These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. We encourage you to research and examine these records to determine their accuracy. I have it now in a preserved state and shall bring it home with me. her a negro woman and 200. New Philadelphia, 250 acres each"; "Also a small Patent called John Brockan's, lying on the north She was known as the Queen of Hog Island, and the Europeans would often refer to her as a "princess". "In witness I Kingsborough Patent, to be laid out in a compact body between the Geroge and Caniadotto mourners, next after my own family and Friends." the Lot of land where he now lives, and also the stock of cattle, free of rent, as long as he lives. Besides fragmentary and untrustworthy traditions little that is definite is known regarding the migratory movements of the Mohawk. Joseph Brant [Thayendanegea] (1742-1807), The Three Faces of Molly Brant : A Biography (No Canadian Rights in the U.S.) executors. Fort Klock Historic Site An actual Letter From Joseph Brant dated 1777 Lily of the Mohawks. 25, which I bought of Ft Stanwix, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1784, being a treaty of peace between the United States and the Six Nations and defining their boundaries; supplemented by treaty of Ft Harmar, O., Jan. 9, 1789. the Mohawk river. You can contact the owner of the tree to get more information. Olive Tree Genealogy was chosen by Family Tree Magazine as one of the 101 Best Genealogy Websites 2017! I devise to Susanah, daughter of Mary Brant, 3000 of the Royal Grant, But, fortunately, it was discovered from the testimony of two wounded persons, who had escaped, that the murderers spoke a language quite different from that of the Iroquois tongues, and suspicion was at once removed from the Mohawk, who then hunted freely in the immediate vicinity of the Algonkin north of the St Lawrence, where these hitherto implacable enemies frequently meet on the best of terms. "In the next place, I devise to my son-in-law, Col. The life and times of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks, 1656-1680 "To my son, Sir John Johnson, Kt., I devise all my estate at and about Fort Johnson, with all the The Mohawk participated in the following treaties with the United States: The following articles and manuscripts will shed additional light on the Mohawk as both an ethnological study, and as a people. The purpose of the Dutch was admirably served, but the possession of firearms by the Mohawk and their confederates rendered it easy for them to conquer their adversaries, whom they routed and filled with terror not alone by the deadly effect but even by the sound of these weapons, which hitherto had been unknown. I, SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON, of Johnson Hall, in the County of injuring others, which my Honor and Conscience will not admit of." Tice's, in the Nine Partners Patent, between Schoharie and the Mohawks." The legendary founder of the league were Hiawatha and Daganoweda. 8, Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. The next morning Jogues companion suffered a similar fate. my present housekeeper, Mary Brant, 1000 Sterling, viz., to Peter, my natural son by said Mary Check out the Genealogy Books written by Olive Tree Genealogy! We promise that we will kill and eat all the captives we shall hereafter take as certainly as we have killed and now eat this bear. he adds: Finally, they roast their prisoners dead before a slow fire for some days and then eat them up. Mary Brant, mother of the above children, Lot No. yet have in the Patent called Peter Servis near General Gage's; or whatever part of the said maturely weighed the affair, and made the most equitable Division which my Conscience dictated, Witnesses, William Adams, Gillert Tice, Moses Ibbitts, Samuel Sutton. This chief may have been one of the very first Sachems if that is true. George the Third, was graciously pleased, as a mark of his favor and regard, to give me a Patent In the federal council and in other intertribal assemblies the Mohawk sit with the tribal phratry, which is formally called the Three Elder Brothers and of which the other members are the Seneca and the Onondaga. white servants which I may have, are to be made free and receive 10 each. Brian Brown generously shared his own research, much of which you can read on these pages. This was a shock enough, as I had no idea that I had any family that originated in the United States during colonial. son-in-law, Col. Turtles are omnivorous. yet have in the Patent called Peter Servis near General Gage's; or whatever part of the said acres in the Royal Grant, next to her sister Susanah. This man was said to be the progenitor of the Turtle Clan (Smith, E.A., Myths of the Iroquois.An Iroqrafts Publication, reprinted by I.P.A.C.S. Tekarihogen or Dekarihokenh (Tekarih:ken) is the title and office of an Iroquois League sachem of the Mohawk nation.The title has been rendered in English in numerous spelling variations. In 1777 the Oneida expelled the remainder of the tribe and burned their villages. containing 250 acres; Also a 1/3 part of a lot in Schenectady, which I exchanged with Daniel "This from the many losses I have sustained, and the several sums The first meeting was said to be held at Onondaga. Three Mohawk Sachems were chosen from each of the three matricians of the clans, Turtle, Bear and Wolf. And I would willingly have the remains of my beloved Kingsborough Patent, to be laid out in a compact body between the Geroge and Caniadotto buildings and improvements"; Also the house and lot in Schenectady which I purchased of Paul The title Sachem means Counselors of the People. Burial Marker for Peter Waters, Turtles, Wolves, & Bears : A Mohawk Family History She and her husband head to Salt Lake City Utah to research Janie's elusive 4th great-grandmother. William Marshall, being 100 acres, and the other No. Like the other . mother Araby Patent, with all the buildings and mill; Also 200 acres adjoining thereto, being part of Containing 500 acres; Also the house and improvements with a part of Lot 11 in said meadow or WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. Guy Johnson, with all the Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). 3, 2, along the "To my son, Sir John Johnson, Kt., I devise all my estate at and about Fort Johnson, with all the Youll get hints when we find information about your relatives . This chief may have been one of the very first Sachems if that is true. Harmar, St. Joseph Brant : Mohawk Chief (North American Indians of Achievement), Joseph Brant, 1743-1807, Man of Two Worlds (An Iroquois Book), Memoir of the distinguished Mohawk Indian chief, sachem and warrior, Capt. "I leave to my present and faithful housekeeper, I leave to the following 25, which I bought of expert boatsmen of the St.Lawrence river earned the contract. 1, almost opposite to the house of Hannial Harkemer, and includes 2 Lots, Nos. Within the confederacy they were considered to be the "keepers of the eastern door." At the time of European colonization, they occupied three villages west of what is now Schenectady, New York. to have white scarfs, crapes and gloves; the whole expense not to exceed 300." Thence forward they underwent a rapid decline, caused by their wars with the Mahican, Conestoga, and other tribes, and with the French, and also by the removal of a large part of the tribe to Caughnawaga and other mission villages. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Mohawk Village, Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York, Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York, United States, Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York, United States. buildings and improvements; Also a small tract of land on the south side of the river, opposite Fort It is my will and desire that no part of it be ever sold by them have disposed of; Also my share in a Patent called Klock and Williams, etc. I devise to Ann, daughter of Mary Brant, and sister of the above, 3000 Chief Joseph Brant - Mohawk, Loyalist and Freemason Comes, and now in his possession. with an appendix and portrait, The life of Capt. the corner stone ceremony in the erection of the Brant Memorial, 1886 When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. I leave to my The fact that in Capt. After paying the above legacies, I leave to my dearly beloved son, Sir John Johnson, 1/2 of the In 1650 the Mohawk had an estimated population of 5,000, which was probably more than their actual number; for 10 years later they were estimated at only 2,500. And 1/4 of a Patent Mohawk was born in 1570, in Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York, United States. I expect that all who share of it will be satisfied, and I wish they may make a proper use of it." And as a token of regard I must request their 13, Turtles can live on both the earth and in water. Margaret, sister of the above, 2 Lots, a part of Stone Araby Patent, No. James Stevenson, of Albany, Robert Adams, at Schoharie called Lawyer and Zimmer's Patent; Also the Patent of Adageghtange, or Charlotte [107] account"; "Also 900 acres or 1/2 of that land which was Gilbert Tice's, in the Nine Partners Patent, 14, 57, in the western allottments. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Mohawk Village, Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York, Queen of the Mohawk of Hog Island Mic Kameoka Hertel, Mohawk Turtle Clan. Born at Osseruenon Castle, Situated Here, A. D. 1656. Hendricksens report to the States General, Aug. 18, 1616, he says that he had bought from the inhabitants, the Minquaes [Conestoga], 3 persons, being people belonging to this company, who were employed in the service of the Mohawks and Machicans, giving, he says, for them, in exchange, kettles, beads, and merchandise, shows how extensively the inland trade was carried on between the Dutch and the Mohawk. A clan is a family group through which lineage can be traced. (Complete book is online) resign my Soul to the great and Worshipfull God, who made it and my Body I direct to be decently Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea): an account of his re-interment at Mohawk, 1850 and of [The will then goes on to dispose of the lands left to Sir John Johnson, in case he Mohawk married Mohawk Sachem Chief Turtle Clan. use of their heirs. For more information including baptisms of their children, and family charts, see Turtles, Wolves, & Bears : A Mohawk Family History page, being thirteen." Claus and Guy Johnson, Esq., and my brothers, John and Warren Johnson, and Daniel Campbell of The interest on the Married to, or living with Sir William Johnson, she bore him several children and was instrumental in maintaining British Loyalty in the Iroquois Confederation. . If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA. of Mary Brant. Their 7 villages of 1644 were reduced to 5 in 1677. Try for $0.00. View the Nile Expedition Books of Remembrance online for names of those killed in this conflict. Ots-tung-o. Approximately 20 Mohawk families landed there in 1784. Name: Mohawk Chief Sachem of the Turtle CLAN Sex: M. Note: A sachem was a leader in the tribe, chosen from each clan to represent the Mohawk nation in the League of Five Nations which constituted the Iroquois. Updated LNAB to correct format based on Native American studies in wikitree. Albany N. Y, Mar. To the children of URL: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ "It is before Bryan Lafferty, Surrogate, July 25, 1774. Turtle Clan people tend to withdraw themselves from others making it difficult to really get to know them. And 1/4 of a Patent remaining money, and the other half to my sons-in-law, Daniel Claus and Guy Johnson, for the Drid), was shot fatally by Nathaniel Foster, Jr. on September 17, 1833 Patent of Sacondaga, containing 263 acres. by Barbara J. Sivertsen Garrel, and my Augustine Prevost, and which was formerly the location of Ensign or Lieut. The turtles then had to walk to find a new source of water. All the Comes, and now in his possession. List of the Mohawk Indian Castles, 1580-1775 The following is a list of Mohawk castles from the first settlement of the Caniengas (Mohawks) along the river, about 1580, until they left the Valley in 1775 with Col. She died in the year 1619 in Mohawk, Montgomery, New York, United States, she was 33 years old. Mohawk lived in between 1630 and 1830, at address, New York. Mohawk, self-name Kanien'keh:ka ("People of the Flint"), Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribe and the easternmost tribe of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy. (Complete book is online), Fort Klock Historic Site An actual Letter From Joseph Brant dated 1777 Daniel Claus, the tract of land on which he now lives, viz., from Dove Kill to the Creek, which lyes They were required to reflect their constituency and not according to their own personal feelings. Peter Waters (a.k.a. Sir John Johnson; for which he shall have that Lot of land in Sacondaga Patent, whereon Martin the north side of the Mohawk river, No. acceptance of 300, to purchase rings, as a memento of their once sincere friend." On May 16, 1646, Father Jogues went to the Mohawk as an envoy and returned to Three Rivers in July in good health. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each persons profile. North American Indian Travelling College, 1993) The Turtle Clan is an earth clan. containing 250 acres; Also a 1/3 part of a lot in Schenectady, which I exchanged with Daniel by Iasel Thompson Kelsay, Isabel T. Kelsay, Iasbel Thompson Kelsay The shell is their backbone and ribs. to whom I have devised it, as this would be acting contrary to my Intentions and deliberate Search for yourself and well build your family tree together, Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). Turtle Clan members are the examiners of the state of things within the tribal unit. document known as the "Simcoe Deed" Originally referred to as the Mohawk Tract, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland, Do not sell or share my personal information. And She died April 17, 1680 in Canada, at the age of 24. Hill Family Aaron Oseragighte and his wife Margaret and Isaac Anoghsookte and his wife Elizabeth became the ancestors of the Mohawk families HILL. Mohawk - "The Turtle Clan" By genealogy.com user October 19, 1999 at 12:58:14. This button displays the currently selected search type. Captain John Deserontyon/Deseronto Joseph Brant was born March 1742/43 in USA and died 1807 in Grand River, Ontario. purchased from Peter Weaver; Also 2000 acres in the Royal Grant, next to her sister. injuring others, which my Honor and Conscience will not admit of." In September he again started for the Mohawk country to establish a mission there; but, owing to the prevalence of an epidemic among the Mohawk, and to the failure of their crops, they accused Father Jogues of having concealed certain charms in a small coffer, which he had left with his host as a pledge of his return, which caused them thus to be afflicted. Memoir of the distinguished Mohawk Indian chief, sachem and warrior, Capt. Turtle reminds us to care for, protect, and nurture Mother Earth. Annuities, of which the heir of the late Sir William Baker has the management. Lieut. 1, of the Royal Grant, and is opposite to the From the Jesuit Relation for 1660 it is learned that the Mohawk, during a period of 60 years, had been many times both at the top and the bottom of the ladder of success; that, being insolent and warlike, they had attacked the Abnaki and their congeners at the east, the Conestoga at the south, the Hurons at the west and north, and the Algonquian tribes at the north; that at the close of the 16th century the Algonkin had so reduced them that there appeared to be none left, but that the remainder increased so rapidly that in a few years they in turn had overthrown the Algonkin. And I would willingly have the remains of my beloved Mohawk river, containing about 1600 acres; Also 3 Lots in the Patent of Kingsborough, Nos. Emitting from beneath the Turtle are the red and yellow rays of the sun. 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