Eleanor (Lytle) Kinzie (abt. 1769 - 1834)

Descendants

Died 19 Feb 1834 at about age 65 in New York

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Biography

Eleanor (Lytle) Kinzie is Notable.

Eleanor Lytle was born born in Virginia about 1771.

Eleanor Lytle was the daughter of Col. William Lytle and his wife Ann. ... ^[1]…Note other data ( geni) has her parentage as John Lytle Sr and Rachel Kenney Lytle

At the age of 9 she was kidnapped by native Americans. These were Seneca Indians raiding near Pittsburg in 1779. Eleanor was adopted by Seneca Chief Cornplanter and remained with the Indians until about age 13 until Cornplanter relented to reunite her with her parents in Erie PA. The family subsequently relocated to the area of Detroit, then Ft Dearborn Michigan where Eleanor married ( twice) and with her second husband, John Kinzie who had helped to arrange her return to her parents, they became original settlers of what is now Chicago.

She died in New York City on 19 February 1834 aged 63 and was buried in St. John's Burying Ground, which no longer exists but is an urban paved lot.

Marriage

At the age of 14 years Eleanor Lytle was married to Captain McKillip, a British Army Officer.

Children

Children of Eleanor Lytle and Captain McKillip;

• 1. Margaret Lytle. b. abt. 1786.

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

• Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Lytle_McKillip_Kinzie
• https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/70896908/person/46286711169/facts
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 April 2021), memorial page for Eleanor Lytle Kinzie (1769–19 Feb 1834), Find A Grave: Memorial #132225824, citing Saint John's Burying Ground, New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA ; Maintained by Don M (contributor 47122049) .

An account of the capture and captivity of Eleanor https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41663/41663-h/41663-h.htm#Page_109