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John Gray[1] of lawful age testifieth and saith that in the Sabbath night before last, I went with several others to watch at Mr.

Jonathan Pettit[1] of lawful age testifieth and saith that some time in the month of June last, (if I remember right) Timotheus[2], an Indian, who had lately lived at Sharon but, since they had sold to Thomas Barnes[3], had moved away, came to my house and expressed himself in a very earnest manner about the land which the Indians had once lived upon and claimed in Sharon.  He seemed to be desirous that I should a

Joseph Jackson[1] of lawful age testifieth and saith that in the Sabbath night before last, I was upon the watch with several others at Mr.

To the Honorable General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut to be Holden at Hartford on the Second Thursday of May A.D. 1755

In obedience to Your Honor’s instruction, we the subscribers on the 5th day of February 1755, after we had sufficiently notified the Indians (as we supposed) of the Assembly’s intention, repaired to Sharon, expecting to meet the Indians but was disappointed, some of the Indians not being there, whom we

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court Assembled