Henry Spotswood Dandridge

Male, #7213, (15 Jul 1842 - 23 Apr 1915)

Birth*15 Jul 1842 Henry was born at Hanover Co., Virginia, on 15 Jul 1842. 
Marriage*say 1866 He married Sarah Frances Armstrong say 1866. 
Death*23 Apr 1915 He died at Laurel, Jones Co., Mississippi, on 23 Apr 1915. 
Biography* The following is from Stuart E. Brown, Jr, and Lorraine F. Myers, "Pocahontas' Descendants", Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.

Henry Spotswood Dandridge, son of:

John Robert Dandridge, born 26 May 1814 in Hanover Co, VA. Married 1st on 12 Jan 1836, Martha Washington Pulliam, daughter Thompson W. Dandridge and Ann Catherine Moore of Goochland Co, VA. (Martha was the mother of Henry). Married 2nd after 1856 Lousie Virginia Perkins of Louisa Co, VA. John was the son of:

William Spotswood (Alexander?) "Dover" Dandridge, born 30 Aug 1772 in Hanover Co, VA and died 10 Sep 1842 in Henry Co, VA. He married 1st before 1799 Joanne Stith (b 1778 in New Kent Co, VA). Married 2nd on 26 Jun 1800 in Goochland Co, VA, Nancy Harris Pulliam (b 23 Mar 1782 in Goochland Co, VA, d 9 May 1835 in Henry Co, VA), dau of William Pulliam and Mourning Richardson. Nancy was mother of John. After 1814, William moved to Henry County. William and Nancy Dandridge were both buried in Henry Co. William was the son of:

Anne Bolling, who married 21 Apr 1770 William Alexander Dandridge II (b Hanover County, VA, d 1801 Hanover County, VA). William was a Major in 1777 and a Colonel in 1779-83. In 1781, as commissary for troops at Yorktown, seized 200 gallons of liquor. Played minuet with Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson at "Elsing Green". Ann was the daughter of:

Col. John Bolling (b 20 Jan 1699/1700 Cobbs, Henrico Co. VA, d 6 Sep 1757, Cobbs, Henrico Co. VA) who married 24 Aug 1728 Elizabeth Bland Blair (b 20 Jan 1705/06 VA, d 22 Apr 1775 VA). John was the son of:

Col. John Bolling (b 26 Jan 1675, Kippax, Charles City Co. VA, d 20 Apr 1729, Cobbs, Henrico Co. VA) who married 29 Dec 1697 in Henrico Co, VA, Mary Kennon (29 Jun 1679, Conjuror's Neck, Henrico Co. VA, d 27 Jun 1727, Cobbs, Henrico Co. VA). John was the son of:

Jane Rolfe (b 10 Oct 1650 Petersburg, Indian Territory (Dinwiddie Co.) VA, d 1676, Kippax, Charles City Co. VA) who married 1675 in Petersburg, Col. Robert Bolling (b 26 Dec 1646, All Hallows, Barking Parish, London, England, Immigrated 2 Oct 1660 VA, d 7 Jul 1709, Kippax, Charles City Co. VA). Jane was the daughter of:

Thomas Rolfe (b 30 Jan 1615, Richmond, Indian Territory, VA (Smith's Fort Plantation), d 1675, Kippax, Prince George Co. VA) who married in 1640 Jane Poythress (b abt. 1630, Jamestown, James City Co. VA, d Jan 1680, Charles City, VA). Thomas was the son of:

Matoaka Rebecca "Pocahontas" Powhaton (b abt 1595, died 21 Mar 1617, in London, Middlesex, England from smallpox), who married 5 Apr 1614 at Jamestown, James City Co, VA, John Rolfe (b bef. 6 May 1585, Heacham, Norfolk, England, baptized 6 May 1585, Heacham, Norfolk, England, d 22 Mar 1622, Jamestown, James City Co. VA killed in Indian massacre).

Her real name was Matoaka; the name Pocahontas means "playful one." She was described as her father's "dearest daughter" and the idol of her tribe as well as admired by all England. Her father Powhatan, the great Werowance and ruler of all the Indian tribes which, at the coming of the English, inhabited Virginia from seaboard to the falls of the rivers.

According to a legend, in 1608 Pocahontas saved the life of Captain John Smith by holding his head in her arms as he was about to be clubbed to death by her father's warriors. Many historians doubt the story, which is not found in Smith's detailed personal narrative written at the time. The story first appeared in Smith's Generall Historie of Virginia (1624).

In 1612 Pocahontas was captured by the English and taken to Jamestown. She became a convert to Christianity and took the name Rebecca. In 1614 she married John Rolfe, one of the colonists, with the blessings of both the governor and her father. Eight years of peace between the Native Americans and the English followed the marriage.

In 1615 Pocahontas had her first child, Thomas, and the following year the family went to England. She met the king and queen of England and was received with royal honor. On the eve of her return to Virginia, Pocahontas died of smallpox and was buried in the chapel of the parish church in Gravesend, a Thames River port some twenty miles downstream from London. Her son was educated in England, but returned to Virginia and became an important settler.

It is a definite possibility that Pocahontas was married prior to her marriage to John Rolfe and may very well have had one or more children. However, this has never been proven.

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Pocahontas was the dau of:

Chief Powhatan (b abt 1547, d 1618). Powhatan, real name Wa-Hun-Sen-A-Cawh or Wahunsonacook, father of the princess Pocahontas. According to legend, Powhatan was ready to kill the English settler John Smith when Pocahontas intervened and saved Smith's life. Powhatan was the chief of the Powhatan confederacy of Algonquian tribes, in what is now Virginia, at the time the English first settled there in 1607. Fighting between the Native Americans and colonists arose when the new settlers began taking lands belonging to Powhatan and his people. In 1614, Pocahontas married John Rolfe, one of the settlers, and there began an eight-year peace between the Native Americans and colonists. Pocahontas and Rolfe sailed to England, where she died in 1617. Powhatan died the following year. (Source: Microsoft Encarta 97 Encyclopedia). 

Family

Sarah Frances Armstrong (20 Aug 1844 - 5 Mar 1921)
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Last Edited 10 Sep 2006