Family:John Rolfe and Sarah Hacker (1)

Parents: John Rolfe and Dorothea Mason John Rolfe chr. 6 May 1585 Heacham, Norfolk, England d. 1622 Jamestown, James City, Virginia	Sarah Hacker b. Abt 1580 England d. 1610 Bermuda

m. Bef 1609 England

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Facts and Events

Marriage^? Bef 1609 England[1st wife]

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Bermuda Rolfe	Feb 1610 Bermuda	(in infancy) Bermuda

References

Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., c1915)
1:82.

... [John Rolfe] was married to an English girl, when, in 1619 [sic], he embarked for Virginia on board the "Sea Venture," which was cast away in the Bermudas with Sir Thomas Gates and other leaders of the expedition. During their ten months' stay in the islands, a little daughter was born to the Rolfes and named for her birthplace, Bermuda. The child did not live, however, nor did Mrs. Rolfe more than a short time after her arrival in Virginia. ...