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Wampanoag Royal Cemetery
Wampanoag Royal Cemetery is a historic Native Americans in the United States, Native American cemetery in Lakeville, Massachusetts. There are approximately 20 graves in the cemetery, all of Native Americans. The burials include direct descendants of the Wampanoag people, Wampanoag sachem Massasoit. His daughter Amie, his only child to survive King Philip's War, and her descendants lived nearby in the Betty's Neck area. The last known burial was thought to be that of Lydia Tuspaquin, a drowning victim, in 1812. The burying grounds are maintained by the town of Lakeville and the Assawompsett-Nemasket Band of Wampanoags; The local indigenous tribe whose ancestors are buried on the property. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts References External linksFindaGrave.com Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakeville, Massachusetts
Lakeville is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,523 at the 2020 census. History Native Americans inhabited southern Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European colonization of the Americas, and Lakeville is a site with significant indigenous history. ''Soewampset'' is listed as a noted habitation in a 1634 list of settlements in New England, suggesting that Assawompset Pond may take its name from a former Wampanoag settlement on its banks. The Wampanoag Royal Cemetery is located in modern-day Lakeville on a peninsula between Little and Great Quittacas Pond. King Philip's War In 1675, the body of John Sassamon, advisor to Governor Josiah Winslow, was discovered beneath the ice of Assawompset Pond. He was believed to have been murdered, and three Native Americans were arrested. On the testimony of only one witness (contrary to English law, which required the testimony of at least two witnesses in a murder trial), the thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
