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Nanatasse Family Name

Last updated Jan-2009
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Probable Origins & Usage

  • Western Abenaki [Day]
  • nanátasís - Ruby-throated hummingbird [Day]
  • possibly Kennebec
  • found only as a family name

Spellings & Alternate Names

  • perhaps Natanis

Places Family is Found

  • Odanak

Earliest Occurrences of the Name

  • 1775 Natanis on the Kennebec River
  • 1815 Joseph Natanis at Old Town
  • 1829-1832 Laurent Nanatasse at Odanak

Notes

A man known on the Kennebec River in Maine at the time of the American Revolution was called Natanis. His mark could be interpreted as a picture of a hummingbird, suggesting he is connected to this family name.

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