J. to Pom'pton, written Pachquak'onck by Van der Donck (1656) ; Paquan-nock or Pasqueck, in 1694; Paqunneck, Indian deed of 1709, and in other forms, was the name of a certain field, from which it was extended to the

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stream. Dr. Trumbull recognized it as the equivalent of Mass. Paquan'noc, Peqnan'niic, Pohqu'un-auke, etc., "A name common to all cleared land, i. e. land from which the trees and bushes had been .remove'd to fit it for cultivation." Zeisberger wrote, Pachqu (Paghqii), as in Pachqu-echen, "Meadow;" Pachquak'onck, "At (or on) the open land." Peram=sepus, Paramp=seapus, record forms of the name of Saddle River,^ Bergen Coumty, N. J., and adopted in Paramus as the name of an early Dutdh village, of which one reads in Revolutionary 'history as the headquarters of General George Clinton's Brigade, appears in deed for a tract of land the survey of which reads : "Beginning at a spring called Assinmayk-apaliaka, being the northeasternmost head-spring of a river called by the Indians Peram-sepiis, and by the Christians .Saddle River." Nelson (Hist. Ind. of New Jersey) quoted from a deed of 1671 : "IVarepeake, a run of water so called by the Indians, but the right name is Rerakanes, by the English called Saddle River. Peram-sepus also appears as Wieramius, suggesting that Pera, Para, Wara, and Wiera were written as equivalemt sounds, from the root IVil {Willi, Winne, Wirri, Waure), meaning, "Good, fine, pleasant," etc. The suffix varies, Sepiis meaning "Brook"; Pcake (-/^ei^^)," Water-place," and Anes, "Small stieam," or, substantially, Septis, which, by the prefix Ware, was proniounccd "A fine stream," or place of water. Monsey, a village in Rockland County, takes that name from an Indian resident who was known by his tribal name, Monsey -- "the Monseys, Minsis, or Minisinks." Mahway, Mawayway, Mawawier, etc., a stream and place now Mahway, N.