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15. Juni 2024 · John Rolfe’s Tumultuous Voyage To The New World. John Rolfe was born around 1585 in Norfolk, England, but much of his early life has been lost to time. He reappeared in the historical record in May 1609, when he and his first wife, Sarah Hacker, boarded a ship called the Sea Venture. They set sail for the New World as part of a larger convoy.
11. Juni 2018 · John Rolfe. John Rolfe (1585-1622) was an English colonist who settled in Jamestown, Va., and pioneered in the cultivation of tobacco. John Rolfe was born in the spring of 1585, the descendant of an old Norfolk family. His emigration to Virginia in 1609 was interrupted by a shipwreck on the newly discovered island of Bermuda.
John Rolfe (circa 1585 – 1622) was een Brits ontdekkingsreiziger en een van de eerste Britse kolonisten in Noord-Amerika. Hij is vooral bekend als de echtgenoot van de indiaanse vrouw Pocahontas en het feit dat hij erin slaagde tabak te verbouwen op de plantages van de Britse kolonie in Virginia, zodat dit als exportproduct kon worden gebruikt.
21. Juni 2024 · After being taken hostage by the English, Pocahontas married John Rolfe, a distinguished settler, in April 1614. Following the marriage, peace prevailed between the English and the Native Americans as long as Chief Powhatan lived. According to Powhatan tradition and the account of one colonist, Pocahontas was previously married to a Powhatan ...
4. Sept. 2022 · John Rolfe stepped into history in May 1609 when he boarded the Sea Venture, bound for Virginia. The Virginia Company, founded by investors, had financed and sponsored the English colony founded at Jamestown in May 1607. The Company expected the colonist to start industrial enterprises in Virginia that would return profits to the Company. The colonists in Virginia tried a number of different ...
24. Nov. 2009 · On April 5, 1614, Pocahontas and John Rolfe married with the blessing of Chief Powhatan and the governor of Virginia. Their marriage brought a peace between the English colonists and the Powhatans ...
Rolfe, John. May 1585. Norfolk, England. March 22, 1622. Jamestown, Virginia. Virginia colonist, tobacco planter. " . . . as pleasant, sweet, and strong . . . as any under the sunne." John Rolfe. J ohn Rolfe is perhaps best known today as the Jamestown colonist who married Pocahontas (see entry), the Powhatan "princess," in order to seal an ...
