Cockenoe

[1] In 1637 Cockenoe was captured during the Pequot War by a Massachusetts militia unit.

[3] John Sassamon, a prominent Native American translator, also grew up as a servant in Callicot's household in Dorchester.

"[5] At some point between 1646 and 1649, shortly after Eliot began preaching, Cockenoe returned to the Long Island area where he served as an interpreter for many land transactions between local tribes and colonists.

[6] In 1667 he married "“Sunksquaw” of the Shinnecock; "a female Sachem, the sister of Nowedonah" or possibly "Wyandanch.

"[7] Cockenoe died after 1687 when his name last appears in the records in a Montauk deed.