Individual Details
Captain Roger Smith
(1587 - 1629)
== Biography ==
John Rolfe (1585–1622) died in 1622 and his widow Jane married Englishman Captain Roger Smith three years later. He was the son of John Smith (no relation to Captain John Smith) and Thomasine Manning.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rolfe
:''But it was not the nature of the Anglo-Saxon man to be for long intimidated by fear of these weak, cowardly wretches, who had inflicted upon them such a dastardly outrage; for, in July of the same year, they commenced to move against them, and in the early fall [[Yeardley-6 | Sir George Yeardley]] commanded an expedition against the savages down the river. He drove out the Worrosquoyackes and Nansemonds, burned their houses and took their corn. On May 21, 1623, [[Smith-21192 | Captain Roger Smith]] was ordered to build a fort on the Worrosquoyacke shore, opposite to Tindall Shoals, where Captain Samuel Each had a blockhouse in building.'' Excerpted from [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaisleof/history.htm ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY 1608 - 1907 by Col. E. M. Morrison][http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaisleof/history.htm ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY 1608 - 1907 by Col. E. M. Morrison
=== Name ===
: Name: Roger /Smith/Source: [[#S77]]
=== Birth ===
: Birth:
:: Date: 1587
:: Place: EnglandSource: [[#S77]]
=== Death ===
: Death:
:: Date: 1629
:: Place: VASource: [[#S77]]
=== User ID ===
: User ID: 8E10911817C011DE8A1C003065B29434C2CC
=== Data Changed ===
: Data Changed:
:: Date: 23 MAR 2009
Prior to import, this record was last changed 23 MAR 2009.
=== Marriage ===
: Husband: [[Smith-21192|Roger Smith]]
: Wife: [[Pierce-1131|Jane Pierce]]
: Marriage:
:: Date: 1624
:: Place: VASource: [[#S77]]
: User ID: AC3AC19417C011DE8A1C003065B29434B60E
: Child: [[Smith-21191|John Smith]]
== Sources ==
* McCartney, Martha W (2007). ''Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers'', p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA648 648].
* WikiTree profile Smith-21192 created through the import of Davidson_Fink.ged on Sep 26, 2011 by [[Davidson-1387 | Shayne Davidson]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Smith-21192 Changes page] for the details of edits by Shayne and others.
* Source: S77 Type: Web Site Author: Harrison Thomas LaTour Title: LaTour Genealogical Collection URL: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=kingharry&id=I11889 Date: 2009-03-18
John Rolfe (1585–1622) died in 1622 and his widow Jane married Englishman Captain Roger Smith three years later. He was the son of John Smith (no relation to Captain John Smith) and Thomasine Manning.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rolfe
:''But it was not the nature of the Anglo-Saxon man to be for long intimidated by fear of these weak, cowardly wretches, who had inflicted upon them such a dastardly outrage; for, in July of the same year, they commenced to move against them, and in the early fall [[Yeardley-6 | Sir George Yeardley]] commanded an expedition against the savages down the river. He drove out the Worrosquoyackes and Nansemonds, burned their houses and took their corn. On May 21, 1623, [[Smith-21192 | Captain Roger Smith]] was ordered to build a fort on the Worrosquoyacke shore, opposite to Tindall Shoals, where Captain Samuel Each had a blockhouse in building.'' Excerpted from [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaisleof/history.htm ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY 1608 - 1907 by Col. E. M. Morrison][http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaisleof/history.htm ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY 1608 - 1907 by Col. E. M. Morrison
=== Name ===
: Name: Roger /Smith/Source: [[#S77]]
=== Birth ===
: Birth:
:: Date: 1587
:: Place: EnglandSource: [[#S77]]
=== Death ===
: Death:
:: Date: 1629
:: Place: VASource: [[#S77]]
=== User ID ===
: User ID: 8E10911817C011DE8A1C003065B29434C2CC
=== Data Changed ===
: Data Changed:
:: Date: 23 MAR 2009
Prior to import, this record was last changed 23 MAR 2009.
=== Marriage ===
: Husband: [[Smith-21192|Roger Smith]]
: Wife: [[Pierce-1131|Jane Pierce]]
: Marriage:
:: Date: 1624
:: Place: VASource: [[#S77]]
: User ID: AC3AC19417C011DE8A1C003065B29434B60E
: Child: [[Smith-21191|John Smith]]
== Sources ==
* McCartney, Martha W (2007). ''Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers'', p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=orDbMGpInaQC&pg=PA648 648].
* WikiTree profile Smith-21192 created through the import of Davidson_Fink.ged on Sep 26, 2011 by [[Davidson-1387 | Shayne Davidson]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Smith-21192 Changes page] for the details of edits by Shayne and others.
* Source: S77 Type: Web Site Author: Harrison Thomas LaTour Title: LaTour Genealogical Collection URL: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=kingharry&id=I11889 Date: 2009-03-18
Events
| Birth | 1587 | England | |||
| Marriage | 1624 | Colony of Virginia - Jane Pierce | |||
| Death | 1629 | VA | |||
| Reference No | 2884664 | ||||
| Reference No | 2923518 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Jane Pierce (1600 - 1625) |
| Child | Lt Col John Smith (1624 - 1691) |
| Father | John Smith (1566 - 1610) |
| Mother | Thomasine Manning (1548 - 1620) |