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Quadequina Wampanoag, 11th Great Grandfather
December 26, 2012
— Natives, Pilgrims, Plymouth, popcorn, Quadequina Wampanoag
Natives of New England
It is with great excitement that I have found an ancestor from my mother’s side in Plymouth Colony. Most of her forefathers sailed to Virginia or below, but this particular Taylor branch had some distinctions. Margaret Diguina Weeks is said to be the Wampanoag daughter of Quadequina. There is dispute about this, but I do hope I can confirm these facts. My 11th great-grandfather, Quadequina, introduced popcorn to the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving.
It becomes complicated because there were two Richard Taylors, both married to women named Ruth. I have not traced them back in England to know if they match up in the old country with the other Taylors. Ruth Wheldon’s father officially objected to her marriage to my Mr. Taylor, helping us narrow down some of the facts. If Ruth Wheldon had a full-blooded Wampanoag mother, Ruth was a kind of Pocahontas of the north. I need to do some research on this to see what I can learn. The story is amazing.
Quadequina Wampanoag (1576 – 1623)
is my 11th great-grandfather
Margaret Diguina Weeks (1613 – 1651)
Daughter of Quadequina
Ruth Whelden (1625 – 1673)
Daughter of Margaret Diguina
John TAYLOR (1651 – 1690)
Son of Ruth
Abigail Taylor (1663 – 1730)
Daughter of John
Martha Goodwin (1693 – 1769)
Daughter of Abigail
Grace Raiford (1725 – 1778)
Daughter of Martha
Sarah Hirons (1751 – 1817)
Daughter of Grace
John Nimrod Taylor (1770 – 1816)
Son of Sarah
John Samuel Taylor (1798 – 1873)
Son of John Nimrod
William Ellison Taylor (1839 – 1918)
Son of John Samuel
George Harvey Taylor (1884 – 1941)
Son of William Ellison
Ruby Lee Taylor (1922 – 2008)
Daughter of George Harvey
Pamela Morse
I am the daughter of Ruby Lee
Here is one account of the story of Margaret Diguina and her tribe:
“Gordon B. Hinckley, Shoulder for the Lord” by George M. McCune page 35- ” Two of the early immigrants to Plymouth colony were Gabriel Wheldon, of Arnold, Nottingham, England, and his brother (name unknown). Gabriel had been married in England before sailing to America but his first wife named Margaret evidently was deceased at the time of his migration.
Both brothers had a free spirit much like Stephen Hopkins and found their way to the camps of the Wampanoags. There they both fell in love with two of the daughters of Chief Quadequina, younger brother of the Great Chief. They each married and Gabriel gave his second wife the English name ‘Margaret’ after his first spouse. The two counseled with their father-in-law and his older brother Massasoit regarding what to do. The Plymouth Colony would probably punish them for their intermarriage. Massasoit advised them to return to the colony and all would be well.
The Plymouth Colony tribunals saved face by banishing the couples from Plymouth for life but did not send them back to England. Gabriel and Margaret established their home in Barnstable where the Hinckleys came in late 1630’s and here Gabriel and Margaret raised a large family of girls.
One of those girls was Ruth Wheldon. This is a score!!
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Hi Ruby Lee my name is Ron Turner I too am a descendant of Ruth Weldon. After many years of research I have come up with the only thing that works, YES Gabriel Wheldon married Oiguina he called her Margaret. She was the daughter of Qaudequina brother of Massasoit. If you wish to contact me my e-mail is sweetcooking58@aol.com would love to hear from you cousin.
Ron Turner
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Ron Turner
December 27, 2012
Thanks so much Ron. I love this research and will definitely be in touch with you. this is my favorite discovery of all so far, and I have some really good ones.
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You have the most interesting facts revealed in your background. wow.
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You probably do too..if you go 11 generations you will find at least one fact that will shock you.
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And I just see in the other comments that you met a distant relative of yours. How exciting!
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Yes, and he has data…this has happened on ancestry before but this one is very exciting.
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I, too, an a decendant of Margaret Diquina (daughter of Quadiquina). The story is Amazing!
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Patricia Larson (Mohn)
March 8, 2013
It is exciting, isn’t it? How did you find out? I just learned a few months ago. I am going to see Cape Cod and our people in April…very proud.
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Hello I am a direct descendant of Catherine Wheldon b. 1618 who married Giles Hopkins. I would imagine Ruth must have been her sister. We strongly believe that yes indeed Margaret was the daughter of Quadequina. We have her listed as being born in 1604 though and we don’t have a reference for the Weeks name. We have her listed as: Margaret Diguina (Oguina). I would be interested in the Weeks aspect of the name and we’re still trying to sort out the question of Diguina/Oguina as there are references to both names in our research. Looking forward to hearing from you! Thank you very much!
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Hello, I am excited to go to see our tribe on Cape Cod in April. I also wonder where the weeks name is derived. Where do you live..I will be a t Mashpee, on Cape Cod, end of April to learn all about us.
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Hello! I just stumbled across your website when I looked up Quadequina. I am a descendant of Margaret Diquaina (the spelling used on our family tree) via Catherine Wheldon and Giles Hopkins. I never knew this story, it’s amazing!!
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Carissa
March 31, 2013
I think it is amazing too. I will go to Cape Cod to our res to meet our tribe in April. Very excited. Surely they know more than we do..
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I am also. I will be out at Falmouth, MA for a few days, and I have a friend who has lived there for a while. I will go to Plymouth also since i have Mayflower ancestors..but really the reason I am going is..being Wampanoag. I will let you know everything I learn.
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Thank you very much! I hope you have a wonderful, fun and informative visit. On a side note, on my father’s side I am descended from Stephen Hopkins. On my mother’s side I am descended from Edward Doty who was indentured to Stephen Hopkins. You can imagine the fun my Dad has with that one.
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I have some messy parts of my tree. The few people marry each other in the colonies because there are so few who pass muster with the church..
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It was by sheer coincidence that I ended up descended from both Stephen Hopkins and Edward Doty. The only connection for our family is me, the lines never joined for us until my parents met and married in the 1960’s.. All these generations later I have to wonder what they (Stephen & Edward) would have thought about that. 🙂 It can be very difficult to sort things out and then as you have already run into there are many people who shared the same name during the same time. It’s a pity better records weren’t kept or saved from those early days in the New World. One might think that someone might have recognised the historical importance of that time though I imagine they just had their hands full trying to survive.
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Survival, indeed. The many generation gap is interesting. I have some in England who married each other (families) every four or five generations ..freaky.
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It is more sad than we could imagine. 200 years of history were wiped out. They count their ancestry from the 1800’s from English names….200 years lost!!! I am dealing with it as our tribal members do in Cape Cod. They need help!!
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We appear to be related …
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Hi Fred. How are you in the fam? I went to Mashpee in April to learn that 200 years of history are missing and so is Quadequina’s grave.
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This is so cool! I just discovered that I am a descendant of The Great Sachem Chief Wasanegin Wampanoag, father of Chief Quadequina, father of Diguina, mother of Ruth Wheldon, mother of John Taylor, father of Ruth Taylor, wife of John Dille Jr. ….anyways we are related! What a great story. Thanks Ruby Lee.
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Kerrin Golden
July 3, 2013
It is very cool. What is not cool is that nobody knows where Quadaquina was buried. It is an honor, but when you follow what the Pilgrims did to the tribe….I think you will freak right out. You are not related to King Philip,( Metacom) are you? That would be huge.
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he is also my 10th great grandfather
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Brendalee
September 24, 2013
Cool. Where do you live?
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Hi,
My name is Susan and I loved reading all the genealogy info on your blog. Quadequinna is in my family tree (maybe not direct) but he is a direct ancestor of my partner, Ken. We both have Mayflower ancestors too. While I honor all my forefathers and foremothers, I am especially drawn to earn about those more recently discovered, in particular my Native and African-American roots.
Always eager to talk family history,
Regards,
Susan DeWolfe
sdewolfeburns@yahoo.com
I do a lot of genealogy research and it is not uncommon for someone to have the wrong tribe.
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Susan DeWolfe
October 25, 2013
* to learn about those….
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Susan DeWolfe
October 25, 2013
Thanks, Susan. I am also heavily related to those Mayflower peeps and more interested in the Wampanoag tribe. It would be super easy to be mistaken here because there are no records. I went to Mashpee and Plimouth Colony in May and learned a lot, but not what I expected. There are no graves or records for the tribe until the 1800’s and then they trace ancestry with English names…..
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I think Margaret Diguina’s married name was Whelden rather than Weeks.
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lynn hall
November 22, 2013
I know that it is Wheldon, but for some reason her maiden name is commonly given as Weeks..no idea where it came from..nor do the people at the Mashpee Wampanoag museum…Their first records are from the 1800s
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hello my laura Margaret digaina is maternal grandmorther of wife 8 great grandfather my 8 graet grandfather is jon potts
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very cool
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her name is Oguina, not Diguina – which is a foreign family group
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wendy
July 27, 2015
Do you know any more about her? I have looked and even gone to Mashpee, but found no more information.
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I’m curious as to where the Diguina and Weeks names came from as neither one are in any of the documents from that time period I’ve actually seen. I know there is a Diguina family line over-seas and could see that mistake happening, with her original native name being ‘Oguina’.
But the ‘Weeks’ is confusing. The only thing stating that she may have remarried at some point is a group of difficult to read documents, and that sounds like she may have remarried the other brother wheldon, not anyone by the name of Weeks. strange.
wendy
July 27, 2015
I do not know..in fact, I have found possible errors back in South Carolina in the 1700’s that put this line into question. I am still fascinated with the story.
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Hello…Margaret also my great g.m. can you update us on anything more you have found on her and her family? thanks. My name is susan.
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Susan
November 10, 2015
Hi Susan. There are many of us but nobody seems to have much information on the original family..The name Weeks is even a mystery.
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My Grandpa was a direct descendant of Catherine Weldon; all daughters down to his mother; I am trying to work on finding other female descendants from his mother’s family and Grandmother’s family in case one of them can do an mtDNA test my Grandpa was an only son and his two sisters died young.
Renee M Boudreau
February 11, 2016
I hope you find the right person to test. Alas, I am not the person. I have discovered an error back in the 1700’s in South Carolina that put this entire branch of my tree into question. I had a DNA test in Ancestry.com’s system and show no Native American heritage. I was very sad to find this error in my tree,since I had become very attached to these people.
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Who or I should say how was Catherine Weldon related to Ruth?
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Marty
February 21, 2017
I have no idea..you could maybe hire a pro genealogist ..but i think there is little info
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Ok …..these is just getting worse….I’ve been reading your comments…….I’m trying to find info on King Philip……his line married a Woodbury…..and starkweather……father side of family…….I’m related that way……I’m supposed to be related down my mothers side to an peter Alexander ….goes to a weetamoo or someone called Quinapin? Now I’m reading that Catherine Weldon …..I’m a descendent of Stephen Hopkins and his son Giles …..may be related to this Massasoit to?……..is there a list of people descendent from the two sons Alexander and King Philip I can read. I’m confused as my cousins have had there DNA tested but no Indian blood? How is this possible….if Philip only had 3 daughters that weren’t put on the slave ship……two went to Canada …..that left one starkweather one….where is DNA trail…..can anyone help clear this mess up .
I so would appreciate it .
Thanks
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Marty
February 21, 2017
Marty—I am not related to Quadequina…I made a mistake in the 1700’s in South Carolina and had to cut this entire branch from my tree. I leave this biography because many people are searching for the same info. I have no idea if anyone can clear this mess up for you and Giles Hopkins…I hope so, but I went in person to the Plymouth and the Wamp Museum, and got no better info…best of luck.
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Maybe …..i’ll take a leaf from your book and do the same thing . Just stop short of putting them on my tree.in all three lines…….as there is no records I can find with clear cut answers…….and everyone has differing opinions . So…..I think I’ll leave it for future generations to discover the truth about this mistery .
Soon with DNA testing …..I’m. Sure they will come up with better answers ….as to who is who on my family lines.
Thank you so much for your replies …….you made me smile.
Marty
February 21, 2017
I HAPPENED UPON YOUR POST..WE ARE COUSINS ALSO I HAVE PART OF A FAMILY TREE “The Hinckley line” my uncle did and gave us a copy. My line must be Ruth”s sister of Catherine who married a Giles Hopkins
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Kim
April 7, 2017
Diquina (Margaret) Quadequina of Wampanag Tribe
BIRTH 1604 • Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA, United States
DEATH 25 JAN 1648- 1651 • Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA, United States
Is the mother-in-law of uncle of husband of my 10th great-aunt. Do you have any portraits of Diquina?
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Bill
May 18, 2017
no pictures
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I too am a descendant of Gabriel and his son john. Please contact me if you have any further into that might help me.
YLau7@aol.com
I faced bAck from a th grAnd fathers Robert Weldon Alexander of Harris county, ga.
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Laura Young
June 23, 2017
I heard this story to be disputed.
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carol
January 17, 2018
Thanks for the indian info. We’re finding our foremother was Chief Massasoit’s youngest daughter. It has been a needle in a haystack, because of what you said on Plymouth Colony displeased with intermarriage. My family and I are conservative Christians of the Anabaptist faith (Brethren) but don’t feel the Puritans always dealt with situations according to Scripture. Having both native American and Pilgrim blood in my family line, I feel both sides!
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Karen Marie Johnson
April 23, 2018
No, those Pilgrims were not your best neighbors….I have many Quaker ancestors, and many who went to Rhode Island to escape the oppression of those Pilgrims.
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Greetings. I have been researching my family tree. Paternal Grandmother is a direct descendant of Chief Ousamequin Massasoit, 1580-1662. Her last name was Bethel from Rhode Island area. How can I prove this? Having trouble tracing. Thanks. Susa
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Susan Prodan
June 27, 2018
There is little physical evidence. Records are hard to find. Good luck
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Hello. I am of the direct lineage of the Hopkins family of the mayflower as well. I am.always hopeful..to hear of our history. Particularly interested in the Wampanoag connection.
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stephen white
December 25, 2018
I am also a relative of Gabriel Weldon and Maragret
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Penny Roy Brown
April 29, 2019
It appears that chief quadequina wampanog is my 11th great grandfather. How do I go about enrollment?
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james
December 6, 2019
You can’t. The tribe has no records of that time.
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how exciting for you. I am 85 and ever since I was small we were told we had Indian ancestry. I also thought it was in my Jones/Wright line but could never find it. I have a friend who basically has the same story and his Indian ancestry was also connected to his Jones line, but I can’t get our 2 Jones line to connect NOR do I know what our tribes are. Guess you can’t keep up with the JONSES.
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Shirley Frieler Fritz Omaha, Ne.
June 19, 2020
According to ancestry.com I too am descended from these ancestors and am a 11 th great granddaughter of the chief. My line though is slightly different, I believe we would be cousins. I wont show all the way to myself on here but here is how I connect in. chief quadequina wampanag massasoit + ova ora Diguina (pokanoket)
Child: Margaret Oiguina Diguina(oiguina ‘margaret’ quadequina) + Gabriel Whelden
Child: Ruth Wheldon + Richard Taylor
Child: John Taylor + Ann Spencer
Child: john taylor + mary combs walker
Child:Elizabeth Taylor + Nicholas Fain
Child Elizabeth Fain + Andrew Evans
Child: Ezekiel Evans + Jane Alexander
Child: Sarah Evans + John Fulcher
It goes on but Im cautious of giving too much info out online.
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Crys
November 15, 2020
Our family tree is very similar until Abigail Taylor (1663-1730) It appears that is were my family tree turns toward Mary Goodwin (b 1663)
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Shawn Johnson
January 20, 2021
Hello Cousin. We differ because Ruth Whelden’s daughter, Martha Taylor, is my 8th Great Grandmother. From her my line goes John Bearse, Martha Bearse, Martha Lewis, Ebenezer Case Jr, Louisa Case, Emily A. Briggs, Orville Spenser Beaman, Hazel Winifred Beaman, Geraldine Winifred Becker, and Me.
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Me too. Quadequina is my 10th Great Grandfather through the Wheldon line.
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Jim Doran
May 28, 2023
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My American History, Plymouth to Tucson | mermaidcamp reblogged this and added:
[…] single Wampanoag ancestor, Quadequina is the only true American in my tribe. My DNA tests out at 96% from the British Isles. My pedigree […]
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Wampanoag Thanksgiving | mermaidcamp reblogged this and added:
[…] am not as proud of them as I am of Quadequina. I have taken sides in the Thanksgiving story. I think the Pilgrims were rude to say the least. […]
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What Would Quadequina Do? | mermaidcamp reblogged this and added:
[…] in Plimouth Colony. Most of my heritage is English, and the Mayflower was full of my peeps. My 11th great-grandfather attended the feast as a representative of the Wampanoag people. When he first met the Pilgrims […]
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Why Study Ancestry? | mermaidcamp reblogged this and added:
[…] Quadequina Wampanoag […]
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