Pocahontas

1595 - 1617  (~ 22 years)

• Name	Pocahontas
  Birth	cir 1595
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Mar 1617	Gravesend, Kent, England
  Notes	Pocahontas's formal names were Matoaka (or Matoika) and Amonute; Pocahontas was a childhood nickname referring to her frolicsome nature (in the Powhatan language it meant "little wanton", according to William Strachey. The eighteenth century historian William Stith claimed that "the Indians carefully concealed [her real name] from the English, and changed it to Pocahontas, out of a superstitious Fear, lest they, by the knowledge of her true Name, should be enabled to do her some hurt." After her baptism, Pocahontas went by the name Rebecca, becoming Rebecca Rolfe on her marriage.
  Person ID	I23490	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Powhatan,   b. cir 1545
  Mother	Nonoma Winanuske,   b. cir 1571
  Family ID	F9011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Rolfe,   b. 6 May 1585, Heacham, Norfolk, England d. 1622, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1614
  Children	1. Thomas Rolfe,   b. 30 Jan 1615, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, USA d. 1675, Virginia (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F9010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 21 Mar 1617 - Gravesend, Kent, England  = Link to Google Earth
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