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oc., XIX. 57, 58.After his decease, his widow administered the government of the tribe as squaw-sachem, and married Webcowits, her principal powwow, conjurer, or medicine man. By this marriage, however, he did not become a sachem, or king, but merely a prince-consort. In the First General Letter of the Governor and Deputy of the New England Company for a Plantation in Massachusetts Bay, to the Governor and Council for London's Plantation in the Massachusetts Bay in New England, dated In Gravesend the 17th of April, 1629, is this important direction,—--If any of the salvages pretend right of inheritance to all or any part of the lands granted in our pattent, wee pray you endeavour to purchase their tytle, that wee may avoyde the least scruple of intrusion. Mass. Col. Rec., i. 394. Accordingly, at the session of the General Court, March 13, 1638-9, Mr. Gibons was desired to agree with the Indians for the land within the bounds of Watertowne, Cambridge, and Boston. Mass. Col. R
the River. Hinman. 2. Thomas, a weaver, had a grant 1669, of fencing timber for his garden, and resided on the westerly side of Dunster Street, between Harvard and Mount Auburn streets, in 1673. He may have been son of Stephen (1), but the traces of his early history have been obliterated. He d. between 28 Mar. and 7 Ap. 1691; and bequeathed his whole estate to Nathaniel Hancock, directing him to pay £ 30 to his heirs at law, viz.: to dau. Rebecca Post, now dwelling in England, near Gravesend, to grandson Thomas Post, and to grandson John Satle (Sawtell), which last named grandson was to have all the testator's books, except the great Bible. Pratt, John, was here in 1633, and owned a house 1635 on the northerly side of Mount Auburn Street, between Brighton Street and Brattle Square, which he soon sold to Joseph Isaac. He rem. to Hartford, where he was a Juror, Deputy, and Magistrate, and was an important man in the Colony. He came here among the first settlers of Hartford.
the River. Hinman. 2. Thomas, a weaver, had a grant 1669, of fencing timber for his garden, and resided on the westerly side of Dunster Street, between Harvard and Mount Auburn streets, in 1673. He may have been son of Stephen (1), but the traces of his early history have been obliterated. He d. between 28 Mar. and 7 Ap. 1691; and bequeathed his whole estate to Nathaniel Hancock, directing him to pay £ 30 to his heirs at law, viz.: to dau. Rebecca Post, now dwelling in England, near Gravesend, to grandson Thomas Post, and to grandson John Satle (Sawtell), which last named grandson was to have all the testator's books, except the great Bible. Pratt, John, was here in 1633, and owned a house 1635 on the northerly side of Mount Auburn Street, between Brighton Street and Brattle Square, which he soon sold to Joseph Isaac. He rem. to Hartford, where he was a Juror, Deputy, and Magistrate, and was an important man in the Colony. He came here among the first settlers of Hartford.