Pocomoke people
The Pocomoke people were a historic Native American tribe whose territory encompassed the rivers Pocomoke, Great Annemessex, Little Annemessex, and Manokin, the bays of Monie and Chincoteague, and the sounds of Pocomoke and Tangier.
History
Their numbers decreased during the 17th and 18th centuries due to the effects of diseases brought from Europe, massacres by Virginia colonists, and forced displacement from their territory by numerous land grants and patents to immigrants and transports. Beginning in about 1742, some Pocomoke families moved northward by way of the Susquehanna River and settled in present-day Pennsylvania and Canada, while others cohabited with the Assateague, Nanticoke, and the Choptanks near the Indian River.Subtribes
Several related groups were considered subtribes of the Pocomoke:- Acquintica, also spelled Aquintankec, Aquinteca
- Annamessex, Annamessick
- Gingoteque, Chingotegue, Gingateege, Gingo Teague, Yingoteague
- Manokin, Mannanokin, Monoakin
- Morumsco
- Nasswatex, Nuswattax
- Quandanquan.