From Wikitree website NOTES: While some See researchers refer to Frederick See as Frederick Michael See, documentary evidence supports the name John Frederick See/Zeh (see Marriage Records of Rev. J. Stoever), though most records and his mothers will use only his middle name Frederick. He did have a brother named Michael,however. Regar ding the birth date and birth place of Frederick See (Zeh), no direct evidence has ever been found as to what year he was born or the locality of his birth. Based upon certain circumstances, such as the year of his first marriage to Maria Stempel of 1744, his father reported on a List of Males Above the Age of 21 in Livingston Manor, New York in 1710-1711, and the known child-bearing years of women being 20-30 years duration, his year of birth could be estimated to have occurred between 1710 and 1725. Frederick being born before 1725 would place his birth in Schoharie, New York; and, birth occurring afterwards would have taken place in Tulpehocken, Chester County, Pennsylvania. An effort to uncover any existing records which prove the time and location of his birth is now underway, as of 03 Feb 2012. MUDDY CREEK MASSACRE: On Saturday, July 16, 1763, a party of 80 or 90 Shawnees, led by Chief Cornstalk and assisted by the Great War Chief Puksinwah, having crossed over the Ohio River, swept up the Kanawha on a murderous rampage. Simultaneously, they hit the 9 member See Family and the 6 member Felty Yocum Family.Suddenly the Indians appeared at the See cabin, with all the appearance of friendship, grinning and laughing. The Sees welcomed them, and as it was near mealtime they offered to share food with them. The Shawnees agreed, and when the meal was finished, they lounged around for a bit and rested. Suddenly with a whoop the Indians fell upon the whites, killing the father (Frederick) and the son-in-law, scalping them before the eyes of their families. Other men & older boys were also killed. The remaining family was placed under guard and hurried along the back trail to Old Town, Ohio. A monument commemorating the Muddy Creek Massacre in the area where it occurred, proclaims the names of Frederick Sea, Felty (Valentine) Yokum, and Joseph Carroll as victims. However, the earliest narrative on the Muddy Creek Massacre and the Clendenin Massacre, which was not written down until the year 1798, a full 35 years after the incident, by Col. John Stuart, does not give a great deal of detail as to exactly which persons were killed on Muddy Creek. This account was published in the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. XXII, Apr. 1914, No. 4., covering pages 229-234. Here is an excerpt on the happenings at Muddy Creek that day of 14th July in 1763: The Indians breaking out again in 1763, came up the Kanawha in a large body to the number of sixty and coming to the house of Frederick Sea on Muddy Creek, were kindly entertained by him and Felty Yolkum; not suspecting their hostile design were suddenly killed & their families, with many others made prisoners; then, proceeding over the mountain they came to Archibald Clendenens, who like Sea & Yolkum, entertained them until they put him to death, his family with a number of others living with him being all made prisoners or killed, not any one escaping except Conrad Yolkom who doubting the design of the Indians when they came to Clendenens took his horse out under the pretense of hobbling him at some distance from the house. Soon after, some guns were fired at the house and a loud cry raised the people, whereupon Yolkom, taking the alarm, mounted his horse and rode off as far as where the Court House now stands, and there beginning to ruminate whether he might not be mistaken in his apprehension, concluded to return to know the truth; but, just as he came to the corner of Clendenens fence some Indians placed there, presented their guns and attempted to shoot him; but, their guns all missing fire (he thinks at least ten) he immediately fled to Jacksons river alarming the people as he went, but few were willing to believe him. The Indians pursued after him and all that fell in their way were slain until they went on Carrs Creek now in Rockbridge County. So much were people in them days intimidated by an attack of the Indians that they suffered to retreat with all their Booty, and more prisoners than there was Indians in their party. An accounting of this and other early narratives of the incident may be found on the web site of the West Virginia State Archives at the following address: wvculture.org/history/cornstalkraid.html Here, also, it is presented that the actual date of the Muddy Creek Massacre was 14 July 1763, the day before the Clendenen Massacre, which occurred on 15 July 1763, rather than 26 June 1763, as is reported elsewhere. LAND HOLDINGS: 480 Acres surveyed on 24 Apr 1751 in Augusta County, Virginia. Parts of Augusta County later became Greenbrier County, Virginia.
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