Exploring Family Connections to the 1758 Fort Sebert Massacre, Col. Henry Bouquet’s 1764 Treaty, and The Light in the Forest
In which I discuss how my 7th GGP’s were killed in the Seybert Massacre in Augusta County, Virginia, in April 1758, and their three children taken captive by the Shawnee (including my 6th GGM Barbara Reager); how Barbara and her sister were returned along with more than 200 other captives in November 1764 to Col. Henry Bouquet along the Muskingum River in Ohio when the tribes had to return their white captives as part of a treaty agreement; and how this relates to the novel The Light in the Forest, which I have taught to my juniors for many years.
My Scots Irish Ancestors Immigrated to Pennsylvania, then Virginia ... and Some Got Taken Captive by the Shawnee!
In which I discuss some ancestors of my great grandmother Fleeta Jackson Brandt - the Archers and Renicks - who were part of the Ulster Presbyterians discussed in my previous post; explain how they immigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania, then later Virginia; and relate the story of my 6th GGM’s sister, Elizabeth Archer Renick, who was taken captive by the Shawnee along with her seven children in 1757 after her husband was killed and scalped.