Thomas Rolfe [SEP] father
Thomas Rolfe
Thomas Rolfe (January 30, 1615 – April 16, 1680) was the only child of Pocahontas and her English husband, John Rolfe. His maternal grandfather was Wahunsunacock, the chief of the Powhatan tribe in Virginia.
Early life.
Thomas Rolfe was born in Virginia to John Rolfe and his wife, Pocahontas, in January of 1615. Rolfe's birth was recorded as the first time a child was born to a Virginian Native American woman and an English man in Virginia's history. Governor Sir
. The plantation became the home of Rolfe and his second wife, Rebecca (Pocahontas) whose father was the Powhatan tribe's leader for two years following their marriage in 1614. It was the birthplace of their son, Thomas Rolfe in 1615.
As "Varina Plantation", an property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. At that time it included two contributing buildings and one other contributing sites.
In modern times, Varina Farm (as it is now called) is still actively cultivated