John Rolfe James River from Jamestown. They never lived on the land, which spanned thousands of acres, and instead lived for two years on Rolfe's plantation, Varina Farms, across the James River from the new community of Henricus. Their marriage created a climate of peace between the Jamestown colonists and Powhatan's tribes for several years; in 1615, Ralph Hamor wrote that "Since the wedding, we have had friendly commerce and trade not only with Powhatan but also with his subjects round about us." Their son Thomas was born on 30 January 1615. John and Rebecca Rolfe traveled to England on the "Treasurer",
Milton-next-Gravesend Milton-next-Gravesend Milton-next-Gravesend is an ecclesiastical parish in the north-west of Kent, England. Feudal ownership of land in the parish was the subject of a legal action of 1076, Abbot Scotland v Hamo the Sherrif, seeing St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury take back its stake in ownership. Neighbouring Gravesend became a town under Royal Charter in the 13th century including Milton. The Church of England's founding was heralded by Henry VIII's split with Rome and the Dissolution of the Monasteries by which all of the abbots were retired and their institutions' endowments such as in this parish were confiscated from them. Much