I am learning from everyone here. Please don't take my accounting as gospal, it is just what I got out of different sites I read. I believe I said my understanding was, or something to that effect. This is a very informative thread, and please keep the information flowing. I have been on this list quite a while and this is the first time I have really paid attention to a thread. I am just going to take it all in (smile). Anita --- Sunshine49 <shengirl@verizon.net> wrote: > this is the mistake- it is the Henricus church, > which was at the fort > of Henricus, not at the present location of St. > John's Church on > Church Hill in Richmond. St. John's wasn't > established till the early > 1700s, it could not have been the same minister > anyway. Henrico > County was also named for this prince Henry, so it > might be > confusing. If you are speaking of mulattos buried at > the Henricus > Church, which could very well be, it is probably now > dug away by the > quarrying operation. In the early days of settlement > it is estimated > that 40% of the male colonists married native women. > There was a huge > shortage of women in the colony early on, and a very > high death rate > for those who did come. So there were many mullattos > at the time, tho > I am not sure they were all called that. I doubt > John Rolfe and > Pocahontas's son was called that. Of course, in some > later documents > anyone who was of mixed ancestry, black or native, > was called > "colored." You don't say where you are or if you > have ever visited > St. John's Church, but the burial ground is very > small, no room for > sections anyway. > > Nancy > > ------- > Living is an ongoing imperfection. > > -Sara Lukinson > > > > On Oct 3, 2006, at 12:51 PM, alani2@yahoo.com wrote: > > > I was reading from the The Historic St. Johns site > > was stated the Reverend Whittaker baptised > Pocahontas. > > He was Rector of Saint Johns, so I assumed he > married > > her there (my mistake). Anyway, I am not trying to > > change the discussion focus. My point was that the > > church had members who were Mulatto (Native), and > may > > have had a cemetery on the grounds (albeit > seperate), > > for these members. I guess it should be a > question. > > Would they have had a seperate graveyard on Church > > grounds for non whites? > > > > Also, does anyone know of a Lewis cemetery in > > Richmond? > > > > "The Reverend Alexander Whittaker was appointed > rector > > for this first Henricus church. Whittaker gained > fame > > as the minister who baptized Pocahontas, giving > her > > the Christian name of Rebecca, and who married her > to > > John Rolfe in 1614. In 1617 Whittaker drowned in > the > > James River. His associate William Wickham held > the > > Parish Church together, awaiting the arrival from > > England of the Reverend Thomas Bargrave in 1619." > > > > Historica St. Johns Church Site: > > > http://www.historicstjohnschurch.org/pages/history.htm > > > > Anita Wills > > --- Maraudermn@aol.com wrote: > > > >> Hi: > >> > >> Pocahontas and John Rolfe were married on April > 5, > >> 1614 at the Jamestown > >> Anglican Church with the blessing of Powhatan, > who > >> sent an envoy to the wedding. > >> > >> Bernie > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email > >> to VAHENRIC-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 VAHENRIC- > > 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 VAHENRIC-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > BARNES & NOBLE ONLINE PURCHASE - NOTES AND DOCUMENTS OF FREE PERSONS OF COLOR: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=9v5Ox3pAni&isbn=1411603338&itm=1 Purchase Site for Tape of Anita Wills on Book TV: http://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=188914-1 I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. ~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer~ CREE INDIAN PROPHECY: ONLY AFTER THE LAST TREE HAS BEEN CUT DOWN, ONLY AFTER THE LAST RIVER HAS BEEN POISONED, ONLY AFTER THE LAST FISH HAS BEEN CAUGHT, ONLY THEN WILL YOU FIND THAT MONEY CANNOT BE EATEN.