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Pompton people

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Memerescum, a Pompton sachem, was the "sole sachem of all the nations (towns or families) of Indians on Remopuck River, and on the east and west branches thereof, on Saddle River, Pasqueck River, Narranshunk River and Tappan, gave title to all the lands in upper or northwestern Bergen and Passaic
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Footprints of the Red Men. Indian geographical names in the valley of Hudson's river, the valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware: The location and the probably meaning of some of them.
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counties.", indicating a combination of clans. His name appears on the Indian Deed of 1710 (otherwise known as the Ramapo Tract or the Schuyler Patent).
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The Pompton were native to the west bank of the Hudson above New York City in both New Jersey and New York. After the decimating
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in Connecticut, which originated from a tribe of Pompton and was forced to move to Connecticut by the encroachment of the Dutch.
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Pompton is thought to mean "a place where they catch soft fish." Pequannock (in the name of the
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word "Paquettahhnuake", meaning, "cleared land ready or being readied for cultivation".
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after their lands had been taken without compensation by European colonists.
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List of Bergen, New Netherland placename etymologies
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Index

Pompton (Native Americans)
United States
New Jersey
English
Unami
Christianity
Native American Church
Lenape
Algonquian
Native Americans
northern New Jersey
Pompton
Pequannock Rivers
Paterson, New Jersey
New Jersey
Esopus War of 1664
Munsee
Wappingers
Hudson River
Columbia County, New York
Chief Katonah
Ramapo
Tapgow
Wawayanda Patent
Township
Pequannock River
Lenape
Arent Schuyler
List of Bergen, New Netherland placename etymologies
Hackensack tribe

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