Samson Occom, journal, 1743 December 6 to 1748 November 29
Author
Occom, Samson
Date6 December 1743 to 29 November 1748
ms number743656
abstractOccom records his travels from 6 December 1743, to 29 November
1748.
handwritingOccom's hand is clear and legible.
paperSeveral small sheets folded into a booklet and bound with thread
or twine are in good-to-fair condition, with light-to-moderate staining,
creasing
and wear.
inkDark-brown ink is faded in spots.
noteworthyOn one recto and 24 verso, there are doodles and scribbles,
as well as what appear to be handwriting exercises. On one recto, an editor,
likely 19th-century, adds the note: "Samson Occom's Journal from Dec.6.1743
to
Nov. 29. 1748—." This note has not been included in the transcription. On
four
recto, the identity of Mr. B is uncertain, and so he has been left untagged.
On
four verso, the identity of Da– O– is uncertain, and so he has been
left untagged. The latin sentence on five recto likely translates to: "My
mother
and her two children [or two of her children] came to remain at Mr. Wheelock’s
for
a time." On six recto, the identity of the "Queen" is uncertain, and so she
has
been left untagged. On six verso, it is uncertain as to whom "Deacon Wheelock"
refers and so he has been left untagged. It is uncertain for what "D:Inst."
is an
abbreviation, and so it has been left unexpanded in the modernized transcription.
Persons whose names are not legible have not been tagged.
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Samſon Occom of
Mohegan
[illegible]
[illegible]
Eliſabeth
Eliſabeth E Eliſz
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1December the 6th 1743
I went to the
Revd
Mr Wheelocks
of
Lebanon
Crank to Learn Som
^e^ ting of the Latin tongue, and
was there about a week, and was
obliged to
[illegible]Come away from
there again to
Mohegan, and
Stayd
a bout Fortnight at
mohgs and then I return'd up to
Mr
Whees again. and Some time towards
Spring again I went home to
Mohegan, and Stayed Near
three weeks
before I return'd
to
Mr Wheelocks again. and
Auguſt the 7th A:D 1744 I wen
^t^
a way from
Lebanon to
Mohegs and I got So far as M
r
B
s at
Norwitch that Night, &
In the Morning I Sot out from
thence, and I got home to
Mohegan
Juſt before Noon
2Auguſt the 13th
I went from
Mohegan to
Nahantuck, and
viſited all the Indians, and I
Return'd Home again to
Mohegs in the
16th of D Inſtant, and So
imedeatly up to
Mr Wheelocks
And
September the 7th we So
[illegible]t
out from
Lebanon for
New- Haven, and we got there in
the
10th of September, and there
we had the
^plan^
of Seing the Scholar
^s^
Commi
^n^ſt, and we Return'd home
ward again in the
12th of Sepr.
and we Got home again in
the
20th of D:Inſtant —
Novr the 7th AD: 174[illegible]4
Da– O–
was taken Si
[illegible]ck and I
went
Down to See him in the
12 of D:Inſtant, and I Return'd
again in the
17th of D:Inſtan^t^ to the
Revd
Mr
weelock's —
Ja[illegible]nuary the 11th AD: 1744
Febry the 23d
1744^[below]/5^
mater mea et Duo Libri Ejus
venierunt ad Dominum
Wheeloc^k^ manere ibi Tempori,
March ye
20th 1745
I went from
Leba to
Mohegan and I
there y
t Ni
[illegible]ght, and in the
4th of April AD: 1745
Joſeph
John‐ſon and I went over to
Groton —
and there we Saw Joſept wa
^[illegible][guess: u]^ the firſt time that ever I Saw
him, and we Return'd home
a gain in the
6th of D:Inſtan^t^ and in the
11th of April I re
d home a gain up to
Lebanon and
June 24th AD 1745 I went
Down to
Mohegan and got
there
[illegible]that Day
^and was sick there^, and I ret
d again in the
14th of July to
Leb
4Auguſt the 20th 1745
I
went away from
Leb– to
Mohegan, and I return'd
to
Lebn again in
23 of D
Inſtant —
Sepr the 7th AD: 1745
I Sot
out from
Lebn for
Mohegan
[illegible] and
^got^ there
Some
time before Night
And in the
10th of Sepr we
we Sot out from
Mohegan for
Nahantuck, and in
the
12th of D:Inſtant we 'tur
d again to
mohegan, and
in
the
13th of Sepr
5
Many of us Sot out from
Mohegan for
Long-Isla and we got So far as
New
London that Night, &
in the Morning we Sot
Sail from there, and we
got t
[illegible]o
the Place of our
Deſire in the Evening, and
Some of us Lodg'd at Quee
^ns^
Wigwaum that Night,
and there we were very
kindly Entertain'd by all
of 'em, we had Several
Meetings togather, and
there was Some Stir amon
^g^
'em
,— And in the
18th
Sepr We all Return'd home
a gain to
Mohegan, and
to Several
Places where
we belong'd, and we didnt
get home till
^the^
19th of S
Sepr
Some tim in the
Evening, And I
[illegible]went
6
to
Lebn
23d of Sepr —
Decer
ye
16th 1745
we Sot
out from
Lebanon Crank for
windham, and we got
there at night, and
I Lodg'd
at Deacon Wheelock's y
t Night, and the Next day
at
windham, and in y
e
18th of Decer between 2 & 3 o'
Clock in the after Noon,
the Poor Girl was Executed,
and I went right
home to
Lebanon that Day —
May the 2d AD 1746
I Sot
out from
Crank for
Mohegan, and I arived there about
3 o' Clock in the after Noon
and I Return'd in
16th of may —
Auguſht the [illegible]d AD: 1746
I
Sot out from
Lebanon for
Mohe– and got there before Night —
and Return'd again in the
8th of
Auguſt
7
[illegible]
Auguſt the 26th AD: 1746
I went from
Lebanon to
mohe– and got there the Same day —
And I Return'd to
L– again
the
27th of D Inſt —
April ye
ye
6th 1747 went from
[illegible]Leba– to
Mohegan and got
at Night —
June ye
7th AD: 1747
Sot out from
Lebanon for
Mohegs and got about 1 'o C
in the after Noon —
June ye
25th
we Sot out from
Mohegs for
Nahantuck,
and return'd from thence agan
to
Mohegs the
28th of D:inſt —
and I Return'd to
Lebanon
y
e
30th of June —
July ye
[illegible]
16th
I went from
L: to
mohe.
and got there the Same Day —
Tueſday
NAuguſt
ye
26th
I Return'd to
Lebanon —
From Laſt Spring to this
Time I have Loſt 11 weeks
Novr
ye
2d
went from
L: to
Mohegan — and Return'd to
L: again, the
9th of Sd
Inſt
Novr
ye
10th
I Left
Leba–C: and went Down to Some
parts of
New-London, and
kep School there at y
e win
d‐
ter
—
March the 12 AD 1748
I went up to
Lebanon C:, &
and got there about 3 'o C
9
in the after Noon —
and
March the 14th
Sir Maltby and I Sot very Early
in the Morning from
L:C: for
Hebron, and
got there a
bout 8 'o C: — And
March the 16th I Sot out from
Hebron for
Mohegs and got there
be -^at^
fore Night — and Came up
again to
Hebron the
18th of Sd
I–
May the 22d
I went from
H:n Down to
Mohegan
— and ret:
tto
Hebron again
^in^ the
[illegible]
2d of June —
June 17th
went from
Hebron to
Mohegan — and
Return'd again in the
22d of
Sd
Inſt —
Auguſt the 10th
I Sot out from
Naha^n^ for
Mohegan, and
got there
before Night
10 (10)
and in the
11th of Sd
Int I return'd
Back to
Hebron, and in the
13
Sd
inſt I was at
Mr wheelocks —
September ye 9 AD: 1748
I went
Down to
mohegan and got there
before Night —
Sept.
ye
15th
we Sot out from
mohegan for
[illegible]Nahantuck and we got there
Some time before Night —
Octr the 3d AD: 1748
I return'd to
Hebron,
oOctr the 6th I went Down to
Norwich
and returnd back to
Hebron the
Same
Da
dy
Novr the 17th 1748
I Sot out from
Mr
Pomroy's to
Lebanon,
Intending
to Set out from thence to
Boſton;
But I was Diſappointed, and So turn'd
my Courſe to
Mr Wheelock's;
and
Fryday
Novemr
ye 18 I Sot out
from
Mr Wheelock's for
Boſton, and
got So far
Mr Bingham's
[illegible]in
Windham, and Lodg'd there and was
Very kindly Entertain'd, and
Saturd–
Novemr the 19th
Sot out from thence
on my Journey, and Stop't at
Mr Moſley's in
ScotLand, about one
hour, and then went on and
^got^ So far
as
Mr William's in
Pomfret,
and
there taried over the Sabbath, and
was Exceedingly Well Treated all
the while I Stay'd there —
Nover the 21 Monday Morning
I Sot out from
Pomfret on my
Journey
Still and got So far as
Hill's which is 30 Miles this
Side
Boſton —
Tueſday
Nover the 22d
as Soon as it was Day
we Sot out from thence onward,
and I Left my Company by y
e way, and I got to
Rockſbury
be-
2 & 3 O' C. in the after Noon So
Strait to
Boſton; and Return
^d^ to
Roxbury in the Evening and
Lodg'd at
Capt Williamss & was
Entertain'd with all kindneſs
&c —
Saturday Novr the 26th,
I Left
Roxbury, and Returnd Home‐
ward, and So far as
Natick at Night, and Lodg'd at
Decn Ephraims, and was kin
^‐^dly Receivd and Entertaind, &
Next Day I went to their
Publicl
worſhip, and found
too much Levity as I thought
and Monday I to viſiting
a[illegible]
amongſt them and
[illegible] found
all very kind to a
Stranger,
Tueſday
Novr the 29th
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