Brothertown

George Peters was the son of John and Elizabeth Peters of the Montauk community in Montauk, Long Island, New York.  An early settler at Brothertown, he and his wife, Eunice Wampey settled on lot 118 and owned rights to lot 125 by 1795.  The couple had several children: John, Jerusha, and Elisha.  On February 24, 1800, Peters killed Eunice in a drunken rage on February 24, 1800.  He was found guilty on June 22

Born into a prominent Tunxis family, Eunice Wampey was the daughter of Elijah Wampey, Sr. of Farmington, Connecticut -- the second of that name.  She later married George Peters, a Montauk, and settled on lot 118, where they and their three children, John, Jerusha, and Elisha, lived.  According to a contemporary newspaper article on February 24, 1800, she was found dead at her home, beaten by her husband with a wooden stick and mangled "in a most shocking manner."

 

Born into a prominent Tunxis family, Eunice Wawowos was the daughter of Elijah Wampey, Sr. of Farmington, Connecticut.  She later married George Peters of Montauk, New York.  They settled on lot 118 and had several children: John, Jerusha, and Elisha.  On February 24, 1800, Eunice was clubbed to death by her husband, for which he was executed the following year.

Love, Samson Occom and the Christian Indians of New England, 356.  Brothertown Indian Record Book, 1788-1901, 14.

Elizabeth Curricomp, daughter of Andrew and Abigail Curricomp, was born in Farmington, Connecticut in 1768.  She married Benjamin Towsey and removed to Brothertown, New York, where they had Aaron, Sarah Ann, and David, and lived on lot 20.

 

Love, Samson Occom and the Christian Indians of New England, 363-4

Abigial Curricomp was the wife of Andrew Curricomp, Jr., and the mother of Elizabeth, Anne, Abigail, Eliakim, Jesse, and Moses Curricomp.  She may have accompanied her husband on his early trips to Brothertown, New York, and most likely settled at West Stockbridge, Massachusetts during the American Revolution.  They returned to Oneida after the war.  The Curricomp family -- Andrew, Abigail, Eliakim, Jesse, and Moses -- were enumerated on a 1797 report.  Abigail was 45 years old then.