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As far as I know, the single largest compendium of the descendants of John Rolfe and Pocohantas is "Pocohantas and Her Descendants" by Stuart Brown of Berryville, VA.  Stuart passed away ten or so years ago, but I believe continually updated the very large volume.  It was primarily listings -- one liners of names -- but since I have donated my copy to The Cabell Foundation, I cannot look up anything else about it.

Alexander Brown, in his 1896 classic, "The Cabells and Their Kin" goes into some detail about Pocohantas Rebecca Bolling who married into the Cabell family (or vice versa depending upon your vantage point).  She was descended from Pocohontas.  I know of one cousin who today lives in Utah who can trace his ancestry back along that line to Pocohantas.

As Scott Breckinridge Smith pointed out, many Cabells and their Kin trace their ancestry back to the Jordan boys.  Thomas came to Jamestown in 1624 and that much is pretty well documented.  I believe it was Samuel who came over quite early, and in fact was in that shipwreck about which Shakespeare is said to have been inspired to write "The Tempest."

And again, we have that lovely legend of Princes Nikittii marring 'an English Cavalier' and creating a dynasty of Virginians.

Randy Cabell

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