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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.

Wenemouett Sagamore. His Mark. 

Penobscot. Sachem. Wenemouett’s homelands across the central parts of so-called “Maine.” 

This mark, in print, appears on “The Conference with the Eastern Indians, at the Ratification of the Peace, held at Falmouth in Casco-Bay, in July and August, 1726.” Printed in Boston in 1726. This peace agreement between the Penobscot and English colonizers was signed amid tensions between Wabanaki nations and the French and English in Wabanaki territories. 

This is the first time we are sharing a mark as it appears in a published source - meaning a piece of type was created from the mark and printed through a printing press to be reproduced many times for the publication. This differs from our usual share of a hand-written, pictograph mark on an original, or handwritten copy of an original manuscript document. The handwritten mark alongside the printed one would make an interesting comparison. 

Wallump. Their Mark.

Nipmuc/Pocumtuc. A leader at Pojassic and Woronack, the areas in and surrounding so-called “Westfield, Massachusetts.” This document, signed April 25, 1670, details the exchange of 7 or 8 acres of meadow land for “...three acres of old ground for ye

Indians to Plant Corne on this yeare…” and five acres of land yearly thereafter. The land was to be “free from all fencings or payment of Rates to ye english…”

Kin: Alquat (father), also known as Keems, Sachem at Woronoke and Pojassic