Petition of Thomas Tray

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855785">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855785</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1685-02-16 </p> <p>Petition location: Natick </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Thomas Tray</li><li>John Magus</li><li>Simon Sasomut</li><li>Daniel Takawompbait</li><li>Peter Eperam</li><li>James Rumlymarsh</li><li>Jehogikin Matuthut</li><li>Sunsawonnyou</li><li>James Akagit</li><li>Thomas Waban</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1685-02-19 </p> <p>Legislative action: Granted on February 19, 1685 </p> <p>Total signatures: 10 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Granted </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 10 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: the inhabitants of Natick, in the name of the inhabitants of Natick, [males of color] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Native American tribe: Nipmuc </p> <p>Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.</p> <p>Additional archivist notes: permission to sell or give land to Thomas Sawin of Sherborn to encourage him to build a corn mill in Natick, grist mill, Boston, Medfield, Sudbury, Watertown, snow, floods, stream, lands, Edward Rawson, Samuel Thompson, Daniel Takawambpait, Peter Ephraim, James Rumneymarsh, James Rumnymarsh </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, page 307a </p>