Natick

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request by the Hopstill Bent, administrator of the estate of Nathaniel Coochuck, seeking permission to sell all, rather than half, of said Coochuck's land, in order to satisfy outstanding debts

Abraham, Zachary (1698)

Zachary Abraham (Abram) was a Natick Indian convert.  He served as a scout for Captains Thomas Prentice and Daniel Henchman during King Philip's War.  In the winter of 1677, Daniel Gookin wrote a letter of on the behalf of him and others that assisted in capturing Metacomet's men at Medfield.  His name appears on several petitions to the Massachusetts General Court.  

Anins, Joseph

Joseph Anins was a member of the Natick community.  In 1681, he appeared to have rights in lands beyond the Nipmuc River between Munchage and Pachaug.  Petition of Waban and Other Indians,1681,10.12.00

Awassamug, John II (1681)

John Awassamug II was the son of John Awassamug of Natick.  His name appears on a 1681 petition to the Massachusetts General Court rejecting the claim of John Wampus' executors to a large tract of Nipmuc land.  Petition of Waban Petition of Waban and Other Indians to the Massachuse

Appamataquin, John , - 1676

John Appamataquin was the son of William Wannuckhow, a Natick living at Magunkaquog. In February 1676, Appamataquin, his father and brother John had joined a group of Natick looking for buried corn stores.  Believing that Thomas Eames may have played a part of the corn's disappearance, the Indians attacked Eames' homestead, killing members of his family and captivating others.  Going into hiding after the incident, the Wannuckhows surrendered themselves to Thomas Prentice after Massachusetts authorities offered a general amnesty to Indians who had not killed English during the war. 

Printer, James, 1640 - 1709

James Printer, alias Wawaus / Jumet, was the son of Naoas, a member of a prominent Nipmuc family and Christian convert from Hassanamesit.  Brought to live in an English household when he was five years old, Printer later attended the Indian Charity School at Harvard College.  He became a printer's apprentice for Samuel Green at the College's Press in 1659.  There, Printer helped John Eliot translate the Bible into the Massachusett language and set the type on the first American Bible to be published in the colonies and on other religious tracts. 

George, Elizabeth , - 1759

Elizabeth (Betty) George was a member of the Indian community at Natick, Massachusetts.  She married Hezekiah Comecho on October 22, 1730.  The couple had several children: Job (1731), Jacob (1733), Samuel (1735), Hezekiah (1737), Abigail (1740), Dilly (1744), and Isaac (1745).  As an heir to Samuel Tabamoso, she and others petitioned the Massachusetts General Court in 1758 to sell his land to cover his debts and assist in their own need.  Elizabeth died March 12, 1759, in Natick.  Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1622-1988, Ancestry.

Thomas (Ephraim), Judah

Judah Thomas was the daughter of Solomon and Sarah Thomas of Natick, Massachusetts and the wife of the Reverend Joseph Ephraim of the same place.  Judah and Joseph were the parents of Deborah, Ebenezer, John, Joseph, Jr., Judah, Sarah, and Simon.   In 1728, she and other members of her family were baptized by Jonathan Townsend at the First Church in Needham, Massachusetts.  O'Brien, Dispossession by Degrees,  163-164.