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John Rolfe
Ever wonder about Pochantas's husband? John Rolfe was a shipwreck survivor, widower, tobacco planter, ambassador, Jamestown leader, and father. Learn about his incredible journey.
Sources:
Carson, Jane. “The Will of John Rolfe.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 58, no. 1 (1950): 58–65. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4245674.
Fishwick, Marshall. “Jamestown.” April 23, 2019.
Historic Jamestowne. https://historicjamestowne.org
John Rolfe. https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/john-rolfe
“Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend.” Historic Jamestowne. Part of Colonial National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service). https://www.nps.gov (Kidnapping of Pocahontas).
Smith, John. “A True Relation of Occurrences and Accidents in Virginia, 1608.”
Smith, John. “The General Historie of Viginia, New England and the Summer Isles.” 1624. Reprint in Jamestown Narratives, edited by Edward Wright Haile. Champlain, VA: Roundhouse, 1998.
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Ever wonder about Pochantas's husband? John Rolfe was a shipwreck survivor, widower, tobacco planter, ambassador, Jamestown leader, and father. Learn about his incredible journey.
Sources:
Carson, Jane. “The Will of John Rolfe.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 58, no. 1 (1950): 58–65. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4245674.
Fishwick, Marshall. “Jamestown.” April 23, 2019.
Historic Jamestowne. https://historicjamestowne.org
John Rolfe. https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/john-rolfe
“Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend.” Historic Jamestowne. Part of Colonial National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service). https://www.nps.gov (Kidnapping of Pocahontas).
Smith, John. “A True Relation of Occurrences and Accidents in Virginia, 1608.”
Smith, John. “The General Historie of Viginia, New England and the Summer Isles.” 1624. Reprint in Jamestown Narratives, edited by Edward Wright Haile. Champlain, VA: Roundhouse, 1998.