Petition of Waban

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855765 Date of creation: 1681-05-11 Petition location: Natick, Ponkapoag, and Wamesit Selected signatures:WabanPyambowTom TrayJohn AwassamugAnthony TraySam AwassamugEliazer PegunZachary AbrahamTom AwassamugAndrew PittomeJames RumnymarshPeter EphraimTom DublitSasonitJohn Awassamug Jr.JethroBenjamSosawannoJohn MagosNathanielWattertown William Total signatures: 22 Males of color signatures: 22 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: us, whose names are under written & others inhabitants of the towns of Natick, Punkapoge & Wamasitt, diverse others, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc, Massachusett 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: request for compensation for loss of lands in Nipmuck country, Nipmuc, Nipmug, Boston, Natick, Oxford, Stoughton, Sutton, Ponkapoag, Wamesit, John Awassamaug, Sam Awassamaug, Eleazar Peagon, Pegan, Zachry Abraham, Tom Awassamaug, Andrew Pityme, Andrew Pittimee, James Rumneymarsh, Sasomit, John Awassamaug Jr., Benjamin, Thomas Tray Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, pages 257-257a