Did John Smith have children

Answer 1

1. Elizabeth Smith.
2. Alexander Smith; b. 1797, d. 1815; bu. Smith's Ferry, N. C.
3. Isabella Smith; b. 1800, d. 1876; m. Henry Elliot (S 78). No issue.
4. Farquehard Campbell Smith.
5. Mary Smith; b. Oct. 4, 1803, d. Dec. 5, 1861; m. John Campbell Elliot (S 82); bu. Smith's Ferry, N. C. Children under father.
6. John Cambell Smith.
7. Jane Smith.
8. William Turner Smith.
9. Robert Smith; b. 1812, d. 1813; bu. Smith's Ferry, N. C.
10. James Campbell Smith

Answer 2

Pocahontas apparently married an Indian "pryvate

Captayne"

named Kocoum

in 1610. She lived in Potomac country among Indians, but her relationship with the Englishmen was not over. When an energetic and resourceful member of the Jamestown settlement, Captain Samuel Argall,

learned where she was, he devised a plan to kidnap her and hold her for ransom. With the help of Japazaws,

lesser chief of the Patowomeck

Indians, Argall

lured Pocahontas onto his ship. When told she would not be allowed to leave, she "began to be exceeding pensive and discontented," but she eventually became calmer and even accustomed to her captivity. Argall

sent word to Powhatan that he would return his beloved daughter only when the chief had returned to him the English prisoners he held, the arms and tolls that the Indians had stolen, and also some corn. After some time Powhatan sent part of the ransom and asked that they treat his daughter well. Argall

returned to Jamestown in April 1613 with Pocahontas. She eventually moved to a new settlement, Henrico,

which was under the leadership of Sir Thomas Dale. It was here that she began her education in the Christian Faith, and that she met a successful tobacco planter named John Rolfe in July 1613. Pocahontas was allowed relative freedom within the settlement, and she began to enjoy her role in the relations between the colony and her people. After almost a year of captivity, Dale brought 150 armed men and Pocahontas into Powhatan's territory to obtain her entire ransom. Attacked by the Indians, the Englishmen burned many houses, destroyed villages, and killed several Indian men. Pocahontas was finally sent ashore where she was reunited with two of her brothers, whom she told that she was treated well and that she was in love with the Englishman John Rolfe and wanted to marry him. Powhatan gave his consent to this , and the Englishmen departed, delighted at the prospect of the "peace-making"

marriage, although they didn't receive the full ransom.

John Rolfe was a very religious man who agonized for many weeks over the decision to marry a "strange wife," a heathen Indian. He finally decided to marry Pocahontas after she had been converted to Christianity, "for the good of the plantation, the honor of our country, for the glory of God, for mine own salvation ..." Pocahontas was baptized, christened Rebecca,

and later married John Rolfe on April 5, 1614. A general peace and a spirit of goodwill between the English and the Indians resulted from this marriage.

Sir Thomas Dale made an important voyage back to London in the spring of 1616. His purpose was to seek further financial support for the Virginia Company and, to insure spectacular publicity, he brought with him about a dozen Algonquian Indians, including Pocahontas. Her husband and their young son, Thomas, accompanied her. The arrival of Pocahontas in London was well publicized. She was presented to King James I, the royal family, and the rest of the best of London society. Also in London at this time was Captain John Smith, the old friend she had not seen for eight years and whom she believed was dead. According to Smith at their meeting, she was at first too overcome with emotion to speak. After composing herself, Pocahontas talked of old times. At one point she addressed him as "father," and when he objected, she defiantly replied: "'Were you not afraid to come into my father's Countrie,

and caused feare

in him and all of his people and feare

you here I should call you father: I tell you I will, and you shall call mee

childe,

and so I will be for ever and ever your Countrieman."'

This was their last meeting.

After seven months Rolfe decided to return his family to Virginia, In March 1617 they set sail. It was soon apparent, however, that Pocahontas would not survive the voyage home. She was deathly ill from pneumonia or possibly tuberculosis. She was taken ashore, and, as she lay dying, she comforted her husband, saying, "all must die. 'Tis

enough that the child liveth."

She was buried in a churchyard in Gravesend,

England. She was 22 years old.

Pocahontas played a significant role in American history. As a compassionate little girl she saw to it that the colonists received food from the Indians, so that Jamestown would not suffer the fate of the "Lost Colony." She is said to have intervened to save the lives of individual colonists. In 1616 John Smith wrote that Pocahontas was "the instrument to pursurve

this colonie

from death, famine, and utter confusion." And Pocahontas not only served as a representative of the Virginia Indians, but also as a vital link between the native Americans and the Englishmen. Whatever her contributions, the romantic aspects of her life will no doubt stand out in Virginia history forever.

Answer 3

Henry III (1207-1272)

Richard (1209-1272)

Joan (1210-1238)

Isabella (1214-1241)

Eleanor (1215-1275)

Answer 4

yes captain john smith had two brothers, francis and Richard and one sister Alice

Answer 5

John smith did not have any children.

Answer 6

no