Queen Ann (Pamunkey chief)

Pamunkey ruler

Queen Ann

Born| unknown
Died| c. 1723
Nationality| Pamunkey
Occupation| Weroansqua (Ruler)
Years active| 1706–1718
Known for| Fought for the rights of the Pamunkey
Predecessor| Queen Betty

Queen Ann (c. 1650–1723) appears in Virginia records between 1706 and 1718 as ruler of the Pamunkey tribe of Virginia.[1] Ann continued her predecessors' efforts to keep peace with the colony of Virginia.[2]

She became the leader of her tribe after Queen Betty, in 1708 or before. Queen Ann is first mentioned in 1708. Prior to that the Weroansqua of the Pamunkey was Queen Betty who succeeded her aunt Cockacoeske in 1686. Cockacoeske, Betty, and Anne are often confused with each other. It is certain that Cockacoeske was not the same as Anne; Cockecoeske is well documented to have died in 1686.

It has been suggested that Queen Ann and Queen Betty may have been the same person:

> Sparse documentation and the Powhatan Indians' practice of changing their names on important occasions have led to confusion in identifying the principal leaders of the Pamunkey. It has been conjectured that the niece who succeeded Cockacoeske, Mrs. Betty, and Ann were the same woman and that she changed her name to Ann after Queen Anne ascended the English throne in 1702.[3]

Ann's last record in history was in 1715, when she was noted as visiting the colonial authorities in Virginia. She had come to seek fair treatment for her tribe, who suffered encroachment and raids by settlers.[4] The Pamunkey had, in spite of Totopotomoi's sacrifice, been treated poorly by the Virginian settlers in the intervening years.[5] Ann attempted to protect the survival of her people by petitioning to halt the sale of tribal land to outsiders, and halt the sale of liquor to members of the tribe.[1]

Ann had a son, whom she sent to the Indian school at the College of William and Mary in 1711.[3] He was sent as part of an agreement with the governor of Virginia: if her son and another Pamunkey child were sent to the Indian school, the tribe's debt would be forgiven.[1] Ann's son's name is not known as many records were either not kept or were destroyed by war and time.

Ann is believed to have died around 1723.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Native American women : a biographical dictionary. Bataille, Gretchen M., 1944–, Lisa, Laurie. (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge. 2001. ISBN 9780415930208. OCLC 46641650.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: others (link)
2. ^ A Study of Virginia Indians and Jamestown: The First Century Chapter four, by Martha W. McCartney for the National Park Service of the United States.
3. ^ a b c Dictionary of Virginia Biography
4. ^ Frank E. Grizzard, D. Boyd Smith, Jamestown Colony, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2007, p. 162, accessed January 31, 2009
5. ^ Encyclopedia of Mississippi Indians : tribes, natives, treaties of the southeastern woodlands area. St. Clair Shores, Mich.: Somerset Publishers. 2000. ISBN 9780403097784. OCLC 46647119.

## Further reading[edit]

* Mathes, Valerie S. (1975). "A New Look at the Role of Women in Indian Society". American Indian Quarterly. 2 (2): 131–139. doi:10.2307/1183499. JSTOR 1183499.
* McCartney, Martha W. (1989). "Cockacoeske, Queen of Pamunkey, Diplomat and Suzeraine". In Wood, Peter; et al. (eds.). Powhatan's mantle : Indians in the colonial Southeast. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803247451.
* Nono, Minor (March 1971). "The American Indian: Famous Indian Women in Early America". Real West. 14: 35, 78.
* O'Donnell, James H. (2000). "Ann (fl. 1706–1718), queen of Pamunkey". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2001477. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7.
* Rountree, Helen C. (1990). Pocahontas's people : the Powhatan Indians of Virginia through four centuries (1st ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806122809.
* Rountree, Helen C. (1993). Powhatan foreign relations, 1500-1722. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. ISBN 9780813914091.

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