John Rolfe

John Rolfe

male, deceased (1622)
From Norfolk, explorer, from Virginia, PowhatanConfederacy, English American, Tobacco…powhatan
John Rolfe (c. 1585 - 1622) was one of the early English settlers of North America. He is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco...
Chief Powhatan

Chief Powhatan

male, deceased (1618)
from Virginia, Powhaten, Werowocomoco, Wahunsenacawh, tidewater Virginia, Tenakomakah…powhatan, PowhatanConfederacy
Chief Powhatan ("c." 1547-"c." 1618), whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh or (in seventeenth century English spelling) Wahunsunacock, was the...
Queen Anne

Queen Anne

female, deceased (1725)
Native American, Women ruler, leader, PowhatanConfederacy, English, Woman warrior
Queen Anne (ca. 1650 - ca. 1715) became the chief of the Pamunkey tribe when her aunt Cockacoeske died. Colonial Governor William Berkeley...
Don Luis

Don Luis

male
from Virginia, Native American, PowhatanConfederacy, Algonquian, Opechancanough, Native American of the United States
Don Luis (b. 1543? - 1646 ?) was a Native American who was the son of an Algonquian chief in an area which eventually became Virginia in the United...
Samuel Argall

Samuel Argall

male, deceased (1626)
atlantic ocean, Native American of the United States, new world, James I, new england, northwest passage…PowhatanConfederacy
Sir Samuel Argall (baptized 4 December 1580 - c. 24 January 1626) was an English adventurer and naval officer. A sea captain, in 1609, Argall was...
Pocahontas

Pocahontas

female, deceased (1617)
immigrant to the United Kingdom, The New World, American folklore, Gravesham, Disney, john rolfe…PowhatanConfederacy, Powhatan language
Pocahontas was a Native American woman who married an Englishman, John Rolfe, and became a celebrity in London in the last year of her life. She...

Weroance

male
monarch, Virginia Colony, PowhatanConfederacy, powhatan, Jamestown, chesapeake bay
A weroance is an Algonquian word meaning tribal chief, leader, commander, or king, notably among the Powhatan confederacy of the Virginia coast and...
John Smith Of Jamestown

John Smith Of Jamestown

male, deceased (1631)
Massachusetts Bay, new england, Virginia Company of London, Virginia Colony, Jamestown, john smith…PowhatanConfederacy
John Smith, was an English soldier, sailor, and author. He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in...
Opchanacanough

Opchanacanough

male, deceased (1646)
Native American, Murdered Native American, leader, PowhatanConfederacy, algonquin, Tribal chief
Opechancanough or Opchanacanough (1554?-1644) was a tribal chief of the Powhatan Confederacy of what is now Virginia in the United States, and its...

Cockacoeske

female, deceased (1725)
Mattaponi, Doeg, Susquehannock, Opechancanough, English, Virginia Colony…PowhatanConfederacy
Cockacoeske's husband/boyfriend was first married to Unity Croshaw, an independent minded woman who left him for his adultery, and some of whose...