Petition of Waban

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855768 Date of creation: 1681-10-12 Petition location: Natick, Ponkapoag, and Wamesit Selected signatures:WabanPyambowJohn Awassamug Sr.Anthony TrayTom TrayEliazer PegunSam NawonnutZachary AbramSosonitNehemiahSam AwassamugJames RumnmarshJohn Awassamug Jr. Total signatures: 13 Males of color signatures: 13 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: several of the poor Indian subjects and supplicants belonging to Natick and the other towns Punkapoge & Wamasitt, [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: Natick, Ponkapoag, Wamesit, compensation for their land granted to the English, lands, John Wompas, John Wampas had no right to sell lands at Wamesit, Tewksbury, Blackstone River, Rhode Island, Boston, Nashua River, Nashaway River, New Hampshire, Oxford, Stoughton, Sutton, Joseph Anins, Peter Ephraim, Nossawonno, Quanipunitt, Hassanamesitt, Hassanamesit, Hassanamisco, Nipmuck River, Nipmuc River, [Munchago?], [Poggaghogo], [Piamboo], William Torrey, John Awassamaug Sr., John Awassamaug Jr., Thomas Tray, Eleazar Peagon, Pegan, Zachary Abraham, Sasomit, Sam Awassamaug, James Rumneymarsh, James Rumnymarsh, John Awassamaug Jr. Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, page 262a