Pocahontas

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Mistaken assumption about a Bush family relation

Although both Presidents Bush are descended from Native Americans, genealogists who have attempted to link Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush with Pocahontas, have been in error. Their mistaken assumption was that Robert Bolling, Jr. (a 10th generation ancestor of George W. Bush) was the son of Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe (granddaughter of Pocahontas). This connection has been disproved by many other genealogists, who point out that Rolfe died in 1676, six years before the birth of the younger Bolling. Robert Bolling,Jr. was evidently the son of Anne Stith, whom his father married after Jane Rolfe's death. The Bush family, therefore, is not descended from Pocahontas.

Related Topics:
Presidents - George H. W. Bush - George W. Bush - Pocahontas - Robert Bolling, Jr. - Robert Bolling - Jane Rolfe - 1676 - Anne Stith - Bush family

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