▁relationships ▁with ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁visited ▁in ▁their ▁houses ▁and ▁they ▁in ▁his ▁w ig w am . ▁He ▁even ▁attended ▁religious ▁meet ings , ▁where ▁he ▁managed ▁to ▁catch ▁the ▁curiosity ▁of ▁Thomas ▁May hew ▁Junior ▁( 1 6 1 8 ? – 1 6 5 7 ), ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁island ' s ▁governor ▁and ▁local ▁past or ▁to ▁the ▁English . ▁See ing ▁this ▁curiosity , ▁the ▁younger ▁May hew ▁invited ▁H ia co om es ▁to ▁his ▁house ▁each ▁S abb ath ▁evening ▁where ▁the ▁soon - to - be ▁mission ary ▁to ▁the ▁Indians ▁would ▁teach ▁and ▁instruct ▁his ▁native ▁charge ▁in ▁the ▁do ctr ines ▁and ▁ideas ▁of ▁Pur itan ism . ▁Under ▁his ▁direction , ▁H ia co om es ▁became ▁a ▁prof essed ▁Christian , ▁learning ▁how ▁to ▁read ▁in ▁the ▁process . ▁A ▁letter ▁reference ▁d ating ▁from ▁ 1 6 5 1 ▁puts ▁him ▁at ▁that ▁moment ▁as ▁about ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁of ▁age , ▁so ▁if ▁that ▁is ▁to ▁be ▁believed ▁then ▁H ia co om es ▁at ▁this ▁stage ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁in ▁his ▁early - to - mid ▁ 2 0 s . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁Christian ▁ ▁At ▁first ▁H ia co om es ▁mostly ▁faced ▁opposition ▁from ▁his ▁fellow ▁W amp ano ag , ▁some ▁of ▁whom ▁mock ed ▁him ▁and ▁called ▁him ▁" an ▁English ▁man ". ▁O pp osition ▁from ▁s ach ems ▁to ▁this ▁English ▁innov ation ▁was ▁w ides