Mary "Molly" Ice (Bayles)

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Taken into Ohio by the Mohawk indians in 1745, adopted by an Indian chief. Said to have married a son of the chief and became the mother of Tecumseh, born in 1768

BUT

There is a commonly repeated story that the mother of Tecumseh was Mary Bayles, wife of Andrew Ice, son of Frederick Ice. As the story goes, Mary Bayles, was stolen by the Indians and returned several years later with a 2 year old son whom she called Tecumseh. This story is easily contradicted since Mary Bayles was born in 1763, and Tecumseh was born in 1768. [2]. (NB the birth date is disputed).

References

• BAYLES, G. H. "TECUMSEH AND THE BAYLES FAMILY TRADITION." The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 46, no. 157 (1948): 647-55. Accessed August 11, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23372843.
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Tecumseh_Shawnee_%281%29
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 11 2023, 23:12:59 UTC