#robincassasinamon

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Robin Cassasimom (Cassasinamon) + Neesawegun (Nesahegan). Their Marks.

Robin Cassasinamon: Pequot. His home in and around Mashantucket, in so-called Southern Connecticut. Pequot Sachem by 1655 until his death in 1692.

Nesahegen: Sachem at Pequonnock, their homelands near so-called Hartford, Connecticut, south of that place, and on the east side of the Kwinitekw (Connecticut) River. Sachem after 1635.

Nesahegan’s kin: sisters Patakhouse and Amannawer. Sons, Sepanquat and Wenammcomepon. An uncle, Sehat. A cousin, Coggerynosset.

The document containing their marks outlines the bounds of Pequot and Narragansett homelands. Signed August 4, 1662 in so-called New London, Connecticut. Seen at the Massachusetts State Archives.

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Robin Cassasinamon. Robin Cassacinamon. Robin. His Mark. (repost from 1.3.23)

Mashantucket Pequot. His home in and around Mashantucket, in so-called “Southern Connecticut.” Sachem following the Pequot Massacre. Interpreter, diplomat, negotiator. Appointed “governor” of Nameaug and Noank by colonizers in 1655, negotiated for #landback at Mashantucket. Sachem until his death in 1692.

An October 1 1676 appeal to the General Court of Connecticut. Samuel Wyllys papers @ John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Daniel. Danill + Wesome. Wesoms. Nesome. Their marks.

Pequot. Their homes in the southeastern parts Quinnetucket. Research this week revealed very little about the lives of these two people, who appear as Pequot representatives and signers, with Robin Casacinamon and Momoho, on a petition to the General Court at co-called Hartford in October 1676.

Signed at Hartford, October 1, 1676. Seen at the John Hay Library.

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Robin Cassasinamon. Robin Cassacinamon. Robin. His Mark.

Mashantucket Pequot. His home in and around Mashantucket, in so-called “Southern Connecticut.” Sachem following the Pequot Massacre. Interpreter, diplomat, negotiator. Appointed “governor” of Nameaug and Noank by colonizers in 1655, negotiated for #landback at Mashantucket. Sachem until his death in 1692.

An October 1 1676 appeal to the General Court of Connecticut. Samuel Wyllys papers @ John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.