▁He ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁s ired ▁Se qu oy ah ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 0 ▁or ▁ 1 7 6 1 , ▁but ▁this ▁is ▁unlikely ▁because ▁the ▁Ang lo - Ch ero kee ▁War ▁was ▁ra ging ▁and ▁G ist ▁was ▁serving ▁in ▁Adam ▁Stephen ' s ▁colonial ▁Virginia ▁regiment ▁against ▁the ▁Ch ero ke es . ▁This ▁unit ▁advanced ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁Long ▁Island ▁before ▁peace ▁was ▁made ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁sides . ▁ ▁American ▁Revolution ary ▁War ▁ ▁Samuel ▁C . ▁Williams ▁believed ▁that ▁G ist ▁father ed ▁Se qu oy ah ▁around ▁ 1 7 7 5 ▁by ▁his ▁mother ▁W ur te h ▁W att s . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁John ▁W att s ▁and ▁W ur te h ▁Gi y os iko yo he , ▁and ▁sister ▁of ▁Double head . ▁Of ▁a ▁prominent ▁cl an , ▁she ▁was ▁also ▁related ▁to ▁Old ▁T ass el . ▁Williams ▁dismiss ed ▁the ▁story ▁that ▁Se qu oy ah ' s ▁father ▁was ▁an ▁it iner ant ▁German ▁ped d ler ▁by ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Gu ess . ▁He ▁noted ▁that ▁Se qu oy ah ▁went ▁by ▁George ▁Gu ess , ▁Gu est , ▁and ▁G ist , ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁finished ▁the ▁Ch ero kee ▁alphabet ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 1 ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁about ▁ 4 0 . ▁This ▁was ▁much ▁too ▁young ▁for ▁a ▁man ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 1 . ▁Williams ▁noted ▁that ▁a ▁letter ▁showed ▁that ▁in