Petition of Roben Soncausen

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548123">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548123</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1755-05-28 </p> <p>Petition location: Mashpee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Roben Soncausen</li><li>Isaac Natampam</li><li>Timothy Right</li><li>Joseph Richerds</li><li>Daniel Soncausen</li><li>Samuel Richerds</li><li>Sias Peter</li><li>Josiah Popnoat</li><li>Joseph Riherds</li><li>Jacob Metumpom</li><li>Isaac Simon Jr.</li><li>John Wepquish</li><li>Joseph Soncasun</li><li>David Sonkasun</li><li>Gershon Barnbas</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1755-06-09,1755-06-09 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received and read and granted in the House on June 9, 1755 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on June 9, 1755 </p> <p>Total signatures: 15 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, granted, sent, received, read, concurred </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 15 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: us the Subscribers the Indian proprietors of a Tract of Land Called Mashpee In the County of Barnstable, [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: Mashpee </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: sale, to sell lands, Ebenezer Thomas, house, barn, farm, buildings, bushes, timber, wood, water, repairs, meeting house, religious, Indian guardians, deeds, William Shirley, James Otis, Thomas Hubbard, David Crocker, Thomas Clark, Silvanus Bourne, includes affidavits, certifications </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 32, pages 616-617 </p>