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{geni:occupation} King of Patawomke, Chief of Tribe, Chief {geni:about_me} Chief Wahanganoche, King of Patawomke See information written by William L. Deyo on Patawomeck Indians. See information in book "Green Meadows, The History of the CurtisFamily of Virginia" by Kimberly Curtis Campbell., 1998. See information "The Paynes of Virginia " by Brooke Payne 2nd Ed 1998. Birth and death date from Douglas Curtis at Curtis Family Reunion June8, 2002. From: THE VIRGINIA INDIAN TRIBES: 17TH CENTURY, Leaflet 57, Apr 1933,2nd Printing Sept 1940, Dept of Indian Art, Denver Art Museum, DenverColorado: "POTOMAC or PATAWOMEKE. An important tribe in 1600'scentering about a town of the same name in Stafford County, Virginiaon a peninsula formed by the Potomac River. Population then about 800.Today perhaps 150 mixed bloods live in the neighborhood, about 8 milesnorth of Fredericksburg." "The descendants of the Patawomeke Tribe in Stafford have always beenproud of their Indian heritage and have passed down thier descent fromChief Japasaw for many generations. They have lived in the same areain and around Passapatanzy (8 miles North of Fredericksburg, VA, nowon the border of Stafford and King George counties), the seat ofJapasaw and his son, Wahanganoche, "King of Patomeck", since the early1600's. footnote 8. "A Brief Outline of Recorded History of thePatawomeck Tribe" William L. Deyo, 2000. Chief Japasaw was a brother to Chief Powhatan, the first Indian leadermet by the Jamestown colonists.http://www.geni.com/people/Wahunsonacock-Powhatan/6000000005385559369was the father ofhttp://www.geni.com/people/Pocahontas/6000000005385138952?through=6000000005385559369. Pocahontas's mother was from the Patawomeck Tribe,one of the tribes in the Powhatan Confederacy. Chief Wahanganoche, King of Patawomke, is last known to have lived atPassapatanazy in 1662 when Capt. Giles Brent and others werereprimanded for assault and false accusations against the chief.footnote 10, above source. "The family material on the Indian annihilation goes hand in had withthe recorded history of the year 1666 when the General Court ofVirginia declared war on the Patawomekes and other area tribes, atwhich time Capt. Giles Brent and others engaged in battle against thearea indians. Since he had a personal grudge against the Patawomekes,havng been reprimanded and punished for his charges and assaultagainst Chief Wahanganoche, it is most logical that they were primetargets. This fits with the Curtis ancestor, a Patawomeke Indian girlnamed "Ontonah", who was orphaned after both of her parents werekilled during a confrontation between the whilte settlers and theIndians. The Curtis family raised Ontonah and gave her the Christianname of "Elizabeth". Elizabeth Ontonah married one of the Curtis boyswith whom she was raised. Her name was repeated among her StaffordCounty descendants even up to the twentieth century. Information about the 1666 war against the Patawomeke Tribe is vitalin understanding their fate. The following is taken from the Minutesof the General Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, editedby H.R. McIlwaine. Meeting at James City, July the 10th 1666....It is therefore orderedfor revenge of the former and for the prevention of future mischiefs that thetowns of Monzation, Nanzimond, and Port Tobacco with the whole nationof the Doegs and Potomacks be forthwith prosecuted with war to theirutter destruction if possible and that their women and children andtheir goods or as much of it as shall be taken to be disposed ofaccording to instructions as shall be issued from the Right HonourableGovernor. And it is further ordered that the said war be managed bysuch officers with such numbers of men and by such ways and means asthe Governor shall think fit. The book "Pocahontas's People", by Helen C. Rountree, states (p95)that in July 1665 (apparently this should be 1666, per the GeneralCoucil minutes above) war was declared on the Patawomekes, and states,"The outcome of the war is uncertain, but the Patawomecks disappearfrom the surviving English records thereafter." On the same page it isfurther stated that in June 1666, the English Governor ordered theRappahannock County militia to attack and exterminate the Indianswithin reach, with permission to sell captive women and children intoservitude. It should be noted that the domain of the Patawomekesstraddled the adjoining counties of Stafford and Rappahannock at thattime. The fate of Chief Wahanganoche, King of the Patawomeke was as follows:He was taken to Williamsburg, Va in 1662 and tried by the court thereon charges brought against him and others by Capt. Giles Brent. He wasacquitted of all charges and was allowed to return home. ChiefWahanganoche was apparently given a silver medallion during this time,by the Virginia Assembly. (Henings Statutes, vol 2 p 142) After thetrial, Chief Wahanganoche and his company headed back to Passipatanzy,but the old chief never made it back home. Chief Wahanganoche's silvermedallion was unearthed in Caroline County in the early 1860's, in aarea that was logically in the path of the chief on his way home fromWilliamsburg. A letter written on 1 April 1664 by Col John Catlett tohis cousin in England, telling of the events of the past year, told ofthe capture and trial of the "King of Potomek", indicating that hewas, in Catlett's belief, unjustly acquited. He told of the death ofthe chief on his way home after his release and believed that he gotwhat he deserved. Chief Wahanganoche's death is not described, and itis not clear whether it was natural or by murder. The fate of Chief Wahanganoche, King of the Patawomeke was as follows:He was taken to Williamsburg, Va in 1662 and tried by the court thereon charges brought against him and others by Capt. Giles Brent. He wasacquitted of all charges and was allowed to return home. ChiefWahanganoche was apparently given a silver medallion during this time,by the Virginia Assembly. (Henings Statutes, vol 2 p 142) After thetrial, Chief Wahanganoche and his company headed back to Passipatanzy,but the old chief never made it back home. Chief Wahanganoche's silvermedallion was unearthed in Caroline County in the early 1860's, in aarea that was logically in the path of the chief on his way home fromWilliamsburg. A letter written on 1 April 1664 by Col John Catlett tohis cousin in England, telling of the events of the past year, told ofthe capture and trial of the "King of Potomek", indicating that hewas, in Catlett's belief, unjustly acquited. He told of the death ofthe chief on his way home after his release and believed that he gotwhat he deserved. Chief Wahanganoche's death is not described, and itis not clear whether it was natural or by murder. Notes for King Wahanganoche . (1) Bill Deyo, Tribal Historian, states the following: Wahanganoche's father was the petty-chief, Japasaw, or more correctly,I-oppasus, who had become the King of Patawomeck by the 1620s. I donot know the wife of Wahanganoche, but I-oppasus had two wives. Onewhose name I do not know but who was a daughter of Powhatan andI-oppasus' own niece or half-niece. It is possible that she was thedaughter of Powhatan called Cahoke or Kaokee, traditionally theancestor of the Peyton and Roberson families of Patawomeck blood, whowas said to have been a daughter of Powhatan. His other wife wasPaupauwiske who was known to have had a child, possibly Wahanganoche,as was written about by Henry Spelman. The Curtis family traditionallydescends from the Patawomeck Indian girl, Ontonah, left an orphan bythe battle of 1666. As the Peyton and Roberson families also descendfrom her, she may be the link back to the wife of I-oppassus who wasthe daughter of Powhatan, Kaokee (?). The Bryan(t) family of StaffordCounty in the mid 1600s and beyond connects to the royal blood of thePatawomeck Indian Tribe through their last chief, Wahanganoche (aliasWhipsewasson), nephew of the great chief, Powhatan, father ofPocahontas. The Bryan(t)s and their descendants have multiple lines ofdescent from Wahanganoche and other members of the Patawomeck Tribe.The first generation of Indian blood included Dr. Richard Bryan(t),Martha Bryan(t) [wife of Thomas Foley], Thomas Bryan(t), SilentBryan(t), and others. Dr. Richard Bryan(t)'s son, also a Dr. RichardBryan(t) (died 1749, King George Co., VA), married Seth Anderson, alsoof Indian blood of the royal line of the Pamunkey Tribe, who was alsohis cousin through the Patawomecks. Since Dr. Richard Bryan(t) Sr.'swife, Anne (Meese) Redman, was the daughter of Henry Meese, whosefirst wife is also believed to have been a daughter of ChiefWahanganoche, it is no wonder why the Bryan(t) descendants form thegreatest number of the current Patawomeck Tribe, officially recognizedby the Stafford County Government. Last Modified 19 Dec 2005
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