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Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Powhatan 1557–1646 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1557

Birth Location: Powhatan, Powhatan, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 5 Oct 1646

Death Location: Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States

Father: Chief Powhatan

Mother: Amopotuskee Algonkian

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The story of Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Powhatan began in 1557 in Powhatan, Powhatan, Virginia, United States. Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Powhatan passed away in 1646 in Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Powhatan began in 1557 in Powhatan, Powhatan, Virginia, United States.
  • Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Powhatan passed away in 1646 in Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States.

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Opechancanough Powhatan's Ancestors

Self
Opechancanough Powhatan
1557–1646
Birth Place: Powhatan, Powhatan, Virginia, United States
Parents
Chief Ensenore Running Stream Powhatan
1530–1570
Kiskiack, Virginia, United States
Amopotuskee (Nonoma Scent Flower Amonsoquath Winanske of the) Algonkian
1517–1600
Confluence Dan Staunton Rivers, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Chief (Dashing Stream Wahunsunacock of the) Iroquois
1464–1525
Banks Tributary Lancer River, Blue, Virginia, USA
Poechancanough (Winanuske Scent Flower) Powhatan
1474–1526
Banks Tributary Lancer River, Blue, 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
Great Ensenore
1500–1525
Amopotuskee Algonkian
1517–1600
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Winsinocock Powhatan
1500–1618
Great Ensenore
1500–1525
Amopotuskee Algonkian
1517–1600

Opechancanough Powhatan's Timeline

5 Records

1554
1554
Birth of Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Powhatan
None
1554
17 June 1554
Birth of Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Powhatan in Werowocomoco, Orapaxit, Iroquis Nation,Virginia
Werowocomoco, Orapaxit, Iroquis Nation,Virginia
1557
1557
Birth of Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Powhatan in Powhatan, Powhatan, Virginia, United States
Powhatan, Powhatan, Virginia, United States
1646
18 April 1646
Age 89
Death of Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Powhatan in Iroquis Nation, Pre Virginia Colony
Iroquis Nation, Pre Virginia Colony
1646
5 Oct 1646
Age 89
Death of Opechancanough Mangopeesomon Powhatan in Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1554

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 June 1554
    Event Place: Werowocomoco, Orapaxit, Iroquis Nation,Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: Powhatan, Powhatan, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 April 1646
    Event Place: Iroquis Nation, Pre Virginia Colony

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Oct 1646
    Event Place: Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States

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