Nancy Ward, Cherokee, buried in Polk County TN, had a white husband Bryant Ward, who was from Virginia, much later in time than the 1600s...but he also had a white family in VA...Nancy and Bryant had a daughter named Elizabeth Ward, she married Brig Gen Joseph Martin, I believe it was... So later in time, it might have become more common....but still into the early 1800s it was considered outrageous for a Native to marry a white... On 2/28/07, Tom Apple <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:35:19 +0000, Emily Rose wrote > > > 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 > > female in Virginia in the decade following the Pocahontas-Rolfe wedding? > > Not during the *next* decade but John Bass (Basse) married a Nansemond Indian > convert named Elizabeth in 1638. All the existing Nansemond Indian > descendants are from that union. That marriage is documented in the family > sermon book which still exists and is in possession of the chief. > > Regards, > > Tom A. > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > -- Cherokee Basketweaving Books: http://stores.lulu.com/cherokeebasketweaver See more of my Baskets: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cherokeebasketweaver/ Visit the Family History Store at LuLu: http://www.lulu.com/allfamilyhistory Can't find the records you need and you're a male surnamed Coats or varitation, order a DNA kit to join our DNA project: http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=A59642&special=True Coats Archive http://www.coatsarchive.us Baker DNA Project http://www.bakerdna.net/ Need Original Records? Pages through Time http://www.pagesthroughtime.us Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric. ~Pam Brown Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Grandaddies have only so many horsey rides in them. ~Gene Perret To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html