Pocahontas married John Rolfe on April 5, 1614.
On April 5, 1614, Pocahontas, baptized as Rebecca, married English tobacco planter John Rolfe in Jamestown. This union is marked as the first recorded interracial marriage in North American colonial history. Their marriage had significant social and diplomatic ramifications, reinforcing peaceful relations between the English and Powhatan peoples and providing an example of colonial alliance and acculturation. The marriage also underscored the complexities of identity and integration in colonial encounters.