More than 100,000 people may be able to count Pocahontas as an ancestor, and a new initiative spearheaded by Gloucester County intends to find them. Gloucester, along with founding project partners ...
On March 21, 1617, a 21-year-old woman from Virginia’s Pamunkey tribe died at Gravesend, England. She went by many names—Matoaka, Amonute, and, at her passing, Rebecca—but she’s best remembered today ...
For as long as she can remember, Kathy Morgan has heard about being a direct descendant of Pocahontas. “My grandmother told us and always talked about it,” she says. “[And] her grandmother told her.” ...
(The Root) — Our readers are endlessly fascinated with the possibility of Native American roots. This one wonders if her lineage is legendary. “I have been told that I had great-great-grandparents who ...
Step softly among the fallen trees and broken branches in the forests of American Indian genealogy. Roots have dwindled, leaving only the dust of a fallen empire. Scattered twigs have been grafted ...
Robertson, Wyndham 1803-1888 Pocahontas, alias Matoaka, and her descendants through her marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April 1614 with John Rolfe, gentleman .. siris_sil_522576 ...
The Washington Post had a nice account of the commemoration this week in Jamestown, Virginia, of the 400th anniversary of the famous marriage between Pocahontas and John Rolfe. It was on the exact ...
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American Indians from Virginia traveled to the burial place of Pocahontas on Friday as part of celebrations marking next year's 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the oldest English ...
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