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Chief Opechancanough of The Powhatan 1556 – 1645 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1556

Birth Location: James River, Buckingham, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 5 October 1645

Death Location: Jamestown, James, Virginia, USA

Father: Great Powhatan

Mother: Paupauwisle Powhatan

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The story of Chief Opechancanough of The Powhatan began in 1556 in James River, Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Chief Opechancanough of The Powhatan passed away in 1645 in Jamestown, James, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Chief Opechancanough of The Powhatan began in 1556 in James River, Buckingham, Virginia, USA.
  • Chief Opechancanough of The Powhatan passed away in 1645 in Jamestown, James, Virginia, USA.

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Chief Powhatan's Ancestors

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Chief Powhatan
1556 – 1645
Birth Place: James River, Buckingham, Virginia, USA
Parents
Great Chief Running Stream Mamanatowick Ensenore Don Luis Velasco of The Iroquois Powhatan
1517 – 1570
Werowocomoco, Orapax, Staunton River, Pittsylvania, Virginia
Paupauwisle (Morning Scent Flower Maugppeesomon of The) Powhatan
1517 – 1600
Werowocomoco, Orapax, Confluence Dan Staunton Rivers, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Chief (Dashing Stream Wahunsunacock of The) Iroquois
1464 – 1525
Banks Tributary Lancer River, Blue, Virginia, USA
Poechancanough (Winanuske Scent Flower) Powhatan
1474 – 1526
Banks Tributary Lancer River, Blue, Virginia, USA
Great (Chief Elsenore) Ensenore
1500 – 1525
territories around what is now Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Chief Powhatan's Timeline

2 Records

1556
1556
Birth of Chief Opechancanough of The Powhatan in James River, Buckingham, Virginia, USA
James River, Buckingham, Virginia, USA
1645
5 October 1645
Age 89
Death of Chief Opechancanough of The Powhatan in Jamestown, James, Virginia, USA
Jamestown, James, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1556
    Event Place: James River, Buckingham, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 October 1645
    Event Place: Jamestown, James, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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