Akkompoin, Sachem of the Wampannoag - Who's Who?

Started by Wendy Sue Hall on Thursday, July 2, 2015
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Akkompoin is the least used name of Massasoit Sachem Ousamequin Pokanoket. He also went by:

Assamequin; Yellow Feather; Massasoit; Great Chief; Woosamequin; Ahsumequin; Oosamequen; Owsamequin; Osamekin; Owsamequine; Ussamequen.

If you want to get this family chart correct, you'll have to figure out how to tie several other sources into it.

Hi Wendy,

Geni is a collaborative site and we welcome additions and corrections to the World Family tree, as it's not just a single family chart -- it's everyone's.

I've updated the profile with your notes and wonder if you and Private User might be interested (and others!) might be interested in contributing more information to this very important person's profile?

My thanks in advance for the help.

We will try, but it gets really confusing as to who they talk about in the historical texts. One of the issues that makes this hard Genealogically is the Wampanoag, ourselves.

With the re-recognition of 4 of the tribes, most of the texts and histories have been removed from public review and put under lock and key. Simply proving who you are decended from isn't enough to be accepted by the tribe. Each tribe acts more like a members-only club with specified dues and required meetings to mantain your membership. If you don't pay or attend, they remove you from the tribe - and you can't be listed as Wampanoag unless you are part of the tribe. It's a mess.

The Wampanoag don't like to discuss these things outside of immediate family, either, so simply ask won't help anyone. With a family of over 9000 people, it is a real...um... (what's a nice word?) issue trying to figure out who has what paper, portrait or relic. Things vanish.

:(

but I'll help.

Note: The Wampanoag Tree should only have things that are heavily documented.

Note: The tribes that were re-established only accept persons who are directly descended from the 4 chiefs, not the everyday joe Wampanoag around the campfire. Even if you're full-blooded (very rare), you can't get it verified unless you have a specific pedigree.

Hope this was useful.

As a Geni curator please call on me for assistance to make Master Profiles that can be "field locked.". If not my direct family, I research for figures of historic interest to us all, and count on member contributions to get it right.

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