe

Children(s): Thomas Rolfe

In 1595, Pocahontas (Matoaka) Powhatan entered the world in Present Day Gloucester County, VA, born to Chief Powhatan And Matatishe Winanuske Nonoma Powhatan. Pocahontas (Matoaka) Powhatan married John Rolfe, and had children including Thomas Rolfe. Pocahontas (Matoaka) Powhatan passed away in 1617 in Gravesend, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1595, Pocahontas (Matoaka) Powhatan entered the world in Present Day Gloucester County, VA, born to Chief Powhatan And Matatishe Winanuske Nonoma Powhatan.
  • Pocahontas (Matoaka) Powhatan married John Rolfe, and had children including Thomas Rolfe.
  • Pocahontas (Matoaka) Powhatan passed away in 1617 in Gravesend, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Pocahontas Powhatan's Ancestors

Self
Pocahontas Powhatan
1595–1617
Birth Place: Present Day Gloucester County, VA
Parents
(Chief) Powhatan
1550–1618
New River, Pulaski, Virginia, USA
Matatishe (Winanuske Nonoma) Powhatan
1571–1618
Werowocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Ensenore Algonkian
1516–1570
Scent Flower
1517–1600
Confluence Dan Staunton Rivers, Virginia, United States
Opechancanough (Powhatan Winanuske (Raleigh) Croshaw)
1540–1576
Virginia, America
Great-Grandparents
Great Powhatan
1517–1570
Paupauwisle Powhatan
1517–1600
Great Iroquois
1517–1570
Raleigh Chrashaw
1517–1618
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Dashing Stream
1474–1525
Poechancanough Powhatan
1474–1526
Dashing Stream
1474–1525

Pocahontas Powhatan's Descendants

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Pocahontas ((Matoaka)) Powhatan (17 September 1595–1617) m. John Rolfe (6 May 1585–March 1622)
  1. 1. Thomas Rolfe 1615–1675 m. Jane Poythress 1625–1680
    1. 1. Jane Rolfe 1650–1676 m. Col. (Robert) Bolling 1646–1709
      1. 1. Col. (John) Bolling 1676–1729
        1. 1. John Bolling 1700–1757
        2. 2. Jane Bolling –1766

Pocahontas Powhatan's Timeline

3 Records

1595
17 September 1595
Birth of Pocahontas (Matoaka) Powhatan in Present Day Gloucester County, VA
Present Day Gloucester County, VA
1617
21 March 1617
Age 22
Death of Pocahontas (Matoaka) Powhatan in Gravesend, Kent, England
Gravesend, Kent, England
1617
1617
Age 22
Burial of Pocahontas (Matoaka) Powhatan in Gravesend, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England
Gravesend, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 September 1595
    Event Place: Present Day Gloucester County, VA
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Unk, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Family Photo Collection, C.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 March 1617
    Event Place: Gravesend, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1617
    Event Place: Gravesend, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Gravestone Photograph Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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