DOI: 10.7910/dvn/vpcdhf
title: Petition of Samuel Pigchiker

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:28539143"&gt;http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28539143&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Date of creation: 1781-05-10 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Petition location: Chilmark &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Walter Spooner &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Selected signatures:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Samuel Pigchiker&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;John Pigchiker&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mary Frances&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[Sarah Pits]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sarah Panu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joel Rogers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jonathan Slocum&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Iazack Johnson&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Obee Herry&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Elezebeth Panu&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Markid Wanner&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dapthe Oukquit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pashen Dauit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Juette Docknit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perrre Ourminer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Seresher Oakquiy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Derkers Quieppe&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;John Simon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Josiah Cooper&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pethier Coumes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[Sciroty Pau?]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[Paty Paun?]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Siles Johnson&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Crash Joel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Marcy Johnson&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Elizzebeth Johnson&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thomas Francies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Isaac Toknut&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[Pero Peters?]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Abgiel Wekex&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cszer Pomit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[Jaice Cockquit?]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[Diuper Simon]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mary Doey&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thomas Cooper&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Derrks Rogers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Marcy Tolmon Johnson&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mary Tokes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pethier Nohomor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lydia Coomes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[Pall Yoy]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Matthew Dokkoos&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Juette Oakquit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jane Yoy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Abagail Pomit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Suette Pomit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Actions taken on dates: 1781-06-30,1781-07-02 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislative action: Received and granted in the House on June 30, 1781 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Senate on July 2, 1781 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Total signatures: 46 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislative action summary: Received, granted, sent, received, read, concurred &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Females of color signatures: 21 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Males of color signatures: 15 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Unidentified signatures: 10 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Female only signatures: No &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Identifications of signatories: Indian Inhabitants of Gayhead in Chilmark in Dukes County, [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: Gayhead, Gay Head, lands, English, improvements, stock, creatures, animals, pasture, overstocked, corn, cow, appointments, regulation, Matthew Mayhew, William Mayhew, Moses Lambert, Samuel Adams, Nathaniel Gorham, John Hancock, includes Jonathan Allen correspondence, letter &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 234, pages 19-21 &lt;/p&gt;