#nemasket

The marke of Tasomockon (Tuspaquin)

Wampanoag. Their homelands at Nemasket and Assawompset (in the areas today called “Middleboro” and “Lakeville, Massachusetts”).Their mark appearing here on a document dated 1651, and signed also by Ousamequin, the Massasoit, and Ousamequin’s son, Wamsutta (later also called Alexander). 

Tuspaquin’s kin: son of Pamontaquask.  A partner, Amie (daughter of Ousamequin), their sons, Benjamin and Wiliam Tuspaquin. 

This is our second post on Tuspaquin, whose mark is different across the two documents (dated 1651 and 1664) we’ve so far explored.

The marke of Sam Hary alias Matwatacka.

Wampanoag, their homelands presumably at Nemasket and Assawompset (in the areas today called “Middleboro” and “Lakeville, Massachusetts”)

This document, identified as the last will and testament of Pamontaquask the pond sachem asserts that it was Pomontaquask’s desire that all the lands “at Assawamsett or elsewhere…” be transferred to “....tuspaquin alias the Black Sachem” and after tuspaquin’s death, onto “Soquontamouk alias William his son…” 

Matwatacka, like several of the other signers of this document, is not mentioned in the text. As we mentioned in a previous post about the pictograph of Poemphut who also signed this document, it’s assumed that Matwatacka had ties to Tuspaquin (who does not sign this document).  After Pamontaquask’s death, Tuspaquin becomes sachem at Nemasket, and is married to Amie, daughter of Osamequin. 

Paempohut alias Joseph. his mark.

Presumably Wampanoag, their homelands at Nemasket and Assawompset (in the areas today called “Middleboro” and “Lakeville, Massachusetts”)

This document, identified as the last will and testament of “Pamontaquask the pond sachem” asserts that it was Pomontaquask’s desire that all the lands “at Assawamsett or elsewhere…” be transferred to “....tuspaquin alias the Black Sachem” and after tuspaquin’s death, onto “Soquontamouk alias William his son…”

Poemphut is a signer to the document, but is not mentioned in the text. Presumably, Poemphut had ties to Tuspaquin (who does not sign this document). After Pamontaquask’s death, Tuspaquin becomes sachem at Nemasket, and is married to Amie, daughter of Osamequin.

The Marke of Tuspaquin. 

Wampanoag, at Nemasket and Assawompset (in the areas today called “Middleboro” and “Lakeville, Massachusetts”). In this signed document, discussing land at Nemasket, Tuspaquin identifies as “Tuspaquin (alias) the Black Sachem of Namassakat.”Fought alongside Pometacom in the First Indian War (or Metacom’s War, or King Philip’s War), and was executed by colonizers in September, 1676.

Tuspaquin’s kin: son of Pamontaquask.  A partner, Amie (daughter of Ousamequin and sister of Pometacom and Wamsutta), their sons, Benjamin and WIliam Tuspaquin.