>on this side of the pond, what Rolfe did was not so shocking, and might >even have been precedent- setting, easing the way for other Englishmen who >wanted to do the same. As others have suggested, I think what Rolfe did WAS shocking, for a variety of reasons. It is not clear that many other Englishmen did want to do the same. Can anyone document a single marriage of an English male to a Native femaile in Virginia in the decade following the Pocahontas-Rolfe wedding? _________________________________________________________________ Mortgage rates as low as 4.625% - Refinance $150,000 loan for $579 a month. Intro*Terms https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search=mortgage_text_links_88_h27f6&disc=y&vers=743&s=4056&p=5117 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html