Person:Eunice Williams (29)
Eunice Williams
b.17 Sep 1696 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
d.26 Nov 1785 Caughnawaga, Laprairie, Québec, Canada
Parents and Siblings
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m. 21 Jul 1687
  1. Rev. Eleazer Williams1688 - 1742
  2. Samuel Williams1689/90 - 1713
  3. Esther Williams1691 - 1751/52
  4. Rev. Dr. Stephen Williams1693 - 1782
  5. Eliakim Williams1695 - 1696
  6. Eunice Williams1696 - 1785
  7. John Williams1697/98 - 1704
  8. Rev. Warham Williams1699 - 1751
  9. Jemima Williams1701 - 1701
  10. Jerusha Williams1701 - 1701
  11. Jerusha Williams1703/04 - 1703/04
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef May 1713
  1. Catherine (5) Toroso
  2. John (5) Toroso - 1758
  3. Sarah (Toroso) (5) Williams - Aft 1774
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Facts and Events
Name Eunice Williams
Alt Name[1] Eunice Kanenstenhawi Williams
Baptismal Name[1] Marguerite _____
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 17 Sep 1696 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Military? 29 Feb 1704 Civilian Captive
Marriage Bef May 1713 Caughnawaga, Canadato Roger (Amrusus) Toroso
Death[1] 26 Nov 1785 Caughnawaga, Laprairie, Québec, Canada
Reference Number? Q5409757?


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Eunice Williams, also known as Marguerite Kanenstenhawi Arosen, (17 September 1696 – 26 November 1785) was an English colonist taken captive by French and Mohawk warriors from Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1704. Taken to Canada with more than 100 other captives, the seven-year-old girl was adopted by a recently converted Mohawk family at Kahnawake and fully assimilated into Mohawk society. She was baptized as the Catholic "Marguerite" and renamed A'ongonte, meaning "she has been planted as a person." She eventually married a Mohawk man, François-Xavier Arosen, having several children and remaining with the Mohawk for the rest of her life. While choosing not to return to her natal family, she, along with her children, repeatedly made the trek to Deerfield to visit with her Puritan siblings over the course of her life. Her father, Rev. John Williams and her brother Samuel made numerous efforts to ransom her to no avail. Moreover, they failed to persuade her to return to Massachusetts and the bosom of her birth family.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Eunice Kanenstenhawi Williams, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1920)
    p. 138.

    WILLIAMS, Eunice, d. of Jno. and Eunice, [born] Sept. 17, 1696.

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