What happened as a result of the marriage between John Rolfe and Pocahontas?
What happened as a result of the marriage between John Rolfe and Pocahontas? In 1614, Pocahontas converted to Christianity and was baptized "Rebecca." In April 1614, she and John Rolfe married. The marriage led to the "Peace of Pocahontas;" a lull in the inevitable conflicts between the English and Powhatan Indians. The Rolfes soon had a son named Thomas. What happened to John Rolfe? Rolfe died in the Indian massacre of 1622. His widow Jane married Englishman Captain Roger Smith three years later. The land given by Powhatan (now known as Smith's Fort Plantation, located in Surry County) was willed...