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Mary Jemison White Woman of the Gennesee

Mary Jemison: White Woman of the Genesee

The story of Mary Jemison is both inspiring and intriguing. She was captured at a young

age by Indians, and forced to live with them. She endured many hardships while under captivity,

but she grew within the tribe, and chose to stay with them for the rest of her life.

Mary Jemison was born either 1742 or 1743 in a ship en route to America. Her parents

Thomas and Jane Erwin Jemison were Irish-Scottish. They had left their home country in order

to escape civil wars and religious rules that prevented them from worshipping as they wanted

(Zeinert 7). They soon arrived in Philadelphia and they and their four children; John, Thomas,

Betsy, and Mary settled in the frontier settlements of Pennsylvania. More specifically, the area

near Marsh Creek (Seaver 36). Mary's childhood was happy enough. She played and helped her

mother with the chores for the family farm. Mary attended a small amount of school, and learned

t0o read passages in the Bible (Zeinert 8). Her family was very devout in their religion, and Mary

learned the catchechism, and prayed every night (Seaver 36). The Jemison family lived happily

and peacefully in this area for about eight ye


family. Things went well, and the different seasons passed. Mary had her fourth child, Nancy in

1. Seaver, James E. (James Everett), 1787-1827. A narrative of the life of Mrs. Mary Jemison /

Mary was now a part of the Seneca tribe. her life was relatively easy. She helped care for

the children, helped with chores, and occasionally helped to carry game back after hunts (Zeinert

James E. Seaver ; with an introduction by June Namias



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