The Isle of Wight County and Surry County Historical Societies present "John Rolfe", portrayed by Richard A Cheatham, a 14th generation descendant. Richard is the founder and director of Living History Associates, a graduate of VMI, a school teacher, museum educator and TV reporter. John Rolfe was the pivotal early American who became the husband of Pocahontas. Their marriage at Jamestown brought an end to seven years of fighting between the native Powhatan people and the English. Rolfe was an entrepreneur who developed successful trade in tobacco, native plants blended with sweeter Spanish West Indies plants, that prevented the abandonment of the failing Virginia colony.