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Chief Wahunsenacawh Sonacock Powahotan Nation 1540–1618 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Jun 1540

Birth Location: Algonquin Empire, Virginia, United States

Death Date: Apr 1618

Death Location: Orapax Village, New Kent, Virginia, United States

Father: Great Ensenore

Mother: Poechancanough Nation

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Chief Wahunsenacawh Sonacock Powahotan Nation was born in 1540 in Algonquin Empire, Virginia, United States, the child of Great Chief Elsenore Ensenore And Poechancanough Patawomeke Scent Flowerelder Morning Flower Sister Chalakahatha Raleigh Croshaw Japasaw Of The Iroquois Nation. Chief Wahunsenacawh Sonacock Powahotan Nation passed away in 1618 in Orapax Village, New Kent, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Chief Wahunsenacawh Sonacock Powahotan Nation was born in 1540 in Algonquin Empire, Virginia, United States, the child of Great Chief Elsenore Ensenore And Poechancanough Patawomeke Scent Flowerelder Morning Flower Sister Chalakahatha Raleigh Croshaw Japasaw Of The Iroquois Nation.
  • Chief Wahunsenacawh Sonacock Powahotan Nation passed away in 1618 in Orapax Village, New Kent, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Great Ensenore
1500–1570
Birth Location: territories around what is now Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
GE
Poechancanough Nation
1500–1570
Birth Location: Confluence Dan Staunton Rivers, Virginia, United States
PN

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Chief Nation's Ancestors

Self
Chief Nation
1540–1618
Birth Place: Algonquin Empire, Virginia, United States
Parents
Great Chief Elsenore Ensenore
1500–1570
territories around what is now Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
Poechancanough ((Patawomeke) Scent Flowerelder (Morning Flower) Sister Chalakahatha (Raleigh) + Croshaw (Japasaw) of The Iroquois) Nation
1500–1570
Confluence Dan Staunton Rivers, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Poechancanough (Morning Ripple Winanuske) Wininocock
1470–1520
Banks Tributary Lancer River, Blue, Virginia, USA
Nonoma (Ripple Dashing Stream) Powhatan
1480–1518
Werowocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, USA
Chief (Dashing Stream Wahunsunacock of The Iroquois) Nation
1464–1525
Banks Tributary Lancer River, Blue, Virginia, USA
Scent (Shawnee Flower of The Iroquois) Nation
1480–1525
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Chief Nation's Timeline

2 Records

1540
17 Jun 1540
Birth of Chief Wahunsenacawh Sonacock Powahotan Nation in Algonquin Empire, Virginia, United States
Algonquin Empire, Virginia, United States
1618
Apr 1618
Age 78
Death of Chief Wahunsenacawh Sonacock Powahotan Nation in Orapax Village, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Orapax Village, New Kent, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Jun 1540
    Event Place: Algonquin Empire, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Apr 1618
    Event Place: Orapax Village, New Kent, Virginia, United States
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