Thomas Dale in present-day Northampton County near Cape Charles. Governor Dale sailed back to England in the spring of 1616 aboard the "Treasurer". Accompanying him on what was considered an investor-relations journey were John Rolfe, his wife Rebecca (Pocahontas) and their one-year-old son, Thomas Rolfe. Samuel Argall commanded that ship. Queen Anne and others were reportedly charmed by Rebecca, and investment in the Virginia Company was enhanced. However, soon after leaving London, as John Rolfe and his wife sailed down the Thames River, Rebecca became very ill and died on 21 March 1617 before returning to Virginia. Although Dale and Pocahontas were
Chalk, Kent Chalk, Kent Chalk is chiefly a suburb but also a civil parish which adjoins the east of Gravesend, Kent, England. As is intuitive, its name comes from the Saxon word "cealc" meaning a chalkstone. One layer of the chalk carries "flints", stones embedded in the chalk, and these were used in building and in providing the means of fire for "muskets". The stone is often cut to provide a flat edge as a craft known as "flint-knapping". The trade was worked in Chalk from the 17th century onwards. Gun-flints were produced here in large quantities until the early 19th century.