[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] The suffix _-set,_ cannot be applied to an animate object; it is a locative meaning "Less than at." In addition to this objection, Nassaconset is otherwise written Nessaquauke-ecoompt-set, showing that the name belonged to a place that was "On the other side" of Nessaquauke. Neesaquauke stands for _Neese-saqû-auke,_ from _Nisse,_ "two," _Sauk,_ "Outlet," and _-auke,_ "Land" or place, and describes a place at "the second outlet," or as the text reads, "At a river called and commonly known by the name of Nesaquake River." The sagamore may have been given the name from the place, but the place could not have taken the name from the sagamore. The estuary, now known as Nissequage Harbor into which the stream flows, extends far inland and forms the west boundary of Nissequage Neck. Marsepinck, a stream so called in Queens County, from which extended to the land which was sold, in 1639, by "Mechowout, chief sachem of Marossepinck, Sint-Sink and dependencies," and also extended to an Indian clan known as Marsepings, is no doubt an orthography of _Massepe_ and _-ing,_ locative. It means "At, to or on the great river." _Mas_ is an abbreviation of _Massa, Missi,_ etc., "great," and _Sepe,_ means "river." It was probably used comparatively-the largest compared with some other stream.