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About Elizabeth Wife of Paxinosa
Was she the mother of Okawela Paxinosa Okawela Cornstalk.
Delaware Indian
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Paxinosa was married to a Moravian convert named Elizabeth,
https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...
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" PAXINOS, being only an embassador in this business, was satisfied, and even formed a closer acquaintance with the brethren. His wife, who heard the gospel preached daily, was so overcome by its divine power, that she began to see her lost estate by nature, and earnestly begged for baptism. Her hus band, having lived thirty-eight years with her in marriage, to mutual satisfaction, willingly gave his consent, prolonged his stay at Bethlehem, was present in the chapel, and deeply affected when his '''wife was baptized by Bishop Spangenberg.'''"
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River: Their Origin, Manners and Customs, Tribal and Sub-tribal Organizations, Wars, Treaties, Etc., Etc Page 306 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b7tAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=front...
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