AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS. DANIEL BOONE THE PIONEER OF KENTUCKY. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY. 1872. Excerpts Only Spain sponsored many of the early excursions into America. 1492 – Columbus en route to America “The little fleet of three small vessels, with which Columbus left Palos in Spain, in…
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My Family’s Relationship to Pocahontas
My ancestor Samuel Duval’s first wife was Margaret Sheppard, but Margaret died in 1786′. Afterward, he married Anne Everard Bolling, whose descendant was the John Rolfe who married Pocahontas. Therefore, in a round-about way, I could say that Pocahontas is my step-ancestor. Pocahontas plays heavily in the history of Jamestown, and my direct ancestor William…
