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Native Settlement Locations in the Northeast

This list is provided as a aid to historical and genealogical research. Here you will find information on Native settlement (village) locations of historical interest in the Northeast. This list is not all inclusive and will be updated whenever new information is found. Assistance from our Friends in completing this list is most welcome.

Name Tribe(s) Location Notes Links
Naurakamig
(Rockameka)
Androscoggin Abenaki Livermore, Jay & Canton area ME Ancient Village, Jesuit Mission est. 1698  
Amitgonpontook Androscoggin Abenaki Auburn ME Ancient Village History
Anmesokkanti
(Ameseconti)
Abenaki ? Sandy River near Farmington ME Jesuit Mission est. 1694 by Father Râle. They came from somewhere else shortly before the mission was established and relocated in PQ shortly after.  
Narantsouak
(Norridgewock)
Kennebec Abenaki Kennebec River by the mouth of the Sandy River ME Jesuit Mission est. 1646 down river and moved here abt. 1694  
Pegouaki
(Pigwacket)
Saco Abenaki Fryeburg ME & Conway NH Ancient Village, Jesuit Mission est. 1696  
Penecook Penecook Concord NH Ancient Village
a fortification probably existed at Sugar Ball Bluff
 
Wataunick Penecook Nashua NH Ancient Village
Simon Willard had Trading Post here c1653
 
Souhegan Penecook Amherst NH Ancient Village  
Naticook Penecook Merrimack area location of Passaconaway's "farm"  
Namaskik
(Amoskeag)
Penecook Manchester NH important fishing grounds  
? Penecook Allenstown NH main village for Suncook region  
Aquedahia? Penecook Lochmere NH important fishing grounds  
? Penecook/Abenaki west bank Ossipee Lake
perhaps another site on northeast side
which is now under water
Ancient Village(s)  
Ordanakis Abenaki? Lyme NH Ancient Village  
? Penecook/Abenaki? Greenland NH Ancient Village  
? Penecook Franklin NH Ancient Village  
Chenayok Penecook Moultonboro NH Ancient Village  
? Penecook The Weirs region NH important fishing grounds  
Squakheag Sokoki? Hinsdale NH Ancient Village  
? Penecook Wolfeboro NH Ancient Village  
? Penecook Nottingham NH Ancient Village  
? Penecook? Swanzey NH Ancient Village  
? Penecook Alton Bay NH Ancient Village  
? Penecook? Newbury NH Ancient Village  
Pemigewasset Abenaki/Penecook? Plymouth NH clearly a population here but possibly no permanent village site  
Wamesit Penecook? Chelmsford MA area Ancient Village & one of John Eliot's praying towns  
Pentucket Penecook? Haverhill MA Ancient Village  
Wamesit Penecook Lowell MA
Pawtucket Falls
Ancient Village  
Koes
(Cowass)
Loups (Abenaki, Penecook, or Phillip's War refugees from southern New England?) Newbury VT area Ancient Village. Jesuit Mission est. 1675  
Missisquoi Abenaki Swanton VT area Ancient village & modern community  
? Abenaki Vernon VT artifacts suggest agriculture  
? Abenaki Bellows Falls VT artifacts suggest agriculture  
? Abenaki Cochester VT artifacts suggest agriculture  
? Abenaki Isle La Mott VT artifacts suggest agriculture  
? Abenaki Orwell VT artifacts suggest agriculture  
Lake George NY Abenaki Adirondack Mountains a community of Abenaki families settled here by the late 1800's  
Sillery PQ Algonquin & Montagnais,
Abenaki from Maine aft. 1677
about four miles from Quebec, between the river and the hills. Founded by Noel Brulart in 1637.  
Saint-Francois-de-Sales PQ Abenaki from Maine at the falls of the Chaudiere River moved to the St.Francis River  
Anasagunticook
Odanak
(Saint-Francois-du-Lac PQ)
Abenaki & others on the St. Francois River
about ten leagues from Three Rivers
and across the river from Pierreville
"they removed to Canada ... and there, amalgamating with other New England Algonkian refugees, notably Scatticook and probably Mohican and Wampanoag, formed the band and tribe known thenceforth as the St. Francis Abenaki"
- A Canadian Abenaki Reserve today
Families
Ill Montesson PQ Abenaki ? "Original location of Ameseconti after leaving Maine and before settling at Becancour."
- The Ameseconti were refugees living on the Sandy River (modern Farmington ME) and possibly of Penecook or Mahican origins
 
Wolinak
(Becancour PQ)
Abenaki south bank St. Lawrence, opposite Three Rivers, with ferry connection A Canadian Abenaki Reserve today Families
Many French, MicMac, and Maliseet migrated here during the period of the 'cleansing of Acadia' by the English.
Durham PQ Abenaki on the St. Francis River near L'Avenir granted in 1805 to Abenaki from Odanak, abandoned by 1840's Families
Atsigan Abenaki Levy/Levis PQ ancient village  
Sartigan Abenaki St-George de Beauce PQ ancient village  
Skikoteekw Abenaki St-Frederique de Beauce PQ ancient village  
Colereine PQ Abenaki Little Lake St. Francis Reserve PQ returned to government  
Mashteuiatsh PQ Abenaki & others Reserve on Lac Saint-Jean formerly Pointe-Bleue
est. abt. 1856
 
Panawamske
(Indian Island)
Penobscot Penobscot River at Old Town ME a very ancient and modern day village. Jesuit Mission est. 1694.  
Olemon ME Penobscot 12 miles above Indian Island    
Long Island, Lincoln ME Penobscot 36 miles above Indian Island    
Other ME locations Penobscot   Stockton, Piscataquis, Passadumkeag, Mattawamkeag, Kingman  
Pentagouet Wabanaki Castin ME ancient village  
Pleasant Point ME Passamaquoddy   Ancient location & modern day Reservation  
Indian Township ME Passamaquoddy   Ancient location & modern day Reservation  
Aroostook County ME Maliseet & Mi'kmaq   Ancient hunting territory & modern day communities
at Calais & Houlton
 
Viger Maliseet Isle-Verte PQ    
E'kpohak Maliseet near Spring Hill on the St. Johns River Ancient main village  
Wulamooktook
(Oromoctu NB)
Maliseet along St. Johns River modern day Reserve  
Bil-Ijk
(Kingsclear NB)
Maliseet along St. Johns River modern day Reserve  
Fredericton NB Maliseet along St. Johns River modern day Reserve  
Meductic NB Maliseet along St. Johns River modern day Reserve  
Tobique NB Maliseet along St. Johns River modern day Reserve  
Edmundston NB Maliseet along St. Johns River modern day Reserve  
Restigouche PQ Mi'kmaq Gaspe Penisular modern day Reserve  
Maria PQ Mi'kmaq Gaspe Penisular modern day Reserve  
Gaspe PQ Mi'kmaq Gaspe Penisular modern day Reserve  
Eel River NB Mi'kmaq   modern day Reserve  
Pabineau NB Mi'kmaq   modern day Reserve  
Burnt Church NB Mi'kmaq   modern day Reserve  
Eel Ground NB Mi'kmaq   modern day Reserve  
Red Bank NB Mi'kmaq   modern day Reserve  
Big Cove NB Mi'kmaq   modern day Reserve  
Indian Island NB Mi'kmaq   modern day Reserve  
Buctouche NB Mi'kmaq   modern day Reserve  
Fort Folly NB Mi'kmaq   modern day Reserve  
Pointe-du-Lac PQ Algonquin near Trois-Rivieres "Abenaki hunted south of St. Lawrence, Algonquin on north side"  
Tadoussac PQ Algonquin      
Lorette PQ Huron 1697 moved to the plateau above the rapids of Saint-Ambroise on the St. Charles River, near the Laurentian Mountains
Called "Jeune or Indian Lorette," while their former home is known as "Ancienne Lorette."  
St-Michel de Belle Chasse PQ Huron   Sioui family hunting territory  
St. Maurice River PQ Tetes de Boule      
Ottawa & Gatineau Rivers of Ontario & Quebec Ottawa   known as 'Our Grandfathers' to Penobscot  
Mission of the Mountain PQ Iroquois & Huron "Le Fort de la Montagne" and sometimes "Le Fort des Sauvages." In 1696, the mission was moved to the other side of the mountain to be further away from the Rum traders. This was located at the Sault-au-Recollet on the Riviere-des-Prairies.
Church: Notre-Dame de la Nouvelle-Lorette.
The mission moved again in 1721, to the Lake of Two Mountains, to put further distance between the mission Indians and the Rum Traders.
 
Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes PQ
(Two Mountains)
Oka
Caughnawaga Mohawk, some Huron, Algonquin, Nipissing widening of the Ottawa near its confluence with the St. Lawrence. Granted in 1717 to the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Paris.
Church: L'Annociation de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie (1721-1850)
 
Caughnawaga PQ Mohawk Mission of Saint Francois Xavier
Established in 1667, the location was moved several time. From 1696 to 1715 the village was at Sault Saint Louis (St. Louis rapids). This mission was called "Oso" by the English. Since 1716 the Mission has been fixed at Caughnawaga. Many English captives were brought here and adopted into the tribe. Today, English names such as Tarbell, Rice, Williams, Jacobs, Hill, and Stacey are found here.
 
St. Regis Canada
Akwesasne
Mohawk mouth of the St. Regis River Established 1752, abt. 1760 moved to the mouth of the River where the King gave them the land.  
Stockbridge MA "Praying Indians"      
Schaghticoke CT Displaced southern NE Natives Along CT/NY border, mid Housatonic River, above Ten Mile River, and below Kent CT. modern day Reservation  
Sources:
01. Many Friends of Ne-Do-Ba
02. "New England Captives Carried to Canada" by Emma Lewis Coleman
03. "Penobscot Man" by Frank Speck
04. "The Wabanaki of Maine & the Maritimes"
05. "The Mi'kmaq; Resistance, Accommodation, and Cultural Survival" by Harold Prins
06. Rev. Vincent A. Lapomarda, S. J. of Holy Cross College
07. "A New Look at the Vermont Indians" by Daniel Beavin in Vermont History, Oct. 1963
08. "The Penecook Indians and the New England Frontier, circa 1604-1733" by David Stewart-Smith
09. "Historic Indian Trails Of New Hampshire" by Chester Price

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