Jane (Rolfe) Bolling is a descendant of Pocahontas. Here is the trail.
Jane Rolfe was born 10 October 1650 at Varina Plantation, Henrico, Virginia.[citation needed]
She was the only child of Pocahontas' son, Thomas Rolfe, and the only grandchild of Pocahontas.
She married in about 1675, possibly in Petersburg, Dinwiddle, Virginia, Robert Bolling, by whom she had only one child[1], John Bolling, who was born January 27, 1677. The descendants of John Bolling are sometimes referred to as "Red Bollings" due to the Native American lineage.
Jane's exact death date is unknown, but she died shortly after her son's birth, probably at her home, Kippax Plantation, in Hopewell, Virginia. [2]
↑ Robert Bolling, Memoirs of the Bolling Family, c. 1764, cited in Dorman, John F. Adventurers of Purse and Person. Fourth Edition. Genealogical Publishing Co.Inc., Baltimore, Md. 2007. Vol. III p. 27
"Historical and Genealogical Notes", in William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5 no. 4 (Apr 1897), p. 275. The flyleaf. Recycled in endnotes to "The Indians of Southern Virginia", in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Apr 1900), p. 352.
Bolling, Robert, of Chellow: Memoir, ed. Wynne (1868 or 1869), p. 3.
Brown, Alexander: The Cabells and their Kin, Page 230
Kinard, June. comp., Early Immigrants to Virginia from the 1500s and 1600s, (Ancestry.com) 2000
Morenus, David. Pocohantas Descendants.link Accessed by Michael Boynton on December 22, 2015 at 3:30 PM.
Randolph, Richard (as "R.R."): "Historical Memoranda", in Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. 25, issue 2 (Aug 1857), p. 123. The indenture.
Stanard, W.G: "Virginia Land Patents", in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 1 #4 (Apr 1894), p. 446.
Stith, William: History of Virginia (1747), p. 146.
Very nice work Stephen. Thank you for sharing. Could you tweak the coding for footnotes on your blog (when I clicked footnote [5] it went nowhere because it links to a file on your computer).
There is no evidence to support claims that her mother was named Poythress. It was a leap someone made years ago when reading a document that suggested Thomas' wife's maiden named had a "P" and a "y" in it. Modern research does not support that conclusion.
John Frederick Dorman, author/compiler of "Adventurers of Purse and Person," genealogy of the descendants of the first Jamestown settlers ("Person") and London Company investors ("Purse") through five generations. These are the lineage books used by the First Families of Virginia. They include a smaller number of people and are more rigorous than the Jamestown Descendants organization and documentation. Dorman has also compiled and published many books of early colonial Virginia county deeds and other records.
update: merge completed (explanation of erroneous dates is included in profile's Research Notes)
Rolfe-54 and Rolfe-1713 appear to represent the same person because: the birth year that had been given for Rolfe-1713 was in error (a misreading of a source that gave her son's birth as 27 Jan. 1676). 17 July 1709 is the death date given on the profile for Robert's 2nd wife, Anne Stith.
link to my blog where i have many of the Wills listed for descendants of Matoaka and John Rolfe
edited by Stephen Strauss
deleted by Stephen Strauss
Cheers, Liz
JANE POYTHRESS?
Her son's birth on 27 Jan 1676 and "after 26 Jan" for her death is triggering a database error (DBE 310 Mother dead before birth).
Could you change "after 26 Jan" to "after 27"?
Thanks!
Rolfe-54 and Rolfe-1713 appear to represent the same person because: the birth year that had been given for Rolfe-1713 was in error (a misreading of a source that gave her son's birth as 27 Jan. 1676). 17 July 1709 is the death date given on the profile for Robert's 2nd wife, Anne Stith.
https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/stambom-kok/I33606.php
Among her entries on 28 Oct: 16:11: Martha (Auxier) Sparks edited the Mother for Thomas Rolfe.
16:11: Martha (Auxier) Sparks created Matoaka (Powhatan) Rolfe.
16:10: Martha (Auxier) Sparks edited the Father for Jane Rolfe.
16:10: Martha (Auxier) Sparks created Thomas Rolfe.
16:09: Martha (Auxier) Sparks edited the Mother for John Barnett.
16:09: Martha (Auxier) Sparks created Jane Rolfe.
16:08: Martha (Auxier) Sparks edited the Father for Jesse Barnett.