John Rolfe progressive development at Henricus. The first harvest of four barrels of tobacco leaf was exported from Virginia to England in March 1614. Soon afterwards, Rolfe and others were exporting vast quantities of the new cash crop. New plantations began growing along the James River, where export shipments could use wharfs along the river. Rolfe married Pocahontas, daughter of the local Native American leader Powhatan, on 5 April 1614. A year earlier, Alexander Whitaker had converted Pocahontas to Christianity and renamed her "Rebecca" when she had her baptism. Richard Buck officiated their wedding. Powhatan gave the newlyweds property just across the
Gravesend United F.C. Amateur League which it won in 1935–36. It played in the South East Combination for two seasons during the war. The Kent League was re-joined playing for the last two seasons until its amalgamation in 1946. In 1946, the club merged with Northfleet United to form Gravesend & Northfleet, which is now known as Ebbsfleet United. It won the Kent Senior Cup in 1898 and 1900 and was finalist in 1913 and 1944. Gravesend United's colours were red and green stripes and white shorts. Gravesend United F.C. Gravesend United Football Club was a football club based in Gravesend, Kent. The