Native People
- King Philip (Metacomet), war chief of the Wampanoag.
- Crispus Attucks (See below)
- Samoset
- Tisquantum, (better known as Squanto)
- Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, first Native American graduate of Harvard University
- Passaconaway, Pennacook sachem originally lived in Essex County.
- Massasoit chief of the Wampanoag in 1621
- Squaw Sachem female tribal chief, sold her tribe's land, site of Winchester, Massachusetts.
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