Petition of Hannah Robans

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548326 Date of creation: 1754-04-03 Petition location: Bridgewater Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Hannah Robans Actions taken on dates: 1754-04-05,1754-04-05 Legislative action: Committed and received and read and granted in the House on April 5, 1754 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on April 5, 1754 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Committed, received, read, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Females of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: Indian woman together with the consent of her Guardians, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Mashpee 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: Hannah Robens, Hannah Robbins, Titicut, Indian guardians, Plymouth county, distemper “King’s Evil” when she was 8 years old, sickness, clothing, measles, debts, doctors, lands, Middleborough, sale, house, buildings, families, deeds, Nathaniel Smith, Gamaliel Bradford, Lawrence, White, Turner, William Shirley, Thomas Clarke, Thomas Hubbard, also signed by Priscilla Turner, includes affidavits, certifications, [note: unique placement of Priscilla Turner's signature, petitioning] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 105, pages 435-437