Scots-Irish American captured and adopted by Seneca natives (1743–1833)
Mary Jemison
Illustration, from an 1892 account of missionary activity in upstate New York
Born
Mary Jemison
1743
At sea on the Atlantic Ocean
Died
September 19, 1833(1833-09-19) (aged 89–90)
Buffalo Creek Reservation
Other names
Dehgewänis
Known for
adopted Seneca and for her memoir
Mary Jemison (Deh-he-wä-nis) (1743 – September 19, 1833) was a Scots-Irish colonial frontierswoman in Pennsylvania and New York, who became known as the "White Woman of the Genesee." As a young girl, she was captured and adopted into a Seneca family, assimilating to their culture, marrying two Native American men in succession, and having children with them. In 1824, she published a memoir of her life, a form of captivity narrative.
During the French and Indian War, in spring 1755, Jemison at age 12 was captured with most of her family in a Shawnee raid in what is now Adams County, Pennsylvania.[1] The others of her family were killed. She and an unrelated young boy were adopted by Seneca families. She became fully assimilated, marrying a Delaware (Lenape), and, after his death, a Seneca man. She chose to remain a Seneca rather than return to American colonial culture.[1]
Jemison told her story late in life to an American minister, who wrote it for her. He published it as Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison (1824). It was reprinted in the late 20th century. In 1874 her remains were reinterred near a historic Seneca council house on a private estate, in what is now Letchworth State Park.
^ abSeaver, James E. (2015-01-26). A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-4891-5.
MaryJemison (Deh-he-wä-nis) (1743 – September 19, 1833) was a Scots-Irish colonial frontierswoman in Pennsylvania and New York, who became known as the...
footballer Mae Jemison (born 1956), American astronaut, engineer and physician Marty Jemison (born 1965), American cyclist MaryJemison (1743–1833), Scots-Irish...
Indian Captive: The Story of MaryJemison is a children's biographical novel written and illustrated by Lois Lenski. The book was first published in 1941...
Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to...
by Topeka, but that Mary Ann and many other Mojave could simply not survive on such little portions. Biography portal MaryJemison Herman Lehmann Olive...
lunch and dinner. The park is the present-day site of the grave of MaryJemison, a Scots-Irish immigrant pioneer who was captured at the age of 12 from...
(1735–1815), religious leader George Heron Alice Lee Jemison, journalist and activist MaryJemison (Deh-he-wä-nis) Little Beard (Si-gwa-ah-doh-gwih) John...
ISBN 978-0802436382 Biography portal List of solved missing person cases MaryJemison Frances Slocum Herman Lehmann McLeary, Sherrie S.; McGinty, Brian (June...
Irving and Highbanks. The service is open to non-Seneca along the route. MaryJemison was the daughter of an Irish family who had settled in Pennsylvania....
Retrieved 2007-03-09. "Tommy Hughes". Blueseum. Retrieved 12 November 2016. Jemison, Mary (2007). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 8, 2007, from Encyclopædia...
settled down as adopted members of the tribe and at least one woman, MaryJemison, refused rescue when it was offered. The trope of the captured Indigenous...
Braddock James Smith Louis-Joseph de Montcalm Theyanoguin ("King Hendrick") MaryJemison Guyasuta Jeffery Amherst Pontiac France portal North America portal History...
titles Phebe Fairchild: Her Book (1936) and Indian Captive: The Story of MaryJemison (1941); and her "Regional" series, including Newbery Medal-winning Strawberry...
States gathered at Big Tree in August, 1797 and negotiations began. MaryJemison attended as the leader of the Seneca, and proved to be an able negotiator...
Dublin before emigrating to the United States of America..." Jemison family "MaryJemison was born onboard the ship Planter on the way from Ireland to...
the old Loyal Valley one-room school house. Biography portal MaryJemison Olive Oatman Mary Ann Oatman Frances Slocum Michno 2007, p. 412. Chebahtah & Minor...
$5 cover charge. There is also a boat tour on the Genesee River. The MaryJemison Boat Tour provides a boat tour of the Genesee River overlooking the Rochester...
James Everett Seaver, Charles Delamater Vail, A Narrative of the Life of MaryJemison: The White Woman of the Genesee, American Scenic and Historic Preservation...
co-authored Narrative of the Life of Mrs. MaryJemison (1824), says: In 1758, the first year of MaryJemison's going there, the Shawnees moved their town...
Subsequently, Little Beard's Town was destroyed by the American forces. MaryJemison, then a resident of the village, fled with the natives to more secure...
George Washington's World Honor Lois Lenski Indian Captive: The Story of MaryJemison Honor Eva Roe Gaggin Down Ryton Water Honor 1943 Elizabeth Gray Vining...
Global Information