Person

Cockacoeske

d. 1686 · 17th century

Cockacoeske was a Pamunkey leader who ruled as weroansqua from 1656 until her death in 1686. Widow of the chief Totopotomoy, she sought to restore Pamunkey authority over the former Powhatan peoples, and she signed the Treaty of Middle Plantation in 1677, which made the tribes tributaries of the English Crown while guaranteeing their lands.

Cockacoeske
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Powhatan Confederacy

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Cockacoeske. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cockacoeske
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