Natick

Tabamoso, Samuel

Samuel Tabamoso (Tabumsug) was a Natick Indian man who removed to Westborough, Massachusetts.  From 1737 to 1741, he was employed as a laborer on the farm of Ebenezer Parkman, Westborough’s minister.  Besides his property at Natick, thirty-six acres in six pieces, he acquired extensive land holdings in two other towns in Worcester County, Westborough (ten acres) and Hardwich (one hundred acres).  After his death, sometime prior to 1756, Benjamin Wiser was appointed the executor of his estate, and its proceeds went to his living heirs at that time -- Sarah Printer,  Leah Thomas Chalcom, and

Wiser, Benjamin, - 1771

Benjamin Wiser was the son of James Wiser and Ruth Bowman of the Natick, Massachusetts Indian community.  By 1743 he sold some of his Natick property and removed to Worcester.  Four years later, he married Sarah Printer and raised five children (James, Benjamin, Hannah, Sarah, and Abigail) on a farm that would eventually produce wool, flax, Indian meal, and pork.  At his death, his estate included a "comfortably furnished" English-style house, a barn, and various sorts of livestock.  Among his household goods were pewterware, tablecloths, a looking glass, spectacles, and books.  O'Brien,

Rumneymarsh, Hannah

Hannah Rumneymarsh was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Rumneymarsh of Natick, Massachusetts.  In a line that had been deleted from her mother's petition for support indicated, Hannah may have received two-thirds of her father's property after he died in 1748.  Petition of Sarah Rumneymarsh, 1759.09.24.00.

Rumneymarsh, Samuel, - 1748

Samuel Rumneymarsh, alias Pumhammon, was the son of Isaac and Esther Rumneymarsh of Natick, Massachusetts.  He married a woman named Sarah and had at least one daughter, Hannah.  At his death in 1748, Rumneymarsh had thirty-six acres of land at Natick.  O'Brien, Dispossession by Degrees, 159.  Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.

Rumneymarsh, Sarah, 1679 -

Sarah Rumneymarsh was the wife of Samuel Rumneymarsh of Natick, Massachusetts.  They had at least one child, Hannah.  Upon the death of Samuel in 1748, she received eleven acres of his property as her widow's life estate.  Eleven years later, being infirm and in need, she requested permission to sell the land.  Petition of Sarah Rumneymarsh, 1759.09.24.00.  Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.

Pogenit, Mary, - 1728

Mary Pogenit was a member of the Natick community removed to Hassanamisco after her marriage to Moses Printer.  The couple had several children: Moses, Elizabeth, Bethia, Sarah, and Mary.  After the death of her husband, she lived briefly with her daughter Mary and lost much of her Groton land paying for her medical expenses.

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
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Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty