Thomas Rolfe to re-embark on the "George" ship commanded by Samuel Argall when Rebecca (Pocahontas) was taken ill and died, at Gravesend in Kent. Thomas was not well enough to survive the long voyage back to Jamestown and Thomas was left in Plymouth, England, with Sir Lewis Stukley and later transferred into the care of his uncle, Henry Rolfe. His father, however, sailed to Virginia without him after being persuaded by Admiral Argall and other members of the journey that he was too sick to continue the voyage; this was the last time the two ever saw each other. Thomas remained in
Gravesend, Brooklyn of salt marsh wetlands and sandhill dunes along the shore of Gravesend Bay. The Town of Gravesend was annexed by the City of Brooklyn in 1894. The derivation of the name "Gravesend" is unclear. Because of the association with Lady Moody, some speculate that it was named after the English seaport of Gravesend, Kent. But an alternative explanation suggests that it was named by the Dutch governor general Willem Kieft for the Dutch settlement of " 's'Gravesande" in the Netherlands, which means "Count's Beach" or "Count's Sand". There is also a town in the Netherlands called 's-Gravenzande. The modern neighborhood