Person:Opessa (1)

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King Opessa _____, of the Shawnee
b.1664
d.1760 Ohio, USA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1650
  1. _____ Wolf1654 -
  2. Sewatha Straight Tail1660 - 1700
  3. _____ Cakundawanna-Sevana1662 -
  4. King Opessa _____, of the Shawnee1664 - 1760
  5. Snow White1666 -
  6. John White1670 -
  7. _____ Unknown1674 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  King Opessa _____, of the Shawnee1664 - 1760
  • W.  Margaret Pekowi1670 -
  1. Snow White Opessa1695 -
  2. Tecoomteh Opessa1698 -
  3. Wawwaythi Opessa1700 -
  4. Loyparkoweh Opessa1702 -
  5. Lawaquaqua-Pride Opessa1710 -
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Facts and Events
Name King Opessa _____, of the Shawnee
Alt Name Opethatha _____
Alt Name Wapatha _____
Alt Name Wopatha _____
Alt Name Hopesha _____
Alt Name Opessa Straight Tail
Alt Name Oppaymolleh _____
Alt Name Opetha _____
Alt Name[2][3] Opessah _____
Gender Male
Birth? 1664 Pekowi; Turtle Clan
Marriage to Margaret Pekowi
Military? 23 Apr 1701
Death? 1760 Ohio, USA
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Treaty with William Penn

On April 23, 1701, at Philadelphia, William Penn made a formal treaty of alliance with Opessa, chief of the Shawnees, Weewhinjough, chief of the Ganawese, inhabiting at the head of Potomac, and Connoodaghtoh, "King of the Susquehanna Minquas or Conestogo Indians." S1

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King Opessa's Town

King Opessa's Town, named for this king, now known as Oldtown [1], was known for harboring escaped slaves.

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Historical marker

(Shawnee) Old Town (King Opessa's Town) Fording place for "Great Warriors Path" of the "Five Nations" from New York to the south. Thomas Cresap built stockade fort here in 1741 used as refuge during French and Indian War after Braddock's defeat. George Washington was here on his first vist to Maryland 1748 and often thereafter. (State Roads Commission marker on MD state highway 51, Oldtown, MD)

References
  1.   Hanna, Charles Augustus. The Wilderness Trail, or, The ventures and adventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny Path: with some new annals of the Old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones. (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: Wennawoods Publishing, c1995)
    1910.
  2. ↑ Sipe, Chester Hale. The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier. (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: Wennawoods Publishing, c1999).
  3. ↑ Sipe, Chester Hale. The Indian chiefs of Pennsylvania. ([New York).
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