That's correct...I think he was on the Governor's Council, but he was not an
elected burgess.
Scott
On 3/14/07, Sara Bearss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> To clarify a small point in Nancy (Sunshine49)'s last post, John Rolfe
> was not one of the twenty-two men elected to the first General Assembly
> in 1619, nor was he one of the two men appointed as officers of that
> assembly.
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