Category Archives: Delaware

Mary Jemison, White Indian of the Genesee

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

As I’ve been extracting the surnames of the New York Indian tribes from the Indian census (1888-1893), which consist of the Six Nations, Jemison, Jimerson, Jemerson and variant spellings are found in all of the tribes.  It’s a very unusual name otherwise, … Continue reading →

Posted in Delaware, Iroquois, Seneca | 1 Comment

The Indians of Lawrence Co., PA

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Sometimes old history books, especially those published in the 1800s whose authors had access to people who memories extended back into the previous century can be goldmines.  While researching the Scotch-Irish in Lawrence County, PA, I found the following information about … Continue reading →

Posted in Allegewi, Cat Nation, Cornplanter, Delaware, Erie, Eriehronon, Iroquois, Lenape, Lenni Lenape, Mengwe, Mingoes, Mound Builders, Seneca, Shawnee, Six Nations, Wyandot | Leave a comment

Native Study Website

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

I recently came across the Native Study website. http://www.nativestudy.com/index.html This site has several books of transcribed original records.  For the most part, records deal with the following tribes: Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Creek Seminole Blackfeet Delaware Hopi Navajo Sioux However, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackfoot, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Delaware, Hopi, Navajo, Seminole, Sioux | Leave a comment

History of the Moravians in NC

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

One of the missions of the Moravians was to preach the gospel to the Native Americans.  Their records are held in the Moravian Church archives in Bethlehem , Pennsylvania, but they have been reproduced and are available on microfilm. http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=PSM106&type=4&id=172621 … Continue reading →

Posted in Catawba, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, History, Shawnee | Leave a comment

George Washington Letter to Tuscarora

Posted on February 9, 2013 by

The French and Indian War took place from 1754 to 1763.  During this time, a significant amount of land was disputed, and fighting took place primarily in these regions and in borderlands.  The Native American tribes were key players, often … Continue reading →

Posted in Catawba, Cherokee, Delaware, Military, Nottoway, Shawnee, Six Nations, Tuscarora | Leave a comment

The Moravians, the Shekomeko Indians and the Gnadenhutten Massacre

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

The Moravian mission at Shekomeko was founded in 1740 by Christian Henry Rauch to convert the Mahican Indians in eastern New York.  Today the location of the Mahican village is marked by the monument, above, at Pine Plains in Dutchess Co., … Continue reading →

Posted in Delaware, Lenni Lenape, Mahican, Shekomeko | 3 Comments

Seneca George

Posted on December 9, 2012 by

Seneca George was an Iroquoian Indian who had a special friendship with one Conrad Weiser, a German settler in Pennsylvania. Conrad Weiser’s father, Johann Conrad Weiser had emerged as one of the leaders in the German community of 1709/1710 immigrants who … Continue reading →

Posted in Conoy, Delaware, Iroquois, Mohawk, Nanticote, Onondaga | 1 Comment

The Kobel Massacre

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

November 16, 1755 was a dark day for the Henry Kobel family of Berks County, Pa.  It would be their last. The cloud of war was moving over the settlers on the frontier of Pennsylvania, but the Germans weren’t aware … Continue reading →

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Paul Heinegg’s Native Heritage Introduction

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

Paul Heinegg on his website http://www.freeafricanamericans.com provides the following (extracted) introductory material focused primarily on the records involving Native Americans in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. After the Civil War, light-skinned African Americans who owned land in the Southeast did not fit … Continue reading →

Posted in Croatoan, Delaware, East Indians (from India), Lumbee, Maryland, Nanticote, North Carolina, Piscataway, Virginia, Wesorts | 2 Comments

Eleazor Wheelock and the Dartmouth Indians

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

Eleazar Wheelock (April 22, 1711 – April 24, 1779) was an American Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College. He was born in Windham, Connecticut to Ralph Wheelock and Ruth Huntington. He is the great-grandson of the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Delaware, Farmington, History, Mohawk, Mohegan, Narragansett, Oneida | 3 Comments