"Queen Betty" was the hereditary chief or Weroansqua of the Pamunkey Indian tribe and fourth successor of Wahunsenacawh

Chief Powhatan

Chief Powhatan , whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh , was the paramount chief of Tsenacommacah, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Virginia Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607...

. She led the Pamunkey and allied tribes from the death of Cockacoeske

Cockacoeske

Cockacoeskie was a 17th century leader of the Pamunkey Tribe of Native Americans in what is now Virginia in the United States....

 in 1686 to about 1708.

History

The English expected Cockacoeske's son Captain John West to succeed her, but he may have died. He was said to be the son of the English Colonel John West

John West

The Rev. John West emigrated from England to Van Diemen's Land in 1838 as a Colonial missionary, and became pastor of an Independent Chapel in Launceston's St. John's Square in 1839. His contribution to Launceston and Australian life was great and varied promoting private and charitable...

, who had a plantation on the Pamunkey River

Pamunkey River

The Pamunkey River is a tributary of the York River, about long, in eastern Virginia in the United States. Via the York River it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay.-Course:...

. The senior West and Cockacoeske were documented companions. As it happened she was succeeded by Betty her niece who ruled from 1686 to ca 1708.