I am trying to locate some sort of documentation that Rebecca Susannah Turpin Welch 1680-1728 was actually the daughter of Old Hop Kanagatoge.
Does anyone have any valid documentation of this? She married my 8th Great Grandfather and I do have the Native American DNA gene that would match her line.
Any information would be appreciated.
Chief Kanagatoga (Old Hop) "Standing Turkey, Cunne Shote" Cherokee
Known as: Old Hop, Connecorte, Standing Turkey
Kanagatoga/Connecorte, the Cherokee chief called ‘Old Hop’ by whites due to a limp from an early injury, was born in the Chota/Overhill area of the Cherokee Nation about 1690. His birth year is estimated based on the many references to his advanced age in correspondence from the 1750’s. [1].
Little is known about his family. He had at least two sons, [2] mentioned (without naming them) two sons and named two nephews in a speech, [3] but the specific identities of his parents, siblings, wife or wives, and the names of his children are NOT known.
Brown in ‘Old Frontiers’ states that the ‘Standing Turkey’ who led the Cherokee briefly after Old Hop’s death was also a nephew. [4]