Genealogie De Bruijn in 4D
Genealogie De Bruijn in 4D
Deze genealogie is samengesteld door Marco J. de Bruijn te Pijnacker.
Deze genealogie is samengesteld door Marco J. de Bruijn te Pijnacker.
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The man history knows as Powhatan, or the Great Powhatan, was a Native American leader encountered by English settlers in 1607 in what became known as Virginia, in North America. His true name was Wahunsenacawh (spelled various ways), or more formally Mamanatowick Wahunsenacawh Powhatan. Mamanatowick was his title meaning Paramount Chief, Wahunsenacawh his personal name, and Powhatan both his hometown and his people. With this in mind "Mamanatowick Wahunsenacawh Powhatan" would be the equivalent of "Emperor Taisho of Japan" or "King George of England". The Powhatan Tribes did not keep written records, therefore, there is no documentation of who Wahunsenacawh's parents were or exactly when he was born. All we know today was relayed to William Strachey by two Native men: Kemps and Machumps, the last being Wahunsenacawh's brother in law. Wahunsenacawh was born in the Indian village of Powhatan, in the territory known as Tsenacommacah, located in today's Virginia, United States. His mother was the sister of the Weroance (Chief) and after his death Wahunsenacawh became weroance, inheriting leadership of 4 to 6 tribes. The chiefdom was matrilineal, inherited through the female, so he became chief through his mother. Overtime, through treaty, war and intermarriage, Chief Wahunsenacawh united 30 or so tribes into one much larger chiefdom, which became known as the Powhatan Confederacy, the people themselves became the Powhatan. Instead of just weroance or chief, Wahunsenacawh became the high chief over all the lesser chiefs, he became the Mamanatowick, paramount chief or Emperor, sometimes also called "The Powhatan". Yes, the people, the chief and the man were all called Powhatan. Wahunsenacawh had many wives, he took wives from different tribes throughout his kingdom, so that the tribes became united not just through treaty but also through family relationships. Some of his known wives were: Winganuske, Ashetoiske, Amopotoiske, Ottopomtacke, Attosmiske, Ponnoiske, Appomosiscut, Appimmoiske, Ortoughnoiske, Oweroughwough, Ottermiske, and Memeoughquiske. It is also believed that Oholasc of the Tapahanock had a son by Wahunsenacawh. It was reported to the English that Powhatan (Wahunsenacawh) had 32 living children: 20 sons, 10 daughters, one 'young one' who's sex was not identified and Pocahontas. Only a few of the names of his children were recorded however: 1)Parahunt, a son, also known as Tanx Powhatan who was weroance of the Powhatan Tribe 2) Tatacope, son of Oholasc of the Tapahanock 3) Pochins, a son, and weroance of Kecoughtan 4) Matachanna, a daughter, wife of the holy man Tomocomo also known as Uttamatomakkin 5) Cleopatra, a daughter identified by Thomas Rolfe 6) Nataquoud, a son, identified by Pocahontas as her brother 7) and of course Matoaka, who the world knows as Pocahontas The names of the rest of his children were not recorded. We also know he had 3 brothers and 2 sisters by the same mother: 1) Opitchapam, who became Mamanatowick after Wahunsenacawh died, and changed his name to Sasawpen 2) Opechancanough, who became Mamanatowick after Opitchapam, and who changed his name to Mangopeesomon 3) Kekataugh, werowance of the Pamunkey the names of his 2 sisters were not recorded. In 1607 when the English were first introduced to "The Powhatan" they estimated his age as 60. Which would put his birth at about 1547. He was born in the Indian village of Powhatan, but as Mamanatowick he ruled from Werowocomoco. Later he moved his capital/headquarters to Orapakes and still later (about 1614) to Matchut. It was reported to the English in April 1618 that "The Great Powhatan" had died. His brother Opitchapam became the next Mamanatowick. After Opitchapam's death, their brother Opechancanough became the next Mamanatowick. According to Powhatan tradition, after a chief died his body was carefully de-fleshed. After being smoked or dried in the sun, the skeleton was re-articulated, the hollows filled with the chief's treasures and the bundled body placed on a platform in the temple. A few miles west of Werowocomoco, at Uttamussak, was the most important temple in Pamunkey territory. A structure there housed Wahunsenacawh's accumulated wealth, some of which was used to preserve his body after death. It is here that the body of Mamanatowick Wahunsenacawh Powhatan came to rest, attended by 7 kwiocosuk (holy men). And here that the temple housing his bones would have been allowed to decay, according to tradition, and return to the earth. There is a marker there now, with a carved wooden pole commemorating the site. |
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| Winganuske (*1575-†1611) als echtgenote | |
| Chief Mamanatowick Wahunsenacawh Powhatan (*1545-†1618) als hoofdpersoon | |
| Pocahontas Matoaka Amonute Powhatan (*1595-†1617) als kind |