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Marriage of Pocahontas and Rolfe
On April 5, 1614, Pocahontas (later baptized Rebecca), daughter of the Powhatan Confederacy leader, married English colonist John Rolfe at Jamestown.…
Timeline
- 1614Henricus / Jamestown · Virginia ColonyDuring her detention, Pocahontas received Christian baptism and took the name Rebecca, marking her change of identity within colonial society and laying the religious and legal groundwork for a formal marriage to an English colonist.
- 1614Jamestown · Virginia ColonyJohn Rolfe and Pocahontas were married at Jamestown, and the Virginia authorities publicized the union as a bond of peace with the Powhatan Confederacy. Powhatan subsequently released some captured Englishmen, and the two sides entered a brief period of détente.
Sources
- John Rolfe (1585–1622) https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/rolfe-john-1585-1622/
- Pocahontas (d. 1617) https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/pocahontas-d-1617/