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Matachanna Shawano Powhatan 1602–1680 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1602

Birth Location: Tseacomoca, Werowocomoco, Orapax, Powhatan Confederation

Death Date: 1680

Death Location: Mardela Springs, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States of America

Father: Emperor Virginia

Mother: Princess (DNA)

Spouse(s): Chief Confederation, Chief Powhatan

Children(s): Nicketti Opechanough

The story of Matachanna Shawano Powhatan began in 1602 in Tseacomoca, Werowocomoco, Orapax, Powhatan Confederation. Matachanna Shawano Powhatan married Chief Opechancanough Eagle Plume Poechancanough Mangopeesomon Algonkian Powhatan Cornstalk Shawnee He Whose Soul Is White Chief Of Tsenacomoco Powhatan Confederation, Chief Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Eagle Plume Powhatan, John Rolfe, and had children including Nicketti Opechanough. Matachanna Shawano Powhatan passed away in 1680 in Mardela Springs, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Matachanna Shawano Powhatan began in 1602 in Tseacomoca, Werowocomoco, Orapax, Powhatan Confederation.
  • Matachanna Shawano Powhatan married Chief Opechancanough Eagle Plume Poechancanough Mangopeesomon Algonkian Powhatan Cornstalk Shawnee He Whose Soul Is White Chief Of Tsenacomoco Powhatan Confederation, Chief Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Eagle Plume Powhatan, John Rolfe, and had children including Nicketti Opechanough.
  • Matachanna Shawano Powhatan passed away in 1680 in Mardela Springs, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Matachanna Powhatan's Ancestors

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Matachanna Powhatan
1602–1680
Birth Place: Tseacomoca, Werowocomoco, Orapax, Powhatan Confederation
Parents
Emperor Chief Running Stream 'Big' Wahunsenacawh 'Wahunsonacock' Winansiske Powhatan, Chief of the Virginia
1545–1618
Powhatan Algonquin Village at James River Falls, New River, Werowocomoco on the Pamunkey River, Puaski, King William, Virginia, Pre Colonial America
Princess (Matatishe Winanuske Eagle Plume Nonoma Powhatan) (DNA)
1570–1618
Werewocomoco, Orapax, at confluence of Dan Staunton rivers, near present-day, Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Great (Chief Running Stream Mamanatowick Ensenore Don Luis Velasco of the Iroquois) Powhatan
1517–1570
Werowocomoco, Orapax, Staunton River, Pittsylvania, Virginia
Amopotuskee (Nonoma Scent Flower Amonsoquath Winanske of the) Algonkian
1517–1600
Confluence Dan Staunton Rivers, Virginia, United States
Chief (Opechancanough Eagle) Plume
1545–1644
Powhatan Nation, Algonquian Tribe, Pre Colonial America
Opechancanough (Powhatan Winanuske (Raleigh) Croshaw)
1540–1576
Jamestown (Werewocomoco, Orapax) Virginia Territory, USA (now)
Great-Grandparents
Chief Iroquois
1464–1525
Poechancanough Powhatan
1474–1526
Scent Cornstalk
1517–1600
Great Powhatan
1517–1570
Pocahantas Powhatan
1517–1618
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Great Indians
1500–1570
Dashing Stream
1474–1525
Chief Iroquois
1464–1525
Poechancanough Powhatan
1474–1526
Dashing Stream
1474–1525
PauPauwiske Powhatan
1480–1525

Matachanna Powhatan's Descendants

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Matachanna (Shawano) Powhatan (1602–1680) m. Chief (Opechancanough 'Eagle Plume,' Poechancanough Mangopeesomon Algonkian - Powhatan Cornstalk Shawnee 'he whose soul is white;' Chief of Tsenacomoco Powhatan) Confederation (17 Jun 1554–5 Oct 1646) m. Chief (Opechancanough Mangopeesomon "Eagle Plume") Powhatan (17 Jun 1554–5 Oct 1645)
  1. 1. Nicketti Opechanough 1625–1720 m. John (Rice) Hughes 1615–1718 m. Reece (Hughes) I 1620– m. John (Big Man) Greenwood 1619–1689 m. Chief (Eagle Plume Mangopeesomon Opechan Stream) Powhatan 1545–1645
    1. 1. Jesse (Robert) Hughes 1660–1755 m. Sarah Hughes 1663–1730
      1. 1. Sarah Atkinson 1696–1755 m. Robert (Napier) Jr 1697–1763
        1. 1. Patrick Napier 1726–1794 m. Judith (Mary) Burke 1743–1800 m. Ann Napier 1741–1763

Matachanna Powhatan's Timeline

3 Records

1592
17 Jun 1592
Birth of Matachanna Shawano Powhatan in Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village near Frederick, Virginia, Pre Colonial America
Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village near Frederick, Virginia, Pre Colonial America
1602
1602
Birth of Matachanna Shawano Powhatan in Tseacomoca, Werowocomoco, Orapax, Powhatan Confederation
Tseacomoca, Werowocomoco, Orapax, Powhatan Confederation
1680
1680
Age 78
Death of Matachanna Shawano Powhatan in Jackson, Amelia, Virginia, United States
Jackson, Amelia, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Jun 1592
    Event Place: Powhatan Nation, Shawnee Village near Frederick, Virginia, Pre Colonial America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1602
    Event Place: Tseacomoca, Werowocomoco, Orapax, Powhatan Confederation

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Unk, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Family Photo Collection, C.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1680
    Event Place: Jackson, Amelia, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Mardela Springs, Wicomico County, Maryland, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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