Quannapohkit, James

(Known also as Muminquash, James Rumneymark, James Wiser, and James Awassamug), James Quannapohkit was one of the sons of John Awassamug and the husband of Mary Ponham.  As kin of Wenepoykin, Quannapohkit was a member of a leading Natick family at Medfield, Massachusetts.  Even though he served as a scout with his brother Thomas in the service of the English during King Philip's War, Quannapohkit was held captive on Deer Island.  He sold land at Washakim in 1670 and in 1684 petitioned Massachusetts authorities to sell parcels at Marlborough. 

 

Deloraine Pendre Corey, History of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633-1785 (Malden, MA: Deloraine Pendre Corey, 1898), 48.  Sidney Perley, Indian Land Titles of Essex County, Massachusetts (Salem, MA: Essex Book and Print Club, 1912), 74-75.  Connole, The Indians of the Nipmuck Country in Southern New England, 306.