Norton, John

Norton, John

1784 to 1825
Occupation(s): warrior | chief | schoolmaster | army officer | translator | author

gender: man
residences: Scotland | northeast United States | England | Ontario

Timeline


Flourished: 1784 to 1825

For update see Benn, Carl. A Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812: John Norton - Teyoninhokarawen. U of Toronto P, 2019.

Source(s):

Dictionary of Canadian Biography. .http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/norton_john_6E.html


Description

See also Benn, Carl. Missed Opportunities and the Problem of Mohawk Chief John Norton's Cherokee Ancestry. Ethnohistory, vol. 59, no. 2, spring 2012, DOI 10.1215/00141801-1536885

Context

Born to John Norton Sr, Cherokee and Christian Anderson, in or near Crail, Scotland; adopted by Joseph Brant