Retrospectively speaking, back when Donald Warren Stevens Jr. was asking me for any genealogical information of what I had on the Phillips family, I had at-that-time, sent to him a CD of scanned pages of the entire content of Winifred A. (nee: Jerome) Yaratz's 2006 printed book, she had compiled, of varied unsubstantiated oral tidbits, articles etc but this book was obviously a pro-Homer Walter St. Francis Sr. / "Abenaki" bias.
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Winifred A. (nee: Jerome) Yaratz's genealogical descent from Peter Phillips Sr. (b. ca. 1832 - 1906)
Now, I want you to NOTICE a particular sentence:
"Old Pete Phillips was listed in the New York census as race Indian in the year 1870."
So, when Frederick Matthew Wiseman, began to write up his "crap" (imho) (ca. 2005-2011) regarding these 4 "Abenaki" groups in Vermont, creating these 4 groups their Applications for Vermont State Recognition, he IMPLIED (because I had given Donald Warren Stevens Jr. the Yaratz compiled book) that I had 'vetted' or validated the Yaratz book content therein. (HARDLY!)
Suffice it to say I that have begun that task (as time allows), on several points. In particular the above sentence, out of curiosity.
I could not find a Peter Phillips in the 1870 NY State Census, but I did find a Peter Phillips in June 1880.
I think this is the New York State Census that the author Yaratz incorrectly cited on her Page 25.
Pierrepont is a town and hamlet in St. Lawrence County, New York.
Peter Phillips, age 52, I = Indian, Laborer, Married, He and his parents born in New York State.
Elizabeth " " , age 41, I = Indian, Wife, Married, She and her parents born in New York State.
And their son's John (21) and Fred (14).
Now, yes, the Vermont 'Peter Phillips' in Peacham/Danville, Vermont did in fact, marry an "Eliza" (nee: Way), whom was sister to Sarah (nee: Way) Sweetser, Helen (nee: Way) Burbank - Woodward - Nunn - Sweetser, and Ivy (nee: Way) Littlefield - Phillips - Bell.
And yes, in fact, Peter and Eliza's son Joseph Phillips did in fact, marry to his mother's sister Ivy. Their daughter was Christie May (nee: Phillips) mentioned in the Vermont Eugenics SURVEY. And Christie did in fact MARRY to David Sweetser contrary to the V.E.S. field researcher, H.E.A. !!
But how I digress ...
Was this NY "Peter Phillips" actually the Peter Phillips who was IN Vermont, and the son of Antoine Philips Sr. and Catherine Emery dit Coderre?
Oh, LOOK, there is a Peter Phillips (alias) Joseph Tarbell, and his widow Elizabeth !!
So riddled with distortions and myth, its not even substantiated on several levels.
Genealogically-speaking a lot of the dates of birth for Antoine Sr. and his son Peter Sr. have been invalidated by decent genealogical research.
Genealogically-speaking a lot of the dates of birth for Antoine Sr. and his son Peter Sr. have been invalidated by decent genealogical research.
Don Stevens was going by what he got from the Eugenics Survey Records when he created this chart, and the information in it he got from Judy (nee: Fortin) Dow, Nancy Gallagher, and me, Douglas Buchholz.
Oh, LOOK, there is a Peter Phillips (alias) Joseph Tarbell, and his widow Elizabeth !!
So this Pierrepont, St. Lawernece County, NY 1880 "Peter Phillips" was a St. Regis Mohawk ...
CIVIL WAR:
AE 73 yrs; Co. K. 6th N.Y. Regt. N.H. Vol.
Name: Joseph Tarbell
Age at Enlistment: 36 years
Enlistment Date: 5 Jan 1864
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: New Hampshire
Was Wounded?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company K, New Hampshire 6th Infantry Regiment on 05 Jan 1864. Mustered out on 05 Jan 1865 at Hancock Station, VA.
Birth Date: abt 1828
Sources: Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65
The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War
(NOW we're getting somewhere, as to his identity)
The next step was to order his Civil War Pension Records from National Archives on January 03, 2018.
And this is partially what the content of that man's Civil War Military Pension Records provided:
Deposition of Samuel J. Grow:
Case of Joseph Tarbell alias John/Peter Phillips No. 226.410
On the fourth day of January 1895 ... at Hogansburgh, Franklin County, New York, before me, W. A. Martin, a Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared, S. J. Grow, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogations propounded to him during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension claim, deposes and says:
"I am 51 years of age, a Merchant, Residence and Post Office address, Hogansburg, New York.
Yes, I know Joseph Tarbell, or Joe Whiskey, or Joe Phillips, and Peter Phillips. Knew he lived near Edwards, New York."
Conclusion: Peter Phillips of Edwards, NY, born at St. Regis, the Ahkwesáhsne Mohawk Community, was known and went by the names Joseph Tarbell, Joe Whiskey, John Phillips and or Peter Phillips.
MARRIAGE RECORD:
Ste. Regis, Huntington County, Quebec, Canada
15 Feb 1858
Joseph "Onenharekehte" / Pierre (Joe Whiskey; Joe Phillips; Peter Phillips) and his wife,
Elizabeth "Atonwentsine" (nee: Jackson) ...
Conclusion: The couple were married in a Canadian Catholic Parish, under their Mohawk names.
And indeed their son, Frank Tarbell / Phillips was born 15 May 1866 in Ahkwesáhsne !
Peter Phillips/ Joseph Tarbell married twice. Before Elisabeth "Atonwentsine" (nee: Jackson) ... Peter had married to Marie "Konwansatsion" (She was born June 02, 1833 and died January 26, 1854.
How do I know this? Because I wrote to the St. Regis Mission and asked politely.
As you can read for yourselves, Sarah "Buckshot" was a WITNESS along with her husband to the marriage of Joseph Tarbell/Peter Phillips and Elisabeth "Atonwentsine" (nee: Jackson) ... the very same day that Sarah herself got married to David Loran, also a Mohawk couple.
Now if folks have forgotten, it is the Partlow family descendants who also bastardized the narrative and truth about Charles Henry Partlow being "Abenaki" based on Allen Stratton's 1986 typed-up compiled information from the Alburgh, VT Town Records regarding the UNNAMED "FOUR INDIANS"
Four Alburgh Indians Data
Surprising, researching this Joseph Tarbell/"Peter Phillips" Mohawk man, interconnects with David Loran and his wife Sarah Buckshot !
Charles Henry Partlow was NEVER one of the 4 Indians mentioned in the Alburgh Town Records whatsoever. He was a Loyalist ! But that didn't stop the descendants from IMPLYING that he was "Abenaki" based on Allen Stratton's book ! LOOK at the ORIGINAL TOWN RECORD. Descendants are Meoldy Walker - Brook, Carollee Reynolds, Patsy (nee: Partlow) wife if Homer Walter St. Francis Sr., and Brent Reader ... all of them pointing their fingers at Stratton's 1986 book as "proof" (but was it really valid proof of their ancestor or they themselves being Abenakis? The answer is NO!)
The following are actual photocopies from the Catholic Parish Records for the cited Marriage of "Peter Phillips" and his wife Elizabeth, as well some information about their children:
CIVIL WAR:
AE 73 yrs; Co. K. 6th N.Y. Regt. N.H. Vol.
Name: Joseph Tarbell
Age at Enlistment: 36 years
Enlistment Date: 5 Jan 1864
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: New Hampshire
Was Wounded?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company K, New Hampshire 6th Infantry Regiment on 05 Jan 1864. Mustered out on 05 Jan 1865 at Hancock Station, VA.
Birth Date: abt 1828
Sources: Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65
The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War
(NOW we're getting somewhere, as to his identity)
The next step was to order his Civil War Pension Records from National Archives on January 03, 2018.
And this is partially what the content of that man's Civil War Military Pension Records provided:
Peter Phillips:
"I was born in St. Regis, New York. I am an Indian by birth. My Indian name is Na-Ra-Ka-Tah-aāl.
"I was born in St. Regis, New York. I am an Indian by birth. My Indian name is Na-Ra-Ka-Tah-aāl.
I enlisted as Joseph Tarbell. I am called Peter Phillips in this neighborhood. I have followed farming. I have lived in St. Regis, Colton, Lewisburg, South Edwards, Canton - all these places are in this vicinity."
Conclusion: "Peter Phillips" was an Ahkwesáhsne Mohawk man, named Joseph Tarbell who went by the name "Peter Phillips".
Case of Joseph Tarbell alias John/Peter Phillips No. 226.410
On the fourth day of January 1895 ... at Hogansburgh, Franklin County, New York, before me, W. A. Martin, a Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared, S. J. Grow, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogations propounded to him during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension claim, deposes and says:
"I am 51 years of age, a Merchant, Residence and Post Office address, Hogansburg, New York.
Yes, I know Joseph Tarbell, or Joe Whiskey, or Joe Phillips, and Peter Phillips. Knew he lived near Edwards, New York."
Conclusion: Peter Phillips of Edwards, NY, born at St. Regis, the Ahkwesáhsne Mohawk Community, was known and went by the names Joseph Tarbell, Joe Whiskey, John Phillips and or Peter Phillips.
MARRIAGE RECORD:
Ste. Regis, Huntington County, Quebec, Canada
15 Feb 1858
Joseph "Onenharekehte" / Pierre (Joe Whiskey; Joe Phillips; Peter Phillips) and his wife,
Elizabeth "Atonwentsine" (nee: Jackson) ...
Conclusion: The couple were married in a Canadian Catholic Parish, under their Mohawk names.
And indeed their son, Frank Tarbell / Phillips was born 15 May 1866 in Ahkwesáhsne !
Peter Phillips/ Joseph Tarbell married twice. Before Elisabeth "Atonwentsine" (nee: Jackson) ... Peter had married to Marie "Konwansatsion" (She was born June 02, 1833 and died January 26, 1854.
How do I know this? Because I wrote to the St. Regis Mission and asked politely.
As you can read for yourselves, Sarah "Buckshot" was a WITNESS along with her husband to the marriage of Joseph Tarbell/Peter Phillips and Elisabeth "Atonwentsine" (nee: Jackson) ... the very same day that Sarah herself got married to David Loran, also a Mohawk couple.
Now if folks have forgotten, it is the Partlow family descendants who also bastardized the narrative and truth about Charles Henry Partlow being "Abenaki" based on Allen Stratton's 1986 typed-up compiled information from the Alburgh, VT Town Records regarding the UNNAMED "FOUR INDIANS"
Four Alburgh Indians Data
Surprising, researching this Joseph Tarbell/"Peter Phillips" Mohawk man, interconnects with David Loran and his wife Sarah Buckshot !
Charles Henry Partlow was NEVER one of the 4 Indians mentioned in the Alburgh Town Records whatsoever. He was a Loyalist ! But that didn't stop the descendants from IMPLYING that he was "Abenaki" based on Allen Stratton's book ! LOOK at the ORIGINAL TOWN RECORD. Descendants are Meoldy Walker - Brook, Carollee Reynolds, Patsy (nee: Partlow) wife if Homer Walter St. Francis Sr., and Brent Reader ... all of them pointing their fingers at Stratton's 1986 book as "proof" (but was it really valid proof of their ancestor or they themselves being Abenakis? The answer is NO!)
The following are actual photocopies from the Catholic Parish Records for the cited Marriage of "Peter Phillips" and his wife Elizabeth, as well some information about their children:
Joseph Onenharekehte Tarbell/ "Peter Phillips", the Ahkwesáhsne Mohawk man, his two spouses, and children from the second spouse, are clearly visible, moving around, identifiable in the records.
We can even see Joseph Onenharekehte in the 1851 Ste. Regis Mohawk Community (on the Quebec side), age 24 years old.
July 07, 1896
Norwood News Newspaper
And here ends the narrative of this "Peter Phillips" / Joseph Tarbell / "Joe Whiskey"
April 22, 1915
Now to the point of this posting ...
Don Stevens, chief of the Nulhegan ponied up to the Vermont State Legislature, with the help of his idiot Professor, Fred Wiseman Ph.D. whom IMPLIED in the Recognition materials that I, Douglas Lloyd Buchholz, had vetted / validated what Winifred (nee: Jerome) Yaratz had compiled in her book of 2006. And they ran with what I gave to Don Stevens Jr. to the naive Vermont Politicians, with her book.
And Don Stevens Jr. has been propping up this NY Federal Census Page of Peter Phillips the Indian, right along with Winifred (nee: Jerome) Yaratz, as if it PROVES that their ancestor, by the same name, were one and the same. Pointing to this Census of the Mohawk Indian, as if this validated somehow that their ancestor Peter Phillips was an Indian of the Abenaki Tribe.
In retrospect a Phillips Descendant of Peter Phillips Sr. (ca. 1832-1906), son of Antoine and Catherine, had shared this with me, here in Vermont:
Donald W. Stevens Jr:
"Those people who do not believe we are Indian, there will never be enough proof you can provide to them to satisfy their doubts. For people who may doubt us going forward, all I have to say is that independent Historians, Scholars, and a Genealogist looked at our petition for recognition in the State of Vermont, the House and the Senate verified the results, the Attorney General gave his nod, and the Governor officially recognized us as Indian. We have proven ourselves to the satisfaction of the Government and that is good enough for me. No one else has to prove their lineage except Indians and we have done that. So moving forward, just accept the fact that you are of Indian lineage and tell your children and grandchildren the same. You have a Nulhegan tribal card to prove it and that tribal card was not easily obtained without all of the checks and balances behind it. So whatever you may or may not believe about your past, as of 2011 you and your children are officially Indian!"
Operative Words: Looked at ...
I could have LOOKED AT that Census and IMPLIED that was (Antoine Phillips Sr. and Catherine Coderre's son) Peter Phillips, and SAID that he was "Indian" and an "Abenaki" as well.
But where would be the HONOR and TRUTH be in doing so?
Considering the above information that you all just reviewed !!!
What "independent" Historians ... Scholars? What Genealogist? How did the Vermont Legislative House and or Senate verify the results?
The Vermont Legislature and Governors simply gave their sleazy vote and created FAKE ABENAKIS from 2006 to 2012.
Proved what? That you are LIARS and DECEIVERS! (imho) That you are TRYING TO TURN MOHAWKS into "Abenakis" of Vermont?
"Checks and Balances" behind getting a FAKE "Abenaki" Membership Card. Taking a cue from Homer is what Don Sevens Jr. is doing. Heck, even the Bruchac's aren't Abenaki regardless of their phony narratives about Bowman's.
Don Stevens Jr. isn't doing ANY "checks and balances" genealogically of even his own relatives! Let alone evaluating the validity of what he's been "pushing" to those Phillips relatives, as "evidence" / "proof" in his own hands. He's deceiving his own relatives; and he's giving out membership cards to anyone. (Just like Homer Walter St. Francis Sr. and Michael Delaney did, over in Swanton, Vermont!)
Birds of a feather, flock together ... as some would say.
Donald Warren Stevens Jr. is not telling the TRUTH regarding this recognition "business"... He has been IMPLYING about who this 'Peter Phillips' was in the 1880 Census over in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, NY ... using it as "evidence" to the sleazy lazy Vermont Politicians, and even to his own Phillips cousins as if this were his own ancestor!!!
The Phillips descendants NEED to be aware of the bastardization of their own ancestral history, if they care enough to stop and listen to their ancestors, instead of to Don Stevens Jr.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry or simply continue to be disgusted at the absurdity of the "chief" of the Nulhegan group, that came from Homer's group, doing this nonsense.
Public Radio Host to Speak at Graduation
Middlebury Will Award Five Honorary Degrees at Graduation
"Donald W. Stevens, chief of the Nulhegan Band of Vermont’s Coosuk - Abenaki Nation, is also one of the planned recipients of an honorary degree from Middlebury College. He is a respected Abenaki leader in Vermont who has been instrumental in raising awareness of the rich Abenaki heritage as well as securing legal recognition for the Abenaki people and their lands. Stevens also has more than 27 years of experience developing information technology, logistics, and manufacturing strategies for multi-million-dollar companies, is a U.S. Army Veteran and served two terms on the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs, the second as chair.
The degree bears both personal and cultural significance, Donald Stevens told The Campus. “Neither of my parents were able to graduate high school because they had to work to support the family and help feed their siblings. My sisters were able to graduate high school but I am the only one in the family that was able to go to college and complete my degree after I completed my Military Service,” he said.
Donald Stevens also addressed Middlebury students directly. “Stay in touch with what made you who you are and this beautiful planet of ours. It is the only one we have and must be looked after for future generations,” he said.
The Middlebury College Commencement ceremony will take place on the main quadrangle at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 26, 2019. More than 5,000 family members and friends are expected to attend."
Don Stevens, chief of the Nulhegan ponied up to the Vermont State Legislature, with the help of his idiot Professor, Fred Wiseman Ph.D. whom IMPLIED in the Recognition materials that I, Douglas Lloyd Buchholz, had vetted / validated what Winifred (nee: Jerome) Yaratz had compiled in her book of 2006. And they ran with what I gave to Don Stevens Jr. to the naive Vermont Politicians, with her book.
And Don Stevens Jr. has been propping up this NY Federal Census Page of Peter Phillips the Indian, right along with Winifred (nee: Jerome) Yaratz, as if it PROVES that their ancestor, by the same name, were one and the same. Pointing to this Census of the Mohawk Indian, as if this validated somehow that their ancestor Peter Phillips was an Indian of the Abenaki Tribe.
In retrospect a Phillips Descendant of Peter Phillips Sr. (ca. 1832-1906), son of Antoine and Catherine, had shared this with me, here in Vermont:
Donald W. Stevens Jr:
"Those people who do not believe we are Indian, there will never be enough proof you can provide to them to satisfy their doubts. For people who may doubt us going forward, all I have to say is that independent Historians, Scholars, and a Genealogist looked at our petition for recognition in the State of Vermont, the House and the Senate verified the results, the Attorney General gave his nod, and the Governor officially recognized us as Indian. We have proven ourselves to the satisfaction of the Government and that is good enough for me. No one else has to prove their lineage except Indians and we have done that. So moving forward, just accept the fact that you are of Indian lineage and tell your children and grandchildren the same. You have a Nulhegan tribal card to prove it and that tribal card was not easily obtained without all of the checks and balances behind it. So whatever you may or may not believe about your past, as of 2011 you and your children are officially Indian!"
Operative Words: Looked at ...
I could have LOOKED AT that Census and IMPLIED that was (Antoine Phillips Sr. and Catherine Coderre's son) Peter Phillips, and SAID that he was "Indian" and an "Abenaki" as well.
But where would be the HONOR and TRUTH be in doing so?
Considering the above information that you all just reviewed !!!
What "independent" Historians ... Scholars? What Genealogist? How did the Vermont Legislative House and or Senate verify the results?
The Vermont Legislature and Governors simply gave their sleazy vote and created FAKE ABENAKIS from 2006 to 2012.
Proved what? That you are LIARS and DECEIVERS! (imho) That you are TRYING TO TURN MOHAWKS into "Abenakis" of Vermont?
"Checks and Balances" behind getting a FAKE "Abenaki" Membership Card. Taking a cue from Homer is what Don Sevens Jr. is doing. Heck, even the Bruchac's aren't Abenaki regardless of their phony narratives about Bowman's.
Don Stevens Jr. isn't doing ANY "checks and balances" genealogically of even his own relatives! Let alone evaluating the validity of what he's been "pushing" to those Phillips relatives, as "evidence" / "proof" in his own hands. He's deceiving his own relatives; and he's giving out membership cards to anyone. (Just like Homer Walter St. Francis Sr. and Michael Delaney did, over in Swanton, Vermont!)
Birds of a feather, flock together ... as some would say.
Donald Warren Stevens Jr. is not telling the TRUTH regarding this recognition "business"... He has been IMPLYING about who this 'Peter Phillips' was in the 1880 Census over in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, NY ... using it as "evidence" to the sleazy lazy Vermont Politicians, and even to his own Phillips cousins as if this were his own ancestor!!!
The Phillips descendants NEED to be aware of the bastardization of their own ancestral history, if they care enough to stop and listen to their ancestors, instead of to Don Stevens Jr.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry or simply continue to be disgusted at the absurdity of the "chief" of the Nulhegan group, that came from Homer's group, doing this nonsense.
Public Radio Host to Speak at Graduation
Middlebury Will Award Five Honorary Degrees at Graduation
"Donald W. Stevens, chief of the Nulhegan Band of Vermont’s Coosuk - Abenaki Nation, is also one of the planned recipients of an honorary degree from Middlebury College. He is a respected Abenaki leader in Vermont who has been instrumental in raising awareness of the rich Abenaki heritage as well as securing legal recognition for the Abenaki people and their lands. Stevens also has more than 27 years of experience developing information technology, logistics, and manufacturing strategies for multi-million-dollar companies, is a U.S. Army Veteran and served two terms on the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs, the second as chair.
The degree bears both personal and cultural significance, Donald Stevens told The Campus. “Neither of my parents were able to graduate high school because they had to work to support the family and help feed their siblings. My sisters were able to graduate high school but I am the only one in the family that was able to go to college and complete my degree after I completed my Military Service,” he said.
Donald Stevens also addressed Middlebury students directly. “Stay in touch with what made you who you are and this beautiful planet of ours. It is the only one we have and must be looked after for future generations,” he said.
The Middlebury College Commencement ceremony will take place on the main quadrangle at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 26, 2019. More than 5,000 family members and friends are expected to attend."
So .... to get an "Honorary Degree" from Middlebury College, Don Stevens Jr. has done what exactly? ... to get that degree? Be nominated? Throw his name into a hat?
Sorry Middlebury College ... but you are giving an Honorary Degree, not to an Abenaki chief, but to a Black Man's descendant, because Peter Phelps, who died in St. Albans, VT November 1865 was born out of SLAVERY, and brought up to Sheldon (formerly Hungerford), Franklin County, Vermont by Elnathan Keyes in the company of the Sheldon Family from Connecticut !!!
But hey, who cares about TRUTHFUL REALITY these days eh?!
Vermonters are too stupid to smell the BS by these "Abenaki" "chief's" (imho)
You do 'see' now how some of the Partlow descendants, claiming to be "Abenakis" are using Mohawk men from Ahkwesáhsne to allegedly substantiate their "Abenaki" identities based of identity theft. And now we see it with some of the Phillips descendants, not only appropriating identity theft of the Metallic ancestry, but also the Chief Philippe lineage, and NOW, with this Ahkwesáhsne Mohawk man Joseph Onenharekehte Tarbell/ "Peter Phillips" per this 1880 Census Record. It 's a bit odd, don't you think?
LIES
DISTORTIONS
BASTARDIZATION of the ABENAKI PEOPLE
RACE SHIFTING
ABENAKI IDENTITY THEFT
ABENAKI CULTURAL APPROPRIATION
And the "chief" of a State Recognized Incorporation started in 2004 gets an Honorary Degree from a Vermont College.
Totally Laughable and Insanity!
