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Mary Jemison

American frontierswoman who was adopted in her teens by the Seneca

  • Fame48.5
  • Momentum2.2
  • Wikipedia3.6K
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Lived 1743–1833, aged 90United States
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  • Era
    1743–1833
    Aged 90
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Updated 2026-06-23

Mary Jemison (Deh-he-wä-nis) was a Scots-Irish colonial frontierswoman in Pennsylvania and New York, who became known as the "White Woman of the Genesee." As a young girl, she was kidnapped and adopted into a Seneca family, assimilating to their culture, marrying twice to Native American men and having children with both. In 1824, she published a memoir of her life.

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Momentum2.2
Historical4.9
Source confidence30.0
Completeness50.0
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