If the article below is correct, then Robert Carpenter wasn't the only
individual who was called "Cornplanter" within American Indian tribes.
The most famous "Cornplanter" was Gaiänt'wakê (Kaintwakon (ca.
1730sâFebruary 18, 1836). He was a [1]Seneca war-chief, the son of a
[2]Seneca mother, Aliquipiso, and a [3]Dutch father, Johannes Abeel. (See
[
4]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornplanter).
Then on this site -
[
5]http://donchesnut.com/genealogy/pages/cherokee.htm#atagulkalu - it
states: Ataâ-gul kaluâ a noted Cherokee chief, recognized by the British
government as the head chief or "emperor" of the Nation, about 1760 and
later, and commonly known to the whites as the Little Carpenter (Little
Cornplanter, by mistake, in Haywood).
(Perhaps it was only Haywood (whoever he was) who ever referred to this
Cherokee chief as Little Cornplanter.)
Just adding this to avoid someone confusing one "Cornplanter" with another.
On 2/24/2012 10:33 AM, Donna Cuzze wrote:
ANOTHER ARTICLE GIVES MORE DETAIL, this one is found at
[
6]http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080417161056AATJNVG
Q: Cherokee question: Does anyone know who the ancestors of Amatoya Moytoy
were?
I am working on my geneology. He was a Cherokee chief. I believe the tribe
descended from the Algonquin tribe. I have Moytoy's descendents, just not
his ancestors. Thanks.
Reply posted by Cherokee Horizon
Yes, his father was "Thomas Pasmere Carpenter" who at 20 years old came to
Jamestown, Virginia from England in 1627. Thomas was the son of "Robert
Carpenter" (1578 - 1651) and "Susan Pasmere Jeffery" (1579 - 1651). He had
a
ten acre lease in Virginia, but it was later given to someone else because
of his age, so he went to live with the Shawnee and made his home in a cave.
Thomas was called "Cornplanter" by the Shawnee
References
1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_people
2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_nation
3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands
4.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornplanter
5.
http://donchesnut.com/genealogy/pages/cherokee.htm#atagulkalu
6.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080417161056AATJNVG