Petition of Capt Tom

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855777 Date of creation: 1684-09-01 Petition location: [Natick] Selected signatures:Capt TomWill AhatonThomas DublettRuseat MotogkenAntrow PitmehJosep KewahehWawopequinnontSamuel WossamogJonan AshonAgononitAbraham SpeenPeter MoquamogeThomas TrayJohn MagosJohn MoquahNehemiahDaniel TakawombpatGreat JohnJohn AwaquinNathanielOld NawanontOld SosauwinnuOld JetrowOld WilliamPetar BagkotogeRaser PeginOld NosauwinnuOld Jamon Total signatures: 28 Males of color signatures: 28 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Capt Tom and Will Nahaughton and Thomas Dublett (Indians & divers other), these are their rulers and the pastor of the church at Natick, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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: appointment of a committee to investigate the sale of Whip Suffrage, plantations, protesting the sale of Indian lands at Marlborough by Thomas Waban and Great James, Billerica, Boston, Chelmsford, Concord, Groton, Natick Indians, lands, Captain Tom, William Ahaton, Thomas Dublet, Andrew Pittimee, Samuel Awassamaug, John Magus, John Moqua, Daniel Takawambpait, Old Jethro, Peter Bogkotoge, Raser Pegan, [additional documents in volumes, see page 301-302] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, page 287