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Disputed Biography
Otonah Mary was born in 1624. She passed away in 1675.[1]
Others say she was born circa 1645 in Potomac, Allegany, Maryland, granddaughter of Ka Okee, a disputed early daughter of Pocahontas. Lets say Ka Okee, said to be born 1611, was fifteen when she married. Her daughter, Unknown Powhatan, could have been born as early as 1626 if she was the first child. Now say she, Unknown daughter of Ka Okee, married at age eighteen in 1644. If Otonah "Mary" Powhatan was the first born child of Unknown Powhatan she could have been born no earlier than 1645. Taking this one step further, if Otonah Powhatan married at age fifteen, at the earliest, her oldest child could have been born no earlier than 1661.
This version of her profile says that she was born in 1645 in Potomac, Allegany, Maryland, some 200 miles from Jamestown. This would have been enemy territory as the Powhatan Tribes did not extended beyond the fall line of the James River.
She is said to have married Henry Meese in 1658, at age 13, in Maryland.
Henry Meese was a rich London Merchant who first came to Maryland in about 1654.[2] He formed a partnership and close friendship with Philip Calvert, one time Governor of Maryland (1660-1661) and youngest son of Lord Baltimore, proprietor of Maryland.[3] Henry began acquiring land in Virginia in 1665.[4] He left the Colony in 1669-1670, returning to live in England. In 1675 he married Anne Pert, who came with a healthy dowry. Together they lived in London.[5] Henry imported tobacco from Virginia and exported items of daily living to Virginia. Anne and Henry had four children: Henry, John, Anne and Frances. Henry died in London in 1682. He bequeathed his land in Virginia to his children. [6]
Henry's daughter, Ann Meese lived in London, unmarried, until her death in 1719. She requested to be buried next to her mother at Mountnessing and made bequest to her mother's sisters; Dorothy Pert, Mary Pert, Elizabeth Pert and Alice Pert. [7]
According to this profile, Otonah gave birth to a daughter Mary in 1651. She would have been six years old at the time. She cannot possibly be the mother of Anne Meese Bryant.
Her death, Ontonoh's, is said to have been in 1700 in Colony, Laurel County, Kentucky. Why and what was she doing there? Her supposed 'daughter' Mary Bryant lived her life in Virginia.
My guess is that this woman did not exist. [8]
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