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Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Eagle Plume Chief Cornstalk Powhatan 1554–1646 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1554

Birth Location: Werewocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1646

Death Location: Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA

Father: Ensenore Powhatan

Mother: Princess Shawnee

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Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Eagle Plume Chief Cornstalk Powhatan was born in 1554 in Werewocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, USA, the child of Ensenore Algonkian Running Stream King Nemattanon Powhatan And Princess Morning Flower Powhatan One Of The 6 Clans Of The Shawnee. Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Eagle Plume Chief Cornstalk Powhatan passed away in 1646 in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Eagle Plume Chief Cornstalk Powhatan was born in 1554 in Werewocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, USA, the child of Ensenore Algonkian Running Stream King Nemattanon Powhatan And Princess Morning Flower Powhatan One Of The 6 Clans Of The Shawnee.
  • Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Eagle Plume Chief Cornstalk Powhatan passed away in 1646 in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ensenore Powhatan
1500–1570
Birth Location: territories around what is now Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
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Princess Shawnee
1517–1600
Birth Location: Confluence Dan Staunton Rivers, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Opechancanough Powhatan's Ancestors

Self
Opechancanough Powhatan
1554–1646
Birth Place: Werewocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, USA
Parents
Ensenore Algonkian Running Stream King Nemattanon Powhatan
1500–1570
territories around what is now Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
Princess (Morning Flower Powhatan. One of the 6 Clans of the) Shawnee
1517–1600
Confluence Dan Staunton Rivers, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Great (Chief ElsenoreEnsenore 'Running Stream' Algonkian, Chief of the Powhatan) Indians
1500–1570
territories around what is now Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
Great (Chief Elsenore) Ensenore
1500–1525
territories around what is now Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
Amopotuskee (Nonoma Scent Flower Amonsoquath Winanske of the) Algonkian
1517–1600
Confluence Dan Staunton Rivers, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Poechancanough Powhatan
1470–1520
Elizabeth Clan
1500–1570
Poechancanough Winnocock
1470–1520
Nonoma Winanuske
1480–1518
Great Ensenore
1500–1525
Amopotuskee Algonkian
1517–1600
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Poechancanough Winnocock
1470–1520
Great Ensenore
1500–1525
Amopotuskee Algonkian
1517–1600

Opechancanough Powhatan's Timeline

2 Records

1554
1554
Birth of Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Eagle Plume Chief Cornstalk Powhatan in Werewocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, USA
Werewocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, USA
1646
1646
Age 92
Death of Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Eagle Plume Chief Cornstalk Powhatan in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA
Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1554
    Event Place: Werewocomoco, Orapax, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1646
    Event Place: Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA
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