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About Margaret Rebecca Preisz, Lenape
Married John Preiss in 1719 (Germantown?) (need citation) Some sources contend that "Margaret" was a full Native American, some that she was half European. This profile would benefit from a reliable citation. (see documents) (genealogical 'red flag': the profile of her mother seems to be generic... that is: w/o reference(s), dates, or any specifics whatsoever) If we do not know who the mother was, where she was born (etc) , we cannot claim that her daughter, "Margaret" was a full blooded Native American.
Background of Tribe
The Dutch came into contact with the Unami and Munsee Delaware in 1609 and the Swedes with the Unalachtigo in 1637. Both were succeeded by the English in 1664, but the most notable event in Delaware history took place in 1682 when these Indians held their first council with William Penn at what is now Germantown, Philadelphia. About 1720 the Iroquois assumed dominion over them and they were gradually crowded west by the white colonists, reaching the Allegheny as early as 1724, and settling at Wyoming and other points on the Susquehanna about 1742.
The Unami were apart of the Lenape (Delaware) Indian Tribe. The name Lenape often appears in the early writings with the adjective prefix lenni. The exact meaning of this word had been the subject of much discussion. Mr. Heckewelder is the best authority, and he says it means "original, pure." The tribe always insisted that it was the original Indian tribe or people. This distinction was conceded to them by many other tribes, even those of different linguistic stocks. The author had often heard them boast that they were the "Original men."
The Lenape were separated into three sub-tribes:
Minsi, or the Wolf.
Unami, or the Turtle.
Unalachtigo, or the Turkey.
The word Minsi signifles "people of the stony country," mountaineers, for the Minsi lived when first known to white men in the hill country about the head of the Delaware River. They were spoken of as Monseys, Minisinks, Munsees, and Muncies by the early writers.
The word Unami means "the people down the river." This people lived on the Delaware River below the Lehigh.
The word Unalachtigo implies a "people who live near the ocean." They lived originally near the present site of Wilmington, Delaware.
It was with the Unami and the Unalachtigo that William Penn made his famous treaty. The Minsi had no part in that transaction. It was not until 1737 that they were called on for cessions of land.
The Wolf, the Turtle, and the Turkey were then totemic animals of the Delawares. In theory the Minsi sub-clan were descended from the Wolf—not the wolf as we know it, but an ancient animal with supernatural powers. And so with the Unami, and Unalachtigo; they came from the Turtle and the Turkey. The Unami were accorded the most honorable place, being descended from the great Turtle, the primal being, older than the earth as we know it, and who yet bears the world on its back as it stands deep in the primeval ocean. And these animals were referred to in metaphor—by or to some property or characteristic they possessed—and the metaphorical expression attached to the subclans, thus:
Wolf, Tuk-sit, Round-paw.
Turtle, Pa-ko-an-go, The Crawler.
Turkey, Pul-la-ue, Non-chewing.
The sub-tribes are composed of clans—or are separated into clans or gentes. Each sub-tribe had twelve clans, as follows:
I. Wolf
Mä-an´-greet, Big feet.
Wee-sow-het´-ko, Yellow Tree.
Pa-sa-kun-a´-mon, Pulling Corn.
We-yar-nih´-kä-to, Care Enterer.
Toosh-war-k´-ma, Across the River.
O-lum´-a-ne, Vermilion.
Pun-ar´-you, Dog Standing by Fireside.
Kwin-eek´-cha, Long Body.
Moon-har-tar´-ne, Digging.
Mon-har´-min, Pulling up Stream.
Long-ush-har-kar´-to, Brush Log.
Maw-soo-toh´, Bringing Along.
II. Turtle
O-ka-ho´-ki, Ruler.
Ta-ko-ong´-o-to, High Bank Shore.
See-har-ong´-o-to, Drawing down Hill.
Ole-har-kar-me-kar-to, Elector.
Mar-har-o-luk-ti, Brave.
Toosh-ki-pa-kwis-i, Green Leaves.
Tung-ul-ung´-si, Smallest Turtle.
We-lun-ung´-si, Little Turtle.
Lee-kwin-a-i´, Snapping Turtle.
Kwis-aese-kees´-to, Deer.
Two clans have been long extinct, and their names have not been preserved.
III. Turkey
Mo-har-ä´-lä, Big Bird.
Le-le-w´-you, Bird's Cry.
Moo-kwung-wa-ho´-ki, Eye Pain.
Moo-har-mo-wi-kar´-nu, Scratch the Path.
O-ping-ho´-ki, Oppossum Ground.
Muh-ho-we-kä´-ken, Old Shin.
Tong-o-nä´-o-to, Drift Log.
Nool-a-mar-lar´-mor, Living in Water.
Muh-krent-har´-ne, Root Digger.
Mun-karm-huk-se, Red Face.
Koo-wa-ho´-ke, Pine Region.
Oo-chuk-ham, Ground Scratcher.
The Delaware composed in their own tongue, with the aid of hieroglyphics, the Walum Olum, a history of their tribe, and an account of its migrations. It is the only aboriginal record of the North American Indians. Its value is just beginning to impress students.
Taken from:
http://www.kansasgenealogy.com/indians/delaware_indian_tribe.htm
Lenni Lenape from the Unami Tribe of the Delaware Indian Maiden
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Margaret Rebecca Preisz, Lenape's Timeline
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1705
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Lower Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
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| 1723 |
December 11, 1723
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Indian Creek, Lower Salford Montgomer, PA, USA
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1724
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Indian Creek, Lower Salford, Philadelphia County (Present Montgomery County), Province of Pennsylvania
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1796
Age 91
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Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
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Price Cemetery, Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
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