Account of Goods provided to Western Pequot Indians by Overseer Elisha Crary
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Groton or Pequot Tribe of Indians to Elisha Crary as Overseer |
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Debit |
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1824 |
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March 13 |
To one day attending court at New London: gate fees, ferriage , and expenses |
$ 1 |
.50 |
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March 19 |
To a half a day at town and to see Mr. Eneas Morgan |
0 |
.50 |
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March 29 and 30 |
To writing seven leases, going to town to get them executed and getting security for the rents, etc. |
2 |
.00 |
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April 9 |
To part of two days at Norwich and Groton on business with James Orris Guy1 |
1 |
.00 |
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April 14 |
To a new cotton shirt for Polly Charles |
0 |
.58 |
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April 20 |
To six quarts of meal to Phebe Sunsamon |
0 |
.12 |
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April 28 |
To a new shirt for Moses Sunsamon |
0 |
.66 |
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May 1 |
To one peck of potatoes |
0 |
.05 |
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May 18 |
To a half a day at town to see about plowing yards, etc. |
0 |
.34 |
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June 25 |
To part of a day to settle a quarrel betwixt Theodosia Deshon and Betsy Wheeler2 |
0 |
.34 |
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June 30 |
To half a day showing Mr. Wilcox and Mark3 where to cut wood |
0 |
.34 |
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August 9 |
To half a day attending to complaints of the George’s4 and looking out wood for Mr. Avery Bill |
0 |
.34 |
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August 31 |
To four quarts of meal to James Sunsamon |
0 |
.08 |
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September 20 |
To half a day on business with Mark5, Mr. Wilcox6 and Pardon Braton |
0 |
.50 |
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September 29 |
To two pounds six ounces of pork, two pounds eight ounces of codfish, and four quarts of meal |
0 |
.44 |
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November 3 |
To half a day at town to see about repairing houses |
0 |
.34 |
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November 29 |
To half a day at town to provide for Ann Wampey |
0 |
.34 |
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To a bedquilt for Moses Sunsamon |
1 |
.50 |
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December 6 |
To 290 feet of boards to repair Moses Sunsamon and Betsy Squib’s houses |
2 |
.90 |
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To six pounds of nails 50 cents and one pound of butter 17 cents |
0 |
.67 |
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To seven pounds of rye flour 21 cents and six quarts meal 12 cents |
0 |
.33 |
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To one bushel of potatoes 20 cents and six and a half pounds of beef |
0 |
.40 |
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December 17 |
To half a day at town to see who was trespassing7 |
0 |
.30 |
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December 22 |
To cash paid Charles Lathrop, Esq. for fees |
3 |
.72 |
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1825 |
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January 5 |
To four quarts of beans 16 cents and one quart of soap 4 cents to Phebe |
0 |
.20 |
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January 7 |
To half a day looking out timber for Esq. Witter |
0 |
.42 |
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January 24 |
To half a day at town to provide for support , etc. |
0 |
.34 |
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January 27 |
To three pounds of pork 24 cents and two and a half pounds of cheese 15 cents |
0 |
.39 |
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To half a pound of candles 8 cents for James Sunsamon |
0 |
.08 |
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February 10 |
To two pounds four ounces of pork 18 cents and two quarts of meal 4 cents |
0 |
.22 |
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February 19 |
To two quarts of beans 8 cents and two quarts of meal 4 cents |
0 |
.12 |
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February 25 |
To a pair of stockings for Ann Wampey 50 cents and two pounds of cheese |
0 |
.62 |
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February 26 |
To one day at town measuring wall and settling |
0 |
.67 |
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March 1 |
To part of a day at town measuring wall, etc. |
0 |
.50 |
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To one bushel of potatoes 20 cents and six quarts of meal 12 cents |
0 |
.32 |
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To four quarts of corn 8 cents and a new cotton shirt for Moses |
0 |
.68 |
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To one day at town settling with tenants |
0 |
.50 |
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To five dollars paid Betsy Squib for boarding Ann Wampey ten weeks at 50 cents a week |
5 |
.00 |
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To a pair of woolen trousers for Moses Sunsamon |
0 |
.50 |
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To 50 cents paid Abel Allyn for coffin for child8 |
0 |
.50 |
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March 2 |
To one day attending court at Norwich |
1 |
.25 |
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March 7 |
To one and a half pounds of cheese 9 cents and one and a half pounds of pork 12 cents |
0 |
.21 |
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To an under jacket for Moses |
0 |
.42 |
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To three and a half yards of woolen cloth for Phebe and a petticoat at 50 cents a yard |
1 |
.75 |
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To two quarts of meal 4 cents and one quart of soap 4 cents |
0 |
.08 |
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To time and trouble in settling with Mr. Charles Allyn and money advanced for the note against the Tribe |
1 |
.00 |
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April 15 |
To $2.00 paid Shubael C. Whitney for a coffin for Hannah George |
2 |
.00 |
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To $2.09 paid John Wilcox for supplies to Betsy Wait
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2 |
.09 |
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June |
To time and expenses at court settling the accounts |
2 |
.25 |
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To court fees |
0 |
.84 |
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| $42 | .24 | |||
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Elisha Crary, Overseer |
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- 1. The business with James Orris Guy was a petition that he and his wife Sally, or Thankful, Charles submitted to the Court for permission to build a home on the reservation. Their memorial was successful and they were also granted the use of a contiguous parcel of land, approximately seven acres in size.
- 2. It is unclear as to the nature of this dispute. There doesn't appear to be any additional documentary evidence that might shed light on this dispute.
- 3. Mark Daniels
- 4. There doesn't appear to be any formal memorialization of these complaints, either within the records of the overseer or within the civil and criminal cases.
- 5. Mark Daniels
- 6. John Wilcox
- 7. It is unclear what the nature of this trespass was, as there doesn't appear to be a formal complaint lodged.
- 8. The identity of this child remains undetermined.