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Pocahontas

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ABOUT

After saving the life of English colonist John Smith when he was sentenced to death by her father, Chief Powhatan, this Algonquin member of the Tsenacommacah tribal nation married John Rolfe, another Englishman who was living in Virginia's Jamestown settlement.Her birth name was Matoaka, and she was later known as both Amonute and Rebecca Rolfe.Her descendant Edith Bolling Wilson married United States President Woodrow Wilson.

BEFORE FAME

Her exact birth date is unknown, although she is thought to have been born around the year 1595. When she bravely stepped in to prevent the beheading of John Smith, she was likely only twelve or thirteen years old.

PERSONAL LIFE

A year after her 1614 marriage to planter John Rolfe, she welcomed a son named Thomas Rolfe. The family of three subsequently settled in England, where Pocahontas attained almost celebrity status before passing away suddenly in 1617.

The meaning of the name Pocahontas: To Play

FUN FACTS

Pocahontas were born on Sunday, birthstone is Garnet, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of , it is 361 days until Pocahontas next birthday.

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