Genealogie De Bruijn in 4D
Genealogie De Bruijn in 4D
Deze genealogie is samengesteld door Marco J. de Bruijn te Pijnacker.
Deze genealogie is samengesteld door Marco J. de Bruijn te Pijnacker.
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Brief Life History of Joane Pierce on FamilySearch.org (Website) Domein: www.FamilySearch.org |
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Joane Pierce was the daughter of Captain William Pierce and his wife Joan. Born in England between 1587 and 1595, she immigrated to the Colony of Virginia in 1609. Her exact date of birth and death are not known with certainty. Joane sailed from England on June 2 1609 with her mother Joan Pierce aboard the ship 'Blessing'. Her father Captain William Pierce set sail at the same time aboard the newly christened flagship 'Sea Venture'. They were part of the ill fated 'Third Supply' to Jamestown. The fleet encountered a storm at sea and became separated from the Sea Venture. The Blessing arrived in Jamestown on August 11, 1609. The Sea Venture, with Joane's father aboard never arrived, lost to the storm with the majority of the supplies meant to restock Jamestown. Joane and her mother did not have time to grieve the loss of William Pierce. With the loss of the supplies aboard the Sea Venture, Jamestown was in dire straights with out enough food to get the colony through the winter. The ships were sent back to England for more supplies but would not return that year. With the influx of new settlers, but without the supplies meant to sustain them, that winter at Jamestown was a tragic one. Known now as the 'Starving Time' most of the colonists in Jamestown did not survive to see Spring. Come May 1610 only about 60 people, out of 340, remained alive in Jamestown, Joane and her mother were among them. May 23 1610, saw the arrival of unexpected vessels in Jamestown, the Deliverance and the Patience. Aboard miraculously was Joane's father William Pierce (her future husband John Rolfe as well). The Sea Venture had been lost but everyone aboard had made it ashore in Bermuda, built new vessels from the wreckage of the Sea Venture, and now arrived in their original destination with limited supplies from the tropical Island. Shortly thereafter Thomas West, Lord De La Warr, the new governor, arrived with supplies enough to save the struggling colony. While in Bermuda Joane's father had become close with John Rolfe and they established plantations adjacent to each other. In 1620 Joane Pierce married John Rolfe in Jamestown. John was twice widowed, his 1st wife Sarah had died in Bermuda after the shipwreck, along with their baby daughter. His 2nd wife Pocahontas (Rebecca Rolfe) had died in 1617 in England, and his baby son left there because he was too sick to travel. John Rolfe and Joane Pierce Rolfe had one child: - Elizabeth Rolfe born about 1621 John's son Thomas and baby Elizabeth are both named in John's will dated March 10, 1621/22. John died shortly thereafter and Joane's father was appointed guardian of the two children and executor of his estate. Joane Pierce Rolfe was alive and well but as a woman she was not lawfully able to hold title to property in her own right. On March 22, 1622 the Powhatan Indians attacked the entire Virginia Colony en-mass, in an attempt to drive the English from their territory. Known as the 'Jamestown Massacre' 347 colonists were killed. Luckily, Samuel Jordan of Jordan's Journey received warning of the pending attack and was able to warn many of his neighbors. The Rolfe's plantation of Varina was next to Jordan's Journey. Jordan had fortified his plantation and was able to gather many of his neighbors behind the safety of it's walls before the attack. It is unclear if Joane, baby Elizabeth and her parents were among those who rode out the attack at Jordan's Journey or not but it is highly likely that they did. Samuel Jordan was not just a neighbor of the Rolfe's and Pierce's but also a survivor of the wreck of the Sea Venture and a trusted family friend. It was not safe to return to their own plantation's and on February 16, 1623 Captain William Pierce, Joan Pierce, Elizabeth Rolfe and the newly married Joane Pierce Rolfe SMITH are found living at West and Shirley Hundred Island with Joane's new husband Roger Smith. In the 'List of the Living and the Dead' they are recorded as: Capt. William Perce, Joan Perce, Capt. Roger Smith, Mrs. Smith, and Elizabeth Rolfe. Thanks to this document we know Joane and Roger Smith were married (in Virginia) before February 16, 1623. By 1625 they were found living in James City and had also established a 96 acre plantation at Archer's Hope. The Muster of 1625 shows living in the household of Captain Roger Smith his wife Mrs Joane Smith, Elizabeth Slater age 7, Elizabeth Rolfe age 4, Sarah Macock age 2, and 4 servants. Sarah Macock is a Jamestown orphan that Roger and Joane adopted, it is unknown their relationship with Elizabeth Slater. Sometime after 1625 Joane and Roger had 2 sons of their own: - John Smith - Francis Smith |
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| Sarah Hacker (*1585-†1610) als betrokkene | |
| Pocahontas Matoaka Amonute Powhatan (*1595-†1617) als betrokkene | |
| Joane Pierce (*1595-†1635) als hoofdpersoon | |
| John Rolfe (*1585-†1622) als echtgenoot |