I appreciate your situation, my previous husband was a John Smith and I got asked that Pocohantas question also. Cindy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Smith" <jon.smith.1234@comcast.net> To: <ncwataug@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] Zionville School >I realize I'm not related to John Smith. (My Smith's were Schmidt's and > came from Germany). But being a Jon Smith, my wife is always asked, "so > who > are you? Pocohantas?" You have to be a Jon/John Smith to appreciate the > situation! > > :-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JOHN FLETCHER" <romejohn@verizon.net> > To: <ncwataug@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:05 PM > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >