Comments on: Where are the Susquehannock?

By: Kirk henry

Kirk henry — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:16:01 +0000

I am also of Susquehannock decent. My great grandmother was Susquehannock from Gettysburg PA and she married a german man. I have no issues with how the blood line has been changed but I am very proud of being of such a family of great people. I also grew up in the PA area. If anyone would like to chat further about the Susquehannock tribe feel free to drop me a line via my website http://www.kirkhenry.com.

We are all very fortunate to have such a legacy to be proud of.

Kirk Henry

By: Daryll Hepford

Daryll Hepford — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:43:10 +0000

I am a descendant of the Susquehannock people. Growing up with a non-indian stepfather, we were not permitted to discuse our indian heritage. On my own I have researched and studied the American Indian, and especially the American Indians of Pennsylvania, having been born and growing up in Harrisburg. If there is anyone who has additional information on the Susquehannocks and would like to share, it would be greatly appreciated. I had talked to a Lenni Lenape who at the time was living in the Pittsburgh area, and found out that there are Susquehannocks living on a reservation near Miami, Oklahoma. They were sharing the res with Seneca. The number of Susquhannock at the time on the res was approximately 1,100.

By: Jim Morris

Jim Morris — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:57:38 +0000

In answer to Mats Karlsson… Michael and Mary are buired on a Hershey farm in Lancaster County, PA. If you contact me I’ll give you what details I have.. Jim Morris

By: Keith Hamilton

Keith Hamilton — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:45:54 +0000

Does anyone know of any Susquehannock settlements in Lancaster?

By: Mats Karlsson

Mats Karlsson — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:45:52 +0000

Hi!
I’m a journalist in Sweden, tracing ancestors in Pennsylvania. According to family legend, they hail from the last woman of the sesquehannocks. Do you know anything about descendants of Michael and Mary, who survived the 1763 massacres?

Best regards,
Mats Karlsson

By: Renee Waring

Renee Waring — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:38:31 +0000

I am a descendant of the Susquehannock People, and a member of the Bald Eagle Wolf Clan tribe of the Leni Lenape. Because my Delaware ancestor never lived on the reservation I cannot legally claim my ancestry from my ancestor and because my Susquehannock People were destroyed by the whites. I am what my family calls a through back, which means I show more Indian ancestry in my genes than the other members of my family. Unfortunatlly in this situation I’m lost. I can’t claim a lost history and I sure wish I knew where to turn. Have you heard of anyone else who is a descendant of the Susquehannock People?

By: Ray Nagle

Ray Nagle — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:00:20 +0000

I grew up along the southern Susquehanna in a small town called, York Haven. On the island (Brunner’s Island) formed by the Conewago Creek and the Susquehanna was the remains of a reputed Susquehannock Indian village as evidenced by the many artifacts uncovered over time, as well as during the construction of PP&Ls coal-fired electric generation plant on the island in the late 1950s/early 1960s. Arrow heads, complete battle axes, etc, were found by anyone who wanted to take the time to look. Attending school in York county, I, too, never recall studying the tribe.

By: peggy gormley

peggy gormley — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:34:49 +0000

I am from Hazleton PA and my great-great-grandmother was a Susquehannock who married a man named Blanchard from Port Blanchard PA. My mother tells me that there are farming families with at least some Susquehannock ancestry living in the valley between Hazleton, Berwick (which was a Susquehannock villlage) and the Susquehanna River itself.

Does anyone have any information about this?