Charles Josiah Wompatuck


Charles Josiah Wompatuck was a sachem of the Massachusett tribe in the late 1600s.
Charles' father Wompatuck was sachem of the Massachusetts tribe until his death in 1669. Charles' mother was "Westamoo, the widow of Alexander", who was the son of Massasoit. She was known as the “Squaw Sachem of Pocasset.” After Wompatuck's death, "Squamok, brother of Josiah and called Daniel by the English, acted as regent during the time that Josiah and Westamoo’s son Charles Josiah Wampatuck was a minor." In 1671 Charles Josiah became Sachem. In 1684 and 1685 Charles Josiah Wampatuck signed various deeds and confirmatory deeds affirming his grandfather's transfer of Boston, Stoughton, Dedham and other areas to the colonists decades earlier. According to one source, "Charles Josiah Wompatuck died before 1693, and was succeeded by Abigail Wampatuck Momontaug, the sister of Charles Josiah."