The only place that may have had information on her age was St. Johns Church in Henrico County. That is the church where she married John Rolfe. The age would have been a guess only as Natives did not count years in the same way as Europeans. I doubt that there is a birth certificate for Pocahontas anywhere. 

Anita 


-- Langdon Hagen-Long <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
There is not enough factual information concerning Pocahontas's birth to offer anything but a question mark.  Even if a "certificate" had been produced in England, years after her birth,  it would be considered "heresay" and not enough documentation to use for a birthrecord  without a question mark, even if her parents signed it - which they didn't. And of course they didn't use our calendar either. You might ask this girl which Native American Church or Native tribe recorded her birth and produced a certificate - 12 years before English settlers arrived!   [some say she was 16, or 8  in 1607!]

  Langdon Hagen-Long



Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:  Folks,

I recently got a response from a 14 year old girl who was exploring my
Pocahontas site http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer/Pocahontas

She wrote to tell me that the question mark by the date 1595 as her birth
was in error. She said she is 12th generation descendent and an uncle did
some research and found a copy of Pocahontas' birth certificate. I find a
birth certificate a bit of a stretch, and wonder if a baptismal certificate
is in some archives somewhere that gives her date of birth as Sept 17, 1595.

Does anyone have any clue where this young historian got this date of birth?

Anne

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