Descendants of
Captive Sargent Samuel Gill
Note: Please credit
Susan MacCulloch Stevens of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, when quoting from the
historical text incorporated in this genealogy. Susan Stevens acknowledges her
debt for much of the actual genealogy to Nancy LeCompte of Gardiner,
Generation No. 1
1. SARGENT SAMUEL2
GILL (JOHN1) was born 1651, and died 1709. He married SARAH WORTH.
She was born 1656, and died 1715.
Child of SARGENT GILL
and SARAH WORTH is:
2. i. SAMUEL-JOSEPH3 GILL, b. September 16, 1687, Salisbury,
Massachusetts; d. Abt. 1752, St-Francois-du-Lac Mission, Quebec.
Generation No. 2
2. SAMUEL-JOSEPH3
GILL (SARGENT SAMUEL2, JOHN1) was born September 16,
Notes for SAMUEL-JOSEPH
GILL:
Samuel was taken captive
at Salisbury, Massachusetts when he was nine or ten years old and brought to
St. Francois Du Lac Indian Mission near Quebec in 1697. (Salisbury became part
of Amesbury, Mass., then New Town, and then Southampton, Mass. Today it is
Newton, NH.)
Samuel was baptized as a
Catholic and raised as an Abenaki boy at the Indian mission. The fact that
Samuel's son Joseph Louis became an important chief and married the daughter of
a chief strongly suggests Samuel was adopted into one of the leading families,
probably that of a chief. (St. Francis Mission was made up of several tribes
which had fled English inroads in Maine and New Hampshire, and there were four
chiefs there, with one chosen as head chief.)
Samuel's own father made
two trips to Canada to persuade his son to return home to his friends and
family, but Samuel came to love his new life and adoptive Abenaki family, and
he refused to return. He had status as a full family and tribal member and
willingly lived all the rest of his life as an Indian. When he grew up, he
married another former captive, raised as he was, named Rosalie James. They had
several children, most of whom married into Abenaki Indian families. The Gill
name has been prominent at the Indian village of Odanak (the present day name
of the old mission) for generations, and has appeared over the years in several
Indian communities of the northeast.
Francis Parkman wrote in
1886 that their descendants numbered 952. He reminded his readers that,
"the descendants of captives brought into Canada by the mission Indians
during the various wars with the English Colonies became a considerable element
of the Canadian population."
Notes for ROSALIE JAMES:
Rosalie James was
captured as child and brought to St. Francois Du Lac Indian mission, where she
grew up. It has been thought she was captured from Massachusetts, but the
"Ne-Do-Ba" site on the internet (Abenaki Genealogy) says new evidence
indicates she may have been taken in a raid on the lower Mississippi. On the other
hand, the historian Francis Parkman and Mary Calvert, a very careful
researcher, in her "Black Robe on the Kennebec," says Rosalie was
captured at Kennebunk, Maine. She states further:
"We cannot know how
she felt about going home as no one ever came for her, or made inquiries
through the authorities. Even her true name has been lost in the mists of the
past, but the priest of the mission of St. Francis gave her a name when she was
baptized in the Roman Catholic faith. It is thought her surname might have been
James and she was given the pretty name of Ras Rosalie at the
christening." I would assume from this that she was so young when captured
that she couldn't tell them her name.
Marriage Notes for
SAMUEL-JOSEPH GILL and ROSALIE JAMES:
Mary Calvert writes of
this couple in "Black Robe on the Kennebec":
"[They] were the
founders of the distinguished Gill-Annance family [the Abenaki line]. Their
descendants include Charles Gill, judge of the Superior Court of Canada, who
wrote a genealogy of the Gill family, and "Old Louis" Annance, the
"blue-eyed Indian" of Moosehead Lake, Maine, a graduate of Dartmouth
College, a friend of governors, a member of the Masonic order, and a much
sought-after Maine guide. The story of Louis Annance is told at more length in
my Kennebec Wilderness Awakens."
Children of
SAMUEL-JOSEPH GILL and ROSALIE JAMES are:
3. i. MARIE-JEANNE-MAGDELEINE4
GILL, b. Abt.
4. ii. JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT GILL, b. Abt. 1719, St-Francois-du-Lac
Mission, Quebec; d. May 05,
5. iii.
JOSEPH GILL-DIT-PICHE, b. Abt. 1721; d. June 22,
6. iv.
JOSEPHTE GILL, b. Abt.
v. MARIE APPOLINE GILL, b. Abt.
7. vi.
FRANCOIS LOUIS GILL-DIT-LANGOUMOIS, b. Abt.
vii.
ROBERT GILL, b. Abt.
Generation No. 3
3.
MARIE-JEANNE-MAGDELEINE4 GILL (SAMUEL-JOSEPH3, SARGENT
SAMUEL2, JOHN1) was born Abt.
Notes for LOUIS HANNIS
I:
This man may have been a
German captive from New England, according to ethno-historian Gordon Day. The
name is also found at Trois Rivieres. Other spellings are Henesse and Wanisse.
Children of
MARIE-JEANNE-MAGDELEINE GILL and LOUIS HANNIS are:
i. ANGELIQUE5 HANNIS, b. Abt.
1752; d. Aft.
Notes for ANGELIQUE HANNIS:
She was listed as a widow living alone in the Odanak 1844 census.
ii.
JEAN-BAPTISTE HANNIS, m. TAMAKWA.
Notes for JEAN-BAPTISTE HANNIS:
He is on the roster of War of 1812 veterans from St. Francis (Odanak)
with heirs remaining there in 1844. He also appears on the Odanak censuses from
1841 to 1852. He may be the same person who appears on a census of Trois
Rivieres.
Notes for TAMAKWA:
Also written Thomas. Probably an Algonquin woman.
iii. JEAN HANNIS.
Notes for JEAN HANNIS:
He was chief at Odanak in 1868. Might be the same person as
Jean-Baptiste.
iv. LOUIS HANNIS II.
Notes for LOUIS HANNIS II:
He appears on the Odanak census records from 1829 to 1852.
v. ELEAZAR HANNIS.
Notes for ELEAZAR HANNIS:
He appears on the Odanak census records from 1829 to 1852. He was also
known as Lazare, and perhaps Caesar.
4.
JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT4 GILL (SAMUEL-JOSEPH3, SARGENT
SAMUEL2, JOHN1) was born Abt.
Notes for
JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT GILL:
Joseph-Louis, or
Magwawidobait, was known to the English as "The White Chief of the
Abenakis." He was raised as an Abenaki at St. Francois-Du-Lac Mission near
Quebec by his white parents, who as young captives had also been raised as
Abenaki. He spoke little English, and in his general demeanor, language, dress
and cultural orientation, he was thoroughly Abenaki. But because he was white,
the clergy of Quebec went to extra pains to educate him at the local seminary.
Reports have come down
which say he was blond and Yankee-English in appearance. His Indian name has
been translated variously as "English Lover," and "Friend of the
Iroquois." Neither of these is even remotely plausible given his history
and loyalties. He was an avowed enemy of both. Magua did mean Mohawk in the
language of the Maine tribes, where most of the St. Francis Indians originated.
But I have a feeling the name had some meaning as an enemy of the Mohawk.
Joseph-Louis Gill fought
for the French and Indian allies against the Miamis in 1747, who at the time
were around the Great Lakes. He soon emerged as a "prominent leader and
cultural broker" [Calloway] between the Europeans and the Abenakis.
In 1754 the St. Francis
Indians and their French allies raided Charlestown, NH, and took a number of
captives. One of them was a married woman with children named Susannah
(Willard) Johnson. After some trials and tribulations, including giving birth
to a baby named Elizabeth Captive Johnson on the trail to Quebec, she arrived
at the Indian village of St. Francis. Soon a swap was made by two men, one of
whom wanted her young son to help with his hunting. After the exchange,
Suzannah found herself adopted into the family of Joseph Louis Gill, where she
was very well treated -- no surprise considering that family's captive
background. She was given full family status.
Susannah wrote her story
when she finally was returned to her own original home, and said this about
meeting Joseph-Louis after her original captor swapped her for her own young
son:
"Each delivered his
property with great formality; my son and blankets being an equivalent for
myself, child and wampum. I was taken to the house of my new master, and found
myself allied to the first family. My master, whose name was Gill, was
son-in-law to the grand sachem, was accounted rich, had a store of goods, and
lived in a style far above the majority of his tribe. He often told me that he
had an English heart, but his wife was true Indian blood. [Gill had a lifelong
antipathy for the English, so I believe he was referring to his actual
heritage, not his inclinations.] Soon after my arrival at his house the
interpreter came to inform me that I was adopted into his family. I was then
introduced to the family, and was told to call them brothers and sisters. I
made a short reply, expressive of gratitude for being introduced to a house of
high rank, and requested their patience while I should learn the customs of the
nation.... My new sisters and brothers treated me with the same attention that
they did their natural kindred; but it was an unnatural situation to me. I was
a novice at making canoes, bunks, and tumplines, which was the only occupation
of the squaws; of course, idleness was among my calamities."
Eventually Susannah's
husband and daughter, also captives in other households, came down with
smallpox, and she was allowed to go visit them at the hospital in Quebec. After
that, "she never returned to the Indians." The reason seems to be
that following a major French defeat, all the English captives were put in a
squalid prison by the French, where Susannah remained 17 months, before being
moved to a somewhat better prison. Eventually she was redeemed and released,
went home and reunited with her husband - - only to have him killed in a battle
a year later. But Suzannah was to meet with her beloved Indian
"brother," Antoine Gill, again.
When Joseph-Louis Gill
was about 40, the disastrous raid by Roger's Rangers on the St. Francis Mission
took place on Oct 3rd, 1759. His wife and at least one child were taken
prisoner. On the march back, Roger's Rangers had to take a circuitous route
because they were being chased by the Abenakis, and had no time to find food. Legend
has it that a curse was put on them because they stole the holy relics from the
St. Francis church. The Rangers split up into several groups, one of which was found
and attacked by the Abenakis and all were killed. Other groups starved to
death. Only a few of the Rangers survived, and those in terrible shape. Marie-Jeanne
Nanamaghemet, Joseph-Louis' wife, died on this arduous march to New Hampshire.
In 1763, Joseph-Louis
remarried Suzanne Gamelin, whose father Antoine Gamelin was a landed French
militia captain, and whose mother was from the illustrious Hertel military
family, who led many of the French and Indian raids on New England.
Antoine Gamelin left his
estate to Joseph-Louis, and by the eve of the Revolution, says Calloway,
Joseph-Louis was fairly well-to-do. He sent one son and several nephews to
Dartmouth College.
Joseph was an active
resistor of the English and led his group of St. Francis Indians against them
on many occasions. After England won the Battle of Quebec he took an oath of
allegiance to the English King, but remember that at this time his son Antoine
Sabatis Gill was a captive of the English in New Hampshire, and it may have
been for his sake that he took the oath in order to speed up his release. There
is evidence he actually was engaged in espionage for France against England,
and later for the Americans against England.
In Peacham, Vermont,
there was a trading post run by the Elkins family, which was very friendly to
the Indians. A son, Thomas Elkins, kept a diary of that time around the
Revolutionary war, and described a visit to their trading post by Joseph-Louis
Gill:
"Gill the chief of
the St. Francis tribe came to our house and stayed nearly a week, we treted him
with all the hospatality posable. He could speak but few words of English. I
understood many words of the Indin dialect, and between us we could make each
other under stand, so that he appeared to be quite happy.
Joseph Louis
Magwawidobait Gill lived a long and exciting life, and died when he was 78
years old.
Notes for MARIE-JEANNE NANAMAGHEMET:
Marie-Jeanne's father
was the head chief of St. Francois-du Lac Indian Mission. I believe he is the
same person as Natobamat (or Netambomet), who was Sagamore of Saco, Maine, and
whose Sokoki tribe moved to St. Francois du Lac in the 1600s.
On page 298 of Samuel
Drake's Indians of North America (1859 edition) there is mention of a treaty of
1685 with reproduced signatures, including Netambomet's. Other signatures on
this treaty were those of Kancamagus, alias John Hawkins; Bagesson, alias
Joseph Trask; Wahowah, alias Hopehood; Tecamorisick, alias Josias; Ned Higgon;
Newcome; John Nomony, alias Upsawah; Umbesnowah, alias Robin; and Mesandowit.
Marie-Jeanne was
captured by Roger's Rangers when they attacked and destroyed St. Francis. She
died on the march to New England as did many of Roger's Rangers and their other
captives.
Notes for JULIENNE
SUZANNE GAMELIN:
Tanguay said she was
baptized Julienne, but married as Suzanne. Her father Antoine Gamelin was a
French Militia Captain [Calloway] with considerable land and some wealth. Another
Gamelin, Michel, on the Salois family tree, was an Indian trader in the Great
Lakes area. This line I suspect was metis. (part Indian.)
In the Odanak census of
1822, under the disabled section, an entry says "Joseph Louis Widow."
Probably this is Suzanne Gamelin.
Marriage Notes for
JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT GILL and JULIENNE GAMELIN:
They had six sons and
two daughters. I have found only one son, so far. Tanguay has their marriage
date as 1742.
Children of
JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT GILL and MARIE-JEANNE NANAMAGHEMET are:
8. i. ANTOINE-SABATIS5
GILL, b. Abt. 1744, St-Francois -di-Lac
(Odanak), Quebec.
ii. XAVIER GILL, b. Abt. 1747.
Notes for XAVIER GILL:
Xavier was killed, along with his mother, during Roger's Rangers raid on
Odanak.
iii. PABOMNOLETTE GILL, b. Abt. 1752.
Notes for PABOMNOLETTE GILL:
On the Alnombak Abenaki internet site, they say the name means,
"The Almost Handsome One."
Children of
JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT GILL and JULIENNE GAMELIN are:
9. iv.
ANTOINE-MARIE5 GILL, b. Abt. 1766, Quebec; d. Abt. 1863.
v. LOUIS GILL.
Notes for LOUIS GILL:
Louis is in the 1822 Odanak census and had 1 woman and one female child
between 10 and
In the 1844 he was a tribal agent who signed the 1841, 1844 Odanak
census
vi.
SUZANNE GILL, b. 1768; m. JEAN-BAPTISTE CARTIER.
vii. FRANCOIS-JOSEPH GILL.
Notes for FRANCOIS-JOSEPH GILL:
Francois-Joseph became a chief at St. Francois (Odanak).
viii. PAUL-JOSEPH GILL.
ix. BENEDICT GILL.
x. MONTUIT GILL.
xi. WILLIAM GILL.
xii. FRANCOIS GILL II.
10. xiii.
JOSEPH
THOMAS GILL.
5. JOSEPH4
GILL-DIT-PICHE (SAMUEL-JOSEPH3 GILL, SARGENT SAMUEL2,
JOHN1) was born Abt. 1721, and died June 22,
Child of JOSEPH
GILL-DIT-PICHE and SUZANNE ABENAQUIS is:
i. ANGELIQUE5 GILL, m. AMABLE PAKIKAN.
Notes for ANGELIQUE GILL:
She may have been the daughter of an earlier wife of her father's, or
even Roaminer's sister.
6. JOSEPHTE4
GILL (SAMUEL-JOSEPH3, SARGENT SAMUEL2, JOHN1)
was born Abt.
Child of JOSEPHTE GILL
and ABENAQUIS WATSO is:
11. i. MARIE-EULALIE5 WATSO.
7. FRANCOIS LOUIS4
GILL-DIT-LANGOUMOIS (SAMUEL-JOSEPH3 GILL, SARGENT SAMUEL2,
JOHN1) was born Abt.
Children of FRANCOIS
GILL-DIT-LANGOUMOIS and MARIE-ANNE COUTURIER-DIT-LABONTE are:
i. ANTOINE5 GILL I, b. Abt. 1778.
12. ii. FRANCOIS LOUIS GILL II.
Generation No. 4
8. ANTOINE-SABATIS5
GILL (JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT4, SAMUEL-JOSEPH3,
SARGENT SAMUEL2, JOHN1) was born Abt.
Notes for
ANTOINE-SABATIS GILL:
Antoine Sabatis Gill was
one son of Joseph-Louis who survived the raid on St. Francis by Roger's
Rangers, when a great many were killed. He was made a captive, and put on the
deadly march to Charlestown, NH on which so many perished, including his mother.
Ironically, Antoine's
own grandfather Samuel Gill had been an English captive of the Abenakis,
heading up the trail in the other direction just 52 years before!
Suzannah Johnson, the
English captive adopted by Joseph-Louis Gill, became very fond of Antoine
Sabatis Gill, who was a young boy at the time she lived with the Joseph-Louis
Gill's family at St. Francis. In 1749 Suzannah, out of captivity, at last got
home to Charlestown, NH. Soon after her arrival there, Major Rogers and all
that was left of his decimated Rangers were brought to Fort Number
Suzannah, who was so
recently out of captivity herself, wrote:
"He [Rogers]
brought with him a young Indian prisoner, who stopped at my house: the moment
he saw me he cried, 'My God! My God! here is my sister!' It was my little
brother Sabatis, who formerly used to bring the cows for me when I lived at my
Indian Masters. He was transported to see me, and declared he was still my
brother, and I must be his sister. Poor fellow! The fortunes of war had left
him without a single relation [I don't think this was true, but he did lose his
mother and perhaps other siblings]; but with his country's enemies he could
find one who too sensibly felt his miseries. I felt the purest pleasure in
ministering to his comfort." (From the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson, in
Indian Narratives.)
He survived his
captivity and was returned home to St. Francis the following year. (Gordon Day,
1962.)
Children of
ANTOINE-SABATIS GILL and ISABELLE GAMELIN are:
i. ANTOINE6 GILL II, b. February 12, 1804, Quebec; d. Bef.
1863, Quebec; m. MARIE-ROSALIE CHASSE, July 01, 1834, Baie Du Febvre, Quebec;
b. September 10, 1796, St-Andre, Kamouraska, Quebec.
Notes for ANTOINE GILL II:
An Antoine Gill shows up on the 1822 Odanak census. One man and one
woman reside in the household.
ii. PROSPER GILL, m. LEOCADIE DESCOTEAUX, February 08, 1840,
St-Francois-Du-Lac Mission, (Odanak) Quebec.
Notes for PROSPER GILL:
This information is from Steven Decato's family tree on the Internet. Leocadie
Descoteaux was from or moved to Canaan, NH.
9. ANTOINE-MARIE5
GILL (JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT4, SAMUEL-JOSEPH3,
SARGENT SAMUEL2, JOHN1) was born Abt.
Notes for ANTOINE-MARIE
GILL:
Anthony Gill, a son of
Joseph-Louis Gill, went to Dartmouth Indian school under the tutelage of an
exasperated Eleazor Wheelock, who sent him home in 1777. With Anthony, Wheelock
sent a letter which said, among other things, "I have faithfully done the
best I could for him, and the schoolmasters have taken much pains with him --
but he don't love his books, but loves play and idleness much better. I hope
you will know better than I do what to do with him and for him."
Child of ANTOINE-MARIE
GILL and CATHERINE THOMAS is:
13. i. SUSANNE6 GILL, b. 1787.
10. JOSEPH THOMAS5
GILL (JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT4, SAMUEL-JOSEPH3,
SARGENT SAMUEL2, JOHN1) He married CATHERINE BAZIN
February 25,
Child of JOSEPH GILL and
CATHERINE BAZIN is:
14. i. MARIE-LUCE6 GUILL, b. February 14, 1806.
11. MARIE-EULALIE5
WATSO (JOSEPHTE4 GILL, SAMUEL-JOSEPH3, SARGENT SAMUEL2,
JOHN1) She married JOACHIM OTONDOSONNE
Notes for MARIE-EULALIE
WATSO:
Her name also appeared
as Mare Orrarie!
Notes for JOACHIM
OTONDOSONNE:
He was also known as
Swassin Otondosonne.
Children of
MARIE-EULALIE WATSO and JOACHIM OTONDOSONNE are:
i. LOUISE-CATHERINE6
OTONDOSONNE.
ii. MARIE-ALAIN OTONDOSONNE.
iii. FRANCOISE-ANGELIQUE OTONDOSONNE.
iv. MARIE-ANNE OTONDOSONNE.
v. LOUIS-LAZARRE OTONDOSONNE.
vi.
LOUIS-WATSO-DEGONZAGUE OTONDOSONNE, m. MARGUERITE TAKSUS.
Notes for LOUIS-WATSO-DEGONZAGUE OTONDOSONNE:
Also known as Louis-DeGonsac.
Notes for MARGUERITE TAKSUS:
This must be a descendant of the Maine Indian Chief of renown, Toxus.
vii. JOSEPH FRANCOIS OTONDOSONNE.
12. FRANCOIS LOUIS5
GILL II (FRANCOIS LOUIS4 GILL-DIT-LANGOUMOIS, SAMUEL-JOSEPH3
GILL, SARGENT SAMUEL2, JOHN1) He married SUZANNE GAMELIN
May 03,
Child of FRANCOIS GILL
and SUZANNE GAMELIN is:
i. FRANCOIS6 GILL, m. MARGUERITE BOISVERT.
Generation No. 5
13. SUSANNE6
GILL (ANTOINE-MARIE5, JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT4,
SAMUEL-JOSEPH3, SARGENT SAMUEL2, JOHN1) was
born 1787. She married ROMAINE WASAMIMET.
Child of SUSANNE GILL
and ROMAINE WASAMIMET is:
i. THERESE7 GILL-DIT-WASAMIMET, b. Abt. 1812; m. PIERRE
CHARLES; b. Abt. 1808.
Notes for PIERRE CHARLES:
Pierre was Abenaki.
14. MARIE-LUCE6
GUILL (JOSEPH THOMAS5 GILL, JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT4,
SAMUEL-JOSEPH3, SARGENT SAMUEL2, JOHN1) was
born February 14, 1806. She married BENONY NIQUET March 02,
Notes for BENONY NIQUET:
I think this name became
"Knockwood" among the Micmacs after English came in as the main
language.
Children of MARIE-LUCE
GUILL and BENONY NIQUET are:
15. i. FRANCOIS7
NIQUET II.
ii. JOSEPH NIQUET.
16. iii.
GEORGES-IDA NIQUET.
iv. LOUISE NIQUET.
v. ELIE NIQUET.
vi. URBAIN NIQUET.
vii. MARIE-ADELAIDE NIQUET.
17. viii.
EDOUARD NIQUET, b. November 03,
ix. MARIE-MELEANIE NIQUET.
Generation No. 6
15. FRANCOIS7 NIQUET II (MARIE-LUCE6
GUILL, JOSEPH THOMAS5 GILL, JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT4,
SAMUEL-JOSEPH3, SARGENT SAMUEL2, JOHN1) He married ADELINE CREVIER November 23, 1868.
Children of FRANCOIS
NIQUET and ADELINE CREVIER are:
i. JOSEPH-URBAIN8
NIQUET.
ii. MARIE-ANNE-ALICE NIQUET.
16. GEORGES-IDA7
NIQUET (MARIE-LUCE6 GUILL, JOSEPH THOMAS5 GILL,
JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT4, SAMUEL-JOSEPH3, SARGENT
SAMUEL2, JOHN1) He married (1) ANNA PLAMONDON October 28,
Children of GEORGES-IDA
NIQUET and ANNA PLAMONDON are:
i. JOSEPH-HENRI8
NIQUET.
ii. MARIE-ANNE NIQUET.
iii. JOSEPH-GEORGE-ARTHUR NIQUET.
iv. JOSEPH-LEON-PHILLIPE NIQUET.
v. JOSEPH-BENONI-SIFROID NIQUET.
Children of GEORGES-IDA
NIQUET and ROSANNA POIRIER are:
vi. CATHERINE8 NIQUET.
vii. JOSEPH-JEAN-ARTHUR NIQUET.
17. EDOUARD7
NIQUET (MARIE-LUCE6 GUILL, JOSEPH THOMAS5 GILL,
JOSEPH-LOUIS-MAGWAWIDOBAIT4, SAMUEL-JOSEPH3, SARGENT
SAMUEL2, JOHN1) was born November 03,
Marriage Notes for
EDOUARD NIQUET and MELANIE BOISVERT:
Besides the children
listed, there were five "Anonyme," presumably children who died at
birth.
Children of EDOUARD
NIQUET and MELANIE BOISVERT are:
i. ARTHUR8 NIQUET.
ii. YVONNE NIQUET.
iii. MARIE-CATHERINE-ANNA NIQUET.
iv. JOSEPH NIQUET.
v. PIERRE NIQUET.
vi. ANTOINE NIQUET.
vii. EVELINE NIQUET.
viii. ANTOINETTE NIQUET.
A very
special THANK YOU to Susan M. Stevens for piecing this all together from a
number of different sources and a lot of research hours. I just love the way
this story interacts with the Susannah Johnson captivity and the Fort #4
captivity stories, and how similar it is to the Tarball chiefdom. When these
captives were adopted into Indian households, they certainly were treated as
part of the family and community. It warms my heart to see such complete acceptance
and unconditional love between two very different cultures.
Please contact Susan M. Stevens with any additions or
corrections, and be sure to let me know, too! Sue
