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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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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.