Unlike the fictional story in the Disney version, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, married John Rolfe.
Their son, Tom, had a daughter, Jane. Jane Rolfe married Robert Bolling and, before she died young, had a son, John. Colonel John Bolling's daughter Mary had a daughter, Mary Fleming.
Mary Fleming married William Bernard. William's son, Thomas, was my great grandmother Sallie's great grandfather. The Bernard's have lived in Clinton County, Ohio since Ohio became a state.
Counting back, that makes me 12th generation descendant in the bloodline from Pocahontas.
Thanksgiving time is a time when we think of the story of the Pilgrims and the Indians sitting down for a peaceful Thanksgiving Dinner together.
I'm proud that my roots date back further than that Thanksgiving Dinner to such a coming together of races and cultures.
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