Pocahontas Matoaka Amonute Powhatan

Abt 1595 - 1617  (22 years)

• Name	Pocahontas Matoaka Amonute Powhatan
  Birth	Abt 1595
  Christening	Apr 1614	Virginia, United States
  Gender	Female
  FSID	GBRL-BF3
  Death	Mar 1617	Kentshire, England
  Burial	21 Mar 1617	Kentshire, England
  Person ID	I31315	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Kocoum Patawomeck,   b. Aft 1565   d. Apr 1613, Passapatanzy, King George, Virginia, United States (Age < 46 years)
  Children	+ 1. Ka-Okee Passapatanzy,   b. Abt 1611, Passapatanzy, King George, Virginia, United States d. 1642, Westmoreland, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F16768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Pocahontas (US: /ˌpoʊkəˈhɒntəs/ ⓘ, UK: /ˌpɒk-/; born Amonute,[1] also k n own as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; c. 1596 - March 1617) was a Native A m erican woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her associa t ion with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the d a ughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief[2] of a network of tributary t r ibes in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of what i s t oday the U.S. state of Virginia. Pocahontas was captured and held for ransom by English colonists during h o stilities in 1613. During her captivity, she was encouraged to convert t o C hristianity and was baptized under the name Rebecca. She married the t o bacco planter John Rolfe in April 1614 at the age of about 17 or 18, a n d she bore their son, Thomas Rolfe, in January 1615.[1]