Powhatan Vann

My thanks to Don Greene for his kind email response to my inquiry about this genealogy and for the website Noel Schutz (http://www.shawnee-traditions.com/ or noelschutz@yahoo.com) has created.

Don Greene (shawneeporf1@skybest.com)

Thanks to Tammie my internet friend and cousin who tipped me off to Mr. Greene and his work, and my fascinating family connection. As I have said many times...I just love finding cousins and how we "fit" into history. Also check out: http://kyusa.addr.com/Cherokee/index.html Sharman

Our Grandmother for Big Turkey Cornstalk was a Chalakatha-Hopia (Hopewell Indians/Aeincient Shawnee) from the bear clan.

Cornstalk, Big Turkey aka Misahpelewa – 31/32nd Chalakatha-Shawano-Chalaka-Powhatan born about 1660 northwest TN/southwest VA-killed 1694 southwest VA – son of Cornstalk (4)-Hokoleskwa/1628 & Nonoma Cornstalk (2)/1630, Turkey/Bear Clan, killed with wife by Catawba raiders 1694, husband about 1679 VA-TN of Chalakatha-Hopia Woman/1664-(daughter of Hopper a Hopia Chief & a Chalakatha Woman), father of son Raven Moytoy-Turkey/1680, daughters Quatsis Hop-Turkey/1682, Aganunitsi-Wild Potato Hop-Turkey/1684, Swan-Wapehti Hop-Turkey/1686, son Standing Turkey-Old Hop/1688, daughters April-Tkikami Hop-Turkey/1690, Oolootah-Ulutse Hop-Turkey/1692 & Ghigoneli Hop-Turkey/1694-all 63/64th Chalakatha-Shawano-Chalaka-Hopia-Powhatan

1-Chief Morning Powhatan +Unknown |--2-Chief Ensenore Powhatan Chief Morning Great Powhatan b. 1520, Coastal | Virginia, d. After 1559 +Morning Flower b. 1515, VA, m. 3 Jun 1517, Confluence of Dan and Staunton Rivers, Virginia, par. Unknown and Unknown |--3-Chief Opechan Stream (Opechancanough ) Opechan b. 1554, d. 1644, | Jamestown City, Virginia | +Cleopatra Powhatan the Shawano b. 1602, near Jamestown colony, m. 1602, | d. 1680, par. Chief Powhatan Wahunsonacock Powhatan and Amopotuskee | Shawano Bear Clan

"Library of the Maryland Historical Society, an item of three lines covering eleven years. During the period covered by the fragment, matters became so bad between the Whites and the Indians that Opechancanough , Chief of the Powhatans, was induced to agree upon a line being established which neither White nor Indian, excepting truce bearers, should cross under penalty of being shot on sight. To insure strict obedience to the compact, a law was passed at Jamestown imposing a heavy penalty on any people crossing the line without a special permit from the Commissioners Council and the General Court. This accounts for the item alluded to, which is given verbatim. It reads: "Note:

Dec. 17th, 1641 -- Thomas Rolfe petitions the governor to let him see Opechankeno to whom he is allied, and Cleopatra, his mother's sister."

The record of the General Court was evidently intended to be a verbatim copy though they differ in phraseology and spelling: Note: "Dec. 17th, 1641 -- Thomas Rolph petitions Gov. to let him go see Opechanko, to whom he is allied, and Cleopatre, his mother's sister."

Thomas Rolfe was the son of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. Source: http://www.kentuckykinfolkorganization.com/descendantofSamuelBurks.html

strict obedience to the compact, a law was passed at Jamestown imposing a heavy penalty on any people crossing the line without a special permit from the Commissioners Council and the General Court. This accounts for the item alluded to, which is given verbatim. It reads: "Note:

Dec. 17th, 1641 -- Thomas Rolfe petitions the governor to let him see Opechankeno to whom he is allied, and Cleopatra, his mother's sister."

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