Matachanna
Powhatan
Born about in Tsenacomoca, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Wahunsenaca Powhatan
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Nantaquod Powhatan, Cleopatra Powhatan, Parahunt Powhatan, Tatahcoope Powhatan [half], Amonute Matoaka (Powhatan) Rolfe and Pochins Powhatan
Wife of
Uttamatomakkin Powhatan
— married
1616 in Weromocomoco, Powhatan Tribe, Powhatan Confederacy
Died after
after about age 27
[location unknown]
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Matachanna was one of four known daughters of Wahunseneca Chief Powhatan.[1]
- A previous version of this profile claimed she was daughter of Powhatan through his favorite wife, Winganuske, but Matachanna was already an adult and married when Winganuske became a wife of Powhatan. The chief had a practice of returning a wife to her family once she had born him a child. The name of Matachanna's mother is not known.
She was married to the priest Uttamatomakkin by 1616, when he accompanied Pocahontas to England. It is not known whether Mattachanna was one of the women in the party, although it is likely.[2]
Research Notes
Thomas West and Totopotomoi
FindAGrave,[3] some trees on the web, and an unsourced pedigree in a 2014 book called Shawnee Heritage IV[4] suggest that Matachanna entered into a relationship with Thomas West and that they were parents of Totopotomoi (Pamunkey) Powhatan. There is no good evidence to support these claims. See Totopotomoi's profile for more information.
Sources
- ↑ Rountree, Helen. Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough: Three Indian Lives Changed by Jamestown. University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, VA 2005. Ch. 14. About the book.
- ↑ Rountree, Pocahontas, Ch. 14
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #137571059
- ↑ Don Greene. Shawnee Heritage IV, self-published on lulu.com, 2014, p. 387, Google Books
See also:
- William Stith, The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, stith This source does not mention Mattachanna.
- Don Greene, Shawnee Heritage, volume IV; USE WITH CAUTION.
It was written that Matachana was older than Pocahontas (her cousin) and Pocahontas was born Sept 17, 1595.
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