The most famous leader I am related to is Massasoit. This is according to the Family Search activity famous relatives. My grandmother is Melissa Shaw Wardle. Then from her to the Atwood line; then Turrell, and then the Cogswell line which descends from John Starkweather who is the son of John Starkweather and Ann Pauquunaukit Wampanoag who is the daughter of King Phillip Massasoit and the grand daughter of Great Chief King Sachem also known as Massasoit. Here is a look at his history. Massasoit was at the first Thanksgiving feast and was always friendly towards the English newcomers. However after his death, his son Prince or King Phillip made war against the English, killing many. This was a year-long war called King Phillip's War. He was eventually betrayed and killed by the English. Princess Ann, as my eighth great grandmother as full-blooded Native American would mean I am about 1/2000th Native American. I don't that is enough to show on a DNA test.
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