Petition of Joel Joel

Petition subject: Resources Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548256 Date of creation: 1767-11-20 Petition location: Chappaquiddick Selected signatures:Joel JoelJames RopenMark KottoodeMark Kottoode Jr.Ebenezer KottoodeSamuel PetersGeorge Johnson Jr.Zachariah HowwosweJohn JoelBeniamin NaytakeBeniamin NaytakeJohn Joel Jr.Benikiah JoelBelick SimonsJob WannaiGeorge JohnsonBeniah MossesJerushshae KondyeSarah JethroPatience DachBethiah DachPatience EkaeRuth Wannai Total signatures: 23 Females of color signatures: 6 Males of color signatures: 17 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: we the subscribers Indian inhabitants of the Island of Chappequideck in the county afore said, we the Indians of Chappequiddick in the county of Dukes County of Edgartown in the county aforesaid as Indians of said Chappaquiddick, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: column separated Native American tribe: Aquinnah 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: John Norton, English, encroachments, trespass, lands, brush, wood, summer, pasturing, creatures, cattle, fences, corn fields, agriculture, tethering, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, agriculture, Francis Bernard, Daniel Coffin, includes attested copy of vote taken at a proprietors meeting on May 20, 1764 appointing John Norton as their agent to settle the rights of proprietors and others on the island, appointments, includes affidavits, certifications, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 444-446, 485, 488-489] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 33, pages 488-489