John Rolfe

John Rolfe (c. 1585 – 1622) was one of the early English settlers of North America. He is known for the first successful making of tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia. He is also known as the husband of Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Confederacy.  

Category:English explorers
Category:Colonial Americans
Category:1580s births
Category:1622 deaths