Benjamin Uncas III

Born [date unknown] in Mohegan, Montville, New London, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 10 May 1769 in Mohegan, Montville, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Ben was Mohegan.

He was "the last of the Mohegans dignified with the title of king". This information was obtained at Mohegan, in 1834, of Lydia Fowler, an Indian woman, 79 years of age, the oldest person belonging to the tribe.

He was buried about half a mile south of the present Mohegan chapel. At the death of his son, Isaiah, "the body of king Ben was dug up, and was carried with that of his son, and buried at Norwich".

Burial

Royal Mohegan Burial Ground, Norwich, New London, Connecticut^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Find a Grave," database with images, (Find A Grave: Memorial #32947853 : accessed 19 September 2023), Memorial page for Benjamin Uncas III (1698-10 May 1769), citing Royal Mohegan Burial Ground, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by nelson carey (contributor 47077523).

• Barber, John Warner. Connecticut Historical Collections (Durrie & Peck and J.W. Barber, 1849) Page 337
• Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT, Friday, May 19, 1769) Issue: 288 Page: 3.

• "Friday last died at his House in Mohegan, of a Dropsy, and on Monday was interred there Benjamin Uncas, Sachem of the Mohegan Nation of Indians, in the North Part of this Town"

• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Extracts From The Itineraries and Other Miscellanies of Ezra Stiles (Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, Conn., 1916) Page 131.

• "Ben Uncas, Sachem of Mohegan, married Geo. Waukeete's oldest Daughter, 1751, in May."