Quittamog, John

Boston September 2, 1723

On Monday Night last at Judge Sewall’s, and the Night following at Judge Dudley’s, was entertained one of the oldest Indians in New England; John Quittamog, living in the Nipmuck Country, near Woodstock. He is reckoned to be above One Hundred and Twelve Years old. The English Inhabitants of Woodstock remember him as a very old Man for near Forty Years past, and that he has all along affirmed, and which he still confirms, that he was at Boston when the English first arrived ; and when there was but One Cellar in the Place, and that near the Common, and then brought down a Bushel and half of Corn upon his Back. He say that the Massachusetts Indians sent up word to the Nipmucks, that if they had any Corn to spare the English wanted it, as it would be worth their while to bring some of it down, which occasioned his Father and him with others to come down. He is now in good Health, and has his Understanding and Memory very entire, considering his great Age, and is capable of Traveling on Foot Ten Miles in a Day.  The American Weekly Mercury, Vol. 4 (Philadelphia: The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, 1907), 100.