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Thomas Rolfe 1585 – 1622 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 May 1585

Birth Location: Heacham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 20 March 1622

Death Location: Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: John (13GGF)

Mother: Dorothea Mason

Spouse(s): Sarah Hacker, Matoaka Rolfe, Joan Pierce, Princess Pocohontas

Children(s): Rolfe None, Robert Rolfe, Elizabeth (11GGM), Thomas Rolfe

In 1585, Thomas Rolfe entered the world in Heacham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England, born to John Eustace Johannes Eustacus Rolfe Sr (13GGF) and Dorothea Sophia Friederike Mason. Thomas Rolfe married Sarah Hacker, Matoaka Ribecka Pocahontas Rolfe, Joan Jane (Emaly Jane?) Pierce, Princess Matoaka Of The Powatan Pocohontas, and had children including Rolfe, Robert Rolfe, Elizabeth Pierce Rolfe - Milner (11GGM), Thomas Rolfe. Thomas Rolfe passed away in 1622 in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1585, Thomas Rolfe entered the world in Heacham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England, born to John Eustace Johannes Eustacus Rolfe Sr (13GGF) and Dorothea Sophia Friederike Mason.
  • Thomas Rolfe married Sarah Hacker, Matoaka Ribecka Pocahontas Rolfe, Joan Jane (Emaly Jane?) Pierce, Princess Matoaka Of The Powatan Pocohontas, and had children including Rolfe, Robert Rolfe, Elizabeth Pierce Rolfe - Milner (11GGM), Thomas Rolfe.
  • Thomas Rolfe passed away in 1622 in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

John (13GGF)
1562 – 1594
Birth Location: Heacham Hall, Norfolk County, England
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Dorothea Mason
1559 – 1645
Birth Location: Heacham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Hacker
1585 – 1610
Birth Location: Heacham, Norfolk, , England
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Matoaka Rolfe
1595 – 1617
Birth Location: Present Day Gloucester County, VA
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Joan Pierce
1605 – 1635
Birth Location: Heacham, Norfolk, England
JP
Princess Pocohontas
1595 – 1617
Birth Location: Werowocomoco Village, On Pamunkey River York River, Virginia, US
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Children(s)

Rolfe None
1610 – 1610
Birth Location: Bermuda
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Robert Rolfe
1615 – 1713
Birth Location: Feltwell, Norfolk, England
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Elizabeth (11GGM)
1620 – 1635
Birth Location: Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia Colony, United States - 6 yrs aftr Jamestown
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Thomas Rolfe
1615 – 1680
Birth Location: Smiths Fort Plantation, Richmond, Henrico, Colony of Virginia
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Thomas Rolfe's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Rolfe
1585 – 1622
Birth Place: Heacham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
Parents
John Eustace Johannes Eustacus Rolfe Sr (13GGF)
1562 – 1594
Heacham Hall, Norfolk County, England
Dorothea (Sophia Friederike) Mason
1559 – 1645
Heacham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
John (Eustace) Rolfe
1536 – 1593
Heacham Hall, Norfolk, England
William Mason
1520 – 1588
VERIFIED- Mucklestone, Staffordshire, England -Legend: Queen Margaret of Anjou watched her forces defeated from the Mucklestone church. Before fleeing she hired the blacksmith, Wm. Skelhorn, to reverse her horse's shoes to disguise her getaway.
Great-Grandparents
John Rolfe
1536 – 1593
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Rolfe's Descendants

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Thomas Rolfe (6 May 1585 – 20 March 1622) m. Sarah Hacker (1585 – May 1610) m. Matoaka (Ribecka Pocahontas) Rolfe (17 September 1595 – May 1617) m. Joan (Jane (Emaly Jane?)) Pierce (abt 1605 – 25 June 1635) m. Princess (Matoaka Of The Powatan) Pocohontas (17 September 1595 – 21 March 1617)
  1. 1. Rolfe (September 1610 – September 1610)
  2. 2. Robert Rolfe (30 January 1615 – 12 Feb 1713)
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Pierce Rolfe - Milner) (11GGM) (25 Jan 1620 – 1635 or 1641)
  4. 4. Thomas Rolfe (30 Jan 1615 – 1680) m. Jane Poythress (1630 – 1676)
    1. 1. Lt. (William) Rolfe (1647 – abt 1755)
    2. 2. Thomas Rolfe (Oct 1649 – 5 September 1720)
    3. 3. Anna Rolfe (About 1650 – After 1705)
    4. 4. Jane Rolfe (10 OCT 1650 – BEF 1677) m. Robert Bolling (26 DEC 1646 – 17 JUL 1709) m. Robert BOLLING (26 Dec 1646 – 17 Jul 1709)
      1. 1. Col. (John Fairfax) BOLLING (27 Jan 1676 – 20 Apr 1729) m. Mary (Elizabeth) KENNON (29 Jun 1679 – 29 Jun 1727) m. Jane Rolfe (1651 – 1676)
        1. 1. Penelope Bolling (5 Aug 1694 or 1698 – 6 Nov 1756 or 17 Dec 1748)
        2. 2. Margaret (Bolling) Franklin (1696 or 1700 – 1740 or 1746)
        3. 3. Jane (Kennon Bolling) Randolph (20 January 1698 or 1703 – 4 March 1766)
        4. 4. Major (John Kennon Bolling II of) "Cobbs" (20 Jan 1700 – 6 Sep 1757)
        5. 5. Mary (Agnes "Molly") Bolling (30 Nov 1702 – 1776)
        6. 6. Thomas Bolling (1706 – 6 Sep 1757)
        7. 7. Judith Bolling (28 Jan 1708 – 11 Sep 1796)
        8. 8. William Bolling (04 Apr 1709 – 22 Apr 1775)
        9. 9. Elizabeth ((Judith Elizabeth) Bolling) Gay (17 Dec 1709 or 4 Apr 1709 – 24 Jul 1766 or 22 Apr 1775)
        10. 10. Sarah (Sally) Bolling (6 Jun 1710 – 1789)
        11. 11. Ann Murray (20 Jan 1716 – 1800) m. William (A) Arthur (1713 – 7 Aug 1783) m. James (Yates) MURRAY (1710 – 09 Apr 1789)
        12. 12. Martha (Bolling) Eldridge (17 Nov 1726 or 1713 – 23 Oct 1749)
    5. 5. Anthony Rolfe (1655 – 1676)
    6. 6. Moses Rolfe (1657 – 5 Sep 1720)
    7. 7. Anne (Meriwether) Stith (25 January 1660 – 17 July 1709)
    8. 8. Rebecca Rolfe (1664 – 1690)
    9. 9. George Rolfe (12 Dec 1667 – )
    10. 10. Martha Rolfe (11 Jan 1668 – )

Thomas Rolfe's Timeline

2 Records

1585
6 May 1585
Birth of Thomas Rolfe in Heacham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
Heacham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
1622
20 March 1622
Age 37
Death of Thomas Rolfe in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America
Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 May 1585
    Event Place: Heacham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 March 1622
    Event Place: Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America
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