Ka Okee "Jane"

Ka Okee Jane Powhatan Pettus

ka-okee born 1611 died 1642 (died at 31 years old; possibly 30.).

Controversial origin as child of Pocahontas & Kocoum of the Patawomeke

More proof needed for Geni to connect to them or to husband seen as Col. Thomas Pettus and as child seen as Christian Waddington

Find A Grave Memorial ID # 131606355

The modern Mattaponi and Patawomeck tribes believe that Powhatan's line also survives through Ka-Okee, Pocahontas' daughter by her first husband Kocoum.

For generations, it was thought that Pocahontas and Kocoum had a son. This child was being protected and hidden by the tribe. They did such a good job hiding the child, it was not revealed for many years that the child was a daughter, Ka-okee, who adopted the name Jane; after her marriage to English man named Thomas Pettus. Ka-okee is known to have 4 children. 2 boys, 2 girls. (Unknown: Pettus. 1626. A girl) possible. Death after birth. Robert Pettus (a boy 1633). Stephan Pettus (a boy born in 1634) married a woman named Susanna Ragland. Christian Pettus (a girl born in 1636) - married a man in 1653 named John Martin. And Francis Waddington; Christian Pettus's second marriage after John Martin had died.

KA OKEE JANE was born in 1611 in the Werowocomoco Village on Powhatan Tribal Lands in Tidewater Virginia.

She was the daughter of MATOAKA POCAHONTAS POWHATAN, daughter of WAHUNSONACOCK, known as CHIEF POWHATAN and KOCOUM of the Patawomeck tribe, the younger brother of the Patawomeck CHIEF JAPASAW.

From http://www.mikesclark.com/genealogy/pettus/pettus.html

Thomas Pettus, due to his wealth and family connections, received in 1641/42 an appointment to a life term on the King's Council of State for Virginia, and served until at least sometime after July of 1661, which establishes him as the longest serving member of the council. He is known to have had at least one wife, Elizabeth Freeman (b. c.1608), the widow of Richard Durrent, whom he married about 1638 in Jamestown when he was 39 years old. There is also evidence for an earlier Indian wife named Ka-Okee (a daughter of Pocahontas), with whom he may have fathered four or five children, but this is somewhat speculative. Col. Pettus is known to have had at least two sons - the Stephen Pettus, who follows, and a younger son named Thomas, who inherited his father's Littletown and Utopia plantations. He died sometime between 1663 and 1668. (Pettus, 2011 - v. I, p. 107-120, no. 31; Pettus, 2013 - v. II, p. 1349-1360)

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From https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=131606355

KA OKEE JANE was born in 1611 in the Werowocomoco Village on Powhatan Tribal Lands in Tidewater Virginia. She was the daughter of MATOAKA POCAHONTAS POWHATAN, daughter of WAHUNSONACOCK, known as CHIEF POWHATAN and KOCOUM of the Patawomeck tribe, the younger brother of the Patawomeck CHIEF JAPASAW.

Shortly after KA OKEE's birth in 1611, her mother POCAHONTAS was lured, under false pretenses aboard an English Ship in 1613; by its Captain SAMUEL ARGALL and taken captive. POCAHONTAS was taken to Jamestown and not allowed to return to her native village. At the time of her kidnapping, KA OKEE's father, KOCOUM, was killed by the English at the direction of Captain ARGALL.

According to WILLIAM "NIGHT OWL" DEYO, PATAWOMECK Tribal Historian,in the Publication PATAWOMECK TIDES, Volume 12, Number 1, September 15, 2009: "A book was published by Dr. LINWOOD CUSTALOW and ANGELA DANIEL about the true story of POCAHONTAS. This information was obtained from the sacred oral history of the MATTAPONI Tribe. The MATTAPONI tribe has a special interest in POCAHONTAS, as many of them descend from the sister of POCAHONTAS, MATACHANNA, who went to England with POCAHONTAS and took care of JOHN ROLFE" [Jr], "the son of POCAHONTAS and JOHN ROLFE. The book revealed that POCAHONTAS first married the Indian KOCOUM, the younger brother of CHIEF JAPASAW, and had a child by him. WILLIAM STRACHEY, Secretary of the Virginia Colony, wrote that POCAHONTAS had first married the Indian, KOCOUM, in 1610, but did not mention that she had a child by him, a fact probably kept secret by the PATAWOMECK'S for the safety of the child. The book by CUSTALOW and DANIEL calls the child "LITTLE KOCOUM"... The book states that the NEWTON family of Stafford County descends from the child of POCAHONTAS and KOCOUM... The reason that the MATTAPONI Tribe knew that the NEWTON's and other Stafford families descended from POCAHONTAS and KOCOUM was due to the research of the late MATTAPONI Chief, O.T. CUSTALOW, who married ELIZABETH NEWTON of Stafford" [County, Virginia]. "Chief CUSTALOW researched the ancestry of his wife, ELIZABETH NEWTON, long before the compiler was born and was able to talk to the elders at that time who knew how they descended from POCAHONTAS..."

KA OKEE was raised in the Patawomeck Village and her identity, as daughter of POCAHONTAS was kept a secret by the tribal leaders. She took the name JANE, married a man named PETTUS in 1631, believed by the present day Patawomeck Tribal Historian, WILLIAM "NIGHT OWL" DEYO to be THOMAS PETTUS and they had a child named CHRISTIAN PETTUS in 1636, which is "known from a deposition".

KA OKEE's exact death date is not known. Some have speculated that she died in about 1638 and others that she died in 1670.
Family links: Parents: Kocoum (1590 - 1613) Pocahontas (1595 - 1617)

Children:   Christian Pettus Waddington (1636 - 1701)*  

Sibling:   Ka Okee Jane Powhatan Pettus (1612 - ____)   Thomas Rolfe (1615 - 1680)**  

• Calculated relationship **Half-sibling Burial: Body lost or destroyed Created by: Ron Stephens Record added: Jun 20, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 131606355

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Deyo, Bill L CTR NSWCDD, E03A Aug 8, 2016

Hi Linda,

You are not bugging me. I am glad to help.

Powhatan (Wahunsenaca) and Opechancanough, as well as Keckatough and Opitchipam, were all full brothers of the Pamunkey Tribe. "Powhatan" was actually the name of the Federation of many tribes that Wahunsenaca was the head of. They simply called him "Powhatan" because of that.

The book on Pocahontas by Linwood Custalow and Angela Daniel spoke of "Little Kocoum" in the story presented about Pocahontas and her husband Kocoum. The fact is, however, that the Mattaponi did not pass down the name or gender of the child that Pocahontas had by Kocoum. If you look in the back of the book, at the timeline, it explains that. The one child known by the Patawomeck that Pocahontas had was Ka-Okee. That is not to say that she did not have other children. I actually think that she did have at least one more between her marriage in 1610 and her abduction in 1613. I do not believe that the child was named Little Kocoum, however. )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) )))))))))))))))))))))))))))

KA OKEE, the daughter of KOCOUM and POCAHONTAS, was in the Patawomeck Village when her mother was kidnapped and her father was killed. She remained and was raised there and her identity was kept secret to protect her from being harmed by the English. She took the name "JANE" and had a child CHRISTIAN PETTUS by a man whose last name was PETTUS in 1636.

According to WILLIAM "Night Owl" DEYO, present day Patawomeck Tribal Historian: "KA OKEE's husband was thought to be Col. THOMAS PETTUS or possibly THEODORE PETTUS, brother of Col. THOMAS PETTUS, or possibly a son of WILLIAM PETTUS [uncle of Col. THOMAS PETTUS] and ELIZABETH ROLFE who married in 1594." He also mentions that there were close connections between the ROLFE and PETTUS families in England." JOHN ROLFE, who married POCAHONTAS in 1614, "took her to his family estate in England when they visited there in 1616. She no doubt met the PETTUS family and may have asked that if any of them went to Virginia to please check on her daughter KA OKEE. One evidently did check on her and married her..." http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=131558962

KA OKEE JANE was born in 1613 in the Werowocomoco Village on Powhatan Tribal Lands in Tidewater Virginia. She was the daughter of MATOAKA POCAHONTAS POWHATAN, daughter of WAHUNSONACOCK, known as CHIEF POWHATAN and KOCOUM of the Patawomeck tribe, the younger brother of the Patawomeck CHIEF JAPASAW.

Shortly after KA OKEE's birth in 1613, her mother POCAHONTAS was lured, under false pretenses aboard an English Ship by its Captain SAMUEL ARGALL and taken captive. POCAHONTAS was taken to Jamestown and not allowed to return to her native village. At the time of her kidnapping, KA OKEE's father, KOCOUM, was killed by the English at the direction of Captain ARGALL.

According to WILLIAM "NIGHT OWL" DEYO, PATAWOMECK Tribal Historian,in the Publication PATAWOMECK TIDES, Volume 12, Number 1, September 15, 2009: "A book was published by Dr. LINWOOD CUSTALOW and ANGELA DANIEL about the true story of POCAHONTAS. This information was obtained from the sacred oral history of the MATTAPONI Tribe. The MATTAPONI tribe has a special interest in POCAHONTAS, as many of them descend from the sister of POCAHONTAS, MATACHANNA, who went to England with POCAHONTAS and took care of THOMAS ROLFE "the son of POCAHONTAS and JOHN ROLFE. The book revealed that POCAHONTAS first married the Indian KOCOUM, the younger brother of CHIEF JAPASAW, and had a child by him. WILLIAM STRACHEY, Secretary of the Virginia Colony, wrote that POCAHONTAS had first married the Indian, KOCOUM, in 1610, but did not mention that she had a child by him, a fact probably kept secret by the PATAWOMECK'S for the safety of the child. The book by CUSTALOW and DANIEL calls the child "LITTLE KOCOUM"... The book states that the NEWTON family of Stafford County descends from the child of POCAHONTAS and KOCOUM... The reason that the MATTAPONI Tribe knew that the NEWTON's and other Stafford families descended from POCAHONTAS and KOCOUM was due to the research of the late MATTAPONI Chief, O.T. CUSTALOW, who married ELIZABETH NEWTON of Stafford" [County, Virginia]. "Chief CUSTALOW researched the ancestry of his wife, ELIZABETH NEWTON, long before the compiler was born and was able to talk to the elders at that time who knew how they descended from POCAHONTAS..."

KA OKEE was raised in the Patawomeck Village and her identity, as daughter of POCAHONTAS was kept a secret by the tribal leaders. She took the name JANE, married a man named PETTUS in 1631, believed by the present day Patawomeck Tribal Historian, WILLIAM "NIGHT OWL" DEYO to be THOMAS PETTUS and they had a child named CHRISTIAN PETTUS in 1636, which is "known from a deposition".

KA OKEE's exact death date is not known. Some have speculated that she died in about 1638 and others that she died in 1670. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=131606355

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Ka Okee, believed by the Patawomeck Tribe to be the daughter of Pocahontas and her first husband Kocoum, born about 1612, she was left behind in the Patawomeck village of Passapatanzy when Pocahontas was captured by the English and her father was killed. The Patawomeck kept her identity secret to protect her, as a daughter of Pocahontas she was a valuable daughter of the 'royal' bloodline.

Ka-Okee's existence as the daughter of Pocahontas is highly debated. There are no historical documents supporting this relationship. However, oral histories from several Virginia Tribes tell of this protected child. One discredited author, misidentifies her as a boy child named 'Little Kocoum'.

Brief Life History of Ka-Okee

She is daughter of Kocoum and Pocahontas. As well first born child of Pocahontas. Thus forth, she was ultimately an orphan. Yet the tribe raised her. After the kidnapping of her mother and the killing of her father; by the English / Englishmen. Her mother dies in 1617 in England. Her Grandfather dies in 1618 in tribal grounds of Virginia.
Ka-Okee was born in 1611, in Passapatanzy, King George, Virginia, British Colonial America. At the time of Pocahontas kidnapping. She had already borne her daughter Ka-Okee. Whom she had with Kocoum, and her capture started the chain of events that led to the birth of her son Thomas Rolfe.
Ka-Okee later then married Colonel Thomas Pettus before 1626 timeline. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1642, in Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 32.

(She is my 12th great grandmother.)

Children (4)
Unknown Pettus
Female
1626–1701

Robert Pettus
Male
1633–1654

Stephen Pettus
Male
1634–1686

Christian Pettus
Female
1636–1701

Parents

Kocoum
Male

Pocahontas
Female

Siblings

Chief Wahanganoche
Male
1615–1663

References

• https://www.pokereagles.com/query/who-was-ka-okee
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L87Z-7GN/ka-okee-1611-1642
• Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131606355/ka_okee_jane-pettus
• https://gw.geneanet.org/mbelliard?lang=en&n=powhatan+stream&oc=0&p=...
• http://www.rootedheritagegenealogy.com/2018/05/ka-okee-daughter-of-...
• https://www.gloucesterva.info › Descendants Initiative - Pocahontas - Gloucester County, VA
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Powhatan-239

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(My prior information I supplied keeps being deleted by someone from www.geni.com)

Biography:

Chief Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas who lived with the Patawomeck tribe for three years.

Current Mattaponi tradition holds that she was the wife of Kocoum, brother of the Patawomeck weroance Japazaws, and that Argall's soldiers killed Kocoum after her capture in 1613. Today's Patawomecks believe that Pocahontas and Kocoum had a daughter, Ka-Okee, who lived with the Patawomecks after her father's death and her mother's abduction.

• At the time of her capture she would have already borne her daughter Ka-Okee with Kocoum.
• Recent search: explain Ka-Okee as "Jane Pettus" after her marriage to Thomas Pettus. (Ka-Okee Jane Pettus)

Source:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patawomeck

https://www.gloucesterva.info/1126/Descendants-Initiative#:~:text=T....

http://www.rootedheritagegenealogy.com/2018/05/ka-okee-daughter-of-...

https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/?name=Ka+Okee+Jane_Pe...

http://www.southern-style.com/Pettus.htm