Matoonas Type: Person Identifier: 209428 Title: Matoonas Unique ID: Matoonas Standard Name: Matoonas Manuscript Name: Matoonas Matoonus Mattoonus Ethnicity: Nipmuck Place Event: Menemesseg (New Braintree, MA) Place Vital: Mendon, MA Date: 1670 1674-11-17 1675 1675-07-14 1675-11-24 1676 1676-01-24 1676-07-29 1677-07-27 Alias: Matoonas Mention Type: archival, MA, ME Events that this Person attendedItem 104988 One of the five Nipmuk sachems.Item 110254 Nipmuk sachem loyal to Philip.ParentItem 206687 John JethroMentions of this PersonItem 36841 Led first Nipmuk raid of the war.Item 36842 Eliot made him constable. (Pakachoag)Item 36849 One of the five Nipmuk sachems.Item 36843 Deputed to be a constable at Packagnoag, which he had been already for two years.Item 36848 First to commit a hostile act in King Philip's war in revenge for his hanged son.Item 36846 Visited James Quanapaug when he met with One Eyed JohnItem 36839 Had led a company according to John Quanapaug. A hostile.Item 36845 Surrendered under amnesty; father was Capt. John Jethroag.Item 36840 From there,was brought with his son by other Indians in chords; a ring leader in the war.Item 36844 Nipmuk sachem loyal to Philip.Item 36847 Deceased. Brought in by Sagamore John, along with his son; shot by John's men.Source Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300113 Connole 1991 Connole, Dennis A. 1991 The ...Item 300125 CWSA Collections of the Wocester Society ...Item 300220 Gookin 1792 Gookin, Daniel 1792 (1674) Historical ...Item 300254 Hubbard 1971 Hubbard, William 1971 (1677) ...Item 300318 MaHSC Massachusetts Historic Society Collections ...Item 300408 NEHGR New England Historical and Genealogical ...Item 300417 Nourse 1884 Nourse, Henry S. 1884 The Early ...Item 300464 Pierce 1879 Pierce, Frederick Clifton 1879 ...Item 300524 Sewall 1878 Sewall, Samuel 1878 The Diary ... Relationships Enlarge Citation “Matoonas,” Historical Documents of Indians of the Far Northeast, accessed April 24, 2025, https://hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/60204.Item209428 Save this item as a PDF file
