Esther Cutewah Cornstalk

Female 1751 - Aft 1786  (36 years)


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  • Name Esther Cutewah Cornstalk 
    Born 1751  Shawnee Nation, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft 1786 
    Notes 
    • As the daughter of Chief Cornstalk and niece of Tecumseh of the Shawnee nation, most probably this connection to the Greater Huron Nations and the Algonquin Indian tribes saved the family and helped them to return Virginia by 1775 to 1777. Thomas Soward was familiar with the Turkey Cove area in the Powell Valley, in what is now Scott County VA, as Thomas Berry, William McGaughy, and he went there to hunt buffalo in 1770 or 1771.

      http://vagenweb.org/scott/TurkeyCoveMA.html

      Source: Shawnee Heritage By Don Greene, Noel Schutz, 2008, p. 76, available at lulu.com.

      The author says she was born in 1751 in OH and died before 1836 possibly in PA. She was the sixth daughter of Cornstalk. She was a translator-messenger to the whites, He confirms the marriage to Thomas Soward and their children, Griffin, Thomas, Jr., Robert, Esther, Jacob, John B., twins Rosannah and Diannah, Rebecca, and George.

      This book contains thousands of names of historical Shawnee figures both great and small, providing information on their lineages, clans, political divisions, treaties signed and battles fought. It provides genealogical information on ancestors and their descendants.The author may be contacted at: Don Greene at shawneeprof@skybest.com
    Person ID I9964  Master File
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2011 

    Father Hokoleskwa Peter Cornstalk,   b. 1709, Wynepuechisika Village,Western Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1777, Fort Randolph,Point Pleasant, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Helizikinopo,   b. 1715, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1809, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Married ca 1739 
    Family ID F6089  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Soward,   b. 1746, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1815  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 1768 
    Children 
     1. Griffin Soward,   b. 1773
     2. Thomas Soward, Jr.,   b. 1775
     3. Robert Soward,   b. 1780
     4. Esther Soward,   b. 1781
     5. Jacob Soward,   b. 1783
     6. John B. Soward,   b. 1784
     7. Rosannah Sowards,   b. 1786,   d. 1831  (Age 45 years)
     8. Diannah Soward,   b. 1786
     9. Rebecca Soward,   b. 1790
     10. George Soward,   b. 1792
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2011 
    Family ID F6500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart