Eunice Williams
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Eunice Williams was a colonial New England girl captured in the 1704 Deerfield raid who became notable for remaining with her Mohawk captors and assimilating into their community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eunice Williams canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
A'ongote (variously spelled)
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Kanenstenhawi (attributed Mohawk name) ⓘ |
| capturedBy |
French and Indigenous raiders
ⓘ
Mohawk people ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Colonial America ⓘ |
| culture | assimilated into Mohawk culture ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1696 ⓘ |
| dateOfCapture | 1704 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1785 (approximate) ⓘ |
| educatedIn | Mohawk language and customs ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
English colonist
ⓘ
Mohawk people ⓘ
surface form:
Kahnawake Mohawk
Mohawk ⓘ |
| event | forced march to Canada after Deerfield raid ⓘ |
| familyName | Williams ⓘ |
| father | John Williams ⓘ |
| givenName | Eunice ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
John Williams (minister of Deerfield)
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descendants in Kahnawake Mohawk community ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Colonial era in North America ⓘ |
| influenced |
American frontier captivity narratives
ⓘ
surface form:
New England captivity narratives
|
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Mohawk ⓘ |
| lifespan | circa 1696–1785 ⓘ |
| mother |
Eunice Mather
ⓘ
surface form:
Eunice Mather Williams
|
| notableEvent |
Deerfield Massacre
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surface form:
1704 Raid on Deerfield
|
| notableFor |
cultural assimilation into Mohawk and Catholic community
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remaining with her Mohawk captors instead of returning to her English family ⓘ symbolizing cross-cultural captivity in colonial North America ⓘ |
| partOf | history of King William's War and Queen Anne's War frontier conflicts ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Deerfield, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
|
| placeOfCapture |
Deerfield, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
|
| placeOfDeath |
Kahnawà:ke
ⓘ
surface form:
Kahnawake (near Montreal, New France)
|
| placeOfDetention |
Kahnawà:ke
ⓘ
surface form:
Kahnawake
|
| placeOfResidence |
Kahnawà:ke
ⓘ
surface form:
Kahnawake, near Montreal
|
| refused | permanent return to New England family ⓘ |
| religion |
Mohawk traditional religion
ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling | Stephen Williams ⓘ |
| spouse |
François-Xavier Arosen
NERFINISHED
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Mohawk man (Christianized) ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
New England and Canadian colonial histories
ⓘ
historical studies of captivity and cultural assimilation ⓘ |
| visitedBy | relatives from New England ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.