John Norton (Mohawk chief), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Norton (Mohawk chief)

Iroquois leader

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

John Norton (Teyoninhokarawen) (born c.
1760s Scotland (?)- died after 1826, adopted as Mohawk) was a military leader of Iroquois warriors in the War of 1812 on behalf of Great Britain against the United States.
Commissioned as a major, he led warriors from the Six Nations of the Grand River into battle against American invaders at Queenston Heights, Stoney Creek, and Chippawa. Likely born and educated in Scotland, he had a Scottish mother and a father who was born Cherokee in Tennessee but raised from boyhood with the English.
Norton joined the British Army, serving in Ireland before being assigned to Lower Canada after the American Revolutionary War.
While there he became interested in the Six Nations of Grand River, ultimately learning the Mohawk language and culture and being adopted into the tribe.
In 1804 on a diplomatic trip representing the Iroquois to England, he translated the Gospel of John into Mohawk for the British and Foreign Bible Society; it was distributed in Upper Canada beginning in 1806.