William ‘Mantowapuct’ Tuspaquin

Biography

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William Tuspaquin was the oldest son of Tuspaquin, the Black Sachem, of the Wampanoag at Nemasket. In 1673, he and his father sold numerous tracts of tribal land, including a piece of property to John Sassamon as a home lot to base his proselytizing. Duane Hamilton Hurd, History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., 1884), 290-295.

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Tuspaquin and wife Amie2 had children as follows:

• 7. William,3 was so called by the English, though his Indian name was Mantowapuct. He joined in the deeds of conveyance of lands under dates of July 17, 1669, June 10, 1670, June 30, 1672, May 14, 1675. Mantowapuct alias William Tuspaquin, with Assaweta, Tobias and Bewat, for £10. sold to three English people at Barnstable a tract of land bounded on Quetaquash Pond, northerly of Quetaquash River and easterly of Suepetuitt Pond. He also joined his father in a deed of land to an Indian named Felix, a son-in-law of John Sassamon. That deed was dated March 11, 1673 (O. S.). So far as I can learn, he never married. It is thought he lost his life in King Philip's war, as he was alive up to May 14, 1675, and no mention is made of him after that date.
• +8. Benjamin,3 m. Weecum.

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
• https://nativenortheastportal.com/bio/bibliography/tuspaquin-black-... cites
  • Benjamin Church, The History of King Philip's War (Boston, MA: John Kimball Wiggin, 1865),
  • 32. Pierce, Indian History, Biography, and Genealogy, 187-201.
  • Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War,
  • 386. Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War (New York, NY: Pequin, 2006), 255, 309, 338-339.
• https://nativenortheastportal.com/bio/bibliography/tuspaquin-william
  • Duane Hamilton Hurd, History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., 1884), 290-295.