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April 5, 1614
Pocahontas marries John Rolfe
Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indian confederacy, marries English tobacco planter John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia. The... MORE >
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ROLFE, John
ROLFE, John. (1585–1622), English colonist, born in Norfolk, England. In 1614 he married Pocahontas, the younger daughter of the American Indian chief Powhatan, and in 1616 he took her to England, where . . .
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