He was the son of Sheninjee, a Delaware (Lenepe) Indian (1741 - 1763) & Mary Jemison "Decewanis" (1743 - 1833), a white woman who was kidnapped by the Shawnee as a child, sold to the Seneca tribe, became accustomed to the ways of the Seneca, and was given to the Delaware (Lenepe) by marriage to a Delaware brave named Sheninjee. Thomas had four wives; the last he took being Sally Allen, who he had 8 children with: 1 John Jemison (1793 - 1886); 2 Thomas (Shohsondowah) Jemison (1794 - 1878); 3 Jacob Jemison (1795 - 1861); 4 Isaac Jemison (1796 - 1879); 5 Jesse Jemison (1797 - 1859); 6 Peggy Lucy Jemison (1798 - ?); 7 Mary Jane Jemison (1799 - ?); 8 Catherine Ann Jemison (1800 - ?). Sally was the daughter of Captain Samuel L. Allen (1732 - 1810) & Elisabeth Allen (1725 - 1762), her mother was a Delaware Indian, the third and youngest wife of Chief Teedyuscung (1700 - 1763), who was a Munsee Delaware Indian. Samuel Allen was a Scots-Irish Immigrant and served in Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War.
"Thomas came to his mother's house on the first day of July 1811 but she was not around. He was intoxicated, where he found his brother John, with whom he immediately commenced a quarrel on their old subjects of difference. John's anger became desperate. He caught Thomas by the hair of his head, and dragged him out of the door, and there killed him, by a blow which he gave him on the head with his tomahawk. John is tried and acquitted by the chiefs."
Excerpt from Life of Mary Jemison by James Everett Seaver
Contributor: Sponkit (49791051)
His other wives:
1. Woman of the Cayuga
2. Woman of the Squawkiha
3. Woman of the Seneca
"Thomas came to his mother's house on the first day of July 1811 but she was not around. He was intoxicated, where he found his brother John, with whom he immediately commenced a quarrel on their old subjects of difference. John's anger became desperate. He caught Thomas by the hair of his head, and dragged him out of the door, and there killed him, by a blow which he gave him on the head with his tomahawk. John is tried and acquitted by the chiefs."
Excerpt from Life of Mary Jemison by James Everett Seaver
Contributor: Sponkit (49791051)
His other wives:
1. Woman of the Cayuga
2. Woman of the Squawkiha
3. Woman of the Seneca
He was the son of Sheninjee, a Delaware (Lenepe) Indian (1741 - 1763) & Mary Jemison "Decewanis" (1743 - 1833), a white woman who was kidnapped by the Shawnee as a child, sold to the Seneca tribe, became accustomed to the ways of the Seneca, and was given to the Delaware (Lenepe) by marriage to a Delaware brave named Sheninjee. Thomas had four wives; the last he took being Sally Allen, who he had 8 children with: 1 John Jemison (1793 - 1886); 2 Thomas (Shohsondowah) Jemison (1794 - 1878); 3 Jacob Jemison (1795 - 1861); 4 Isaac Jemison (1796 - 1879); 5 Jesse Jemison (1797 - 1859); 6 Peggy Lucy Jemison (1798 - ?); 7 Mary Jane Jemison (1799 - ?); 8 Catherine Ann Jemison (1800 - ?). Sally was the daughter of Captain Samuel L. Allen (1732 - 1810) & Elisabeth Allen (1725 - 1762), her mother was a Delaware Indian, the third and youngest wife of Chief Teedyuscung (1700 - 1763), who was a Munsee Delaware Indian. Samuel Allen was a Scots-Irish Immigrant and served in Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War.
"Thomas came to his mother's house on the first day of July 1811 but she was not around. He was intoxicated, where he found his brother John, with whom he immediately commenced a quarrel on their old subjects of difference. John's anger became desperate. He caught Thomas by the hair of his head, and dragged him out of the door, and there killed him, by a blow which he gave him on the head with his tomahawk. John is tried and acquitted by the chiefs."
Excerpt from Life of Mary Jemison by James Everett Seaver
Contributor: Sponkit (49791051)
His other wives:
1. Woman of the Cayuga
2. Woman of the Squawkiha
3. Woman of the Seneca
"Thomas came to his mother's house on the first day of July 1811 but she was not around. He was intoxicated, where he found his brother John, with whom he immediately commenced a quarrel on their old subjects of difference. John's anger became desperate. He caught Thomas by the hair of his head, and dragged him out of the door, and there killed him, by a blow which he gave him on the head with his tomahawk. John is tried and acquitted by the chiefs."
Excerpt from Life of Mary Jemison by James Everett Seaver
Contributor: Sponkit (49791051)
His other wives:
1. Woman of the Cayuga
2. Woman of the Squawkiha
3. Woman of the Seneca
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