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
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.