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Thomas Rolfe 1615–1680 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 January 1615

Birth Location: Smiths Fort Plantation, Richmond, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1680

Death Location: Hopewell, Hopewell City, Virginia, United States of America

Father:

Mother: Amonute Powhatan

Spouse(s): Jane Poythress

Children(s): Jane (5-ROLFE)

Thomas Rolfe was born in 1615 in Smiths Fort Plantation, Richmond, Virginia, United States, the child of John Rolfe And Amonute Matoaka Rebecca Pocahontas Powhatan. Thomas Rolfe married Jane Poythress, and had children including Jane Bolling 5 Rolfe. Thomas Rolfe passed away in 1680 in Hopewell, Hopewell City, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Thomas Rolfe was born in 1615 in Smiths Fort Plantation, Richmond, Virginia, United States, the child of John Rolfe And Amonute Matoaka Rebecca Pocahontas Powhatan.
  • Thomas Rolfe married Jane Poythress, and had children including Jane Bolling 5 Rolfe.
  • Thomas Rolfe passed away in 1680 in Hopewell, Hopewell City, Virginia, United States of America.

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Thomas Rolfe's Ancestors

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Thomas Rolfe
1615–1680
Birth Place: Smiths Fort Plantation, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Parents
Amonute ("Matoaka" "Rebecca" (Pocahontas)) Powhatan
1596–1617
Werowocomoco, Tsenacommacah (current day Gloucester County, Virginia, USA)
Grandparents
"Wahunsonacock" (EMPEROR "Running Stream" CHIEF POWHATAN. Powhatan of PAMUNKEY Tribe. -son of de') Velasco.
1546–1618
Werowocomoco Pamunkey River, King William, Virginia, United States
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Rolfe's Descendants

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Thomas Rolfe (30 January 1615–1680) m. Jane Poythress (1630–January 1680)
  1. 1. Jane (Bolling) (5-ROLFE) 1650–1676 m. Colonel (Robert) Bolling 1646–1709
    1. 1. John (Fairfax Bolling) (Col) 1676–1729
      1. 1. Major ((Col.) John Kennon Bolling (Red) Bolling)*** 1700–1757 m. Elizabeth (Bolling) Bland 1708–1775
        1. 1. James (Thomas Powhatan) Bowling 1735–1804 m. Mary (Sarah) Bolling\Bowling 1757–1833
      2. 2. Anne (Bolling) (12-ROLFE) 1719–1800
      3. 3. Martha (Bolling) (11-ROLFE) 1713–1749
      4. 4. Mary (Bolling) (10-ROLFE) 1711–1744
      5. 5. Jane (Bolling) (7-ROLFE) 1698–1767

Thomas Rolfe's Timeline

3 Records

1615
30 January 1615
Birth of Thomas Rolfe in Smiths Fort Plantation, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Smiths Fort Plantation, Richmond, Virginia, United States
1640
1640
Age 25
Thomas Rolfe was married in VA
VA
1680
1680
Age 65
Death of Thomas Rolfe in Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, United States of America
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 January 1615
    Event Place: Smiths Fort Plantation, Richmond, Virginia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1640
    Event Place: VA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lancashire: Burnley - Parish Register, 1562-1653

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1680
    Event Place: Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hopewell, Hopewell City, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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