On April 5, 1614, an English settler from the Colony of Virginia named John Rolfe married Pocahontas, the daughter of a Powhatan chief named Wahunsenaca.
According to the legend, the Pocahontas would go on to convert to Christianity before taking on the name “Rebecca.” John and Pocahontas had one offspring named Thomas Rolfe. The story of Pocahontas’s romantic ties to John Rolfe and Captain John Smith has been reimagined numerous times in television and films. Now, it appears that one of the most talented actors of the past few decades has direct ties to famed wedlock.