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Chief Hokolesqua Wynepuechsika "Keigh-tugh-quah" Cornstalk 1710–1777 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1710

Birth Location: Wynepuechisika Village, Pennsylvania, British America

Death Date: 10 Nov 1777

Death Location: Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Kanawha, Virginia (Now West Virginia)

Father: Chief Cornstalk

Mother: NONOMA Carpenter

Spouse(s): Modeqwa Meskwachakee, Delaware Wife

Children(s): Wabethe Bigotter, Wapawasena CHALAKATHA-MCKOCHE, Chakweeweshe-Shakwiwewthi-Shakweewaythee-Chalakatha-Mekoche Otter, Mary Littleberry*, Sarah Adkins, Lewis Miller, Mary Cornstalk, Black Cornstalk

Chief Hokolesqua Wynepuechsika "Keigh-tugh-quah" Cornstalk was born in 1710 in Wynepuechisika Village, Pennsylvania, British America, the child of Chief Hokolesqua Opecham Stream Cornstalk And Nonoma Pasmere Shawnee Woman Cornstalk Carpenter. Chief Hokolesqua Wynepuechsika "Keigh-tugh-quah" Cornstalk married Delaware Wife, Modeqwa Meshiwapakoche Meskwachakee, and had children including Black Wolf Benewiska Cornstalk, Chakweeweshe Shakwiwewthi Shakweewaythee Chalakatha Mekoche Big Otter, Lewis Christian Miller, Mary Elizabeth Littleberry, Mary Polly Littleberry Blue Sky Cornstalk, Sarah Cornstalk Adkins, Wabethe Bigotter, Wapawasena White Otter Chalakatha Mckoche. Chief Hokolesqua Wynepuechsika "Keigh-tugh-quah" Cornstalk passed away in 1777 in Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Kanawha, Virginia (Now West Virginia).

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Biography

  • Chief Hokolesqua Wynepuechsika "Keigh-tugh-quah" Cornstalk was born in 1710 in Wynepuechisika Village, Pennsylvania, British America, the child of Chief Hokolesqua Opecham Stream Cornstalk And Nonoma Pasmere Shawnee Woman Cornstalk Carpenter.
  • Chief Hokolesqua Wynepuechsika "Keigh-tugh-quah" Cornstalk married Delaware Wife, Modeqwa Meshiwapakoche Meskwachakee, and had children including Black Wolf Benewiska Cornstalk, Chakweeweshe Shakwiwewthi Shakweewaythee Chalakatha Mekoche Big Otter, Lewis Christian Miller, Mary Elizabeth Littleberry, Mary Polly Littleberry Blue Sky Cornstalk, Sarah Cornstalk Adkins, Wabethe Bigotter, Wapawasena White Otter Chalakatha Mckoche.
  • Chief Hokolesqua Wynepuechsika "Keigh-tugh-quah" Cornstalk passed away in 1777 in Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Kanawha, Virginia (Now West Virginia).

Immediate Family

Parents

Chief Cornstalk
1628–1695
Birth Location: Shawnee Nation, Now Frederick, Virginia, USA
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NONOMA Carpenter
1637–1679
Birth Location: Shawnee, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Modeqwa Meskwachakee
1720–1766
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Delaware Wife
1695–
Birth Location: –
DW

Children(s)

Wabethe Bigotter
1742–1775
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, United States
WB
Wapawasena CHALAKATHA-MCKOCHE
1740–1774
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
WC
Chakweeweshe-Shakwiwewthi-Shakweewaythee-Chalakatha-Mekoche Otter
1744–1774
Birth Location: Ohio
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Mary Littleberry*
1740–1817
Birth Location: Richland, Goochland, Virginia, United States
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Sarah Adkins
1750–1794
Birth Location: Montgomery, Virginia
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Lewis Miller
1742–1830
Birth Location: Buckingham, Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, USA
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Mary Cornstalk
1735–1791
Birth Location: Richland, Goochland, Virginia, United States
MC
Black Cornstalk
1740–1830
Birth Location: Shawnee, Perry, Ohio
BC

Chief Cornstalk's Ancestors

Self
Chief Cornstalk
1710–1777
Birth Place: Wynepuechisika Village, Pennsylvania, British America
Parents
Chief HOKOLESQUA Opecham Stream Cornstalk
1628–1695
Shawnee Nation, Now Frederick, Virginia, USA
NONOMA (Pasmere Shawnee Woman Cornstalk) Carpenter
1637–1679
Shawnee, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
* (Todara See Caniachkoo or) Kahniakehake
1570–1630
Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York, United States
* ((Norihiko Kaneko?) wife of Caniachkoo or ka Mohawk woman of Kanien'kehá ka of Turtle) Clan
1570–1635
Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Chief Cornstalk's Descendants

1.
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Chief (Hokolesqua Wynepuechsika "Keigh-tugh-quah") Cornstalk (1710–10 Nov 1777) m. Modeqwa (Meshiwapakoche) Meskwachakee (1720–1766) m. Delaware Wife (1695–)
  1. 1. Wabethe Bigotter 1742–1775 m. John Smith 1730–1775
    1. 1. Ann Smith 1754–1809 m. John Ewing 1747–1824
      1. 1. Sarah Ho 1770–1830 m. Samuel Holcomb 1774–1850 m. Gen. (Samuel Robert) Holcomb 1777–1867
        1. 1. William (A.) Holcomb 1813–1894 m. ELIZABETH ("BETSY") FAUGHER 1815–1857 m. Susan (Malinda) Flint 1837–1927
        2. 2. Sarah Holcomb 1821–1855 m. William (Eary) (Airy) 1817–1896
        3. 3. Samuel (Holcomb) Jr. 1810–1862 m. Nancy (Agness Augusta) Peery 1823–1885
        4. 4. Hannah Holcomb 1794–1890 m. John Eary 1805–1833
        5. 5. Agnes Holcomb 1809–1869
        6. 6. Ann (Smith) Holcomb 1805–1888
        7. 7. Anselm (Tupper) Holcomb 1803–1877
        8. 8. Anna Hooper 1804–1888
        9. 9. Jannat Holcomb 1807–1807
        10. 10. Olive Holcombe 1808–1825
        11. 11. Laura (D) Holcomb 1811–1888
        12. 12. Taphena Holcomb 1813–1883
        13. 13. John (Ewing) Holcomb 1817–1889
        14. 14. Calphurnia Holcomb 1819–1867
        15. 15. Edward (Tupper) Holcomb 1822–1895
        16. 16. Nancy Holcomb 1823–
        17. 17. Samuel (Robert Holcomb) Jr. 1823–1895
        18. 18. Stephen Holcomb 1815–1850
        19. 19. Joel (B) Holcomb 1836–
        20. 20. Henry Holcomb 1807–1846
        21. 21. Charles Holcomb 1826–1902
        22. 22. Nancy Holcomb 1808–1860
        23. 23. Samuel (Holcomb) Jr 1815–1877
        24. 24. M. (D.) Holcomb 1814–
      2. 2. Jeanet Ewing 1781–1855
      3. 3. William Ewing 1775–1858
      4. 4. Susannah Ewing 1776–1855
      5. 5. John (Smith) Ewing 1778–1837
      6. 6. Nancy (Ann) Ewing 1785–1858
      7. 7. Andrew Ewing 1787–1868
      8. 8. Elizabeth Ewing 1790–1852
      9. 9. Samuel Ewing 1797–1855
      10. 10. Lydia Ewing 1793–1872
      11. 11. Andrew Ewing 1770–
      12. 12. Jane Ewing 1770–1840
  2. 2. Wapawasena ("White Otter") CHALAKATHA-MCKOCHE 1740–1774
  3. 3. Chakweeweshe-Shakwiwewthi-Shakweewaythee-Chalakatha-Mekoche (Big) Otter 1744–1774
  4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth) Littleberry* 1740–1817
  5. 5. Sarah ("Cornstalk") Adkins 1750–1794
  6. 6. Lewis (Christian) Miller 1742–1830
  7. 7. Mary (Polly LIttleberry Blue Sky) Cornstalk 1735–1791
  8. 8. Black (Wolf Benewiska) Cornstalk 1740–1830

Chief Cornstalk's Timeline

2 Records

1710
1710
Birth of Chief Hokolesqua Wynepuechsika "Keigh-tugh-quah" Cornstalk in Wynepuechisika Village, Pennsylvania, British America
Wynepuechisika Village, Pennsylvania, British America
1777
10 Nov 1777
Age 67
Death of Chief Hokolesqua Wynepuechsika "Keigh-tugh-quah" Cornstalk in Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Kanawha, Virginia (Now West Virginia)
Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Kanawha, Virginia (Now West Virginia)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1710
    Event Place: Wynepuechisika Village, Pennsylvania, British America
    Record Source: Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. VI

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Nov 1777
    Event Place: Fort Randolph, Point Pleasant, Kanawha, Virginia (Now West Virginia)
    Record Source: Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. VI
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