Illustration: the wedding of John Rolfe and Pocahontas, by artist Elmer Boyd Smith, from “The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith,” 1906. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Edith Ogden Harrison, Easter Bride & Kin of Pocahontas

By Melissa Berry on April 10, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the wedding of Edith Ogden Harrison, a 12th lineal descendant of Pocahontas... (Read More)

Photo: Helena Trench Lefroy Capperton. Courtesy of Salle Bingham, a direct descendant.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 10

By Melissa Berry on September 9, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, focusing on author Helena Trench Lefroy Caperton... (Read More)

Illustration: portrait of Pocahontas engraved by Simon van de Passe in 1616. It is the only known representation of her made during her lifetime. Credit: National Portrait Gallery; Wikimedia Commons.

The Big Dig for Pocahontas (Part 3)

By Melissa Berry on September 2, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry concludes the bizarre story of an American who dug up a graveyard in England in 1923 looking for the bones of Pocahontas... (Read More)

The Big Dig for Pocahontas (Part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 31, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry continues the bizarre story of an American who dug up a graveyard in England in 1923 looking for the bones of Pocahontas... (Read More)

The Big Dig for Pocahontas (Part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 26, 2022

Melissa Davenport Berry tells the bizarre story of an American who began digging up a graveyard in England in 1923 looking for the bones of Pocahontas... (Read More)

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 9

By Melissa Berry on August 12, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, turning again to a descendant of Pocahontas... (Read More)

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 8

By Melissa Berry on August 5, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, focusing on a descendant of Pocahontas... (Read More)

Are You Related to Pocahontas & John Rolfe?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on May 1, 2015

Are you related to Pocahontas and some of her famous first lady descendants? Find out and learn more about the real Pocahontas and John Rolfe... (Read More)

First Lady Edith Wilson & Her Ancestor Pocahontas

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 13, 2013

Edith Galt Wilson was a presidential wife with Native American ancestry: she was a descendant of Pocahontas... (Read More)

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