For those who didn't get this from Poca list in 1999. watch for more from book. Helllo Barnett's; EPISODE 1..... Barnett; I will post some imfo I have from an old Book written by a Mary A. Barnett b 22 Sep 1845 in southern INDIANNA. She printed her biography in 1923. The BARNETT connection to her family began in the book with the following Family story and History handed down to Mary and researched by her in old records, in all places involved that could possibly be found and used in this biography.. at the time of printing. She is connected to the Mr and Mrs James Dare family. Parents of Virginia Dare. I was told this story when I was a young girl about the truth of the POCOHANTAS . (I have not found a connection to my Barnett's here unless it was in England which I have not researched) ( During my search for Barnett's beginning I had met and heard about several others that also were told this story by their ancestors.) ( So how could others who have been told they were descend of Pocohantas have the same story I was also told by my Granfather after it had been handed down the family from Generation to Generation not have at least some truth in it.) Mary Barnett b 1849's story. In 1596 a little daughter was born to Mr and Mrs James Dare who was christened , VIRGINIA in honor of the Virgin Queen of England. A short time after birth of Little Virginia, her Mother and father died of the Swamp Fever, which soon depopulated the whole colony. As the last white man felt he was becoming ill with the deadley fever he gave Little Virginia to an Indian Squaw with his dying blessing on them both. The Squaw carried the babe to her Chief and reverently laid her gift at his feet. The mighty Chief took her in and loved her as his own and adopted her into his own family and named her MATOX, He didn't have a daughter of his own and raised her as his own being proud of her and she was raised like the other's in the Indian Tribe who looked on her as the daughter of their Chief, Powhatan.. IT WAS VIRGINIA WHO SAVED THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JOHN SNMITH and ALSO THE 3rd SETTLEMENT OF Jamestown from a total massacre. James Smith said in one of his own books that. Pocahantas was next to GOD as a savior. She was capturred by Capt. Argal when but 18 yrs of age at Jamestown where she stayed for abt 3 yrs untill her marriage to John Rolfe and went with him to England. She had traveled 12 miles by night barefoot to warn the Colony of the 3rd Jamestown of Powhatan's plan to massacre Jamestown . We also know that Powhatan only had 2 sons who were both killed in battles and when the Chief was ill and felt he was to die, he conveyed all his possesions to his only sister and some bros. except some land in Virginia in 1622 which he left to Thomas Rolfe son of his adopted dau. Pocahantas. Pocahantas was baptied in the Christian Church and given the name of Rebecca. She mar the white man named John Rolfe, a Englishamn at Jamestown in 1615. To them was born a son they named Thomas Smith Rolfe for Capt. John Smith and Thomas Dale second Govenor of Virginia. In 1616 she and her husband and baby son, Thomas went to England. All of the King and Queen of England and the Lords and Ladies were charmed and called her princess, Lady Rebecca.. They left to return to America as that is where her husband wanted to be. They left and soon after Rebecca developed small pox and so grave was it that they went ashore at Gravesends , where she died and was burried there Her incription can be read this day. >From the London Chronicle, we learn that St. George's church claims the honour of her burial and in it's Parish Registry. contains the following entry, "Rebecca Wrothe, wyffe of John Wrothe , a Virginian. The Lady borne here was burried in ye Channel".. History will have shown that Pocohantas was not a mythe but a real person being none other than the first English Child Borne on American Soil , named Virginia Dare. We also learn that Indian History says that Pocahantas was only a Indian name for a "tomboy" given her by her adopted father, Powhatan. Thomas Rolfe, the only child of Virginia and John Rolfe was mar to Jane Poythress in 1638. Some historian's claim there were 12 children born to this union; but we can only trace three children. Thomas Rolfe, wife Jane Poythress, Children ( known) 1...Jane who mar.Colonel Robert Bolling; 2...Anna, who mar.William Barnett, a frenchman,who came to America in 1662. 3... John Rolfe ( Mary, the writer) had just been told by his family that his Granson, a Thomas Rolfe, visited at Edinburg abt sixty or seventy yrs ago and returned south. NOTE: THis book was written in 1923 so there is a L apse of time here between when Mary wrote this imformation and when she printed the book. i will pick up here in my next post of Genealogicle imfo of the Barnett side of this family. Episode 2. We have here Thomas Rolfe mar Jane Poythress Will continue with the , Children of William Barnett. What we have of Jane, Anna, John Rolfe. Maxine Wilton mmwaw@sprynet.com There is more about this etc. but I want to do the Genealogy of her here. i will