John Rolfe was born in 1585 in England. He sailed to America in May of 1609 on the Sea Venture ship but did not reach Virginia until May 1610. When he got to Virginia, he learned how to grow tobacco, which became very popular in that time. He made alot of money which helped the people of Virginia and it's economy.
In 1614 he married Pocahontas, who was the daughter of the Indian chief. Pocahontas was not a christian when she first met John. John and Pocahontas had a son named Thomas. In 1616 they all moved to England but 7 months later Pocahontas died. John left his son Thomas in the care of a guardian in England and headed back to Virginia to live.
In 1617 John remarried. He married a woman from Virginia. John Rolfe died in 1622 but no one knows exactly how.
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