Brothertown

Crosley, Lureanett, 1807 - 1854

Lureanett Crosley was born in 1807, the daughter of Thomas Crosley and Dimiss Occuish, Brothertown Indians of Pequot and Niantic  descent, respectively. She married Alonzo Dick, a Brothertown Indian prominent in tribal affairs and together they had five children.  In 1844 she wrote to the overseer of the Niantic Tribe seeking funds from the sale of tribal lands.  Five years later she and three other Brothertown Indians of Niantic descent unsuccessfully petitioned the State of Connecticut for the right to sell their interests in tribal lands.

Charles, Olive

Olive Charles ( - after 1844) Brothertown . Olive Charles, daughter of Rhoda Niles Charles was a Brothertown Indian of Niantic descent. By the summer of 1844 Olive had emigrated to Wisconsin Territory with the Brothertown Indians. De Loss Love, Samson Occom, p.338.; 1844.07.20.00

Wampey, Elijah, 1734 - 1802

Elijah Wampey was a member of the Tunxis from Farmington, Connecticut who rose to a leadership position in the Christian Indian movement.  His his first wife was Eunice Wawowos and second, Jerusha.  His and Jerusha's children were Eunice (1764-1767), Elijah (1765-c. 1812), Eunice II (b. after 1767), Sarah, Hannah, Charles, Esther, and Sarah/Jerusha. Wampey enlisted in Captain William Wadsworth’s militia company from Farmington, Connecticut in 1757, serving 16 days, and in Captain John Patterson’s 4th Company of the 1st Regiment in 1761. 

Wawowos, James, 1768 - 1806

Born into the Tunxis community of Farmington, Connecticut in 1768, James Wawowos was the son of James and Rachel Wawowos.  He was one of Joseph Johnson's students and married fellow Tunxis resident Philena Adams.  Both removed to Oneida, New York as part of the Brothertown Movement and settled on lot 9.  He died there around 1806.
 
Love, Samson Occom and the Christian Indians of New England, 366.

Adams Wawowos, Philena, 1776 - 1837

Philena Adams was the daughter of Solomon Adams and Olive Occom of Farmington, Connecticut.  She married James Wawowos, a Tunxis man, and moved to Brothertown, New York, settling on lot 9.  The couple had two children, David and Olive.  After the death of Wowowos in 1806, Philena married Thomas Crosley.   With him, she had Sophronia, William, and Lureanett.

Love, Samson Occom and the Christian Indians of New England, 336, 366.  

Sarah (dau of Timothy)

Sarah was the daughter of Timothy Indian from the Tunxis community of Farmington, Connecticut.  She and her sister were placed under the guardianship of Solomon Mossuck after her father's death with the provision that the girls be provided for and taught to read until they turned sixteen.  Sarah married David Hatchet Towsey and had two children: Benjamin and Joseph.  It is unclear when she followed her husband to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, but she removed to Brothertown, New York, after David's death in 1778, receiving lot 45. Sarah returned to Stockbridge at a later point, causing the r

Adams Thomas, Damaris, 1782 -

Damaris Adams was the daughter of Solomon Adams and Olive Occom of Farmington, Connecticut.  She married firstly Jacob Thomas and secondly (after 1801), Thomas Crosley.  In 1795, Damaris was living in the household of her sister Philena and brother-in-law James Wawowos. In 1801, she, her sister, and their husbands sold their share of the late Solomon Adams' property in Farmington, Connecticut.
 

Robbins, Rhoda, 1770 - 1814

Born in 1770, Rhoda Robbins was the daughter of David Robbins and Hannah Wampey of Farmington, Connecticut.  After the death of her father, she and her mother removed to Brothertown, New York, where they received lot 116.  The two were living there in 1797.  Rhoda died about 1814. 
 
Love, Samson Occom and the Christian Indians, 358.  Sources for this biography also come from the Related Digital Heritage Items listed below.