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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 ...
Mary Jemison (born 1743, onboard a ship en route from Ireland to America—died Sept. 19, 1833, Buffalo Creek Reservation, near Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.) was a captive of Native American Indians, whose published life story became one of the most popular in the 19th-century genre of captivity stories.
In 1753, fifteen year old Mary Jemison was captured by Indians along the Pennsylvania frontier during the Seven Years’ War between the French, English, and Indian peoples of North America. She was adopted and incorporated into the Senecas, a familiar practice among Iroquois and other Indian peoples seeking to replace a lost sibling or spouse.
Jun 4, 2017 · Known for: Indian captive, subject of captivity narrative. Also known as: Dehgewanus, "White Woman of the Genesee". Mary Jemison was captured by Shawnee Indians and French soldiers in Pennsylvania on April 5, 1758. She was later sold to Senecas who took her to Ohio.
Jun 22, 2019 · The story of Mary Jemison is a classic literary work from the genre of Indian Captivity Narratives, and includes discussion of native customs.
Mary Jemison (1743 – 1833) was an American frontier girl who was kidnapped by French and Shawnee raiders, living out her life among the people of the Seneca Nation and later coming to know white settlers in New York, to whom she told her fascinating story.
Mary Jemison / Dehgewänis – Voices of the American Revolution. By Kiana Clark. Born in 1743 as Mary Jemison on a voyage from Ireland to Pennsylvania, she and her family were captured by Shawnee warriors during the French and Indian War.
