There are no records to suggest that John Smith had any children, or that he was ever married. In his own accounts of his travels, he mentions women who fell in love with him (notably a Greek woman to whom he was allegedly given as a slave) but there's nothing to indicate that he ever had children.
This event is the key historical link to both bloodlines of Pocahontas. At the time of her capture she would have already borne her daughter Ka-Okee with Kocoum, and her capture started the chain of events that led to the birth of her son Thomas Rolfe.
Interesting Facts about John Smith
He met Pocahontas in London when she traveled there in 1616. John Smith was a major character in the Disney animated film Pocahontas. While mapping the coast of Massachusetts, he was captured by French pirates. He escaped and made his way back to England.
English explorer John Smith was an early leader of the Jamestown Colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America. He was also a mapmaker and writer. His writings on the natural abundance of North America encouraged other English colonists to settle there. Smith returned to England in 1604 or 1605.
The settlers fared badly because of famine, disease and Native American attacks, but were aided by 27-year-old English adventurer John Smith, who directed survival efforts and mapped the area.
Despite what Disney (and numerous authors going back to the early 1800s) would have you believe, there is no historical basis for the claim that Pocahontas and Smith were romantically involved.
Edith Bolling Wilson, through many generations, is a direct descendant of the famous American Indian, Pocahontas. Other famous people such as Thomas Jefferson, Robert E. Lee, Martha Washington, and Letitia Tyler can be linked to Mrs. Wilson.
Smith was accused of ignoring ice warnings from other ships and failing to reduce the ship's speed to fit the conditions at hand. The British inquiry essentially exonerated him, saying he did nothing other captains wouldn't have done.
… (and other facts about Jamestown).
Captain John Smith was remembered as a villain for the few suspicions over the stories he wrote and for the problems he faced in his voyages. Other than that however, he was a great hero, a hero that brought prosperity to the first American settlement and lead vast explorations across the Chesapeake Bay.
He instilled greater discipline among the settlers, enforcing the rule "He who will not work shall not eat." Under Smith's guiding hand, the colony made progress: The settlers dug the first well, planted crops and began repairing the fort that had burned down the previous winter.
John Smith (September 22, 1832 – November 6, 1911), was the fifth Presiding Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). His father was Hyrum Smith, the older brother of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism.
Pocahontas would later marry another Jamestown colonist, John Rolfe when she was 17 or 18 (her exact birthdate is unknown). John Smith was in his early 30s. Needless to say, any romantic relationship between the two would have been unacceptable even in the 1600s.
Virginia institutions are preparing to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Pocahontas–Rolfe marriage this year. In 1614, Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indians, was baptized in Christianity and married planter John Rolfe, giving birth to her son Thomas.
The sea's surface shone like glass, making it hard to spot icebergs, common to the North Atlantic in spring. Nevertheless, Captain Smith kept the ship at full speed. He believed the crew could react in time if any were sighted. (Related: go on the trail of Titanic in the UK.)
None more so than the chairman of the White Star Line, J Bruce Ismay. Ismay became known as the “coward of the Titanic” after he made it off the ship, which sank on 15th April 1912 with the loss of more than 1,500 lives. Now, a distant cousin of his is fighting to clear his name.
Many of the factors leading to the loss of life on board the ship were judged to have been unforeseeable. Hundreds of claimants had joined the suit, asking for more than $16 million in damages. In the end, the company paid a total settlement of $664,000 to be divided among them.
In 1880, Smith made the jump from commercial shipping to passenger ships when he was hired as a junior officer with the White Star Line. In 1887, he commanded his first ship, the Baltic. That same year, he also married Eleanor Pennington. In 1902, the couple's only child, a daughter named Helen, was born.
Two and a half hours after hitting an iceberg, the RMS Titanic sunk at 2:20 a.m. But it was another hour and 20 minutes until salvation arrived. The Cunard liner the Carpathia brought survivors from the lifeboats aboard and several other survivors were pulled from the water.
How Cold Was The Water? -2°C – the temperature of the sea water (around 28°F). 15-45 minutes – the typical maximum life expectancy of the Titanic victims in the water.
The white appearance of Pocahontas in this portrait relates to the concept of the “Indian Princess,” an American figure that serves to represent America and its values (Green 702-703). The Indian Princess is not rendered like other Natives.
The exact location of Pocahontas' burial is unknown as the medieval Church of St George burned down in 1727 during a great fire that destroyed most of Gravesend. It is thought she lies beneath the rebuilt Georgian church, which is already Grade II* listed.
Edward Norton family: American actor discovers real-life Pocahontas is his 12th great-grandmother during 'Finding Your Roots' show - ABC7 Chicago.