Born circa 1803, Daniel B. Amos was to become one of the Mashpee community's significant political figures in the 1830s and 1840s, serving as town clerk and as one of the selectmen for a number of years. As a young man, he was prominently involved in the tribe's efforts to re-establish more autonomy over the community.
Anna Amos was most likely the daughter of Israel Amos and Rachel Coshomon of Christiantown, Massachusetts. She first married Joseph Tackenash of Sanchekantacket, Massachusetts and, second, around 1798, George Peters. The couple had the following children: Samuel, Louisa, Rachel, George, Amos, Asa, Hepzibah, Joseph, Leander, and Charles. Pierce and Segel, Wampanoag Families of Martha's Vineyard, 733, 737-738.
Amoakisson, alias Nacogewallant, was the owner of a track of land at the northeast side of the Worrinoke River. He and his wife mortgaged the property to Springfield's Thomas Cooper to secure a debt of twelve pounds in 1660. Amoakission later sold the property to Cooper in the fall of 1664. Wright, Indian Deeds of Hampden County, 40-42. 36. Alice Nash, "Quanquan's Mortgage of 1663," in Marla R. Miller, ed., Cultivating a Past: Essays on the History of Hadley, Massachusetts (Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2009), 36.
John Alyne was a leader of the Wamesit as early as 1675 as part of an order allowing the Wamesit to collect their harvest during King Philip's War. His name later appears on a deed in as part of Wanalancet's Council in 1714. Waters, History of Chelmsford, 105. Coburn, History of Lowell, 46-48.
William H. Allen was a descendant of Lurana Sepit. In 1843, he with two other family members petitioned the Massachusetts General Court to look into where the proceeds of the sale of Sepit's land were. Petition of Augustus Casey, 1843.01.18.00
Amos Ahaton (d. by 1768) was a Native proprietor and minister to his community at Ponkapoag in Canton, Massachusetts from 1717-1743. His name was in a 1725 petition by the tribe wishing to sell part of their land to John Wentworth and others. He was involved in a controversy between William Sherman and Benjamin and Moses Gill in 1737. In 1768, his descendants claimed that their lands were gradually being taken away from them. Weis, "The New England Company of 1649," 151. MA 31: 122-125; 33: 468-469; 42: 188.
Thomas Ahaton was a Ponkapoag proprietor of lands in Dorchester, Massachusetts. In 1725, he and some other Ponkapoags deeded land to John Wentworth, one of the Indian tenants. John Wentworth, The Wentworth Genealogy, Vol. 1 (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1878), 192.
Thomas Ahaton was a Ponkapoag proprietor of lands in Dorchester, Massachusetts. In 1725, he and some other Ponkapoags deeded land to John Wentworth, one of the Indian tenants.
John Wentworth, The Wentworth Genealogy, Vol. 1 (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1878), 192.
Elizabeth Pogenit was the wife of Job Ahaton, marrying in Natick, Massachusetts on December 7, 1770. Vital Statistics of Natick, Massachusetts (Marriages).
Agononit was a member of the Nipmuc Indian community. In 1684, he, Captain Tom, and several others protested the sale of land near Whip Suffrage, Massachusetts, and demanded redress. Petition of Captain Tom to the Massachusetts General Assembly, 1684.09.19.00.
Sarah Adams was a witness for Rebecca Davis in a petition to the Massachusetts Legislature in 1860.