Andrews/Cadle: Are there Indians in the family tree? And are we related to Robert E. Lee?

I grew up thinking that Grandma Andrews (Marvel Roberta Cadle) said she was part Indian (Native American, to be PC, but "I ain't got no couth" so I'll say Indian).  I wasn't confident about this memory until my cousin, Jaime, said the same thing!  I told Jaime that I have come across a story of Marvel's ancestors being captured (and some killed) by Indians during King Philips' War.  The story is with ancestors on the womens' side of the family (which I will go into more detail with, for all 4 of my grandparents, when I build a website).  Jaime also remembers talk of a possible relation to Robert E. Lee.  I don't remember ever hearing that, but I will be on the look-out for anything that might lead to that information.

Here is the history I have found of our ancestors and the Indians:
The woman that was captured was Hannah Dickinson, 1648 - 1705.  Here is the family line from Hannah to Marvel: Hannah Dickinson / Hannah Gillet / Hannah Taylor / Silas Hitchcock / Zera Hitchcock / Levi Hitchcock / Charles Hitchcock / Ruby Hitchcock / Marvel Cadle. 

The following is copied from various sources.
*****************************************************************************Frances Foote, daughter of Nathaniel Foote, the settler, was married to John Dickenson first of Wethersfield, (Conn.,) after wards of Hadley, (Mass,) in 1648, - by whom she had a family of children [John Dickenson was slain at the Falls Fight]. -- Hannah Dickenson, the eldest of the children, was born at Wethersfield, December 6, 1648, and was married to Samuel Gillett, of Hatfield, September 23, 1668. Mr. Gillett was lost at the “Falls Fight,” (the great fight with the Indians at Turner‘s Falls, on the Connecticut River,) May 19, 1676. His widow, Mrs. Hannah Gillett, was afterwords married to Stephen Jennings, of Hatfield, May 15, 1677, and was captured by the Indians and carried to Canada, September 19, 1677. She returned in 1678. Hencer, a daughter born soon after her return, was, very appropriately named “Captivity.”

[Hannah's father John Dickenson and her first husband Samuel Gillett had been killed by Indians at the Fall's Fight, later her second husband Stephen Jennings would be killed by Indians.]
[Hannah had been remarried only a few months when on 19 Sept. 1677 she and her 5-year old daughter Mary and her 4-year old son Samuel were captured during an Indian attack on Hatfield. Hannah was pregnant at the time. When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians in fear of ambush, her husband and Benjamin Wait set out together to recover the captives who were headed for Canada. After a journey that lasted all winter they reached Canada in January and negotiated a ransom with the French. There Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity Jennings on 22 Jan. 1678. Hannah returned home with her children in June 1678.[36] On 22 July 1710 Stephen Jennings while engaged in making hay was ambushed and killed by Indians at Brookfield. Captivity Jennings married Abigah Bartlett. He too was killed by Indians Oct. 1708.(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.an cestry.com/~bart/GILLET.htm)]

In or soon after the year 1690, Mr. Jennings removed with his family to Brookfield, (Mass.,) - a place which “has been famous for Indian inhabitants, Indian wars, and Indian barbarities,” - where on the 20th of July, 1710, he and five others, being at work in the meadow making hay, were sprung upon suddenly by the Indians, ++ and killed.

++ “The last mischief which was done by the Savages in Brookfield, was about the 20th of July, 1710. Six men, viz: Ebenezer Haward, John White, Stephen and Benjamin Jennings, John Grosvenor and Joseph Kellogg, were making hay in the meadows, when the Indians, who had been watching an opportunity to surprize them, sprung suddenly upon them, dispatched five of them, and took the other, (John White,) prisoner - White, spying [pg. xxvii] a small company of our people at some distance, jumped from the Indian that held him and ran to join his friends; but the Indian fired after him, and wonded him in the thigh, by which he fell; but soon recovering and running again. He was again fired at and received his death wound.” (History of Brookfield, by Rev. doct. Fiske, Pastor of the third church in that town.)

“The six men who in 1710, were killed in the meadows between this place and the south Parish, were buried in the Old Burying Ground, (which is situated about 80 rods southwest of the Meeting House.) The six graves are still discernable in the line next west of Mr. Cornelius White’s.” (Historical Discourse of Rev. Joseph I. Foote, Pastor of the first church of Brookfield, November 27, 1827.)

Pg. xxvii (The Foote Family by Nathaniel Goodwin)
His [Mr. Jennings] daughter “Captivity,” after she grew up to womanhood, became herself a captivator; inasmuch as she captivated Abijah Bartlett, of Brookfield, to whom she was married:- but, as if her fate was mysteriously linked with savage barbarity, he likewise was slain by the Indians, in October, 1708.
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For some interesting history on King Philips' War, go to: http://genealogical-gleanings.com/Phillip%27s%20War.htm


It doesn't sound to me like Grandma actually had any Native American heritage.  More likely this family history changed as it was verbally passed down through the years and the story of the capture and deaths of our ancestors became a belief that there was Native American in our family tree. 

Now to look into the Robert E. Lee story!!
Well I had fun looking into the possibility that we have Robert E. Lee in our family tree.  I searched high and low and couldn't find a strong branch to climb on (ha ha, get it, branch, tree. . .I crack myself up).  There is a hint of a connection to one of his sons by marriage.  His son, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, had a son named George Bolling Lee.  George married a woman named Helen Madeline Keeney.  We have Keeneys in Grandpa Andrews' (Harrison Earl Andrews) tree.  His great grandmother was Polly Mary Keeney, married to his great grandfather, Elijah Andrews Sr..  His 3rd great grandfather, Elisha Jr., was married to Jerusha Keeney.  I searched these Keeney lines for a link to Helen and couldn't find one.  I also searched for any connection to George and Helen's children and didn't find anything there.  I wouldn't rule out the possibility that Helen was a cousin.  If Helen Keeney was a cousin, I guess that would mean that George and Helen's children (Robert E. Lee's grandchildren) and their descendants are cousins, albeit much removed by now!