Takawombait, a Nipmuk, served as minister to the praying town of Natick, Massachusetts from 1683 to his death in 1716. He may have attended Harvard College and as probably the first Christian Indian pastor in North America
“Gravestone of Daniel Takawombait,” Historical Documents of Indians of the Far Northeast, accessed April 28, 2025, https://hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/998.Item400130
