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Cleopatra Shawano 'Scent Flower' Powhatan 1590 – 1641 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1590

Birth Location: Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village, near Frederick, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1641

Death Location: Jackson, Amelia, Virginia, USA

Father: Chief Powhatan

Mother: 'Winganustke' Powhatan

Spouse(s): Chief Cornstalk;, Chief Confederation

Children(s): Chief Vann, Elizabeth Shawnee

Cleopatra Shawano 'Scent Flower' Powhatan was born in 1590 in Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village, near Frederick, Virginia, USA, the child of Chief Running Stream Wahunsonacock Kocoum Powhatan and 'Winganustke' Matatishe Powhatan. Cleopatra Shawano 'Scent Flower' Powhatan married Chief Thomas Pasmere Young Sheewanee Cornstalk;, Chief "Eagle Plume" Opechancanough \ Poechancanough Mangopeesomon Algonkian Cornstalk Shawnee "He whose soul is white"; Chief of Tsenacomoco Powhatan Confederation, and had children including Chief Holesqua William Bryant Joseph Vann, Elizabeth Pride Chalakahatha Cornstalk Shawnee. Cleopatra Shawano 'Scent Flower' Powhatan passed away in 1641 in Jackson, Amelia, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Cleopatra Shawano 'Scent Flower' Powhatan was born in 1590 in Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village, near Frederick, Virginia, USA, the child of Chief Running Stream Wahunsonacock Kocoum Powhatan and 'Winganustke' Matatishe Powhatan.
  • Cleopatra Shawano 'Scent Flower' Powhatan married Chief Thomas Pasmere Young Sheewanee Cornstalk;, Chief "Eagle Plume" Opechancanough \ Poechancanough Mangopeesomon Algonkian Cornstalk Shawnee "He whose soul is white"; Chief of Tsenacomoco Powhatan Confederation, and had children including Chief Holesqua William Bryant Joseph Vann, Elizabeth Pride Chalakahatha Cornstalk Shawnee.
  • Cleopatra Shawano 'Scent Flower' Powhatan passed away in 1641 in Jackson, Amelia, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Cleopatra Powhatan's Ancestors

Self
Cleopatra Powhatan
1590 – 1641
Birth Place: Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village, near Frederick, Virginia, USA
Parents
Chief Running Stream Wahunsonacock Kocoum Powhatan
1545 – 1618
New River, Pulaski, Virginia, USA
'Winganustke' (Matatishe) Powhatan
1545 – 1618
Werowocomoco, Orapax, Powhatan Tribe, Algonquin Nation (Virginia)
Grandparents
Chief (Ensenore Algonkian) Powhatan
1516 – 1618
Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
Paupauwisle (Morning Scent Flower Maugppeesomon of the) Powhatan
1517 – 1600
Confluence Dan Staunton Rivers, Virginia, United States
Chief (Ensenore Algonkian) Powhatan
1516 – 1618
Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
Winanuska
1532 – 1617
Virginia, American Colonies (US), Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Chief Iroquois
1474 – 1570
Poechancanough Powhatan
1474 – 1526
Dashing Stream
1474 – 1525
Nonoma Winanuske
1480 – 1518
Chief Iroquois
1474 – 1570
Poechancanough Powhatan
1474 – 1526
Poechancanough Powhatan
1518 – 1600
Paupauwisle Powhatan
1517 – 1600
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Murmuring Tribe
1415 – 1495
Unknown
1414 – 1495
Amopotuskee Algonkian
1517 – 1600
Murmuring Tribe
1415 – 1495
Unknown
1414 – 1495
Amopotuskee Algonkian
1517 – 1600
Poechancanough Powhatan
1474 – 1526
Dashing Stream
1474 – 1525
Nonoma Winanuske
1480 – 1518

Cleopatra Powhatan's Descendants

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Cleopatra (Shawano 'Scent Flower') Powhatan (1590 – 1641) m. Chief (Thomas Pasmere Young Sheewanee) Cornstalk; (1598 – 1635) m. Chief ("Eagle Plume" Opechancanough \ Poechancanough Mangopeesomon Algonkian Cornstalk Shawnee "He whose soul is white"; Chief of Tsenacomoco Powhatan) Confederation (1610 – 5 Oct 1645)
  1. 1. Chief (Holesqua William Bryant Joseph) Vann (1628 – 11 August 1740) m. Sarah (Sukie Vann) Oocaneechchi (1630 – 1706)
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Pride Chalakahatha Cornstalk) Shawnee (1615 – 1679) m. Supreme (Chief Amatoya Amadohiyi) Moytoy (1607 – 1700)
    1. 1. Su (Gi Sookie 'Rainmaker') Moytoy (1660 – 1746) m. Chief (Old Hop Standing Turkey Hopper) Moytoy (1660 – Aug 1, 1761)
      1. 1. Rebecca ("Susannah") Turpin (1680 – 1728) m. Thomas (Willliam) Welch (25 Apr 1680 – 12 Jun 1742)
        1. 1. James (William) Welsh (Abt 1710 – 28 January 1754) m. Mary Douglas (ABT 1710 – 22 Aug 1754)

Cleopatra Powhatan's Timeline

4 Records

1590
1590
Birth of Cleopatra Shawano 'Scent Flower' Powhatan in Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village near Jamestown Colony, Virginia, USA
Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village near Jamestown Colony, Virginia, USA
1590
1590
Birth of Cleopatra Shawano 'Scent Flower' Powhatan in Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village, near Frederick, Virginia, USA
Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village, near Frederick, Virginia, USA
1641
1641
Age 51
Death of Cleopatra Shawano 'Scent Flower' Powhatan in Jackson, Amelia, Virginia, United States
Jackson, Amelia, Virginia, United States
1641
1641
Age 51
Death of Cleopatra Shawano 'Scent Flower' Powhatan in Jackson, Amelia, Virginia, USA
Jackson, Amelia, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village near Jamestown Colony, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village, near Frederick, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1641
    Event Place: Jackson, Amelia, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1641
    Event Place: Jackson, Amelia, Virginia, USA

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