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    John Rolfe

    English-born explorer, farmer, and merchant

    This article is about the Virginia colonist. For other uses, see John Rolfe (disambiguation).

    John Rolfe

    A posthumous painting of John Rolfe and Pocahontas made c. 1850

    Bornc. 1585

    Heacham, Norfolk, England

    DiedMarch 1622 (aged 36–37)

    Varina Farms, Virginia

    Occupation(s)Farmer, merchant, explorer
    Known forBeing the husband of Pocahontas and the first settler in the colony of Virginia to successfully cultivate a tobacco crop for export
    Spouses

    Sarah Hacker

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    (m. 1608; died 1610)​

    Pocahontas

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    (m. ; died )​

    Jane Pierce

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    (m. 1619)​
    ChildrenBermuda Rolfe (1609–1610)
    Thomas Rolfe (1615–1680)
    Elizabeth Rolfe (1620–1635)

    John Rolfe (c. 1585 – March 1622) was an English explorer, farmer and me