Chief Powhatan?

Page updated 24 May 2023

Page started 12 Dec 2010
The reformatting of the name font and census data for this page has NOT been completed. --John M. Gwin, Aug 2011

[John M. Gwin Note--12 Dec 2010: Hearsay dictates that this line is allegedly mine; however, I cannot prove anything beyond generation 23.  Princess Cleopatra is allegedly half-sister to Pocahontas.  Nothing beyond generation 23 is proven and must be taken as hearsay only.  I share it here to provide a basis for further research.]

[Niccole Hinkle Note--Niccole Hinkle--23 May 2023:  Hey, sorry; I don’t know the time there for you, but as the de facto historian/genealogist, I wanted to ask you: Dan said at some point we had ties to Native American tribes; do you know where/what tribe?]

[John M. Gwin Note--24 May 2023:  Yesterday I received the above message from my dear first cousin once removed, Nikki (Keeney) Hinkle.  She's a daughter of my late first cousin, Charles McDonald "Chuck" Keeney.  (Chuck and I were blessed to have the same middle name after our grandfather, McDonald Keeney.)  In response, I sent Nikki a link to this twelve-year-old Powhatan page.  But her quest has inspired me to try digging a little more into these "allegations" (generations 22 and above) to see if the past dozen years have allowed us to uncover any more facts.  So I'm expanding my research and will record anything I find here.]




An Outline of the Known Family So Far--Generations 23-31--
--and the Alleged Extensions of It--Generations 16-22

16.00--Wahunsonacawh Powhatan, Chief, m. Winanuske Matatiske/Nonoma;

17.00--Princess Cleopatra (half-sister of Pocahantas; Pocahontas was b. ca. 1596) m. Opechancanough Powhatan, Chief;

18.00--Princess Nicketti m. John Rice Hughes;

19.00--Mary Elizabeth Hughes m. Nathaniel Davis;

20.00--Mary Davis m. Samuel Burke, Sr.;

21.00--Samuel Burke, Jr. m. Elizabeth (nee unk.);

22.00--Charles Burke m. Rebecca Baldwin;
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[John M. Gwin Note--25 May 2023:  I found a Charles Burks who married on 4 Sep 1778 in Armelia, VA to Rebeckah Baldwin.]

INFORMATION ABOVE THIS LINE (i.e., generations 22-16) IS UNCONFIRMED AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS HEARSAY ONLY.

 INFORMATION BELOW THIS LINE (i.e., generations 23-31) IS CONFIRMED ON OTHER PAGES AND MAY BE COPIED AND DISSEMINATED.

23.00--Elizabeth Burke, b. unk.; d. unk.; bd. unk.; m. Ransom Gabriel Gatewood (b. 1772 in Amherst Co., VA; d. 9 Jan 1843; bd. Gatewood Cem., Chelyan, Kanawha Co., WV--FAG#112735261); at least two ch.;
24.00--Amelia P. "Milly" Gatewood m. Stires Jade Keeney;
25.00--John Stires Keeney m. Hannah Catherine Frazee;
26.03--McDonald Keeney m. Mamie Chloe Stanley;
27.03--Dorothy Lee Keeney m. Adrian Sutton Gwin;
28.01--John McDonald Gwin [PRIVATE]; m. Sharon Lynn Hamrick; [PRIVATE];
29.02--Charity Elizabeth Gwin [PRIVATE]; m. Beau Scott Pihlaja; [PRIVATE];
30.01--Asher Samuel Neeraj Pihlaja, [PRIVATE];

30.02--Cressida Noel Pihlaja, [PRIVATE];
27.07--George McClure Keeney m. Frankie Shirley Lucas; [PRIVATE];
28.03--Charles McDonald "Chuck" Keeney m. Patricia Dawn "Patti" Wheeler [PRIVATE];
29.02--Niccole "Nikki" Keeney, CONTRIBUTOR, [PRIVATE]; m. Evan Hinkle [PRIVATE];
30.01--Bailey Brooke Hinkle, [PRIVATE];

30.02--Charlee Jo Hinkle, [PRIVATE];

30.03--Georgia Rae Hinkle, [PRIVATE];















The following is from: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=grantpinnix&id=I047862, an excellent Rootsweb Page by Grant (grantpinnix at cs dot com).


8. Samuel Burks was born ABT 1680 in Hanover Co., VA, and died BEF 12 FEB 1756 in St. Anne's Parish, Albemarle Co., VA. He was the son of 16. Unplaced Burkes.

9. Mary Davis was born ABT 1682 in Albemarle Parish, VA, and died BEF 12 FEB 1756 in St. Anne's Parish, Albemarle Co., VA. She was the daughter of 18. Nathaniel Davis and 19. Mary Elizabeth Hughes.  [This is John Gwin's generation 19, above.]
   

Children of Mary Davis and Samuel Burks are:  [This is John Gwin's generation 20, above.]
4.   i. Samuel Burks was born ABT 1700. He married Elizabeth X 1725.9   [This is John Gwin's generation 21, above.]
    ii. Frances Burks was born ABT 1704. She married William Smith, son of ?XY... Smith. He was born ABT 1700.
    iii. Elizabeth Burks was born ABT 1705 in Albemarle Co., VA?, and died 21 SEP 1756 in VA. She married William Cabell , M.D. ABT 1724 in VA, son of Unplaced Cabells. He was born 1 MAR 1687 in Goochland Co., VA, and died 21 SEP 1756 in VA.
    iv. Mary Burks was born ABT 1709. She married Obediah Smith 23 APR 1744 in Goochland Co., VA, son of ?XY... Smith. He was born ABT 1705, and died in Chesterfield Co., VA.
    v. Richard Burks was born ABT 1713. He married Frances Horsley, daughter of Robert Horsley.
    vi. Charles Burks was born ABT 1715 in Amelia Co., VA, and died 1752 in Amherst Co., VA. He married Sarah Llewellyn, daughter of Unplaced Llewellyns. She was born ABT 1720.
    vii. John Peatree Burks was born ABT 1710 in New Kent Co., VA, and died 1773 in Bedford Co., VA. He married Sarah Isham???. She was born ABT 1715.