The Database for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel

Fluellin


Status (enslaved, free or both): free

Known dates: 1661

"Fluellen was the only son of Sosowen, or Solowen, sagamore of Cape Porpus, who had sold land there before 1652 to John Sanders, John Bus and Peter Turbett. The Sosowen deed had been witnessed by Sagettawon and his wife. (footnote 48: Solowen to John Saunders, John Bush, and Peter Turbett, York Deeds 1, 1887: 132)" - Baker, p. 87

"Fluellin was definitely related to the Indians south of the Saco River. His father was Sosowen, the sachem of Cape Porpus, several miles east of the Kennebunk River. He links the people of the lower Saco not only to Kennebunk, but also to Wells, for Fluellin's 1661 confirmation of his father's deed was witnessed by Sagettewon and his wife (presumably Nell, sister of Thomas Chabinock, sagamore of Wells and Ogunquit)." - Baker, p. 88

Bibliography:

Collections of the Maine Historical Society, Volume 1 (1865)

Finding the Almouchiquois: Native American Families, Territories and Land Sales in Southern Maine - Emerson W. Baker (2004), as published in Ethnohistory 151:1 Winter 2004, from the collections of the Maine Historical Society


Thomas Chabinocke - 1649 deed to John Wadleigh

the property known as Nampscoscoke

Icon for /Fluellin/Thomas Chabinocke - 1649 deed to John Wadleigh compressed 2.pdf

Chart showing Wells Sagamores

from 'Finding the Almouchiquois' by Emerson Baker

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