William Worsham's Native American mother, Tatacoope

My last list ended on 11.14. Who came next? I'll try to give a bit more information about these ancestors, so it isn't just a list.

Nov 15 (no idea why he's listed on this date) William (John) Worsham, my 9th great grandfather

Birth 1610, 1619 or 1610, one source offers 1594 • Jordans Parish, Charles City, Virginia, American Colonies (though one source says in England, I propose that having a Native American mother, it's more likely he was born in Virginia.

Death 1659 OR 1661 • Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia, American Colonies

father of Eliz Worsham Kennon, w. of Col. Richard Kennon,

William Worsham, born ca 1619 in Virginia. He had a Land Patent for 400 acres of land with his brother George, which was dated on 15 February 1652 in Henrico Co., Virginia. William married Elizabeth Littlebury/Littleberry). Elizabeth was born ca 1623 in Henrico Co., Virginia. William was a well respected man. He was at one time a County Commissioner in Charles City Co., Virginia. William died ca 1660/61 in Henrico Co., Virginia, leaving his wife a widow

Bermuda Hundred marker in front of a newer house

"Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly. Vol. V. Thompson-Yates"  

Note: I do not know what "the list" is that the publication speaks of. If you know its meaning, please let me know. And what would a "Patentee" mean?

His parents were William (or George) Worsham of England and Susan Tatacoope Taylor, a Powotan woman of Virginia. Geneanet says she was sister to Pocahontas. I haven't checked that yet. They (Geneanet) give her birth as supposedly 1580, which makes her too old a bride if son William (John) was born in 1619 or even 1610 (possibly). (It would work if he had been born in 1594, but little substantiates that.) But her death is commemorated Nov 15, 1628.

I hadn't been fazed by William Worsham having parents of an interacial marriage when I originally typed about him. His mother had obviously converted to Christianity, as many Native brides did to be recognized by the colonials. Her given name had been Tatacoope. I wonder what that meant to Powotan Indians. She was baptized as Susan Taylor.

Now I'm off to learn more about her. Incidentally, her death date was Nov. 15, thus she should be followed on this date on my annual calendar note.

(Not Susan Tatacoope Taylor Worsham, but a painting of a Native mother and child.)

Unfortunately all the hints on Ancestry were for Susan Taylor native Americans living in Oklahoma...not the same generation at all.

Though there are several names given for her parents, and many dates they might have married, I respect that the Native Americans might not have had the same traditions in marriage as the colonials.