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Miriam (Smith)Powell was born in 1670 in Norfolk, VA, United States. Her parents were Thomas Smith and Alice.
Miriam married John Powell /Old Cheraw Holden's Beach in 1692. Together they had the following children: John Jr Powell, Jr.; George Powell, Sr; Rebecca Hornbuckle Page.
She died on January 12, 1709 in VA, United States.
"Powhatan, head warchief, or emperor, of the Powhatan Confederacy, numbering about thirty - four tribes, is said to have been the son on an Indian who was driven by the Spaniards from the West Indies. Wahunseneca is how 5 Tribe's Open Letter of 2016 please requests that his name be spelled. Wahunseneca was born at the falls of Richmond then lived at Werowocomoco (People of the Bass Wood Tree Swamp), Purton Bay York River, til about three years after the arrival of the English. He then took up his residence at "ORAPAKES"/ Oseopeaks, at the head of the White Oak Swamp, which became the land of the I 2 A Iberians whom Ladera wrote about. Wahunseneca died in Aprill of 1618. He was also called Ottaniak and Mantowick. The trade language of the area was Ocannechi. The language of the Old Cheraw whom Pardo had brought over as Monocan "means hemp growers" to the Susquahannah Valley is detailed in the Weromicococo State Park Archeology report by Moretti-Langston where this group of people's of Nottoway Cheraw were in the John Smith 1607 map in one contengient of Shawnee, which is why this group is connected by the Cornstalks and the Patawomeck line of succession went to the mother's of the line of Cockacoeske, whose son Indian John Wests' MO claimant line is the same ydna haplogroup specific to the Pounds I S25 part of this group. The ydna and the atDna matchers are part of a study that culminated the SMITH portion of this haplo group 12/22/18. ~ ~ Rachelle Roby, Cheraw Nation Historian as reported by honorary chair, David Cremeans/ Blackhawk of NAIF non profit of WV.
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1670
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Norfolk, Virginia, British Colonial America
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1694 |
1694
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Norfolk County, VA
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1695
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Norfolk, Virginia, USA
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1700 |
March 1700
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Isle of Wight, Virginia
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1709 |
January 12, 1709
Age 39
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Norfolk County, Viriginia
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