Born about in Shawnee nation, Ohio
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Ward
— married
1773 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 38
[location unknown]
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Biography
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This profile represents the Shawnee wife, possibly named "Sutawney" or "Tame Doe," of John Ward, a white man taken captive (at the age of 3) by and remained with the Shawnee. While one source does indicate that John "married among the Indians," [1] her name and the names of offspring (if any) appear to be Internet inventions.
- A previous version of this profile claimed, without source, that John Ward took (or was given) the name "White Wolf," married Sutawney "Tame Doe" and had by her:[2]
- Phebe Ward (m Reed)
- an unnamed child, gender not known
- Mary Ward
- Sutawney Ward (m Daugherty)
We seek reliable sources that identify the name of John Ward's Shawnee wife and the names of his children.
Research Notes
Some online sites conflate this Shawnee woman with the Cherokee mother of Nancy Nanyehi Ward, who was born in what are now North Carolina and Tennessee. A fictional account of Nancy Ward also named her mother as "Tame Doe."[3]
Sources
- ↑ Thwaites, Reuben G., Documentary History of Dunmore's War, 1774 (Pages 275, 344, 422 footnote) State Historical Society of Wisconsin; Sons of the American Revolution. Wisconsin Society; Kellogg, Louise Phelps, Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1905, Archive.org accessed November 9, 2014
- ↑ This online tree also makes these claims and also without any sources
- ↑ E Sterling King, The Wild Rose of Cherokee; or, Nancy Ward, “The Pocahontas of the West.” A Story of the Early Exploration, Occupancy and Settlement of the State of Tennessee; a Romance, Founded on and Interwoven with History, University Press; 1895.
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Nancy Ward Cemetery Benton Polk County Tennessee, USA
No one knows where Tame Doe is buried but Findagrave has a drawing of Nancy.
. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ward&GSfn=Nancy&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=2180&df=all&