Women / Persons ~ P11083

Nancy Van Alstine

Alternate Names:

Patriot Mother of the Mohawk Valley
Nancy Quackinbush

Gender: Female

Life Dates: d. 1831

Types:

Adventure, physical feat or survival
American (US)
Colonial, colonist in America
Heroine in war
Patriot
Wife, Honorable and Dedicated

Note: Author mentions her "superior intelligence" multiple times; home and neighborhood raided by Mohawk Natives, eventually the Mohawk left the settlers alone after Mrs. Van Alstine stood up to them

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Biographies (3 Total)

A Sterling Patriot Author: . Collection Title: Noble Deeds of American Women: With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent. 1851
Captive Scouts: Heroines of the Mohawk Valley Author: William Worthington Fowler . Collection Title: Woman on the American Frontier: A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the “Pioneer Mothers of the Republic”. . 1876
Nancy Van Alstine Author: Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet . Collection Title: The Women of the American Revolution. 1848