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Chief POWHATAN 1545 – 1618 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Jun 1545

Birth Location: Werowocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, United States

Death Date: Apr 1618

Death Location: Pamunkey River, King William, Virginia, United States

Father: Don DeVelasco

Mother: Great Indians

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Chief POWHATAN was born in 1545 in Werowocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, United States, the child of Don Luis "Paquiquineo" Opechancanough "He whose soul is white" DeVelasco and Great Chief ElsenoreEnsenore 'Running Stream' Algonkian, Chief of the Powhatan Indians. Chief POWHATAN passed away in 1618 in Pamunkey River, King William, Virginia, United States.

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  • Chief POWHATAN was born in 1545 in Werowocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, United States, the child of Don Luis "Paquiquineo" Opechancanough "He whose soul is white" DeVelasco and Great Chief ElsenoreEnsenore 'Running Stream' Algonkian, Chief of the Powhatan Indians.
  • Chief POWHATAN passed away in 1618 in Pamunkey River, King William, Virginia, United States.

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Chief POWHATAN's Ancestors

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Chief POWHATAN
1545 – 1618
Birth Place: Werowocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, United States
Parents
Don Luis "Paquiquineo" Opechancanough "He whose soul is white" DeVelasco
1500 – 1564
Werowocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, United States
Great (Chief ElsenoreEnsenore 'Running Stream' Algonkian, Chief of the Powhatan) Indians
1500 – 1570
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Great (Chief ElsenoreEnsenore 'Running Stream' Algonkian, Chief of the Powhatan) Indians
1500 – 1570
territories around what is now Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Chief POWHATAN's Timeline

2 Records

1545
17 Jun 1545
Birth of Chief POWHATAN in Werowocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, United States
Werowocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, United States
1618
Apr 1618
Age 73
Death of Chief POWHATAN in Pamunkey River, King William, Virginia, United States
Pamunkey River, King William, Virginia, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Jun 1545
    Event Place: Werowocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Apr 1618
    Event Place: Pamunkey River, King William, Virginia, United States

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