Culture & Society

Exploring various aspects of New England Native communities such as family, language, education, religion, and vital records.

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer by representatives of the Tunxis to a Farmington colonist eighteen acres in the 70th Lot in the Southeast Division for nine pounds
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer by two Tunxis men to two Farmington colonists forty acres at Congee with a dwelling house and barn for 150 pounds
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer of parts of 30th, 31st, 35th Lots and the whole of 32nd, 33rd, and 34th Lots in the Northwest Division, plus other acreage in Farmington belonging to Elijah Wampey for 100 pounds
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer by the Tunxis to a Farmington colonial of 13 acres, one rood, 28 rods in the 52nd Lot in Southeast Division for eight pounds
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer by a Tunxis man to a Farmington colonist of land provided from his father's will and his own rights in the Tunxis reservation for 7 pounds, 12 shillings, and 6 pence
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer from a Tunxis woman to a Farmington colonist of half of her father's house lot and all her rights to the reservation for three pounds
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer from one of the region's prominent families of four acres in Indian Neck at Tunxis to Farmington colonists for ten pounds.
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer by a Tunxis man to a Farmington man of 1.5 acres and a house and one other acre on west side of Pequabuck Meadow for 15 pounds, 10 shillings
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
Transfer by two Tunxis women at Stockbridge to a Farmington colonist of 3 acres, 23 rods in the 5th Lot and 5.5 acres in the 6th Lot in the Tunxis reservation for seven pounds
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
Transfer from a Tunxis man in Westfield, Massachusetts to a Tunxis man in Farmington of 5.5 acres and 35 rods of land in the Tunxis reservation