Petition of John Hecktor

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481290 Date of creation: 1859-02 Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Henry C. Rice, Worcester; committee on Indian affairs; committee on rights of Indians Selected signatures:John Hecktor Actions taken on dates: 1859-03-22 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 22, 1859 and referred to the committee on rights of Indians and committee on Indian affairs Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Males of color signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: member of the Hasanimisco tribe of Indians, [males of color], ["a relic of the tribe of Hassanamisco tribe of Indian"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc, Hassanamisco 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 non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: John Hector, Hassanamisco, sole heir, real estate, Paxton, Worcester county, Sharp Freeborn, conveyed, deeds, trustees, Indian guardians, 1768, registry of deeds, Book 127 page 349, income, property, next of kin to Elnathan Freeborn, Winchester, New Hampshire, Leander Gimby, Leander Gimbee, occupied unlawfully and without right, appointment, Charles Brigham of Grafton, courts of law, courts of justice, Grafton, [many other documents in folder, including "Abstract of the Records of the Proceedings of the Trustees for the Indians of Hassanamiscoe" with information on individuals dating back to 1720s] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1859, c.88, passed April 6, 1859