Researchers believe they have found the actual site of the wedding of Pocahantas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, at the archeological site of Jamestown, Virginia. Researcher William Kelso says the wedding event was pivotal in colonial history.
1616 Portrait of Pocahontas
“With that wedding, the Indians backed off and there was no more fighting,” Kelso recalled.
Near the James River, on May 14, 1607, a group of about a hundred men landed on commission from England to form the first colony in the Americas. Many of the First Families of Virginia trace both Virginia Indian and English roots.
Ruins at Jamestown, Virginia
