James Rumnimarsh his mark
Nipmuc. Also known as Muminquash and as James Quannapohkit. A Christian Indian living at Natick who sided with the English during King Philip’s War, yet was still interred at Deer Island through the winter of 1675/6. James Rumnimarsh (aka Quannapohkit)’s mark appears here on a land transaction dated May 31, 1699. James Achoogik and more than a dozen other Christian Indian signers are agreeing to sell 200 acres of their plantation in Natick to fund repairs to their meetinghouse. They write: “…wee are now greatly deminished & impovereshed our meeting house where wee were wont constantly to meet …has fallen downe and we are not able to build us another…”
The meetinghouse was repaired, but no longer stands in Natick.
James Quannapohkit’s kin: Father Awassamug; Mother, Yawata, daughter of the Sonksqua of Mistick; A brother, Thomas Quannapohkit; Wife, Mary Ponham.
Seen at the Mass. State Archives.