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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