Help! DNA shows Pamunkey match but sources for my ancestors do not exist

DPuddlejumper

I recently had my DNA compared to a legitimate descendant of John West L14D-1KM and Cockacoeske Powhatan 9N78-YRQ and there was a match with the Tribal Historian of the Pamunkey. There are two possibly ways I could be descended from John West and Cockacoeske but both have been deleted from Family Search several times because two of the ancestors I indicated do not have sources proving that they existed.

My DNa shows small NA match on Chr3 at about 188M. The Tribal Historian says this means a sister or niece or other relationship to Pocahontas.

First possible lineage: The first lineage is through a possible daughter of John West and Cockacoeske named "Mary West" G5H4-1LR. No source records have been found for Mary West to date to prove she existed.
Mary supposedly married George Smith GMGT-597 for whom there IS a source and who was recorded as an interpretor for Cockacoeske. George Smith and "Mary West" had a daughter Unity Lucy Smith LT6Q-6B4 born about 7 July 1681and died 16 March 1726. Unity Lucy Smith married Jeremiah Dumas MHZR-PH9 who was born about 18 June 1681 and died 15 January 1734. Unity and Jeremiah are my 7th great grandparents.
If anyone has any thoughts or possibly proof concerning the existence of Mary West please repsond to this note here. Thank you! (It is always possible that my ancestor was a different Mary but the fact she married Cockacoeske's interpretor is interesting. And let's not forget the DNA!)

2nd possible lineage: The second possible lineage is through Susannah West GGTY-B2R, who is an accepted daughter of John West and Cockacoeske. There is no record of her marrying or having a relationship with a George Martin GPHK-9Z2; however, in spite of someone posting a note that there were no records showing a George Martin ever existed, there are indeed records from St Peter's Parish showing that he existed in the correct time and place. Susannah West and George Martin supposedly had a daughter Elizabeth Martin G523-V5S born about 17 February 1687 and died 2 March 1758. Elizabeth Martin married William Henry Moss GP7J-76N on 20 November 1711 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, United States. Elizabeth Martin and William Henry Moss are also among my 7th great grandparents.

Again, if anyone has any information on a relationship between Cockacoeske's daughter Susannah West and George Martin or of a daughter of hers named Mary West who married George Smith , please let me know.

By the way, I checked other surnames that resulted from marriages of John West's and Cockacoeske's children but cannot find those names amongst my ancestors in the correct time and period. Since there IS a DNA match, this leaves me very perplexed, as you might imagine.

Thank you!

WKathleenM4

You might want to also post this question in the DNA group.

Lost Indigenous Nations

You sound like your far related to me, pcohantas is my 12th great grandmother straight up my line and her mother whole line related to me too. The problem is the chief of the Pamunkeys , chargeing people $ 500 dollars for application to our birth rights, he scared because a lot of are related to the Pamunkeys through our grandmothers, men are not important to be related to in the tribes, woman were and are still the boss in the tribes, the Pamunkey they got eagletistical male running it, it's vote his butt out!! So, you need call bureal of indian affriars, report this type happenings like i have and there will get more answers sometimes, depends on if you get 20yrs picking up, the have no clues about anything, you will be wasting your time, its better to ask for older tribial head member, to help you. I would like get with you share our family histories to see if we are related. There a woman Ive met on here that had test dna test done by a company to see how much first nation blood she had, message me back or email me: (email removed) I will send information.

Ashlee C.

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