The Pompton or Pamapon people were a sub-tribe of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans, who once lived northern New Jersey.

[citation needed] Bands of the Wappinger people inhabited the east side of the Hudson River, spanning from the Bronx to southernmost Columbia County, New York.

His name appears on the Indian Deed of 1710 (otherwise known as the Ramapo Tract or the Schuyler Patent).

[3] Tapgow, who was Katonah's uncle signed on the Indian Deed of 1710, the Wawayanda Patent and others.

Pompton is thought to mean "a place where they catch soft fish.