Wompom

Wompom was the leader of the Totoket Quinnipiac in the mid-to-late seventeenth century.  As such, he may have been a close relative to Qussuckquanch, the former sachem, and the rest of the Quinnipiac ruling families.  Wompom was known for protecting tribal interests.  In 1659, several colonial settlers approached him for land at Indian Neck in Branford, Connecticut.  Instead of selling outright, he leased the property to them.  When Thomas Mulliner caused damage to Totoket cornfields, Wompom promtly took him to court for trespass.  In 1685, he sold thirty acres at Indian Neck in half-acre lots, and the following year, established hunting, fishing, fowling, and shell fishing rights for the tribe while reconfirming earlier land treaties with Branford officials.  Wompom attended religious services provided by the Reverend Abraham Pierson and may have become Christianized.  He had at least one son, who went by the same name. Menta, The Quinnipiac, 39, 45,129, 147-8, 171-2.