Deane,

        Thanks so much for the information. I'll have to look up St. John's
Church so I can give the kids an idea of what the inside looked like. I
wonder if it's recreated at Henricus. Have to run down and check....

                         Thanks,

                                 Anne


At 08:56 AM 10/5/02 -0400, you wrote:
>In the recesses of my foggy memory, is the notion that Pocahontas was
>baptized and married at St. John's Church.....in the original little wooden
>structure in Henricus by Alexander Whitaker.
>Deane Mills
>York County. VA
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Anne Pemberton" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 7:50 AM
>Subject: Pocahontas
>
>
> > Folks,
> >
> >          As mentioned a few weeks ago, I am making progress with my plans
> > to develop Macromedia Flash presentations on the Famous Americans in the
> > Virginia SOLs. I now have a source of good pictures for the applications
>in
> > a family of homeschooled children with impressive art skills. We started
> > studying Pocahontas last week and I hope to have the children draw
>pictures
> > of various times in Pocahontas' life as their test on the topic. The
> > English paintings I've found online all show Pocahontas in stone buildings
> > rather than in the woods. I know there were no stone buildings at
>Jamestown.
> >
> >          For the picture of her baptism, Pocahontas is shown at a
>baptismal
> > font inside a church. For her wedding, she is again shown in a church.
>Both
> > churches are stone.
> >
> >          My question is whether the baptism and the wedding were likely to
> > take place in the wooden chapel at Jamestown, or were they likely done
> > outdoors?  Would the wooden chapel have had a marble baptismal font when
> > Pocahontas was baptized about 5-6 years after the settlement was started?
> > What else could have been used?
> >
> >          Any suggestions gratefully appreciated.
> >
> >                                  Anne
> >
> >
> > Anne Pemberton
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