Kocoum

Kocoum (1590–13 April 1613) is identified in the supplied family-tree notes as a Patawomeck man and, according to those notes, the husband of Matoaka, also known as Pocahontas. The notes further report that they had a daughter called Ka Okee. These details, including the reported circumstances of his death, require documentary verification.

Kocoum was born in 1590, according to the supplied record. A family-tree “Short Bio” identifies him as the younger brother of the Patawomeck chief Japasaw.

According to the supplied notes, Kocoum married Matoaka Pocahontas Powhatan in 1610 at Werowocomoco Village on Powhatan tribal lands near the Pamunkey River in Virginia. The same account says that, after their marriage, they lived in a Patawomeck village and had a daughter, Ka Okee, in 1612.

The family tradition recorded in the notes states that Pocahontas was taken aboard an English ship by Captain Argall in 1613 and that Kocoum was killed at that time. The supplied life dates give his death as 13 April 1613. The notes further state that Ka Okee remained in the Patawomeck village and was raised there. No contemporary record or citation establishing these events was provided in the material supplied.

Kocoum’s reported marriage and daughter are distinct from the FamilySearch profile material for Pocahontas, which records her 1614 marriage to John Rolfe and their son Thomas Rolfe.

Historical context

The supplied FamilySearch material notes that the Virginia Company established the English colony at Jamestown in 1607. The family-tree account places Kocoum, Pocahontas, and the reported 1613 events in the period of early English settlement in Virginia.

Sources & research

FamilySearch profile for Pocahontas Matoaka Amonute Powhatan, identifier LKF1-HNG; accessed through supplied FamilySearch page.

FamilySearch, “Short Bio” for Pocahontas Matoaka Amonute Powhatan, supplied text; identifies Kocoum as Japasaw’s younger brother, gives a 1610 marriage to Matoaka/Pocahontas, names daughter Ka Okee, and reports Kocoum’s death in 1613.

William “Night Owl” Deyo, identified in the supplied text as a present-day Patawomeck tribal historian; quoted in supplied notes concerning later traditions about Ka Okee and the Pettus family. No publication details were provided.

“Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600–1935,” listed on the supplied FamilySearch page for Pocahontas.

Matoaka Amonute Powhatan, “Find a Grave Index,” listed on the supplied FamilySearch page.

“Biography • United States, Wikipedia, Prominent Persons Index, 1500–2022,” listed on the supplied FamilySearch page.