GREEN & SENECA LINES continued

EIGHTH GENERATION

b. ABT 1770 poss. Western NY
probably a Seneca Indian
m. (159) Nancy Jemison

b. 1773 Little Beardstown, Livingston, NY
d. 1839 (prob. in epidemic on Buffalo Creek Res.)
liv. Ľ mile S of mother in the Genesee Valley of NY 1823
Family: (158) Billy Green
i. John Green
- b. ABT 1795 NY Seneca Nation
poss. ii. (79) Margaret [prob. Green]
iii. Skate Green (F)
- b. ABT 1799 NY Seneca Nation
- Family: unknown
- a. Nancy [b. ABT 1827]
- Family: George Twoqun [b. ABT 1825]
  - 1. Elizabeth Twogun [b. ABT 1855]
iv. William Green
b. ABT 1801 NY Seneca Nation
Family: unknown
a. unknown Green (F) [b. ABT 1831]
Family: Robert Halfwhite [b. ABT 1829]
v. Jane Green
b. ABT 1803 NY Seneca Nation
vi. Julie Green
b. ABT 1805 NY Seneca Nation
vii. Martha Green
b. ABT 1807 NY Seneca Nation

(Nancy had 7 children living as of 1823) REF: "Descendants of Thomas Jemison", http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:WXkWbQm7hkkJ:familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/o/d/Alexis-M-Godat/PDFODT1.pdf

This line is based on five facts:

Margaret Green, was born in NY, about the same time that Guy C. Stevens' wife Margaret was born there.
Margaret Green was 3/4 Native American, which would account for much of the "missing" Native American DNA found in my family ([9] Emma Duncan was up to 28% Native American).
Margaret Green's mother was Scotch-Irish, agreeing with the Hg "V" mtDNA exhibited by (39) Mary Ann Stevens
Margaret Green was reported to have had only one child by Bay Williams, and judging by her age (suggesting that he may have died and she may have remarried), this child would have been independent by the time of the 1850 Census.
My father and I are 6'2" and 6'6" respectively. This height is not accounted for anywhere in the family tree, none of our ancestors having been over 5'10" -- except for (318) Hiohatoo, who was either 6'4" or 6'5". If, as I suppose, he was our ancestor, then he was the last known male in that branch of the family until my father -- the "height" genes having been transmitted by the female line.

The main problems with this line are:

Guy & Margaret are first seen together in the 1850 Census of St. Lawrence Co., NY -- far from the Genesee Valley, and in Mohawk country rather than Seneca. How and why would she have gone there?
There is an account (probably oral -- I haven't seen any written source) of Margaret Green's marriage to Bay Williams, but none for her marriage to Guy Stevens.
Although Margaret Green's mother was legendary as "The White Woman of the Genesee", other white girls were in captivity for several years. Any of these might have been adopted, married and had a daughter named Margaret born in the 1790s in NY or Ont. (but this is unlikely)

NINTH GENERATION

Hiohatoo 318. Hiohatoo/ Hiokadowa ("Big Lance") Seneca /Gardow, Sachem
b. 1708 PA
d. Nov. 1811 Genesee Reserve, NY (lingering illness -- consumption) Age 103
Seneca Chief -- fought 17 campaigns
6'4"-6'5" tall, large boned, inclined to leanness.
Mother: b. ABT 1686 of PA

m. (319) Mary Jemison /Dehgewanus ("Two Falling Voices") 1765 Ge-Nish-A-U, Genesee country

319. 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 Gardeau Res., 1797
moved 1831 to Buffalo Creek Res., Erie, PA
Related story 1824 to James Everett Seaver

Family (1): Sheninjee Delaware (M) Sumer 1760 on Ohio R., Scioto Co., OH

b. ABT 1741 of Scioto OH
d. 1763 Wiishto, OH on journey to Genessee R. (of disease)
Lene Lenape Nation
a. unnamed (F)
- b. Summer 1761 Wiishto village, Scioto, OH (when corn kernels first appear)
- d. Summer 1761 Wiishto village Age 2 days

b. (Buffalo) Thomas Jemison /Teahdowaingqua

b. Apr. 1762 Sciota, OH, near Ohio River
d. 1 July 1811 Gardow, Wyoming, NY
(killed by half-brother John)
m(1): unknown Cayuga (F)
- b. ABT 1761 of Scioto Co., OH
- Cayuga Nation
1. Daughter Jemison b. AFT 1782 NY
2. James Jamison
- b. 1784/85 Whitemans Creek/ Grand River, Brant, Ont., Can.
- d. 1861
- liv. 1852 Tuscarora, Brant, Ont., Can.; Occ: Farmer
- m(1): Mary Anticook [b. ABT 1786]
- A. Margaret Jamieson [b. ABT 1805]
- B. Lucy Jamieson [b. ABT 1807]
- C. Susan Jamieson [b. ABT 1809]
- m(2): Jemima unknown
  b. ABT [1790] Cainsville, Brant, Ont., Can.
  d. 1861
  Cayuga Nation
- A. Jacob Jamison
  b. 1811 Six Nations Indian Reserve, Ont., Can.
  d. 1901 Six Nations Indian Reserve, Ont., Can.
  m(1): Catherine unknown (1839-1862)
  
  m(2): Sarah Maracle (1847-1939)
- B. William Jamison
  b. 1816 Brant Co., Ont., Can. d. 1892
  m. Catherine Claus (1825-1890)
- C. James Jamison
  b. 15 Mar. 1819 Six Nations Indian Res., Brant, Ont., Can.
  d. 22 Dec. 1905 i. Jamieson Cem., Onondaga
  Religion: Plymouth Brethren; Indian
  Occ: Farmer, Brant, Ont. 1901
  m. Julia Ann Garlow/ Garleau (1836-1906)
  Religion: Plymouth Brethren; Indian; Brant, Ont. 1901
  Servant 1901: John Green (1878-); Indian Pagan Farm Lab.
- D. David Jamison
  b. 24 Sep. 1820 Six Nations Res., Brant, Ont., Can.
  m(1): Susannah Longfish (ABT 1815-)
  m(2): Lucretia/ Lucysea Russell (1835-) ABT 1862 Six Nations Res., Brant, Ont.
- m(3): prob. Catherine Wodge
  b. 1809/10 Grand River, Ont., Can.
  liv. 1852 Tuscarora, Brant, Ont., Can.
- A. Betsy Jamison
  b. 1829 Grand River, Brant Co., Ont., Can.
  liv. 1852 Tuscarora, Brant, Ont., Can.
  Family: unknown Wodge (M)
- B. Nancy Jamison
  b. 1830/31 Brant Co., Ont., Can.
  liv. Tuscarora, S/W Brant, Ont., Can. 1871, head of household
  Religion: Pagan; Indian 1871
- C. Albert Jamison
  b. 1831/32 Grand River, Brant, Ont., Can. d. 1851
  liv. 1852 Tuscarora, Brant, Ont., Can.
  m. Christine General b. 1835
- D. Catherine Jemison
  b. 1833 Brant Co., Ont., Can.
  prob. d. BEF 1901
  Family (1): Joseph Hill (1829-)
  Family (2): William Wage
  b. ABT 1826 Indiana Vill, Haldimand Co., Ont., Can.
  d. 1904
  liv. 1871 Tuscarora, S/W Brant; Indian
  Religion: C of E; Occ: Constable
  m(2): Susannah Douglas (ABT 1865-) 1901 Brant, Ontaro, Can.
- E. Hester/ Ester Jamison
  b. 1837 Brant Co., Ont., Can. d. 1861
  Family: unknown Martin (M)
- F. George Jamison
  b. 1841/42 Grand River, Brant, Ont., Can.
  liv. 1852 Tuscarora, Brant, Ont., Can.
  m. Mary unknown b. 1845
- G. John Jamison
  b. 1843 Brant Co., Ont., Can. d. 1861
  m. Mary Doctor b. 1847
- H. Beaty Jamison
  b. 1853 of Cainsville, Brant, Ont., Can.
  Family: unknown Nanticook (M) [b. ABT 1834]
- I. Jesse Jamison
  b. 1853 of Cainsville, Brant, Ont., Can.
m(2): Squankie unknown (F)
b. ABT 1763 of Scioto Co., OH
Seneca Nation
1. Buffalo Tom Jemison
b. 1795 Squakie Hill, Livingston, NY
d. 1878
2. unknown Jemison
m(3): Sally Allan ABT 1793 of Gardow Flats, Wyoming, NY
b. ABT 1764 of Gardow Flats, Wyoming, NY
Father: an English trapper
Mother: Sally Seneca
1. George Jamison/ Jemison
b. 1791 Cattaraugus Co., NY d. NY
Seneca Nation
m. unknown White
b. 1795 Cattaraugus Co., NY d. 1834 NY
Seneca Nation

A. Julia Jemison/ Jimeson
b. 1817 Cattaraugus Indian Res., Erie, NY
d. 29 Sep. 1890 Cattaraugus Indian Res., Collins, Erie, NY
Family: Robert Silverheels
b. 1800 NY
d. 18 Jan. 1891 Collins, Erie, NY 1891

B. Thomas Jemison
b. ABT 1819 Cattauraugus Indian Res., Erie, NY

C. William Jemison/ Jamerson
b. 1821 Ont./ Buffalo Cr. Indian Res., Erie, NY
d. 12 June 1881 Collins, i. Cattaraugus Indian Res. Cem., Erie, NY
liv. Tuscarora, S/W Brant Dist., Ont. 1871, head of house
Religion: C of E; Indian; Occ: Farmer 1871
m. unknown (F)

Theodore F. Jemison/
Jimerson (De-Hah-Tem)
ABT 1890
I. Theodore Francis Jemison/ Jimerson (De-Hah-Tem)
b. 1846 NY
d. 23 July 1897 Collins, Erie, NY
liv. 1886/95 Cattaraugus Res., Erie, NY
Seneca Nation

REF: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/census/condition/cattaraugus_indian_reservation_map_occupants_1890.htm
Theodore was photographed as one of the "prominent men" of the tribe.

D. Allen Jemison
- b. 1822 Cattaraugus Indian Res., Erie, NY
- d. 6 May 1891
- m. unknown (F)
E. Harriet Jemison
- b. ABT 1824 of Buffalo Cr. Indian Res., Erie, NY
F. Cassandra Jemison
- b. ABT 1826 of Buffalo Cr. Indian Res., Erie, NY
G. John Jemison
- d. 6 i. 8 Feb. 1905 Um PRes. Ch., Erie, NY
- m(1): Lucinda Doxtater 1852 NY
  - b. ABT 1831 of NY d. 1882 NY
- m(2): Vina White (b. 1863 of NY) 1884 NY

2. John Jemison
- b. ABT 1793 Cattaraugus Co., NY
- Seneca Nation
3. Jacob Jemison
- b. ABT 1795 Cattaraugus Co., NY
- Seneca Nation
4. Thomas/ Buffalo Tom Jemison
- b. 1795 Squakee Hill, Livingston, NY
- d. 7 Sep. 1878
- Seneca Nation
- m. Sally unknown
  - b. ABT 1799 Allegany Res., Cattaraugus, NY
  - Seneca Nation
  - Father: Sharp-Shins
- A. Thomas Jimerson
  - b. 1819 Cattaraugus Res., Erie, NY
  - liv. June 1888 Cattaraugus Res., Erie, NY
  - Seneca Nation
  - m. Emeline unknown ABT 1860 Cattaraugus Res., Chautauqua, NY
    - b. 1839 Cattaraugus Res., Chautauqua, NY
    - liv. June 1888 Cattaraugus Res., Erie, NY Seneca Nation
5. Jesse Jemison (M)
- b. ABT 1799 Allegany Res., Cattaraugus, NY
- Seneca Nation
6. Peggy Lucy Jemison
- b. ABT 1800 Allegany Res., Cattaraugus, NY
- Seneca Nation
7. Jane Jemison
- b. ABT 1801 Allegany Res., Cattaraugus, NY
- Seneca Nation
8. Catherine Jemison
- b. ABT 1801 Allegany Res., Cattaraugus, NY
- Seneca Nation
m(4): unknown Seneca (F)
- b. ABT 1763 of Scioto, OH
1. Jacob Jamison/ Jemison
- b. AFT 1782 [ABT 1783]
2. Goansan Jamison/ Jemison
- b. AFT 1782 [ABT 1785]
3. Marian/ Margaret Jamison/ Jemison
- b. AFT 1782 [ABT 1787]
4. John Jesse Jamison/ Jemison
- b. AFT 1782 [ABT 1789] d. 1859
5. Jesse Jemison [b. ABT 1791]
6. unknown1 Jemison [b. ABT 1793]
7. unknown2 Jemison [b. ABT 1796]
8. unknown3 Jemison [b. ABT 1800]

Family (2): (318) Hiohatoo/ Hiokadowa ("Big Lance") Seneca /Gardow, Sachem
i. John Jemison
b. 1766(/76) Little Beardstown, Livingston, NY
d. 30 June 1817 Genesee Reserve, NY (murdered)
killed half-brother, Thomas (judged manslaughter)
murdered brother Jesse
Occupation: Herbal Doctor
m(1): unknown1 Seneca (F)
b. ABT 1768 of NY Seneca Nation
liv. at Caneadea, Allegany, NY 1823
Father: George Shongo (ABT 1742- Seneca Nation)

a. John Jemison b. 1792
m. unknown (F)
1. Eliza Jemison [b. ABT 1816]
2. Emeline Jemison [b. ABT 1820]
3. Hannah Jemison [b. ABT 1824]

b. Hannah Sundowner Jemison b. 1794
Family: unknown Anderson

c. William Jemison b. 1796
d. Polly Jemison b. 1798
Family: unknown

m(2): unknown2 Seneca (F) (polygamous)
b. ABT 1770 of NY
liv. at Caneadea, Allegany, NY 1823

a. Sam Jemison b. 1792
b. Jane Jemison b. 1794
Family: unknown Jackson

c. Nancy Jemison b. 1796
Family: unknown Pierce
children "tolerably white", with light hair
ii. (159) Nancy Jemison
iii. Betsy Jemison
b. 1776 Little Beardstown, Livingston, NY
d. 1839 Genesee Reserve, NY (prob. in epidemic on Buffalo Creek Res.)
liv. Ľ mile N of mother in the Genesee Valley of NY 1823
Family: John Green/ Greenblanket
b. 1772 NY Indian Nation

a. Gowaneyas Green/ Blanket
b. ABT 1798 NY Seneca Nation

b. Solomon Green
b. ABT 1800 NY Seneca Nation
m. unknown (F)
1. Son Green
2. Daughter Green

c. John Green
b. ABT 1802 NY Seneca Nation

d. Daw-tah Green/ Blanket (= "daughter?")
b. ABT 1804 NY Seneca Nation

e. Joseph Green/ Blanket
b. ABT 1806 NY Seneca Nation

f. Lucy Sundown Green/ Blanket
b. ABT 1808 NY Seneca Nation
Family: unknown Abrams
1-3. daughters
4. Eliza Abrams

g. Astro Green (M)
b. ABT 1810 NY Seneca Nation
Family: unknown Thompson (F)
1. Ruth Emily Thompson
b. 1848 NY
Family: Cyrs Sweet 1864
b. 1828 Delaware Co., NY d. 1868
Father: Cyres Sweet (~1784-) of Otsego Co., NY
Mother: Betsy (1788-) of CT

A. Ellen Sweet
b. 19 Mar. 1869 NY
d. 18 Dec. 1908 Cuba, i. Black Creek, Allegany, NY
Family: Allen Monroe Lockwood (1859-1933) 1881

B. Almira J. Sweet b. ABT 1871 of NY

h. Satie Green
b. ABT 1812 NY Seneca Nation

i. Mariah/ Mariahdo Blanket
b. ABT 1814 NY Seneca Nation

j. Sarah Blanket/ Green
b. ABT 1816 NY Seneca Nation

nine others, all male, b. 1818-34
iv. Polly Jemison
b. late 1778/early 79 Little Beardstown, Livingston, NY
d. 1839 (prob. in epidemic on Buffalo Creek Res.)
liv. with mother 1823
Family: George Chongo b. ABT 1774 of NY
a. George Shongo b. ABT 1800 NY Seneca Nation
b. Seneca Shongo b. ABT 1802 NY Seneca Nation
c. Mary Shongo b. ABT 1804 NY Seneca Nation
d. Hickie Shongo (M) b. ABT 1808 NY Seneca Nation
e. Jackson Shongo b. ABT 1810 NY Seneca Nation
f. Cornesius Shongo b. ABT 1812 NY
g. [Dr.] James Shongo
b. [1814/17] NY Seneca Nation
liv. 1887/88 Allegany Res., Cattaraugus, NY
m. unknown

h, etc. others
v. Jane Jemison
b. 1782 Gadaho (now Castle, Wyoming), NY
d. 1797 NY
vi. Jesse Jemison /Ge-Nish-A-U (M)
b. 1784/85 Gadaho (now Castle, Wyoming), NY
d. May 1812 NY (killed by brother John)
lived like a white man; shunned Indians

REF: REF: "Descendants of Thomas Jemison", http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:WXkWbQm7hkkJ:familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/o/d/Alexis-M-Godat/PDFODT1.pdf;
also http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/o/d/Alexis-M-Godat/PDFODT1.pdf
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/bl_nlmj00.htm; http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/6960/
Photo source: photo of Mary Jemison from a postcard, made from a painting http://www.letchworthparkhistory.com/lpa66.html
"Descendants of Thomas Jemison" lists a Lydia Jamison (1855-), a daughter of (319[1]b[1]2[3]C) James and Jemima Jamison, who married a man surnamed General and bore him 13 children -- one of whom was named Alexander. A Lydia General, Cayuga widow, did live at Tuscarora, Brant, Ont. 1901/11 (Pagan, b. Apr. 1843) with son Alexander (b. Sep. 1891); but her brother was Jonathan Simon (b. 1823), so she was prob. not a Jamison -- except, perhaps, by adoption or as a granddaughter. Her birthdate was past the normal childbearing years for Jemima.

After her abduction, Mary Jemison was taken to a village on the Ohio River, where she was adopted by a Seneca family. The main part of that family lived in the Genesee Valley of NY, to which she travelled with two adoptive brothers, with her infant son on her back. Her first husband returned to the Ohio to hunt, planning to join his wife in NY; but he became ill and died in Ohio.

"(319[1]) Sheninjee was a noble man; large in stature; elegant in his appearance; generous in his conduct; courageous in war; a friend to peace, and a great lover of justice... and, strange as it may seem, I loved him! To me he was ever kind in sickness, and always treated me with gentleness; in fact, he was an agreeable husband, and a comfortable companion."

"[(318) Hiohatoo] was a man of tender feelings to his friends, ready and willing to assist them in distress, yet, as a warrior, his cruelties to his enemies perhaps were unparalleled, and will not admit a word of palliation... He could inflict the most excruciating tortures upon his enemies, and prided himself upon his fortitude, in having performed the most barbarous ceremonies and tortures, without the least degree of pity or remorse.

"After the conclusion of the French War, our tribe had nothing to trouble it till the commencement of the Revolution... During that period, they... pertinaciously observed the religious rites of their progenitors, by attinding with the most scrupulous exactness and great degree of enthusiasm to the sacrifices, at particular times, to appease the anger of the evil deity, or to excite the commisseration and friendship of the Great Good Spirit, whom they adored with reverence, as the author, governor, supporter and disposer of every good thing of which they participated.

"The moral character of the Indians was... uncontaminated. Their fidelity was perfect... they despised deception and falsehood; and chastity was held in high veneration... They were temperate in their desires, moderate in their passions, and candid and honorable..."

"In an expedition that went out against Cherry Valley and the neighboring settlements, Captain David, a Mohawk Indian, was first, and Hiokatoo the second in command. The force consisted of several hundred Indians, who were determined on mischief, and the destruction of the whites. A continued series of wantonness and barbarity characterized their career, for they plundered and burnt every thing that came in their way, and killed a number of persons, among whom were several infants, whom Hiokatoo butchered or dashed upon the stones with his own hands. Besides the instances which have been mentioned, he was in a number of parties during the Revolutionary War, where he ever acted a conspicuous part."

-- http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/bl_nlmj11.htm

"Mary Jemison must have been small in stature; she had a very white skin, yellow or golden hair and blue eyes. Her face was somewhat bronzed by long exposure; but I noticed that at the back of her neck her hair was a bright color and curly, and her skin very white. Her hands and feet were small, her features were regular and pleasing in expression."

-- Mrs. Abner Wright, p. 212 of Seaver, Everett, "The Life of Mary Jemison, The White Woman of the Genesee", Twentieth Edition

Mrs. Wright was called upon by Mary as her death approached, and Mary expressed her remorse that she had forgotten the prayer that her mother had taught her as a girl, and that now, she thought, she could no longer talk to God. Mrs. Wright then read the Lord's Prayer to her. Then, almost convulsed with weeping, at length Mary said, `That is the prayer my mother taught me and which I have forgotten so many years.'

"...she had the shape, form, figure of an active, lively little old woman, seventy-five or eighty years of age, about four and a half feet in height, exhibiting the remains of a fair complexion and regular features that had been in youth extremely beautiful. The cheek bones were not prominent, nor was the chin, and the nose was not large; buty, considering her age, all these features were quite symmetrical. The head was of medium size, covered with gray hair smoothed backward; the neck was not long, but in due proportion to the size of her head and body; the shoulders were rounded and stooping forward or bent... The eyesight had become dim, but the featured had not become wrinkled as much as might have been expected...

"The `White Woman' was quite intelligent, sociable, and communicative, but grave and serious after the manner of the Indians..."

William B. Munson, M.D., op cit p. 217

Mr. Munson stated that when Mary moved from the Genesee country to Buffalo Creek, she was helped by her daughter Polly. (159) Nancy and her family were not mentioned.

It is curious, how some racial traits can persist. Besides Hiohatoo's height (he was 6'4" or 6'5" tall, at least 6" taller than anyone in any other line of my family; whereas those in his line include my father, at 6'2" and me, at 6'6"). My father (below) seems, at first glance, to resemble Hiohatoo better than Theodore F. Jimerson a descendant of Mary Jemison by her first husband, but Hiohatoo's sketch is rather rough.:

Hiohatoo (l); my father (c); T. F. Jimerson (r)

I was going to post a "historical incident" involving Hiokatoo, which I remembered having read on the Internet. To my dismay, I found that the incident was in the form of historical fiction -- a genre in which my ancestor is romanticized as some sort of "noble savage". It's all interesting reading; but I prefer the facts.

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