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Chiamugg, - 1664

Chiamugg was one of the witnesses to a contract of a large tract of land, six miles wide on each side of the Connecticut River in May 1662.
 
Deforest, History of the Indians of Connecticut, 265, citing Haddam Records.  Everett E. Lewis, Historical Sketches of the First Congregational Church in Haddam, Connecticut (Midsletown, Ct: Pelton & King, 1879), 7.

Adams Mossuck, Pually, - 1868

Pually Adams was the daughter of Solomon Adams (Quinnipiac-Wangunk-Tunxis) and Olive Occom (Mohegan), and the wife of a Tunxis man named Mossuck.   Born either in Farmington or at the Brothertown community in New York Oneida Country, she later resided in Marshall, Wisconsin.  She was an active member of the community, retaining her Native language and being known for her exceptional

Marquis de Lafayette, 1757 - 1834

Born into a prominent aristocratic family in Auvergne, France, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, was a courtier in the court of Louis XVI but travelled to America at age 19 at his own expense.   Appointed a major general of the Continental Army, he became a close associate of George Washington.  Returning to France, Lafayette helped persuade the French court to supply money, ships, and men to the American cause.  When he returned to America, he commanded troops from Virginia

Tooker, William Wallace, 1848 - 1917

Born in Sag Harbor, New York in 1848, William Wallace Tooker was the son of William and Virginia Tooker.  One biography of him says that he began collecting Native relics at the age of 5.  By 1895, Tooker had amassed nearly 15,00o items.Between 1888 and 1911, Tooker became well-known as a specialist in Coastal Algonquian culture, language, history, and place names, publishing twelve books, over fifty pamphlets, and over one hundred articles.