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Introduction:<\/em><\/strong> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on the genealogy of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, focusing on the Amos and allied family lines. Melissa is a genealogist who has a website, americana-archives.com<\/a>, and a Facebook group, New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Photos:
Photos: Wampanoag and Pilgrim reenactors at Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts. Credit: Plimoth Patuxet Museums.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today I continue my \u201cMayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe\u201d series, featuring Mayflower<\/em> descendants and more generations of the Mashpee Wampanoag families.<\/p>\n

To recap: My series on the Mayflower lines of Katie Crocker<\/a> of Barnstable, Massachusetts, has featured a rare account book connected to the business of Zenas Crocker<\/a> (1761-1807) and his descendants.<\/p>\n

The Crocker account book<\/a> contains residents of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, and the Cahoon Museum<\/a> in Cotuit, Massachusetts, granted me permission to share the account book\u2019s pages and do further research. For previous stories see the links listed at the end of this article.<\/p>\n

In Part five<\/a> of this series I introduced Solomon Crowell \u201cS. C.\u201d Howland (1813-1878), a direct descendant of Mayflower<\/em> passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley. He served in many offices working with the Mashpee Indians.<\/p>\n

Another Pilgrim scion who worked with the Wampanoag people and shared familial lines was Charles Churchill Bearse (1812-1889), born to Moses and Rebecca (Hinckley) Bearse and a direct descendant of Mayflower<\/em> passengers John Howland, Elizabeth Tilley, and Joseph Rogers.<\/p>\n

\"Illustration:
Illustration: Charles C. Bearse. Credit: \u201cHistory of Barnstable County, Massachusetts, 1620-1890,\u201d Simeon L. Deyo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Charles married Penelope Percival Crocker (1821-1905), the daughter of Braddock and Temperence (Hallett) Crocker, and a descendant of Mayflower<\/em> passengers John Howland, Elizabeth Tilley, William Brewster, and Joseph Rogers.<\/p>\n

The cranberry business was a successful enterprise in Mashpee. I found various newspaper sources that reference Howland and Bearse engaged in business with the Mashpee tribal members. Below is one example, published in the Barnstable Patriot.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Massachusetts), 12 September 1871, page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The above listed director Matthias Amos (1816-1885) was active in politics as well. Besides the Mashpee Cranberry Association, Deacon Amos was one of the organizers of the Mashpee Manufacturing Company.<\/p>\n

Matthias married Clarissa Quippish (1818-1896), born to Daniel and Love (Amos) Quippish. They had several children including a son, Lysander Z. Amos, who married Flora Bearse, the daughter of Nathaniel D. S. and Olive Gould (Pells) Bearse. This is a Mayflower<\/em> line and full lineage will be in the next story.<\/p>\n

More Amos Lines<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Part five<\/a> of this series I referred to a cranberry screen patented by the Hon. Watson F. Hammond<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His son Lorenzo Tandy Hammond, aka Chief Small Bear, was credited for inventing a Berry Separator & Cleaner. (Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office, p. 2097.) Below is an image of his patent filed 15 March 1897.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Lorenzo T. Hammond Patent # 600.784. Credit: \u201cAnnual Report, Commissioner of Patents,\u201d U.S. Government Printing Office, 1898.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Below is a photo of Lorenzo T. Hammond taken August 1929 when members of the Wampanoag Nation gathered for a three-day powwow of their tribes at Mashpee.<\/p>\n

In this photo we see (left to right): Chief Standing Rock of the Herring Pond Tribe; Chief Red Shell of the Wampanoags; Lorenzo T. Hammond aka Chief Small Bear of the Mashpee Tribe; and Chief High Eagle, medicine man of the Wampanoags.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Wampanoag chiefs, August 1929 powwow. Credit: Boston Public Library, Digital Commonwealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lorenzo is also credited for patenting a triple-piston deep-well pump.<\/p>\n

I found Lorenzo\u2019s obituary in the Boston Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 18 December 1959, page 13<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This article reads:<\/p>\n

Funeral services for Lorenzo T. Hammond, 88, who was injured Monday in a fire at his home at 57 School St., and died Wednesday at Cape Cod Hospital, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Mashpee First Baptist Church.<\/p>\n

A native of Mashpee, he was a grandson of \u201cBlind\u201d Joe Amos, Mashpee\u2019s first Indian preacher, and a descendant of the Wampanoag Indian Tribe. He bore the Indian title of Chief Small Bear.<\/p>\n

Mr. Hammond was a master plumber until his retirement several years ago, and was an artist of local fame for his oils and watercolors. He was a member of the Cotuit Federated Church.<\/p>\n

He leaves two sons, Alcott, of Ada, Mich., and Clinton Hammond, of Mashpee; a daughter, Mrs. Pearl Tobey of Pocasset; a stepson; and four stepdaughters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I will cover the descendants of this line after more research. What I have found to date:<\/p>\n

On 5 July 1897 Lorenzo married Florence \u201cFlossie\u2019 G. Whiting (1881-1958), born to Bethina L. Whiting. Her father was John H. Thompson. I have not found a record of marriage for Flossie\u2019s parents. Flossie was the mother of Pearl Hammond Tobey, Alcott Lorenzo Hammond, and Clifton Belmont Hammond.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Florence \u201cFlossie\u2019 G. (Whiting) Hammond. Credit: Pocknet family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On 7 November 1909 Lorenzo married 2nd Mrs. Lillian Rose (Avant) Brown, daughter of John and Susan (Lowe) Avant and former wife of Isaac H. Brown.<\/p>\n

In my last story I featured a grandson of Watson F. Hammond, Alfred Leslie DeGrasse (1890-1978), born to Charles Henry and Ellen W. (Hammond) DeGrasse.<\/p>\n

Below is a photo of Alfred and his parents which is part of an album collection of four generations of the Mashpee Wampanoag families housed in the National Museum of the American Indian.<\/p>\n

In this photo we see (left to right): Alfred Leslie DeGrasse; his parents Ellen W. (Hammond) DeGrasse (1868-1948), daughter of Watson F. and Rebecca Cecorson (Amos) Hammond; and Charles Henry DeGrasse (1869-1930), son of Elias and Triphosa (Pocknett) DeGrasse.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: DeGrasse family. Credit: National Museum of the American Indian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More coming\u2026<\/p>\n

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Note on the header image:<\/em><\/strong> Ousamequin, or \u201cMassasoit\u201d (Wampanoag term for \u201cGreat Sachem\u201d) and Governor John Carver smoking a ceremonial pipe at Plymouth Colony in 1621. Credit: Sutro Library; Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n

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