NINTH GENERATION

260. William DORTON ⁽⁷⁸⁾ was born in 1730. He died on 29 Mar 1782 in Dorton's Old Fort, Washington Co., VA. He has Ancestral File number N8K5-KL. He was Some Say His Wife Was John Benge's 1st Wife (Benge was Cherokee). He Died due to killed by indians.

261. Elizabeth LEWIS ? ⁽⁷⁸⁾ has Ancestral File number N8K5-LR. She was Some Say she Was John Benge's 1st Wife. Robert's father was John Benge, an Indian trader who lived among the Cherokee,
and his mother was Wurteh who was part of an influential Cherokee family. [Robert's
pedigree can be found in the genealogy database, "Our Ancestors."] John was
previously married to Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of William Terrell Lewis and Sarah
Martin, a prominent family originally from Virginia. Elizabeth's sister, Susannah Lewis
married John's brother, Thomas Benge. John and Elizabeth had several children at their
home in western North Carolina. These were William Lewis, Sarah, and Obadiah
Martin. Apparently, John was also living with Wurteh at his home with the Cherokee
(probably Toquo) and had several children born there. These were Robert, Utana "the
Tail," Lucy, and Tashliske. After Elizabeth and the Lewis family found out about John's
Cherokee family, their marriage was dissolved and Elizabeth latter remarried John
Fielder and had other children. Wurteh also had a child from a man whose last name
was Gist or Guess and their child became known to history as Sequoyah. Robert and
Sequoyah were half brothers. She was also known as Elizabeth WATTS. Children were:

i. Capt. William DORTON Jr. was born in 1750. He died in 1826. He was Killed Robert Benge (aka Chief Benge, Cherokee). Robert Benge was born circa 1760 probably in the Cherokee village Toquo to
John Benge and Wurteh, a Cherokee. Robert grew up to be the most notorious
Cherokee in history. He was so feared in the central Appalachian areas of present-day
Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee, that the settlers admonished their children by saying,
"if you don't watch out, Captain Benge will get you."
ii. Edward DORTON was born on 19 Mar 1751 in Powhatan Co., VA. He died on 25 Nov 1849.
iii. Jacob ? DORTON was born in 1752. He died in 1777.
130 iv. Moses DORTON.
v. Sally DORTON was born in 1757.

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