Wampey II, Eunice, 1770 - 1800

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.

Isaac P. Bielby, Sheriffs of Oneida County (Utica, NY, P.E. Kelly, 1890), 5.