Petition of Martha Bowman

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:27023435 Date of creation: 1750-03-21 Petition location: Worcester Selected signatures:Martha BowmanSamuell BowmanZachariah EquiJoseph PeagunBetty EquiMartha Peagun Actions taken on dates: 1750-04-04 Legislative action: Referred to the next session on April 4, 1750 Total signatures: 6 Legislative action summary: Referred Females of color signatures: 3 Males of color signatures: 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: heirs to Samuel Bowman an Indian late of Worcester in the county of Worcester decd, [females of color], [males of color], ["Samuell Bowman's heirs"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Nipmuc Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library. Additional archivist notes: heirs, Samuel Bowman, widow, grandson, sale, to sell lands, Natick, Boston, Dudley, Sturbridge, inheritance, cattle, Pegun, Pegan, English fashion, house, buildings, improvements, cattle, singleman, husbandry, investments, settlement, inhabitancy, Zachariah Equis, Betty Equis, Spencer Phipps Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 32, pages 6-7