Petition of John Hecktor

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448045 Date of creation: 1845-03 Petition location: Grafton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on probate and chancery Selected signatures:John Hecktor Actions taken on dates: 1846-01-17 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 17, 1846 and referred to the committee on probate and chancery Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Males of color signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a descendant of the Hassanamisco Indians, [males of color] 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, Harry Arnold, Worcester county, estate, ["an illegitimate son of his mother"], disputes, occupancy, judge of probate, hearing, relief Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1846, c.109, passed April 9, 1846