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Emperor - Chief Running Stream; "Chief Wanaton" Wahunsenacawh (DNA)"Wahunsonacock" Winansiske: Chief of the VA Powhatan Confederation 1545–1618 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 June 1545

Birth Location: Powhatan Algonquin Village - at James River Falls - New River at Werowocomoco on the Pamunkey River, Puaski County, King William, VA

Death Date: 14 April 1618

Death Location: Pamunkey, King William, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA

Father: Chief M

Mother: Amopotuskee Algonkian

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In 1545, Emperor - Chief Running Stream; "Chief Wanaton" Wahunsenacawh (DNA)"Wahunsonacock" Winansiske: Chief of the VA Powhatan Confederation entered the world in Powhatan Algonquin Village - at James River Falls - New River at Werowocomoco on the Pamunkey River, Puaski County, King William, VA, born to Chief Running Stream Mamanatowick Ensenore Powhatan Named Don Luis De Velasco By Spanish Of Iroquois Tribe Taken By The Spanish For Education In Spain Returned To Virginia As A Priest M And Amopotuskee Nonoma Scent Flower Amonsoquath Winanske Of The Algonkian. Emperor - Chief Running Stream; "Chief Wanaton" Wahunsenacawh (DNA)"Wahunsonacock" Winansiske: Chief of the VA Powhatan Confederation passed away in 1618 in Pamunkey, King William, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA.

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  • In 1545, Emperor - Chief Running Stream; "Chief Wanaton" Wahunsenacawh (DNA)"Wahunsonacock" Winansiske: Chief of the VA Powhatan Confederation entered the world in Powhatan Algonquin Village - at James River Falls - New River at Werowocomoco on the Pamunkey River, Puaski County, King William, VA, born to Chief Running Stream Mamanatowick Ensenore Powhatan Named Don Luis De Velasco By Spanish Of Iroquois Tribe Taken By The Spanish For Education In Spain Returned To Virginia As A Priest M And Amopotuskee Nonoma Scent Flower Amonsoquath Winanske Of The Algonkian.
  • Emperor - Chief Running Stream; "Chief Wanaton" Wahunsenacawh (DNA)"Wahunsonacock" Winansiske: Chief of the VA Powhatan Confederation passed away in 1618 in Pamunkey, King William, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA.

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Emperor Confederation's Ancestors

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Emperor Confederation
1545–1618
Birth Place: Powhatan Algonquin Village - at James River Falls - New River at Werowocomoco on the Pamunkey River, Puaski County, King William, VA
Parents
Chief Running Stream Mamanatowick Ensenore Powhatan (named Don Luis de' Velasco by Spanish, of Iroquois Tribe, Taken by the Spanish for education in Spain, Returned to Virginia as a Priest. M
1516–1570
Werowocomoco, Orapax, Staunton River, Pittsylvania, Virginia
Amopotuskee (Nonoma Scent Flower Amonsoquath Winanske of the) Algonkian
1517–1600
Werowacomoco, Gloucester, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Great (Chief Elsenore) Ensenore
1500–1525
territories around what is now Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
Poechancanough (Scent Flower) Powhatan
1474–1526
Banks Tributary Lancer River, Blue, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Poechancanough Wininocock
1470–1520
Nonoma Powhatan
1480–1518
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Emperor Confederation's Timeline

2 Records

1545
17 June 1545
Birth of Emperor - Chief Running Stream; "Chief Wanaton" Wahunsenacawh (DNA)"Wahunsonacock" Winansiske: Chief of the VA Powhatan Confederation in Powhatan Algonquin Village - at James River Falls - New River at Werowocomoco on the Pamunkey River, Puaski County, King William, VA
Powhatan Algonquin Village - at James River Falls - New River at Werowocomoco on the Pamunkey River, Puaski County, King William, VA
1618
14 April 1618
Age 73
Death of Emperor - Chief Running Stream; "Chief Wanaton" Wahunsenacawh (DNA)"Wahunsonacock" Winansiske: Chief of the VA Powhatan Confederation in Pamunkey, King William, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Pamunkey, King William, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 June 1545
    Event Place: Powhatan Algonquin Village - at James River Falls - New River at Werowocomoco on the Pamunkey River, Puaski County, King William, VA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 April 1618
    Event Place: Pamunkey, King William, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA

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