Petition of John Hecktor

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448040 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Grafton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Lincoln, Worcester; committee on claims Selected signatures:John HecktorLucy HecktorSusan HecktorLeander GimbyJohn HecktorRichard HecktorGeorge HecktorZoney Gimby Actions taken on dates: 1839-01-23,1839-01-23 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 23, 1839 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 23, 1839 and concurred Total signatures: 8.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 2.0 Males of color signatures: 5.0 Unidentified signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: descendants from the Hassanamissa tribe of Indians, formerly holding the lands included within the town of Grafton in the county of Worcester, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated 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: Hassanamisco, lands, Worcester county, 1628, sale, English planters, territory, trustees, Indian guardians, grantors, descendants, guardianship, appointment, protection, preservation, property, negligence, want of fidelity, trust fund diminished, almost to be without value, income, amount, officers, management, wasted, fault, misconduct, ancestors, allowance, John Hector, Zoney Gimbee, Zona Gimby, Zona Gimbee, [family geneaology included in folder] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1839, c.71, passed April 9, 1839