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What are the names of John Rolfe wifes?
John Rolfe had two wives. His first wife was Pocahontas, a Native American woman from the Powhatan tribe, whom he married in 1614. After Pocahontas's death in 1617, Rolfe married Jane Pierce in 1626.
3 To whom was Pocahontas daughter of the Algonquian chief married?
Pocahontas, whose real name was Matoaka, was the daughter of Powhatan. Pocahontas was actually a nickname meaning spoiled child. When she was seventeen, Matoaka was abducted and kept imprisoned in Jamestown. Only when she agree to marry John Rolfe was she released.
What was the fate of Pocahontas after her marriage to John Rolfe?
John Rolfe got married to Pocahontas and Pocahontas got married to John Rolfe. They had a baby Thomas Rolfe a year later :)
The Virginia colonist John Rolfe?
John Rolfe was Pocahontas's husband. _________________________________________ He made tobacco in the 1600's He was primarily responsible for the development of commercial tobacco cultivation in Virginia and became the son-in-law of Powhatan.
What did Pocahontas change her name to after she married John Rolfe?
She changed her name to Rebecca when she was baptized, which was just before she got married to John Rolfe.
When did relations between Powhatan and the settlers improve?
It Improved When John Rolfe (A Tobacco Grower) Married Pocahontas (Chief Powhatan's Daughter).
Did relations between the settlers and the Powhatan people improve?
It Improved When John Rolfe (A Tobacco Grower) Married Pocahontas (Chief Powhatan's Daughter).
What important thing did Pocahontas do for Virginia?
she married john Rolfe and was the daughter of Chief Powhatan She moved to Virgina with him
Who was an Indian woman daughter to an Indian chief and married to an important man in Jamestown?
Her real name was Matoaca, but you probably know her by her nickname- Pocahontas. Daughter of Powhatan. She married John Rolfe, and was known as Rebecca Rolfe.
Who was an Indian woman who was daughter to an Indian chief and married an important man in Jamestown?
Her real name was Matoaca, but you probably know her by her nickname- Pocahontas. Daughter of Powhatan. She married John Rolfe, and was known as Rebecca Rolfe.
Who was the explorer who married an Indian Chiefs' daughter?
Pocahontas, the daughter of Chief Powhatan, married English settler John Rolfe in 1614. Their marriage helped to establish a period of peace between the English settlers in Jamestown and the Powhatan Confederacy in Virginia.
When did the Powhatan confederacy happen?
When Pocahontas Married John Rolfe
Why is John Rolfe a major person?
John Rolfe is a major person because he married Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Confederacy and also was the first to cultivate tobacco as an export crop from the Colony of Virginia.
Colonist married Pocahontas in an effort to make peace with the Powhatan?
John Rolfe
What colonist married Pocahontas in an effort to make peace with the Powhatan?
John Rolfe
Was John Rolfe the leader of Jamestown?
No, not a political leader. He was however the first profitable tobacco planter in the Virginia Colonies. He was also the son-in-law of Wahunsenacawh, the chief of the Powhatan (local Native American tribe); Rolfe married Pocahontas, renaming her Rebecca when she was baptised.
Who was the Virginia leader saved by Pocahontas and the prominent settler who married her?
Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, appealed for mercy for the Virginian settler Captain John Smith. She married another settler, John Rolfe. They returned to England in around 1615. Pocahotas died in England in March 1617.
