1. Thomas Rolfe's birth was recorded as the first time a child was born to a Native American woman and a European man in the history of Virginia.
11 Facts About Thomas Rolfe
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Less than two years of age, Thomas Rolfe accompanied his parents on this voyage.
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Thomas Rolfe remained in his uncle's care until he reached roughly 21 years of age.
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Once established in Virginia again, Thomas Rolfe fostered both his reputation as a plantation owner and member of his mother's lineage.
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Thomas Rolfe expressed interest in rekindling relations with his Native American relatives, despite societal ridicule and colonial laws that forbade such contact.
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In 1641, Thomas Rolfe petitioned the governor for permission to visit his "aunt and his kinsman Opecanaugh".
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Thomas Rolfe married Jane Poythress, the daughter of Captain Francis Poythress, a prosperous landowner in Virginia.
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Thomas Rolfe then listed Thomas as heir to his father's land.
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Some evidence purports that Thomas Rolfe died in James City County, Virginia; however the records of the county were destroyed in 1685 during a fire.
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Jane Thomas Rolfe is said to have died shortly after giving birth.
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The Sedgeford Hall Portrait, now in King's Lynn Town Hall, once believed to represent Pocahontas and her son Thomas Rolfe, has been re-identified as being Pe-o-ka, wife of the Seminole leader Osceola, and their son.