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John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood 1619 – 1689 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Feb 1619

Birth Location: St John of Wrapping, London, England

Death Date: 1689

Death Location: Nickjack, Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee, USA

Father: James Greenwood

Mother: Mary Belhous

Spouse(s): Nepikeweewa Clan

Children(s): Akulusska Hokolesqua

John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood was born in 1619 in St John of Wrapping, London, England, the child of James Robert Greenwood and Mary Belhous. John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood married Nepikeweewa Chalakatha Cornstalk Wind Clan, and had children including Akulusska Ben White Fish Hokolesqua. John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood passed away in 1689 in Nickjack, Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood was born in 1619 in St John of Wrapping, London, England, the child of James Robert Greenwood and Mary Belhous.
  • John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood married Nepikeweewa Chalakatha Cornstalk Wind Clan, and had children including Akulusska Ben White Fish Hokolesqua.
  • John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood passed away in 1689 in Nickjack, Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Greenwood
1575 – 1674
Birth Location: Stapleton, Shropshire, England
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Mary Belhous
1575 – 1637
Birth Location: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Nepikeweewa Clan
1625 – 1680
Birth Location: Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
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Children(s)

Akulusska Hokolesqua
1662 – 1777
Birth Location: Lock Haven, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA
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John Greenwood's Ancestors

Self
John Greenwood
1619 – 1689
Birth Place: St John of Wrapping, London, England
Parents
James Robert Greenwood
1575 – 1674
Stapleton, Shropshire, England
Mary Belhous
1575 – 1637
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Rev. (John Greenwood (martyr and founder of Puritan) church)
1556 – 1593
Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England
Anne (Marshe) Lea
1555 – 1574
Thornhill, Yorkshire, , England
Francis Belhouse
1555 – 1630
Newsome, Yorkshire, England
Bartheline Wilkingson
1559 – 1618
Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
James Greenwood,
1534 – 1584
Elizabeth Mawde,
1532 – 1559
Thomas Lee
1528 – 1555
Thomasina unknown)
1532 – 1593
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Sourby
1504 – 1543
Margaret Draper
1509 – 1591
Edward Mawde
1505 – 1533
Alice Utley
1513 – 1532
John Ley
Christian UNK
Sir Lee
1506 – 1588
LADY Blount
1506 – 1591

John Greenwood's Descendants

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John ("Spemcia Elene" "Big Man") Greenwood (17 Feb 1619 – 1689) m. Nepikeweewa (Chalakatha Cornstalk Wind) Clan (1625 – 1680)
  1. 1. Akulusska (Ben White Fish) Hokolesqua (1662 – 9 Nov 1777) m. Heliziknoopo Ounaconoa (1665 – 1765)
    1. 1. Waupahathee (Kispoko Shawnee) Cherokee (Abt. 1722 – 1820) m. Jacob (Cassel (Castle,) Cassle) (1 April 1717 – 1 Apr 1789)
      1. 1. Coulton Casteel (1740 – 1840) m. Elizabeth Casteel (Abt. 1734 – )
        1. 1. Johana Casteel (1762 – 1840) m. John Tackett (1775 – 1840)

John Greenwood's Timeline

2 Records

1619
17 Feb 1619
Birth of John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood in St John of Wrapping, London, England
St John of Wrapping, London, England
1689
1689
Age 70
Death of John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood in Nickjack, Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee, USA
Nickjack, Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1619
    Event Place: St John of Wrapping, London, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1689
    Event Place: Nickjack, Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee, USA
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