Poquiantup, Abigail
Abigail Poquiantup was the daughter of Isaac Poquiantup and the wife of John Johnson, a Brothertown emigrant. She died from a fall from a cart. Love, Samson Occom, 350.
Western Niantic Tribe
Variant Names
Nehantic, Nayantaquit, the Seaside Indians
Meaning
People of the “point of land on a tidal river” (Trumbull, Indian Place Names, 36)
Location
Between the Thames and Connecticut Rivers, mostly at the mouth of the Connecticut River, around Niantic Bay and Niantic River, and in parts of modern East Lyme and Waterford, Connecticut
Language
Algonquin. Y-dialect similar to the Pequot, Mohegan, Narragansett, and Montauk
Traditional Villages
Niantic, Old Lyme, and Oswegatchie
Inter-Tribal Affiliations
Mohegan, Wangunk, Quinnipiac
Abigail Poquiantup was the daughter of Isaac Poquiantup and the wife of John Johnson, a Brothertown emigrant. She died from a fall from a cart. Love, Samson Occom, 350.
Mercy Thomas was a member of the Wisconsin Brothertown community and a descendant of Anna Sobuck, a Western Niantic. She was the second wife of Joseph Johnson. In 1849, Mercy with others unsuccessfully petitioned the Connecticut General Assembly for permission to sell their ancestors' lands in Connecticut. Love, Samson Occom, 350
Anna Sobuck was a member of the Western Niantic community of East Lyme, Connecticut. At her death in 1813, she resided in East Haddam, Connecticut. She left at least one heir, Mercy Thomas Johnson. Brown and Rose, Black Roots, 389.