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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: Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee, USA

Father: James Greenwood

Mother: Mary (Shoemaker)

Spouse(s): Nepikeweewa Shawnee

Children(s): Quatsie Greenwood

John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood was born in 1619 in St John of Wrapping, London, England, the child of James Greenwood And Mary Bellhouse Shoemaker. John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood married Nepikeweewa Chalakatha Cornstalk Wind Clan Shawnee, and had children including Quatsie Tellico Nancy Woman Wolf Clan Greenwood. John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood passed away in 1689 in 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 Greenwood And Mary Bellhouse Shoemaker.
  • John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood married Nepikeweewa Chalakatha Cornstalk Wind Clan Shawnee, and had children including Quatsie Tellico Nancy Woman Wolf Clan Greenwood.
  • John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood passed away in 1689 in Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee, USA.

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John Greenwood's Ancestors

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John Greenwood
1619–1689
Birth Place: St John of Wrapping, London, England
Parents
James Greenwood
1575–1674
Stapleton, Shropshire, England
Mary (Bellhouse) (Shoemaker)
1575–
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
John (Priest Martyr) Greenwood
1556–1593
Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England
Anne (Marshe Lee) Greenwood
1555–1574
Thornhill, Yorkshire, , England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Lee
1528–1555
Thomasina
1532–1593
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Greenwood's Descendants

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John ("Spemcia Elene" "Big Man") Greenwood (17 Feb 1619–1689) m. Nepikeweewa (Chalakatha Cornstalk Wind Clan) Shawnee (1625–1680)
  1. 1. Quatsie (Tellico Nancy "Woman Wolf Clan") Greenwood 1650–1692 m. Chief (Amatoya 'Water Conjurer' Trader Tom Carpenter-Moytoy) I 1640–1730
    1. 1. Aniwaya (Nancy Tenase 'Tame Doe') Moytoy 1685–1741 m. White (Owl an Algonquin Indian Moytoy Savannah Tom Raven Carpenter Moytoy of Tellico (adopted by Moytoy II)) Ii 1680–1741
      1. 1. Catherine (Tame Doe Fivekiller) Ward 1716–1760 m. Kingfisher Skayagustuegwo 1712–1755
        1. 1. Nancy ((Nanyehi Aiosta the Ghigau) Ward Fivekiller) Mason 1736–1822 m. William (Bryant) Ward 1730–1815

John Greenwood's Timeline

3 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
1619
17 Feb 1619
John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood was baptized in Middlesex, England
Middlesex, England
1689
1689
Age 70
Death of John "Spemcia Elene" "Big Man" Greenwood in Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee, USA
Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1619
    Event Place: St John of Wrapping, London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Virginia; Year: 1635; Page Number: 113

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1619
    Event Place: Middlesex, England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P93JN2002

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1635
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Virginia; Year: 1635; Page Number: 113

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1689
    Event Place: Whiteside, Marion, Tennessee, USA

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