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Wheelwright, Zilpha (1808)

Zilpha Wheelwright was a member of the Herring Pond Indian community. She may have been the daughter of Sarah Capey and Absalom Wheelwright of Sandwich, Massachusetts, residents of the Christiantown community. In 1808, Zilpha signed a petition to the Massachusetts General Court, protesting another petition that advanced positions contrary to the interests of the Herring Pond and Black Ground Indians. Two years later, she and Samuel Joy made intentions to marry but the marriage itself isn't recorded. She married Samuel Scott on March 13, 1814. Pierce and

West, Timothy (1834 Apes petition)

Timothy West was a signatory to a January 1834 Mashpee petition written by William Apes. Despite being away from home, his name was added to that of 288 other Mashpee residents and community members complaining of a number of longstanding grievances against the overseers and the Congregational missionary to the tribe. Petition of the Mashpee Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1834.01.29.00; Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Vol. 1, Ancestry

Wessell Ten Broek, Dirck, 1638 - 1717

Born in Europe around 1638, Major Dirck Wessell Ten Broek was the son of Wessel Wesselese of the West Indian Company. After immigrating to New York, he became the largest fur-trader at Beaver-Wyck (now Albany). He was active in the political affairs of the town and a manager on the Livingston Manor. Serving as the recorder of the City of Albany. New York's Governor Dongan chose him to carry a truce between the Kings of England and France to the Governor of Canada.

Belain, Charlotte M., 1815 -

Charlotte M. Peters was the daughter of Francis Peters and Hepzibah Amos of Christiantown, Massachusetts. She married, first, Asa J. Belain of Chappaquiddick on August 12, 1843, and, second, John Henderson. Pierce and Segel, Wampanoag Families of Martha's Vineyard, 725

Bassett, Benjamin , 1752 - 1830

Benjamin Bassett was a resident of Chilmark, Massachusetts. He served as the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Dukes County. The Massachusetts Register (1813), 107.

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Baker, Hiram (1834 Apes Petition)

Mashpee resident, Hiram Baker, was a signatory to a January 1834 Mashpee petition written by William Apes. Baker's name was added to that of 288 other Mashpee residents and community members complaining of a number of longstanding grievances against the overseers and the Congregational missionary to the tribe. Petition of the Mashpee Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1834.01.29.00

Awassamug, Samuel (1681)

Samuel Awassamug was the son of John Awassamug of Natick and Yawata, daughter of Nanepeshemet. 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.

Awassamug, Hannah

Hannah Awassamug was the daughter of John Awassamug, a member of a prominemnt Natick Indian family. She married at least twice -- to a man named Pelemy and to an Indian man, John Brooks, (intentions filed in Natick, February 25, 1739. Hannah died sometime before 1753, when her sister Elizabeth petitioned the Massachusetts General Court to sell land to help settle bills relating to Hannah's debts.

Awassamug (Lawrence), Elizabeth

Elizabeth Awassamug was the daughter of John Awassamug of Natick, Massachusetts and the sister of Ann/Hannah Awassamug Pelemy Brooks. Elizabeth married Samuel Lawrence around 1748. The couple had two children, Hannah (born c. 1751) and Samuel (born c.

Awaquin, John

John Awaquin was a member of the Nipmuc Indian community. His name appears on two Natick petitions in 1684. In one, he, Captain Tom, and several others protested the sale of land near Whip Suffrage, Massachusetts, and demanded redress. MA 30: 279a, 287. Petition of Captain Tom to the Massachusetts General Assembly, 1684.09.19.00

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