Passaconaway | |
|---|---|
| Papisseconneway | |
 A 19th century representation of Passaconaway, Pennacook Sachem[1] | |
| Pennacook leader | |
| Preceded by | Nanepashemet |
| Succeeded by | Wonalancet (sachem) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | around 1570 near Merrimack River |
| Died | before 1669 |
| Relations | Montowampate |
| Children | 5, including Wonalancet[2] |
Passaconaway was a 17th century sachem and later bashaba (chief of chiefs) of the Pennacook people in what is now southern New Hampshire in the United States, who was famous for his dealings with the Plimouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies.
- ^ Potter, Chandler Eastman (1856). The History of Manchester, Formerly Derryfield, in New Hampshire: Including that of Ancient Amoskeag, Or the Middle Merrimack Valley; Together with the Address, Poem, and Other Proceedings, of the Centennial Celebration, of the Incorporation of Derryfield; at Manchester, October 22, 1851. C.E. Potter. p. 52.
- ^ Beals, Charles Edward (1916). Passaconaway in the White Mountains. Cornell University Library. Boston : R.G. Badger. p. 54.