Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume IV: "I) Robert Bolling, the first of his name in Virginia, was born in London, England, December 26, 1646. He arrived in Virginia at the age of fourteen years, October 2, 1660, and in the year 1675 married (first) Jane, daughter of Thomas Rolfe, and granddaughter of the Princess Pocahontas (wife of John Rolfe), and great-granddaughter of the Indian Emperor Powhattan. By her he had one son, John. He married a second wife, Anne, daughter of John Stith, by whom he had a large family. This Robert Bolling lived at Kippax, in Prince George county, where he died July 17, 1707, and is there buried." -----Original Message----- From: ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ncwataug-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JOHN FLETCHER Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:06 PM To: ncwataug@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Zionville School Maotakoa, aka Pocahontas, aka Rebecca Rolfe married John Rolfe in Jamestown on April 5, 1614. About 1 year later she gave birth to a son Thomas. She died in 1618 during a visit to England, where she was buried. Her only son Thomas was left in England to be raised and educated. He later returned to Virginia as a young adult. His father John Rolfe was killed in the first Indian Massacre on March 22, 1622. Unless your line can be proven back to Thomas Rolfe, you cannot be descended from Pocahontas. John Smith was only a friend, although a close one, of Pocahontas. They had no romantic relationship. Smith went back to England in 1609 after a serious injury and never returned to Virginia. He was never married and had no known offspring. Jon Smith <jon.smith.1234@comcast.net> wrote: Have you been able to find any other confirmation for your Source #4 to Pocahontas? I've written to Sharon to find out the source of her information, but never gotten a confirmation, but would love for it to be true (being a Jon Smith - it would be worth a chuckle) as I'm in this line as well. If you can determine the data is true, then you can go back to Charlemagne (and earlier) via one of the husbands that married into the family. r/Jon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message