First wife of John Rolfe, who traveled with him on the Ship "Sea Venture," during John's first voyage to the Virginia Colony. She was pregnant on the trip. A storm forced their ship off course to Bermuda. The baby girl, named Bermuda, was born on the island and soon died there.
The group remained on the island a total of about a year, repairing and recreating the ship. Then continued their journey toward Virginia Colony, where Sarah died in the spring of 1610. "p507 John Rolfe and wife . 9 months on Somers Island. Wife died on Somers Island (another name for Bermuda - Somers was an Admiral on this voyage of 9 ships) or shortly after arriving in Virginia"
Source: rootsweb.com/ancestry.com Ship Passenger and Immigration Lists from the book: The Generall Historie of the Bermudas by Captain John Smith 1624, reprint 1966; Royal Naval Dockyard Museum, Somerset, Bermuda (Accessed online 3 Aug 2012, with gratitude findagrave.com contributor "cryptkeeper" Glenn)
The group remained on the island a total of about a year, repairing and recreating the ship. Then continued their journey toward Virginia Colony, where Sarah died in the spring of 1610. "p507 John Rolfe and wife . 9 months on Somers Island. Wife died on Somers Island (another name for Bermuda - Somers was an Admiral on this voyage of 9 ships) or shortly after arriving in Virginia"
Source: rootsweb.com/ancestry.com Ship Passenger and Immigration Lists from the book: The Generall Historie of the Bermudas by Captain John Smith 1624, reprint 1966; Royal Naval Dockyard Museum, Somerset, Bermuda (Accessed online 3 Aug 2012, with gratitude findagrave.com contributor "cryptkeeper" Glenn)
First wife of John Rolfe, who traveled with him on the Ship "Sea Venture," during John's first voyage to the Virginia Colony. She was pregnant on the trip. A storm forced their ship off course to Bermuda. The baby girl, named Bermuda, was born on the island and soon died there.
The group remained on the island a total of about a year, repairing and recreating the ship. Then continued their journey toward Virginia Colony, where Sarah died in the spring of 1610. "p507 John Rolfe and wife . 9 months on Somers Island. Wife died on Somers Island (another name for Bermuda - Somers was an Admiral on this voyage of 9 ships) or shortly after arriving in Virginia"
Source: rootsweb.com/ancestry.com Ship Passenger and Immigration Lists from the book: The Generall Historie of the Bermudas by Captain John Smith 1624, reprint 1966; Royal Naval Dockyard Museum, Somerset, Bermuda (Accessed online 3 Aug 2012, with gratitude findagrave.com contributor "cryptkeeper" Glenn)
The group remained on the island a total of about a year, repairing and recreating the ship. Then continued their journey toward Virginia Colony, where Sarah died in the spring of 1610. "p507 John Rolfe and wife . 9 months on Somers Island. Wife died on Somers Island (another name for Bermuda - Somers was an Admiral on this voyage of 9 ships) or shortly after arriving in Virginia"
Source: rootsweb.com/ancestry.com Ship Passenger and Immigration Lists from the book: The Generall Historie of the Bermudas by Captain John Smith 1624, reprint 1966; Royal Naval Dockyard Museum, Somerset, Bermuda (Accessed online 3 Aug 2012, with gratitude findagrave.com contributor "cryptkeeper" Glenn)
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