Pabomnolette
Last updated 24-SEP-1997
- Possible Family Origin: English captive [Day 1981]
- Probable Native Name: pabômioliait 'the almost handsome one' [Day 1981]
- Period Family Name Recorded at Odanak: 1752 to 1829
- Other Notes: Pabomnolette was born abt 1752, son of Joseph Gill and an Abenaki woman. His widow was listed in 1829.
- see also Gill
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Pagamqais
Last updated 25-Jul-00
- Possible Family Origin: Probably an Eastern Abenaki name; probably from Bécancour [Day 1981]
- Other Possibly Spellings: Pagamqais, Pagamcais, Pagamquais
- Probable Native Name: pagamke or pékan 'fisher, black cat' [Day 1981]
- Other Places Where Family Name Appears: Bécancour, possibly Megalloway area
- Other Notes: Jerome Pagamqais is listed from 1829 to 1832. Marie Pagamqais in listed 1822-29. They are probably members of the Becancour family. The Penobscot Francis family had a common nickname of 'Fisher' and may be related.
- see also Paguanquois at Wolinak
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Pagaune
Last updated 17-May-00
- Possible Family Origin: Probably Missisquoi [Day 1981], likely Maliseet [NL]
- Other Possibly Spellings: Peckenowax
- Probable Native Name: pagôn 'butternut, walnut' or pagônowit 'he who is a butternut, butternut one' [Day 1981]
- Other Places Where Family Name Appears: Missisquoi area of Vermont
- Other Notes: In 1765 Pierre Peckenowax signed the Robertson lease of Missisquoi land. This family also uses the name Claude and Glode.
- see also Claude
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Pakikan
Last updated 25-Jul-00
- Possible Family Origin: Algonquin from Trois-Rivieres
- Other Possibly Spellings: Peghigan, Pelicane, Pagikan
- Probable Native Name: pakekana 'off the trail' (Algonquin) [Day 1981]
- Other Places Where Family Name Appears: Trois-Rivieres and Pointe-du-Lac
- Other Notes: Amable & Laurent Pakikan appears on the Odanak roster of 1812 veterans with heirs in 1844. Amable was granted land at Durham in 1805.
Laurent m.1810 to Louise Catherine Otondosonne (1780-1843).
Amable (1768-1822) m. Angelique Gill and they had at least 6 children.
A possible relative, Amable Paksakona, was b.abt.1818 and at Oka in 1861.
- See the 1805 Durham Land Grant Families for more information onAmable Pakikan
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Pamaguimet
Last updated 26-Jul-00
- Possible Family Origin: Probably a Western Abenaki name [Day 1981] - probably Androscoggin [NL]
- Other Possibly Spellings: Pamaguiment, Pamaguimite, Pamguimite, Pamguimit, Pimoguimit, Pamaguimet
- Probable Native Name: pemágwamit 'the one who sticks to something', as, for example, to a tree being climbed with spurs [Day 1981]
- Other Places Where Family Name Appears: possibly Megalloway Region, Durham PQ
- Other Notes: Parmagummet is thought to be s/o Metallic and tradition says he fought in the war of 1812 (for the English) but his name does not appear on the roster. His name does appear on lists from 1829-44. He appears to have three sons; Joseph, Joseph Marie, & Theophile. Therese Pamaguimet listed on the 1861 census is most likely a daughter. She was b.abt.1814 and m. by 1841 to Joseph Marie Magoua. Joseph & Theophile appear as adults in 1841-45 census. Joseph Marie appears as adult in 1841-52 and lived at Durham.
There also appears to be some relationship to the Capino family. In the 1841 census, Francois de Sale Capino has 'Pamaguiomet' in the remarks column. His parents were Joseph Thomas Capino and Marie Anne Otondosonne. Their known children are: Joseph b.1814 in census 1850-52, Marie Eulalie b.1816 and m.1838 from Durham at that time, Francois de Sale b.1821 m.1838 from Durham and in census 1841-1852, Theophile b.1823 m.1852 in census 1840-1852 and living at Durham.
With the exception of Francois, this Capino family does not appear in Odanak census until 1850, yet they do appear in church records much earlier. The Pamaguimet family does not appear in church records that we have access to and is not in census after 1845. The records that we have do allow for the possibility that Pamaguimet is the same person as Joseph Thomas Capino. If so, than he is not very likely a son of Metallic.
- see also Matelok
- see also Capino
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Paquette
Last updated 25-Jul-00
- Possible Family Origin: French [Day 1981]
- Other Places Where Family Name Appears: NY
- Other Notes: Robert Paquette (a French boy) was abandoned by his family and raised by the widow of Pierre Msadoquis. Robert was raised as a member of the tribe. He m. Marguerite Capino and 2nd Marie Jeanne Benedict. Robert had at least 10 children, 8 of which we have some record of as adults. All but one married Abenaki.
In the later part of the 1800's the Paquette family was involved in a bitter political battle over thier right to benefit from tribal membership. Robert was a white man and the government had passed laws prohibing white men and thier families from being legal members of the wife's tribe. At one point the family was removed from tribal membership lists. They were later reinstated, with consent from the government, but lost the land at Odanak that they had previously farmed.
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