Mary (Little Dove) Hyanno Princess of the Wampaoag was born in 1617 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She was born between 1622 and 1625 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She joined church on 7 Aug 1650 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. She died about 1700. She was buried in Old Cemetery, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Princess of the Wampanoag (native american) -- had a light complexion and flaming red hair (source: Inman/Goodwin Genealogical Database) "Chief Canonicus was my 13th g-grandfather. It is through his g-granddaughter, Mary Hyanno, that I descend. In the book "Bearse-Bears-Barss Family, Genealogy of Augustine Bearse and Princess Mary Hyanno" by Franklin Bearse, it tells of the Vikings coming to the Wampanoag area about 1001-1016. "They were fierce, red haired, pale faced men who came, to what is now Massachusetts, mixed their blood with the Wampanoag Indians and went back to the endless waters and were never seen no more. "Wampanoag" means "White Indian." Mary Hyanno (born 1625) was of light complexion and had flaming red hair. These stories were written for record from the legends passed on from one generation to another in the Wampanoag tribes." (excerpt of a speech given by Mary Auggheimer on Native American genealogy, http://members.aol.com/bbbenge/page21.htm) Parents: John Hyanno * Chief Sachem of the Cummaquid and Mary No-Pee *. She was married to Augustine (Austin, Austine) Bearse * (Bearce) in 1639 in Matachee Indian Village, regist. at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. (1856)(67) Children were: Sarah Bearse *, Mary Bearse, Martha Bearse, Priscilla Bearse, Abigial Bearse, Hannah Bearse, Joseph Bearse, Esther (Hester) Bearse, Lydia Bearse, Rebecca Bearse, James Bearse. seems loose on her birth....... WW - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --