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History does not record the name of Massasoit’s wife or wives.
Massasoit had four children: son Wamsutta, who was born between 1621 and 1625; son Pometecomet, Metacomet, or Metacom; and daughters Amie and [unknown; sometimes listed as Sarah]. Soon after his death, Wamsutta and Pometecomet wrote to the general court Plymouth and asked the Pilgrims to give them English names.
Massasoit’s wife or wives had names seen as “Queen Saunka” and Annawon. No name is given by Peirce (below) in his genealogy.
GENEALOGY.
Indian History, Biography and Genealogy: Pertaining to the Good Sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag Tribe, and His Descendants
1. Massasoit, 1, alias Asameqiiin, or Osameqiiin, chief of tlie Wampanoag tribe of Indians at the time of the landing of the English at Plymouth, had children as follows :
- 2. Wamsutta,^ b. at date unknown; m. Namumpum, alias Tatapanum. alias Weetamoo, and sometimes called the Squaw Sachem of Pocasset. Wamsutta appears to have first received the name of INIoona- nam, which was changed in or about 1G41 to Wamsutta ; and a few years later he accepted from the English the name of Alexander. He d. in 1662. His wife, thus made a widow, contracted a second marriage with an Indian named Petonowo- wett; and as he took part with the English in King Philip's war, she left him and became the wife of a Narraganset Sachem named Quinapin whom the English put to death at Newport, R. L, Aug. 25, 1676. Weetamoo was drowned in Taunton River, Aug. 6, 1676. Her remains drifted on shore in the town of Swansea. (See pages 37 to 51 and 152.)
- 3. Metacom,^ alias Pometacom, who accepted from the English the name of Philip, but now better known in history as King Philip. The date of his birth is unknown. He m. Wootonekanuske, a sister of Weetamoo. What I have been able to glean of the personal histories of both, appears in former pages of this book. He was killed in battle near Mount Hope, in what is now the township of Bristol, R. I., Aug. 12, 1676. He had a son whose name at this time cannot be certainly ascertained. This son, while yet a child, was captured by the English and sold into slavery.
- 4. SoNKANUHOO,* who was perhaps identical with thrvbrother of King Philip said to have been slain at the fight in a swamp in Pocasset (afterwards Tiver- ton), July 18, 1675. (See page 102.) debunked; see below
- 5. A Daughter,^ whose name is to me unknown. She is said to have been captured by the En<dish, July 31, 1676. (Seepage lol.) 4
- 6. Amie,^ m. Tuspaquin, the Black Sachem.
Older genealogies and histories list a third son, Sunconewhew (or Sonkanuhoo). In 1996, that was definitively disproven by Terence G. Byrne and Kathryn Fairbanks.
References
- Peirce, Ebenezer Weaver, Mitchell, Zerviah G., Indian History, Biography and Genealogy: Pertaining to the Good Sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag Tribe, and His Descendants, David Clapp & Sons; Boston, Mass., USA; 1878, page 210. GoogleBooks
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massasoit
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokanoket
- http://sowamsheritagearea.org/wp/pokanoket-tribal-history/
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pokanoket-11
- https://docs.rwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=fcas_...
- https://www.worldhistory.org/Massasoit/ “ … the village, Massasoit was being tended by his wives and shamans and seemed close to death, but Winslow, through the use of Native American medicine and his own knowledge of healing, saved Massasoit's life and then tended to others who were also sick. When Massasoit had recovered, he told Winslow of a plot by neighboring tribes to attack the settlement at Wessagussett and then Plymouth. …”
- Byrne, Terence G. and Kathryn Fairbanks. "Sunconewhew: 'Phillip's Brother'?" Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 57, Issue 2, Fall 1996, pp. 50-57.
About mother of Massasoit’s children (Aramaic)
History does not record the name of Massasoit’s wife or wives.
Massasoit had four children: son Wamsutta, who was born between 1621 and 1625; son Pometecomet, Metacomet, or Metacom; and daughters Amie and [unknown; sometimes listed as Sarah]. Soon after his death, Wamsutta and Pometecomet wrote to the general court Plymouth and asked the Pilgrims to give them English names.
Massasoit’s wife or wives had names seen as “Queen Saunka” and Annawon. No name is given by Peirce (below) in his genealogy.
GENEALOGY.
Indian History, Biography and Genealogy: Pertaining to the Good Sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag Tribe, and His Descendants
1. Massasoit, 1, alias Asameqiiin, or Osameqiiin, chief of tlie Wampanoag tribe of Indians at the time of the landing of the English at Plymouth, had children as follows :
- 2. Wamsutta,^ b. at date unknown; m. Namumpum, alias Tatapanum. alias Weetamoo, and sometimes called the Squaw Sachem of Pocasset. Wamsutta appears to have first received the name of INIoona- nam, which was changed in or about 1G41 to Wamsutta ; and a few years later he accepted from the English the name of Alexander. He d. in 1662. His wife, thus made a widow, contracted a second marriage with an Indian named Petonowo- wett; and as he took part with the English in King Philip's war, she left him and became the wife of a Narraganset Sachem named Quinapin whom the English put to death at Newport, R. L, Aug. 25, 1676. Weetamoo was drowned in Taunton River, Aug. 6, 1676. Her remains drifted on shore in the town of Swansea. (See pages 37 to 51 and 152.)
- 3. Metacom,^ alias Pometacom, who accepted from the English the name of Philip, but now better known in history as King Philip. The date of his birth is unknown. He m. Wootonekanuske, a sister of Weetamoo. What I have been able to glean of the personal histories of both, appears in former pages of this book. He was killed in battle near Mount Hope, in what is now the township of Bristol, R. I., Aug. 12, 1676. He had a son whose name at this time cannot be certainly ascertained. This son, while yet a child, was captured by the English and sold into slavery.
- 4. SoNKANUHOO,* who was perhaps identical with thrvbrother of King Philip said to have been slain at the fight in a swamp in Pocasset (afterwards Tiver- ton), July 18, 1675. (See page 102.) debunked; see below
- 5. A Daughter,^ whose name is to me unknown. She is said to have been captured by the En<dish, July 31, 1676. (Seepage lol.) 4
- 6. Amie,^ m. Tuspaquin, the Black Sachem.
Older genealogies and histories list a third son, Sunconewhew (or Sonkanuhoo). In 1996, that was definitively disproven by Terence G. Byrne and Kathryn Fairbanks.
References
- Peirce, Ebenezer Weaver, Mitchell, Zerviah G., Indian History, Biography and Genealogy: Pertaining to the Good Sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag Tribe, and His Descendants, David Clapp & Sons; Boston, Mass., USA; 1878, page 210. GoogleBooks
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokanoket
- http://sowamsheritagearea.org/wp/pokanoket-tribal-history/
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pokanoket-11
- https://docs.rwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=fcas_...
- https://www.worldhistory.org/Massasoit/ “ … the village, Massasoit was being tended by his wives and shamans and seemed close to death, but Winslow, through the use of Native American medicine and his own knowledge of healing, saved Massasoit's life and then tended to others who were also sick. When Massasoit had recovered, he told Winslow of a plot by neighboring tribes to attack the settlement at Wessagussett and then Plymouth. …”
- Byrne, Terence G. and Kathryn Fairbanks. "Sunconewhew: 'Phillip's Brother'?" Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 57, Issue 2, Fall 1996, pp. 50-57.
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Pokanoket Village, Bristol, Massachusetts
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