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