Winnacunnet is a word derived from one of the Algonquian languages and may mean "beautiful place in the pines".
"[2] The word has been transliterated in a variety of ways.
Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop used the spelling "Winicowettas".
A Hampton Union article from circa 1959 mentions "Winnacunnet", "Winnicunnet", "Wenicunnett", "Winnicummet", and "Winicumet" among the variations.
[3] In 1638, the "Plantation of Winnicunnet" was founded by Reverend Stephen Bachiler and others from Massachusetts.