Re: Clarissa Jolls

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Posted by Ronda Jolls on 5:58:05 6/8/2003 from 65.64.79.86:
In reply to: Re: Clarissa Jolls posted by Jason Patton on 11:15:30 6/7/2003 from 68.84.49.95:
Jason...

This information I have...thank you though for putting it out there. What I'm interested in Clarissa's Mohawk line. It seems to me that Clarissa Stevens is not a given Mohawk name. I'm wondering the name of her mother and any siblings. How did her mother come to marry Able Stevens, again a name that does not seem to be of Mohawk ancestory.

Is there any tribal information out there?

: Random tidbits from around. Steventown appears to be near
: Ithaca on today's maps.
:
: ============
:
: JOLLS Cemetery
: Page created August 26, 2000
:
: On Jolls RD off State Rd. 39 between
: Gowanda and Perrysburg, Cattaraugus Co NY
: Respectfully submitted by
: Dolores Pratt Davidson
:
: JOLLS
: Garner, born, May 27, 1770, died April 18, 1850
: Wife, Clarissa (STEVENS) born Feb 7, 1775, adopted dau or
: ward of Abel
: STEVENS,
: Marker on her grave states
: " CLARISSA STEVENS JOLLS
: Born 1775 New Lebanon NY
: Died 1851 Perrysburg NY
: MOHAWK wife of GARNER JOLLS
: Migrated west from Albany during the War of 1812.
: Settled in Perrysburg 1817
: Mother of all NY. JOLLS Descendants"
:
: ===================
:
: When Ebenezer Jolls, in 1777, had his property confi
: scated, because he was a Tory, and was banished from the S
: tate of Rhode Island, he with his 14 year old son, Gardner
: , chose the route to Canada along the Mohawk river to the
: Niagara frontier. While in Steventown, N.Y., young Gardner
: met Clarissa Stevens, a young Mohawk Indian girl, ward of
: Abel Stevens. The Mohawks were friendly to the English. I
: n their long tedious treck across New York State, ten chil
: dren were born, the first in Albany, the last in Penn Yan.
: None had the benefit of much, if any, schooling.
:
: ===============
:
: During the Revolutionary War in 1777, Ebenezer Jolls' prop
: erty was confiscated and he with his family, including his
: seven year old son Gardner, (nicknamed "Garner"), "went w
: est". Another descendant of the old sea captain Jeremiah J
: olls also "went west" but only as far as Steventown, Ren.
: Co. where he settled and as his family grew, developed the
: Jolls Cemetery, on Presbyterian Hill.
:
: "Garner" and his father's family was thirteen years
: going from Bristol to Columbia Co., N.Y., through the Berk
: shires, inhabited by western Massachusetts Indians. With t
: his woodcraft experience, this young seven year old "Garne
: r" became a first class boy scout, so when he got to New L
: ebanon, Col. Co., this then twenty year old young English,
: Indian trained, hunter and warrior, according to Indian c
: ustom, was qualified and so was selected by an Indian moth
: er for her 18 year old daughter Clarissa Stevens.
:
: Marriage among the Early Indians, was not founded on
: affection. The young Indian boy was kept too busy learnin
: g to hunt and fight, and the girl's time was too fully fil
: led with skinning and dressing the game brought in by the
: men, and tending the corn squash and bean patches. Marriag
: e was a matter of necessity arranged by the mothers, and w
: as final.
:
: Three years more of "going-west" found this young Lo
: yalist and his Indian bride in Albany County, where their
: first child, a girl, Lucy was born. Descendants of Lucy's
: still live there. Here, too, Abel Jolls was born in 1799.
: Continuing their "Going-west" through the lands of the Moh
: awks, the Oneidas, the Onandagas, the Cayugas, they arrive
: d in the Genesee Valley lands of the strongest, most power
: ful tribe of the Iriquois, the Senecas.
:
: By this time this experienced "boy scout" with a hic
: kory English long bow, instead of a rifle, was quite grown
: up. He was 40 years old.
:

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Comments:	: Jason... : : This information I have...thank you though for putting it : out there. What I'm interested in Clarissa's Mohawk line. : It seems to me that Clarissa Stevens is not a given Moha : wk name. I'm wondering the name of her mother and any sib : lings. How did her mother come to marry Able Stevens, aga : in a name that does not seem to be of Mohawk ancestory. : : Is there any tribal information out there? : : : Random tidbits from around. Steventown appears to be ne : ar : : Ithaca on today's maps. : : : : ============ : : : : JOLLS Cemetery : : Page created August 26, 2000 : : : : On Jolls RD off State Rd. 39 between : : Gowanda and Perrysburg, Cattaraugus Co NY : : Respectfully submitted by : : Dolores Pratt Davidson : : : : JOLLS : : Garner, born, May 27, 1770, died April 18, 1850 : : Wife, Clarissa (STEVENS) born Feb 7, 1775, adopted dau o : r : : ward of Abel : : STEVENS, : : Marker on her grave states : : " CLARISSA STEVENS JOLLS : : Born 1775 New Lebanon NY : : Died 1851 Perrysburg NY : : MOHAWK wife of GARNER JOLLS : : Migrated west from Albany during the War of 1812. : : Settled in Perrysburg 1817 : : Mother of all NY. JOLLS Descendants" : : : : =================== : : : : When Ebenezer Jolls, in 1777, had his property con : fi : : scated, because he was a Tory, and was banished from the : S : : tate of Rhode Island, he with his 14 year old son, Gardn : er : : , chose the route to Canada along the Mohawk river to th : e : : Niagara frontier. While in Steventown, N.Y., young Gardn : er : : met Clarissa Stevens, a young Mohawk Indian girl, ward : of : : Abel Stevens. The Mohawks were friendly to the English. : I : : n their long tedious treck across New York State, ten ch : il : : dren were born, the first in Albany, the last in Penn Ya : n. : : None had the benefit of much, if any, schooling. : : : : =============== : : : : During the Revolutionary War in 1777, Ebenezer Jolls' pr : op : : erty was confiscated and he with his family, including h : is : : seven year old son Gardner, (nicknamed "Garner"), "went : w : : est". Another descendant of the old sea captain Jeremiah : J : : olls also "went west" but only as far as Steventown, Ren : . : : Co. where he settled and as his family grew, developed t : he : : Jolls Cemetery, on Presbyterian Hill. : : : : "Garner" and his father's family was thirteen year : s : : going from Bristol to Columbia Co., N.Y., through the Be : rk : : shires, inhabited by western Massachusetts Indians. With : t : : his woodcraft experience, this young seven year old "Gar : ne : : r" became a first class boy scout, so when he got to New : L : : ebanon, Col. Co., this then twenty year old young Englis : h, : : Indian trained, hunter and warrior, according to Indian : c : : ustom, was qualified and so was selected by an Indian mo : th : : er for her 18 year old daughter Clarissa Stevens. : : : : Marriage among the Early Indians, was not founded : on : : affection. The young Indian boy was kept too busy learn : in : : g to hunt and fight, and the girl's time was too fully f : il : : led with skinning and dressing the game brought in by th : e : : men, and tending the corn squash and bean patches. Marri : ag : : e was a matter of necessity arranged by the mothers, and : w : : as final. : : : : Three years more of "going-west" found this young : Lo : : yalist and his Indian bride in Albany County, where thei : r : : first child, a girl, Lucy was born. Descendants of Lucy' : s : : still live there. Here, too, Abel Jolls was born in 1799 : . : : Continuing their "Going-west" through the lands of the M : oh : : awks, the Oneidas, the Onandagas, the Cayugas, they arri : ve : : d in the Genesee Valley lands of the strongest, most pow : er : : ful tribe of the Iriquois, the Senecas. : : : : By this time this experienced "boy scout" with a h : ic : : kory English long bow, instead of a rifle, was quite gro : wn : : up. He was 40 years old. : :
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