My ancestor Samuel Duval’s first wife was Margaret Sheppard, but Margaret died in 1786′. Afterward, he married Anne Everard Bolling, whose descendant was the John Rolfe who married Pocahontas. Therefore, in a round-about way, I could say that Pocahontas is my step-ancestor. Pocahontas plays heavily in the history of Jamestown, and my direct ancestor William…
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A Very Short History of the Founding of Virginia – Roanoake, Jamestown, Pocahontas
AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS. DANIEL BOONE THE PIONEER OF KENTUCKY. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY. 1872. Excerpts Only Spain sponsored many of the early excursions into America. 1492 – Columbus en route to America “The little fleet of three small vessels, with which Columbus left Palos in Spain, in search of…