Western Pequot Overseer Account from March 1825 to June 1826
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Erastus Williams in Account Current with the Pequot Tribe of Indians |
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Erastus Williams in Account Current with the Pequot Tribe of Indians in Groton 1825 and 1826 |
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Debit |
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Pequot Tribe of Indians |
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1825 |
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March 10 |
To $3.25 paid to the Clerk of the County Court |
3.25 |
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To two days attending Court $2 and expenses 1.67 |
3.67 |
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March 17 |
1.00 |
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March 18 |
To one quart of molasses to James Sunsamon |
.12 |
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March 19 |
To one day letting out Indian land |
1.00 |
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April 6 |
To one day attending Indian business |
1.00 |
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April 7 |
To one half day |
.50 |
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April 15 |
To one day |
1.00 |
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May 2 |
To one day |
1.0 |
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To one half bushel of potatoes 12 ½ cents |
.12 ½ |
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To two and a half pounds pork delivered to Hannah Miller |
.20 |
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July 3 |
To eight and a half yards of cotton stripes at 20 cents per yard and stocking 67 cents for Ann Wampey |
2.37 |
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To three pounds pork 9 cents and one pint of wine 17 cents to Hannah Miller |
.44 |
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To cash $2 paid Josiah Charles |
2.00 |
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October 17 |
To $4 paid Lucy Johnson1 |
4.00 |
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November 11 |
To one day |
1 |
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To seven pounds of cheese at 7 cents per pound delivered to James Sunsamon |
.49 |
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1825 |
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November 25 |
To one day |
1.00 |
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December 12 |
To paid Roswell Allyn for two pairs of shoes as per Bill Number 1 |
2.50 |
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December 15 |
To paid Asa Fish, Esq. for three Dutch blankets as per Bill Number 2 |
4.82 |
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December 16 |
To one day |
1.00 |
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December 20 |
To one gown to Theodosia Deshon |
1.50 |
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To one half bushel of potatoes Hannah Miller |
.17 |
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December 26 |
To one bushel of potatoes to James Sunsamon |
.34 |
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To half a bushel of potatoes for Theodosia |
.17 |
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1826 |
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January 14 |
To one day attending Indian business |
1.00 |
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January 19 |
To one day |
1.00 |
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To four and three-quarter pounds of pork to James Sunsamon |
.38 |
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February |
To six yards flannel at 42 cent per yard |
2.52 |
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To one pair of wool stocking |
.68 |
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To making one petticoat for Ann Wampey |
.20 |
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To one and a half yards of flannel to Betsy Squib |
.75 |
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February 8 |
To one day |
1.00 |
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February 8 |
To four and a half pounds of pork delivered to James Sunsamon |
.36 |
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To four pounds of pork at 8 cents per pound delivered to Betsy Wheeler |
.32 |
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To three pounds of pork delivered to Theodosia |
24 |
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March 8 |
To one day $1, one half day 50 cents and one half day 50 cents |
2. |
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March 16 |
To one petticoat to Polly Charles |
1.50 |
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To making one gown, thread, and lining |
.50 |
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To making one shift |
.25 |
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To one day attending on James O. Guy and Thankful at Norwich2 |
1.00 |
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April 6 |
To a half bushel of potatoes to Miller3 |
.25 |
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To one cotton shirt to Sunsamon4 |
.75 |
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To one half bushel of potatoes |
.25 |
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To three pounds of pork at 8 cents per pound |
.24 |
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June 12 |
To one day |
1.00 |
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To paid Charles Chester bill for supplies as per Bill Number 3 |
11.53 |
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To paid Henry Hallet Bill Number 4 |
4.87 |
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5.72 |
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1826 |
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March 6 |
To paid Dudley R. Wheeler Bill Number 6 for fourteen yards plaid and four yards shirting |
3.02 |
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June |
To paid Shubael Whitney for making coffins as per Bill Number 8 |
4.68 |
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To paid John Wilcox’s Bill Number 9 for new fences for Pequot Tribe |
24.12 |
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June 12 |
To one day settling accounts |
1.00 |
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To articles delivered to Moses Sunsamon |
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To one cotton shirt |
.60 |
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To four yards of blue broad cloth5 at 13 shillings per yard |
8.67 |
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To lining buttons and thread and making jacket and trousers |
3.00 |
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To paid John Hyde’s bill Number 10 for articles delivered Pequot Tribe as per bill |
8.81 |
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To Dr. Thomas W. Gay’s bill as per agreement |
18.00 |
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To paid Dr. Manning for one visit |
1.00 |
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To James O. Guy and Thankful for boarding Ann Wampey and Moses Sunsamon |
22.17 |
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To paid Shubael Whitney for shingling |
3.50 |
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To Gurdon Bill’s bill for nails as per Bill Number 11 |
1.44 |
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To Mark Daniels |
+70.00 |
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242.98 |
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Credit |
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By cash received Capt. Elisha Crary |
1.14 |
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By $2.34 received of Henry Hallet as per Bill Number 4 |
2.34 |
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By cash received of Thomas Smith for rent $9 |
9.00 |
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September 18, 1825 |
By $7.91 for Bark per Roswell Allyn Bill Number 7 |
7.91½ |
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By $7.34 received of John Wilcox as per Bill Number 9 |
7.34 |
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By rent of land by Charles Chester |
37.50 |
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By rent of land by John Willcox |
39.16 |
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Not received (Settled ) |
By rent of land not settled Mark Daniel |
52.00 |
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By rent received of Thomas Hallet |
22.50 |
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By rent received of Jonas Latham |
3.00 |
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By Jonah Witter’s note for timber |
20.74 |
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By cash for rent of Holden Prosser |
15.00 |
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By cash received Nathaniel Brown for old wood |
2.00 |
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By cash received of Charles Hewitt6 for timber |
8.00 |
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By six dollars paid by John Wilcox and charged to Thankful Charles account |
6.00 |
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By $3.33 received of Henry Hallet for wood |
+3.33 |
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Carried over |
$ 236.96 |
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Debt brought up |
$242.98 |
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June 23, 1826 |
To balance due |
$3.02 |
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Erastus Williams Overseer |
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Lands leased form April 1, 1826 to April 1, 1827 as follows, viz, |
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$50.00 |
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Josiah Charles place, Ben and Polly place and Kate Tikens place to John Wilcox for |
52.25 |
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Manuel Simons place to Holden Prosser for |
20.00 |
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Molly Cocheet7 place, Great Pasture, School House lot, Cujep Pasture, and Ben George lot to Mark Daniels |
71.00 |
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Sunsamon Pasture east of the brook to Thomas Hallet for |
30.00 |
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Northeast corner lot to Jonas Latham for |
4.00 |
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Ben Charles Pasture to Thomas Smith for |
+ 17.00 |
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$244.25 |
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One quarter to be paid in labor on the land in making betterments8, the other in cash, one half at Christmas, the other half April 1, 1827. |
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Endorsement: Groton Pequot Overseer's Account, Erastus Williams / Files, June 18269 Cataloguing: 307 / 463 Miscellaneous: [ illegible ] |
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- 1. More research needs to be done in order to identify this individual.
- 2. 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. See https://nativenortheastportal.com/house-dispute
- 3. Likely Hannah Miller
- 4. Likely James Sunsamon
- 5. Broadcloth is a dense, plain woven cloth, traditionally made of wool. Its finishing procedure makes it highly hard wearing and weather-resistant. Wikipedia.
- 6. Due to the number of individuals with the Charles Hewitt and their overlapping lifespans, it is difficult to identify which Charles Hewitt this is.
- 7. In subsequent overseer records ( 1830, 1831) this parcel is referred to as the Molly Couchep place. Since there is no additional information about either of these named individuals, more research will need to be done prior to the creation of a definitive biographical entry.
- 8. Betterments are improvements to the leased property, for example the building of stonewalls or repairs to a house or barn.
- 9. The word Allowed was crossed out in the original, making any determination of judicial action on this report uncertain.