Natick

To His Excellency William Shirley, Esq., Captain General and Governour in Chief in and over His Majesty’s Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, to his the Honorable Majesty’s Council, and House of Representatives in General Court Assembled

Tribes

Speen, Moses

Moses Speen was a member of the Natick Indian community.  In 1748, his name appears on a petition advocating the recovery of the community’s fishing rights.  Petition of Joseph Ephraim, 1748.03.28.00.

 

Speen, Josiah

Josiah Speen was a member of the Natick Indian community.  In 1748, his name appears on a petition advocating the recovery of the community’s fishing rights.  Petition of Joseph Ephraim, 1748.03.28.00.

Pegan, Thomas

Thomas Pegan was a member of the Natick Indian community.  In 1748, his name appears on a petition advocating the recovery of the community’s fishing rights.  Petition of Joseph Ephraim, 1748.03.28.00.

 

Ephraim, Isaac, - 1754

Isaac Ephraim (d. 1754) was a prominent member of the Natick Indian community and an acquaintance of Samson Occom.  Ephraim’s name can be found on petitions on a petition to establish a meeting house at Natick and another to defend the Indians’ fishing rights. Brooks, The Collected Writings of Samson Occom, 416. Petition of Joseph Ephraim, 1748.03.28.00

To His Excellency William Shirley, Esq., Captain General and Governour in Chief in and Over His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay, And to the Honorable the Council and the House of Representatives of Said Province Now Sitting in General Court or Assembly, March 23, 1742.

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Tribes

Waban, Moses

Moses Waban was the son of Thomas Waban of Natick, Massachusetts.  In 1742, he and his brother Moses petitioned the Massachusetts Legislature to sell a portion of their land once belonging to their late father to help accommodate their mother in her later years.  The following year, he is a signer of a Needham petition for the annexation of Natick.  He may have been the Moses Waban who died at Natick in 1746.  Petition of Moses and Joshua Waban, 1742.03.23.00.  MA 12: 265; 13:70.  Massachusetts, Town and Vital