DOI: 10.7910/dvn/xxczor
title: Petition of Zachariah Hawsooitt

description: &lt;p&gt;Petition subject: Indian guardians &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Original: &lt;a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855942"&gt;http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855942&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Date of creation: 1747-11-30 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Petition location: Gay Head &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Selected signatures:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Zachariah Hawsooitt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Josiah Pomit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jonathan Akoochuk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;James Tashman&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thomas Taquuy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Isaac Hosveit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jeremiah Allmik&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;John Ackoochik&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Josep Pomit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jarimiah Saowamog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Josep Joel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Josep Paul&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Samuel Pomit Jr.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mathew Ontokque&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Barabas Isaac&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mary Quanis&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bethiah Esau&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sarah Panue&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ezther Hery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ezther Pomit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Elis Hery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Martha Heary&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sarah Paul&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joyes Garshim&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Michpah Eken&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Moses Paroh&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Moses Job&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sarah Joel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Marcy Phillip&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mary Noah&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jean Hossveit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mary Cheekes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Noah Kesuk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jude Hossveit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Laban Hossveit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;William Cheeks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Philip Wassanon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph Panue&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Actions taken on dates: 1750-04-17 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislative action: Received and read and revived in the Council on April 17, 1750 and sent for concurrence [crossed out] &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Total signatures: 38 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislative action summary: Received, read, revived, sent &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Females of color signatures: 14 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Males of color signatures: 24 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Female only signatures: No &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Identifications of signatories: others that subscribe hereunto being the Indian Inhabitants Proprietors and Owners of a Plantation of Land at the Gayhead on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County in the Province aforsd, [males of color], [females of color] &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Prayer format was &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing"&gt;printed&lt;/a&gt; vs. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript"&gt;manuscript&lt;/a&gt;: Manuscript &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Signatory column format: not column separated &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Native American tribe: Aquinnah &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Additional archivist notes: Zachariah Hawsooit, Zachariah Hossveit, Zachariah Hoswit, appointments, not proper, Beriah Tilton, Timothy Mayhew, Doctor Benjamin Tupper, Boston, Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, Tisbury, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 550-552] &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 31, page 551 &lt;/p&gt;