DOI: 10.7910/dvn/drrhqc
title: Petition of Elis Herry

description: &lt;p&gt;Petition subject: Property &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Original: &lt;a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548074"&gt;http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548074&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Date of creation: 1753-04-30 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Petition location: Gay Head &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Selected signatures:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Elis Herry&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Abegell Joel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jude Joel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bethiah Tohqun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pashanos Tohqun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mary Quanis&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ledy Ontokque&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mary Paonee&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Old Anne Paul&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Old Sarah Pomit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Old Buthiah Pomit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Old Bethiah Esau&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sarah Paul&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Naomi George&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Martha Henry&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Elis Henry Jr.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Abegell Hossveit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Markit Hossveit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thomas Tohqun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Solomon Paul&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thomas Tohqun Jr.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph Joel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jonathan Akoochik&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Silis Jonson&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph Pomit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph Panue&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Noah Kossoo&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph Hanry&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Solomon Paul&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Silis Paul&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Peter Obatiah&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;John Akoochik Jr.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jude Hossveit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Old Barapes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jethro Sauwamog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Zachary Hossveit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;John Ackoochik&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ephraim Abram&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jeremiah Sauwamog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Solomon Hosweit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Issac Hosweit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jude Hosweit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Elisha Amos&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph Piane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jacob Alomuk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph Alomuck&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mathew Onduhque&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Isaac Annoowonnit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pilad Sawmog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Samuel Pomit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Laban Hossveit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jonathan Piane&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Abel Gorge&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;James Tallman&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Actions taken on dates: 1753-06-05,1753-06-07 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislative action: Received and read and referred to the next session in the Council on June 5, 1753 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the House on June 7, 1753 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Total signatures: 54 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislative action summary: Received, read, referred, sent, received, read, concurred &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Females of color signatures: 16 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Males of color signatures: 36 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Unidentified signatures: 2 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Female only signatures: No &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Identifications of signatories: Indians Natives of the Gayhead in the County of 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: lands, act, laws, regulation, regulating, leases, English, improvements, planting, agriculture, Indian guardians, Martha's Vineyard, Spencer Phipps, Peter Obediah, Thomas Hubbard, Thomas Clark, petitioning, Mary Panue, ["We send Mary Paonnee"] &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 32, pages 356-356a &lt;/p&gt;