#charlesjosiah

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Charles Josiah Wompatuck. Charles Josias. Signum.

Massachusett, with ties to Mattakeeset, Neponset and Wessagusset communities, in the areas south of the place today called “Boston, Massachusetts.” Sachem by 1671. Died after 1695. The mark seen here made on a deed for land from so-called Boston, south to present day Roxbury, Massachusetts, and included Deer Island. 

Kin: his father, Josiah Wompatuck, Sachem at Mattakeesett. Grandfather, Chicatabut, Sachem at Wessagusset. Great-uncle, Cutshamequin, Sachem at Neponset.

Translated from the Algonquian, wompatuck means “white deer” in English. 

This document is referred to as a quitclaim deed for the peninsula of Boston, Massachusetts. Signed March 19, 1684. Seen at the Massachusetts Historical Society.