Sewatha Chartier

Birth: 1660 Lancaster County Pennsylvania, USA Death: 1759 Pennsylvania, USA

Sewatha Straight Tail (1660 - 1759) is my 7th great grandmother. She married Martin Chartier in 1686 in Illinois. Mrs. Mary Chartier Seaworth (1687 - 1732) Daughter of Sewatha Straight Charles Christopher Dibert (1719 - 1757) Son of Mrs. Mary Michael Diebert (1738 - 1824) Son of Charles Christopher Mary Magdalene Diebert (1791 - 1875) Daughter of Michael Isaac Wiant (1824 - 1898) Son of Mary Magdalene William Tecumseh Sherman Wiant (1864 - 1929) Son of Isaac Dorothy E Wiant (1904 - 1964) Daughter of William Tecumseh Sherman Betty Sue Moon (1925 - 2008) Daughter of Dorothy E Heather M Mcbride (me)- Daughter of Betty Sue Moon

A member of the Turtle Clan. 1677 - moved with band from mid-Ohio valley to Indiana-Illinois-Miami & I llinois River valleys 1689 - moved with band from Illinois-Indiana to Tennessee-North Carolin a-Kentucky Virginia corner 1693 - living in Cecil County, Maryland 1697 - living in Susquehanna Valley, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Spouse:

 Martin Chartier (1655 - 1718)

Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial Specifically: Still looking for information

Sewatha Straight Tail did not marry Col Alexander White Eagle (White Elk ) McKee the British Agent, fur trader

Chelsea C Neatrour Family Tree

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• Name: Sewatha Straight Tail
• Birth: 1660 - Lancaster, United States
• Death: 1759 - Pennsylvania, America (USA)
• Marriage: 1678 - Pennsylvania, America (USA)
• Parents: Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa, Opessa Pekowi Shawnee
• Spouse: Martin Chartier

• Birth 1 Jun 1655 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
  
• Death 1718 in Trading Post Present Columbia, York, Pennsylvania, United States
  
• son of: Rene Chartier (1621 – 16890 & Madeleine Reugier or Ranger (1625 – 1662)
  

Children:

• Mary Magdeline Chartier 1661 – 1720
• Madeleine Chartier 1678 –
• Charles Chartier 1680 –
• Jean Chartier 1686 –
• Mary Seaworth Chartier 1687 – 1732
• Peter Chartier 1690 – 1774
• Pierre Chartier 1690 – 1759
• Jacquette Chartier 1692

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Peter Chartier was born Pierre Chartier and was the son of Martin Chartier (1655-1718...

Peter Chartier's mother was Sewatha Straight Tail (1660-1759)[7] daughter of [Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa of the Pekowi Shawnee Straight Tail married a Pekowi woman in 1650, having the following children:

• Wolf Straight Tail: born about 1654.
  
• Sewatha Straight Tail: born about 1660 in Ohio, USA. Married to Martin Chartier about 1693. Died in 1759 in Illinois.
  
• Cakundawanna Straight Tail: born about 1662.
  
• Opessa Straight Tail: born about 1664. Great-grandfather of Tecumseh, famed Shawnee leader during the War of 1812.
  
• Snow White Straight Tail: born about 1666 in Ohio, USA.
  
• John White Straight Tail: born about 1670 in Ohio, USA.
  
• Daughter Straight Tail: born about 1680 in Illinois, USA.
  

Legacy and intermarriages

Unlike other Native American Chiefs before him, Straight Tail did not discourage interracial marriage. He encouraged a good relationship with the Europeans. His daughter, Sewatha, married a prominent French trader, Martin Chartier, who explored the Great Lakes region of America with Rene-Robert de la Salle. Other children and their descendants also married whites. His grandson was Peter Chartier, who was active in opposition to the British in the French and Indian War.

Because of these marriages, many of his modern-day descendants include people that have Caucasian features.

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This tree comes from the books: Green, Don with Schultz, Noel. Shawnee Heritage I. Second Edition. Published by Lulu.com. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4357-1573-8./ Green, Don. Shawnee Heritage II. First Edition, Published by Lulu.com. 2008. ISBN: 978-0-557-03605-9.

Straight Tail aka Meaurroway - Pekowi. He was born about 1630 in Ohio and died 1709 in PA. He was the husband in 1650 of a Pekowi Woman who had been born about 1635. Children:

• 3. Sewatha Straight Tail aka Seaworth, born 1660 Ohio and died after 1700 PA.

Wife in 1686 or1687 in Illinois of Martin Chartier adopted French.
Wife in 1676 of Martin Chartier adopted French.
Martin Chartier was born 1655 in France and died 1718 in Pennsylvania. He arrived in America in 1677 with his father, Rene, a brother, Peter, and a sister. He deserted in Ohio while on expedition to Illinois Territory.

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Unlike other Native American Chiefs before him, Straight Tail did not discourage interracial marriage. He encouraged a good relationship with the Europeans. His daughter, Sewatha, married a prominent French trader, Martin Chartier, who explored the Great Lakes region of America with Rene-Robert de la Salle. Other children and their descendants also married whites. His grandson was Peter Chartier, who was active in opposition to the British in the French and Indian War. Because of these marriages, many of his modern-day descendants include people that have Caucasian features. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Tail_Meaurroway_Opessa

May have been born in Ohio. A member of the Turtle Clan.

 1677 - moved with band from mid-Ohio valley to Indiana-Illinois-Miami & Illinois River valleys
 1689 - moved with band from Illinois-Indiana to Tennessee-North Carolina-Kentucky Virginia corner
 1693 - living in Cecil County, Maryland
 1697 - living in Susquehanna Valley, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Sewatha “Seaworth” Straight Tail Chartier
BIRTH
1660
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH
1759 (aged 98–99)
Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Still looking for information
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Sewatha Straight Tail (1660 - 1759)
is my 7th great grandmother. She married Martin Chartier in 1686 in Illinois.
Mrs. Mary Chartier Seaworth (1687 - 1732)
Daughter of Sewatha Straight
Charles Christopher Dibert (1719 - 1757)
Son of Mrs. Mary
Michael Diebert (1738 - 1824)
Son of Charles Christopher
Mary Magdalene Diebert (1791 - 1875)
Daughter of Michael
Isaac Wiant (1824 - 1898)
Son of Mary Magdalene
William Tecumseh Sherman Wiant (1864 - 1929)
Son of Isaac
Dorothy E Wiant (1904 - 1964)
Daughter of William Tecumseh Sherman
Betty Sue Moon (1925 - 2008)
Daughter of Dorothy E
Heather M Mcbride (me)- Daughter of Betty Sue Moon

A member of the Turtle Clan.
1677 - moved with band from mid-Ohio valley to Indiana-Illinois-Miami & I llinois River valleys
1689 - moved with band from Illinois-Indiana to Tennessee-North Carolin a-Kentucky Virginia corner
1693 - living in Cecil County, Maryland
1697 - living in Susquehanna Valley, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania