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George Jemison [Male] b. ABT. 1743 May have been raised by Indians in OK aft fam. killed in raid

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Mary 'Molly' Jemison [Female] b. 6 OCT 1743 Aboard ship, William & Mary on Atlantic Ocean from Ireland - d. 19 SEP 1833 Buffaloe Creek Reservation, Erie, PA

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Mary Jemison "White Woman of the Genesee" renamed: Deh-he-wä-mis

Mary was a Scotch/Irish immigrant born on ship William & Mary at sea to Thomas & Mary Erwin. Spent rest of her life with the Indians. She married 2 chiefs. her two brothers escaped the raid: Thomas & John, by hiding in the barn. Some say a brother, George, was captured and raised by Indians in OK. Thomas & John were sent to their grandfather Erwin, Va to be raised. (Matthew Erwin of Chalkey, Au gusta Co.,
VA/WV)

Mary Jemison /Dehgewanus ("Two Falling Voices")
Mary Jemison
Age 90 b. 6 Oct. 1743 on board "William & Mary", enroute from N. Ireland
d. 19 Sep. 1833 Buffalo [Creek] Res., Erie, PA
had 14+ ggrandchildren at time of death
Captured 1758
moved Summer 1763 to Little Beardstown (near Cuylerville, Livingston), NY
moved 1779 to Gadaho (now Castle, Wyoming), NY . This became GardeauRes., 1797
moved 1831 to Buffalo Creek Res., Erie, PA
Related story 1824 to James Everett Seaver
Mary jad 14+ ggrandchildren at time of death

No Known relationship to Thomas Allen Jamison of Rutherford Co., TN

One ancestry.com family tree has (639ii_d) Hugh Black Jamison son of Thomas Jamison (s/o Thos . Jemison and Susan Pollock) and Jane unknown. Other sites list much the same children as show n here for (6 39ii)Thomas, but show the children as those of Rachel McCullock -- who married a Thomas Jemison [almost certainly not (639ii)] on 6 Sep. 1823 in Albemarie Co., VA.

Many women and children were abducted in Indian raids in the 17th and18th centuries, but th e vast majority were repatriated to their familiesbefore bearing substantial Indian families . In Mary Jemis on's account,she mentions only one other young woman in her condition; and th eoccasion of their meeting was notable because this was Mary's firstopportunity to converse i n English for years. Perhap s 20 women were insuch circumstances in NY and Ontario when our ancestor (89) Margaret wasborn in the 1790s. A sampling of the first names of Mary Jameson'sch ildren and grandchildren shows that no more than 1/20 of them werenamed "Margaret". On this b asis alone, there is an even chance thatMary's granddaughter was identical with our Margaret . When coupled withthe DNA evidence, this is convin cing proof of a connection.

"Some of (Mary's) descendants adopted white customs, others followedIndian ways, and, there a re today, many Native-Americans, particularly inNew York and Pennsylvania, who are named Jemi son, Jemson, Jimmerson, orsome other corruption of Mary's name."

-- http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/JAMESON/1998-11/0910934376

"My Father's name was Thomas Jemison, and my mother's, before hermarriage with him, was Jan e Erwin. Their affection for each other wasmutual, and of that happy kind which tends directl y to sweeten t he cupof life; to render connubial sorrows lighter, to assuage everydiscontent ment; and to promote not only their own comfort, but that ofall who come within the circle o f their acquaintance ...the y were strictobservers of religious duties; for it was the dail y practice of myfather, morning and evening, to attend, in his family, to the worship ofGod.

"Resolved to leave the land of their nativity, they removed from theirresidence to a port i n Ireland, where they lived but a short time beforethey set sail for this country, in the yea r 1742 or 3, o n board the shipMary William, bound to Philadelphia...

"In Europe my parents had two sons and one daughter, whose names wereJohn, Thomas and Betsey ; with whom, after having put their effects onboard, they embarked, leaving a large connexio n of relatives andfriends...

"My father being fond of rural life, and having been bred to agriculturalpursuits, soon lef t the city, and removed his family to the then frontiersettlements of Pennsylvania... on Mars h creek.

"During this period my mother had two sons... the oldest was namedMatthew, and the other Robe rt...

"(during the Indian attack): They first secured my father, and thenrushed into the house, an d without the least resistance made prisoners ofmy mother, Robert, Matthew, Betsey, the woma n and ther thr ee children,and myself...

"My two brothers, Thomas and John, being at the barn, escaped and went toVirginia, where my g randfather Erwin then lived, as I was informed by aMr. Fields, who was at my house about th e close of the revolutionarywar...

"As soon as I had finished my supper, an Indian took off my shoes andstockings and put a pai r of moccasins on my feet, which my motherobserved; and believing that they would spare my li fe, even if t heyshould destroy the other captives, addressed me as near as I can rememberi n the following words: "'My dear little Mary, I fear that the time hasarrieve when we must b e parted forever. Your life, my child, I think willbe spares; but we shall probably be tomaha wked here in this lonesomeplace by the Indians... Be careful and not forget your English tong ue. Ifyou shall have an opportunity to get away from the Indians, don't try toescape; for i f you do they will find and destroy you. Don't forget, mylittle daughter, the prayers tha t I have learned you -- say them often;be a good child, and God will bless you. May God bles s you my child, andmake you comfortable and happy...'

"My suspicions as to the fate of my parents proved too true; for soonafter I left them they w ere killed and scalped, together with Robert,Matthew, Betsey and the woman and her two childr en, and mang led in themost shocking manner."

-- Mary Jemison autobiography

Thos Jemison Descendants.pdf has (639i) John as William. (639iii) Thomas'daughter Sarah is sh own to have married William H. Cooper, but she seemsto have been confused here with another S arah Jamison .

The Jameson/ Jemison name first appeared in the Isle of Bute, off the W.coast of Scotland

Mother, Mary Jemison was captured by Indians when most of herfamily were killed during an Indian Raid.
Her parents were either Thomas Jemison or John Jemison and Jane "Jean" Erwin or Mary Jane Erwin, daughter of Matthew Erwin andElizabeth Hobson. This lineage needs furthe r study as the re are several conflicting reports, though there is a family lineage of Mary (said to be written 10 years before Mary's death. I have not yet seen a copy of this,so at this point, it is speculation.

Thomas married 4 times and had: BySquakie Wife, a son, Buffalo Tom; ByCayuga Wife, James Jemi son/Jamison; a daughter; By 1st Seneca Wife, son,daughter, George; By 2nd Seneca Wife, jacob, Goansan, Un k child, JohnJesse.

Another account:
Mary was born on board the ship William and Mary while enroute from Ireland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary was the only one of her family not murdered by the Indians, she was taken captive and lived out her life with the Indians, she tried returning to the "white man's" society many years after her abduction, but just could not adjust. There are at least 3 books w ritten about Mary's experiencies. "A Narrative ofthe life of Mrs. Mary Jemison" by James E . Seaver..this book is a 1stperson narrative that was told to James Seaver in 1824.

The book "White Woman and her Valley" by Arch Merrill is also the story of Mary. There is a novel based on her live, "Mary Jemison, White Womanof the Seneca" by Rayna M. Ganagi. In upstat e New York at LetchworthPark her cabin is preserved and there is a statue of Mary. Mary wa s borncirca 1742 in Aboard ship William and Mary. She was the daughter ofThomas Jemison and Jane Erwin. She married Sheninjee ( ? ) circa 1760.She married Hickatoo ( ? ) circa 1765. Mary died on 19 September 1833 inBuffalo Creek, Seneca Indian Reservation.
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Narritive at
http://www.historyandwomen.com/2010/01/mary-jemison-1743-1833.html

I was born to Thomas and Jane Jemison aboard the ship William and Mary in the fall of 1743 while en route from Northern Ireland to America. Upon our arrival in America, my parents joined other Irish American immigrants and headed west from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to what was then the western frontier (now central Pennsylvania) and squatted on territory that was under the authority of the Iroquois Confederacy.

During the time my parents were establishing our home, the French and Indian War was raging. One morning in 1755, a capturing party consisting of six Shawnee Indians and four Frenchmen captured me, my family (except for my two older brothers) and Davy Wheelock a boy from another family.

On route to Fort Duquesne (where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to create the Ohio River in modern-day Pittsburgh), my mother, father, and siblings were killed and scalped. I and the other young boy were spared. Once the party reached the Fort, I was given to two Seneca Indians, who took me downriver. The Senecas adopted me, calling me Deh-he-wä-mis, which means - a pretty girl, a handsome girl, or a pleasant, good thing. I was later renamed "little woman of great courage" by the Indians.

I married a Delaware named Sheninjee and had a son who I named Thomas after my father. Concerned that the end of the war would mean the return of captives, Sheninjee took me on a 700-mile (1,100 km) journey to the Sehgahunda Valley along the Genesee River. Although I reached this destination, my husband did not. He had left me in order to hunt, had took ill and died.

Now a widow, I was taken in by Sheninjee's clan relatives and made my home at the Little Beard's Town (present-day Cuylerville, New York). I married a Seneca named Hiakatoo and had six more children.

Much of the land at Little Beard's Town was sold by the Senecas to white settlers in 1797. At that time, during negotiations with the Holland Land Company held at Geneseo, New York, I proved to be an able negotiator for the Seneca tribe and helped win more favorable terms for giving up their rights to the land at the Treaty of Big Tree.

In 1823, most of the remainder of the land was sold, except for a 2-acre (8,100 m2) tract of land reserved for my use. Known locally as the "White Woman of the Genesee", I lived on the tract until I sold it in 1831 and moved to the Buffalo Creek Reservation.

I lived the rest of my life with the people of the Seneca Nation until I died on September 19, 1833. I was initially buried on the Buffalo Creek Reservation, but in 1874 was reinterred at William Pryor Letchworth's Glen Iris Estate (now Letchworth State Park in present day Castile, New York). A bronze statue of me, created in 1910, marks my grave.

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April 5, 1758. " The party that took us consisted of 6 Indians and 4 Frenchmen, who immediately commenced plundering.They set out with their prisoners with great haste, for fear of detection, and soon entered the woods."-Mary Jemison
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Per Carrie Turpin on Jemison Family Genealogy:

Descendants of Mary Jemison:

1 Mary Jemison b: 06 Oct 1743, on the Mary & William, Atlantic Ocean
..+Sheninjee (She-Nin-Jee) b: Abt. 1741, poss. Scioto, OH
.....2 Baby Girl Jemison b: Bet. 1758 - 1761; d:,,,fancy
.....2 Thomas Jemison b: Apr 1762, Scioto, OH
.........+Cayuga Wife b: Abt. 1761
.............3 James Jamieson
.................+Jemima
.................... 4 William Jamieson b: Abt. 1813
........................+Catherine Claus
.................... 4 David Jamieson b: Abt. 1815, Brant, Ont., Can
........................+Susannah Longfish
.................... *2nd Wife of David Jamieson:
........................+Lacretia Russell
.................... 4 James Jamieson b: 15 Mar 1819, Brant, Ont., Can
........................+Julia Ann Garlow b: 05 Jan 1836, Brant, Ont., Can
............................5 Alec Jamieson b: Abt. 1850, Brant, Ont., Can
............................5 Benjamin Jamieson b: 11 Aug 1852, Brant, Ont., Can
............................5 Sarah Ann Jamieson b: 05 Sep 1854, Brant, Ont., Can
................................+Elijah William General
............................5 Mark Jamieson b: 05 Feb 1857, Brant, Ont., Can
............................5 Mary Jamieson b: 05 May 1859, Brant, Ont., Can
................................+James Styres
............................5 Julia Ann Jamieson b: 30 Jan 1861, Brant, Ont., Can
................................+Louis Jacobs
............................5 James Jamieson b: 01 Jul 1863, Brant, Ont., Can
................................ +Minnie McNaughton
............................5 Robert Jamieson b: 11 Jul 1865, Brant, Ont., Can
............................5 Margaret Jamieson b: 04 Jul 1867, Brant, Ont., Can
............................5 "Little Benny" Jamieson b: 12 Jun 1873, Brant, Ont., Can
............................5 Clara Duffrin Jamieson b: 25 Aug 1874, Brant, Ont., Can
............................5 Matthew Jamieson b: 23 Jan 1877, Brant, Ont., Can
............................5 Monica (Venice) Jamieson b: 1879, Brant, Ont., Can
................................+Lydia Bennett
.................... 4 Jacob Jamieson b: 1821, Brant, Ont., Can
........................+Catherine
............................5 Hiram Jamieson b: 1856, Brant, Ont., Can
............................5 E?son Jamieson b: 1858, Brant, Ont., Can
............................5 Lucretia Jamieson b: 1862, Brant, Ont., Can
.................... *2nd Wife of Jacob Jamieson:
........................+Sarah Maracle
............................5 Lucy Jamieson b: 1866
............................5 David Jamieson b: 1868
............................5 Susannah Jamieson b: Jul 1870
............................5 Alexandre Jamieson b: Abt. 1872
............................5 Margaret Jamieson b: Abt. 1874
............................5 Austin Jamieson b: Abt. 1876
............................5 Charlotte Jamieson b: Abt. 1878
............................5 Christopher Jamieson b: 12 Aug 1880, Brant, Ont., Can
................................+Delilah (Lily) Davis b:, Brant, Ont., Can
............................5 Ellen Jamieson b: Abt. 1882, Brant, Ont., Can
................................+John Lewis
.................... 4 John Jamieson
.................... 4 George Jamieson
........................+Wedge (or Wodge)
.................... 4 Albert Jamieson
.................... 4 Jesse Jamieson
.................... 4 Beaty (Betty) Jamieson
........................+(???) Nanticook
.................... 4 Lydia Jamieson
........................+(???) General
.................... 4 (H)Ester Jamieson
........................+(???) Martin
.............3 A Daughter Jamieson
.....*2nd Wife of Thomas Jemison:
.........+Squakie Wife
.....*3rd Wife of Thomas Jemison:
.........+Seneca Wife
*2nd Husband of Mary Jemison:
..+Hiokatoo
.....2 John Jemison b: Abt. 1766, Genesee Reservation, NY
.........+Seneca Wife Two
.............3 John (Jemison) b: Abt. 1792, NY
.............3 Hannah Sundowner (Jemison) b: Abt. 1794, NY
.............3 William (Jemison) b: Abt. 1796, NY
.............3 Polly (Jemison) b: Abt. 1798, NY
.....*2nd Wife of John Jemison:
.........+Seneca Wife One
.............3 Sam (Jemison) b: Abt. 1792, NY
.............3 Jane (Jackson) (Jemison) b: Abt. 1794, NY
.............3 Nancy (Pierce) (Jemison) b: Abt. 1796, NY
.....2 Nancy Jemison b: May 1773, Genesee Reservation, NY
.........+Bill Green b: Abt. 1769, NY
.............3 John Green b: Abt. 1795, NY
.............3 Margaret Green b: Abt. 1797, NY
.............3 Skate Green b: Abt. 1799, NY
.............3 William Green b: Abt. 1801, NY
.............3 Jane Green b: Abt. 1803, NY
.............3 Julie Green b: Abt. 1805, NY
.............3 Martha Green b: Abt. 1807, NY
.....2 Betsey Jemison b: 1776, Little Beards Town, NY
.........+John GreenBlanket b: Abt. 1772, NY
.............3 Gowaneyas b: Abt. 1798, NY
.............3 Solomon Green b: Abt. 1800, NY
.............3 John Green b: Abt. 1802, NY
.............3 Daw Tah b: Abt. 1804, NY
.............3 Joseph b: Abt. 1806, NY
.............3 Lucy (Sundown) b: Abt. 1808, NY
.............3 Astro b: Abt. 1810, NY
.................+(???) Thompson
.................... 4 Ruth Emely Thompson b: Abt. 1848
........................+Cyrs (Cyrus?) Sweet b: Abt. 1828, Delaware, NY
............................5 Ellen Sweet b: 19 Mar 1869, NY
................................+Allen Monroe Lockwood b: 07 May 1859, Cuba, NY
............................5 Almira J. Sweet b: Abt. 1871
.............3 Satie Green b: Abt. 1812
.............3 Mariah-Do b: Abt. 1814
.............3 Sarah Green b: Abt. 1816
.....2 Polly Jemison b: 1778, Little Beards Town, NY
.........+George Shongo b: Abt. 1774, NY
.............3 George (Shongo) b: Abt. 1800, NY
.............3 Seneca (Shongo) b: Abt. 1802, NY
.............3 Mary (Shongo) b: Abt. 1804, NY
.............3 James (Shongo) b: Abt. 1806, NY
.............3 Hickie (Shongo) b: Abt. 1808, NY
.............3 Jackson (Shongo) b: Abt. 1810, Gardeau Flats, NY
.............3 Cornesius? (Shongo) b: Abt. 1812, Gardeau Flats, NY
.....2 Jane Jemison b: 1782
.....2 Jesse Jemison b: 1784