"Sonne to the Queen of Pamunkey" John West

From “The Queene of Pomonky"

In 1676, Queen Cockacoeske appeared before a committee of the Governor's Council at Jamestown with her son, John West, and her interpreter in tow. The governor wanted her assistance in dealing with Nathaniel Bacon, whose rebellion eventually led to the torching of the state house.

There is no mention of him after his mother’s death.

Do not confuse with Maj. John “Indian” West

Cockacoeske's only documented child was her son, John West, born probably around 1656–57 and "reputed the son of an English colonel John West Il." On the basis of his name, and birth after her husband's death, he has often been considered an illegitimate son of John West, who established a plantation (now the town of West Point at the confluence of the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers, where they form the York River), or his son John West. The Virginia-Indian Treaty of 1677/1680, which this youth signed, identified him as "Cap't John West, son to the Queen of Pamunkey."

Cockacoeske died in 1686, and, as this was a matrilineal society, was succeeded by her niece, Betty.

The Pamunkey tribes, however, occupied parts of New Kent County also. The queen represented the chiefs of the Powhatan group of Indians, her husband Tottopottomoy (Tatapamoi) having been killed in 1656. She had a son, John West, from whom came the name of the locality West Point. She was a faithful friend to the English, but suffered greatly by Bacon's rebellion.

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The main question has always been whether the John West who signed the treaty as "Cap't John West, sonne to the Queen of Pamunkey" was the son of Col John West or his cousin Toby West who had a proven relationship with Cockacoeske . It was Toby who patented the 300 acres that this Capt John West inherited but he makes no mention of where he got the land in his Stafford will.