Benjamin ll ‘Squinnamy Ousquinnamy’ Tuspaquin

Benjamin Tuspaquin II

• Alias(es): Benjamin Squinaway
• Father: Tuspaquin, Benjamin I & Mother: Weecum
• Spouse(s) Felix, Mercy
• Children: , Lydia, - 1812
• Tribes: Assawampsett/Titticut, Wampanoag
• Ethnicity: Indian

Biography

https://nativenortheastportal.com/bio/bibliography/tuspaquin-benjamin

Benjamin Tuspaquin was the son of Benjamin Tuspaquin and Weecum and a member of the Wampanoag community. He married Mercy Felix and had at least one daughter, Lydia. Both he and his wife apparently died when Lydia was young for the child was placed in the care of her grandfather when she was still at an early age. (Pierce, Indian History, Biography, and Genealogy, 213-215.)

Notes

https://www.nanations.com/massasoit/childrens-children.htm

Benjamin second, as I have at least suggested if not plainly stated, married Assawetough, a daughter of John Sassamon, the Indian alleged to have been murdered for disclosing to the whites King Philip's plan for a general uprising among the Indians; and who, according to tradition, was the same man who had given to him for his services in the Pequot war, and as his share of the spoils of that war, a "young little squaw," whom he afterwards married and who is said to be a daughter of Sassacus. If the family tradition which connects John Sassamon with the Massachusetts Indian of a somewhat similar name who served with the English in the war against Sassacus is reliable, it will be seen that this "young little squaw" became the mother of Assawetough or Mercy Felix, as she appears in history and tradition; and that their great grandchildren, the Mitchell family of Lakeville, are descended in the direct line, not only from Massasoit, but also from Sassacus, the Pequot Chief; for Benjamin and Mercy had ore daughter, named Lydia, who married an Indian named Walmsley and had five children.

References

• Pierce, 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, p. 213; GoogleBooks
• Petition of Zerviah Gould Mitchell to the Governor and Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts link