Elizabeth 'Gaontgunttwius' Parker, Seneca

Tonawanda Seneca/Wolf Clan

Wife of William Parker. Mother of Solomon, Spencer Cone, Levi, Nicholson Henry, Ely Samuel, Caroline G and Isaac Newton Parker.

Ely Samuel Parker (Ha-sa-no-an-da) was born in 1828 at Indian Falls on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation, near Akron, New York, the second of six children of a distinguished Seneca family. Greatness ran in his genes. His mother was''' Elizabeth Johnson (Ga-ont-gwut-ywus, c. 1786-1862), a Seneca Indian and member of the wolf clan'''. '''His maternal grandfather, Jimmy Johnson (So-So-Ha'-Wa), was a grandson of the Seneca prophet Handsome Lake, one of the major "speakers" of the Longhouse Religion (Gaiwiio) of the Iroquois. Ely Parker's father, Seneca Chief William Parker (Jo-no-es-do-wa, c. 1793-1864), was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a grandson of Old King Disappearing Smoke''', a prominent figure in the early history of the Seneca. 

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• Elizabeth - Gaontgunttwius Johnson Parker Find A Grave Memorial# 111342398
• Baptist Church Cemetery, Alabama, Genesee County, New York, USA Find A Grave
• Elizabeth Johnson.Ga-ont-gwut-twua. Wolf Clan. - Family of Elizabeth Johnson
• Family of Elizabeth Johnson

Birth: 1787 New York, USA Death: Feb. 23, 1862 Alabama Genesee County New York, USA

Daughter of Jemmy Johnson. Wife of William Parker. Mother of Solomon, Spencer Cone, Levi, Nicholson Henry, Ely Samuel, Caroline G and Isaac Newton Parker.

Enrolled member of the Seneca Nation/Wolf clan.

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Spouse:

 William Jonoesdona Parker (1793 - 1864)*

Children:

 Ely Samuel Parker (1828 - 1895)*

 Caroline G. Parker Mt. Pleasant (1828 - 1892)*

Burial: Baptist Church Cemetery Alabama Genesee County New York, USA

Created by: CathyJ1952 Record added: May 28, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 111342398