Resting place Kippax Plantation Children John Bolling | Died 1676 Name Jane Rolfe | |
Born 10 October 1650 Varina, Henrico County, Virginia Relatives Pocahontas (paternal grandmother)
John Rolfe (paternal grandfather) Spouse Robert Bolling (m. 1675–1676) Parents Thomas Rolfe, Jane Poythress Similar People Thomas Rolfe, John Bolling, Robert Bolling, John Rolfe, Pocahontas | ||
Grandparents Pocahontas, John Rolfe | ||
Jane Rolfe (October 10, 1650 – 1676) was the granddaughter of Pocahontas and English colonist John Rolfe, (credited with introducing a strain of tobacco for export by the struggling Virginia Colony). Her husband was Colonel Robert Bolling, who lived from 1646 to 1709. Robert and Jane had one son, John Fairfax Bolling (1676–1729).
Pocahontas, who adopted the Christian name of Rebecca, married John Rolfe on April 5, 1614 in Jamestown. Rolfe's longtime friend, Reverend Richard Buck presided the wedding. They had one child, Thomas Rolfe, who was born in Virginia on January 30, 1615.
Jane Rolfe was born in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia on October 10, 1650 to Thomas Rolfe and his wife, Jane Poythress, whose parents were Francis Poythress and Alice Payton of England.
In about 1675, Jane married Robert Bolling of Prince George County, Virginia. Their son John was born on January 27, 1676. Jane is said to have died shortly afterward.
John Bolling married Mary Kennon, daughter of Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham of Conjurer's Neck. The couple had six surviving children, each of whom married and had surviving children. As a result, many Americans are today able to claim descent from Pocahontas through her great-grandson, John Bolling.
Rolfe's interment was near her father in the Kippax Plantation, but her birth year was never engraved on her headstone.