Poquanum Type: Person Identifier: 213474 Title: Poquanum Unique ID: Poquanum Standard Name: Poquanum Manuscript Name: Black Will Black William Poquannum Poquanum Ethnicity: Saugus Family: Cousin of George Father of Ahawayet Father of Queakusen Father of Thomas Queakusen Place Event: Nahant, MANaumkeag (Salem, MA)Richmond Island (Cape Elizabeth, ME) Place Vital: Richmond Island (Cape Elizabeth, ME) Date: 1602 1630 1632 1633 1633-01 1657-05-15 1657-05-27 1657-06 1685 1686-09-17 Alias: Black Will Duke William Poquanum Warnings: Lifespan is 85 years ChildrenItem 213732 Queakusen [1611] : SaugusItem 200262 Ahawayet : Joane Ahawayet : Wife of WinapoikinItem 213733 Thomas QueakusenKinsmanItem 204974 GeorgeMentions of this PersonItem 49162 Deceased; from Nahant; hanged for Bagnall's murder.Item 59307 This Poquanura, or Black Will, by the way, was quite a character in his time, and somewhat of a rover. It is supposed that he, was the same Indian who appeared in a full suit of English clothes, to welcome Gosnold, in 1602.Item 49163 Sold Nahant to Thomas Dexter for a suit of clothes.Item 49164 Deceased; killed.Item 49165 Son Queakussen said he originally lived at Saugus. Knew Winapoikin, who married his sister Joane.Item 49166 Daughter was Ahawayetsquaine, wife of Winnepurkit.Item 49161 Lived on Nahant. Name means dark skin. Sold Nahant to Thomas Dexter for a suiut of clothes.Item 49157 William Winter deposed that he sold Nahant to Thomas Dexter. Also known as Duke William.Item 49154 Deceased; son was Thomas Queakusen.Item 49160 Deposition stating that he had claimed Sagamore Hill was his land, wanted payment from Winter.Item 49156 Sold Nahant for a suit of clothes in 1632 or 1636.Item 49158 William Witter [Winter] claimed he bought Nahant, Swamscot and Sagamore Hill from him for two pestle stones.Item 49155 Accused of killing Bagnal, hung by Massachusetts expedition.Source Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300150 Drake, Samuel G. The Old Indian Chronicle ...Item 300902 Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Essex County ...Item 300305 Lewis, Alonzo, and James E. Newhall. History ...Item 300460 Perley, Sidney. The Indian Land Titles of ...Item 300482 Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts ...Item 300622 Winthrop, John. Winthrop’s Journal, “History ... Relationships Enlarge Citation “Poquanum,” HRI-FNE, accessed December 8, 2025, https://hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/60541.Item213474 Save this item as a PDF file
