The following information was sent to me concerning the Bates family and a connection with Pocahontas. I had never seen it before and can't verify: (This is probably old news to long=time researchers, but I have not worked on my Bates line very much so I wanted to check it out, with people in the know.) Generations: 1. Pocahontas and John Rolfe 2. Thomas Rolfe married Jane Poythress 3. Jane Rolfe married Col. Robert Bolling 4. John Bolling married Mary Kennon 5. Jane Bolling married Richard Randolph 6. Francis Randolph marrried John Jones 7. Frances Randolph married Joel Halbert, Sr. 8. Elizabeth Halbert married William Hill 9. Thomas Hill married Catherine Shropshire 10. Hannah Hill married Robert Patrick Bates 11. Henderson Wesley Bates married Eliza Elvira Jarrett Bourland (I have definite info on my line from here on)