The Brothertown, also called Brotherton, are descendants of the Pequot and Mohegan Algonquin-speaking tribes of southern New England. They became a tribe in 1769 when seven Christian, English-speaking communities organized and moved to land in upstate New York. There they cleared land, planted fields, and built houses while facing intense pressure to move west again. Joining their neighbors the Oneida and the Stockbridge, they planned a move to Wisconsin. They purchased land near Kaukauna, which the United States government exchanged for the land called Brothertown Township in Calumet County. Between 1831 and 1836, five groups arrived in Wisconsin by ship at the port of Green Bay. After arriving, they cleared land and began farming after building a church near Jericho. Today, the Brothertown remain a culturally distinct Indian community of about 2,400, with the largest concentration living in the Fond du Lac area.