Samson Occom, journal, 1743 December 6 to 1748 November 29

Author Occom, Samson

Date6 December 1743 to 29 November 1748

Call 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.

Persistent Identifier

Samſon Occom of
Mohegan [illegible] [illegible]
Eliſabeth
Eliſabeth E Eliſz

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1
December the 6th 1743

I went to the Revd Mr Wheelocks
of Lebanon Crank to Learn Some
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 went
a way from Lebanon to Mohegs
and I got So far as Mr Bs at
Norwitch that Night, &
In the Morning I Sot out from
thence, and I got home to
Mohegan Juſt before Noon

2
Auguſt 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 Scholars
Comminſt, 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:Inſtant
to the Revd Mr weelock's —

Ja[illegible]nuary the 11th AD: 1744

I
Sot out from Lebanon
3
for Mohegan and I got there
about Sun-Set and the
next Day to Mothers at boz
rah
— and in the 14th of D[illegible] Inſt
I return'd again to the Revd Mr
Wheelock
s.

Febry the 23d 1744[below]/5

mater mea et Duo Libri Ejus
venierunt ad Dominum Wheelock
manere ibi Tempori,

March ye
20th 1745

I went from Leba
to Mohegan and I there yt
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:Inſtant
and in the 11th of April I red
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 retd
again in the 14th of July to Leb

4
Auguſt the 20th 1745

I
went away from Leb–
to Mohegan, and I return'd
to Lebn again in 23 of D
Inſtant

Auguſt the 26th
AD: 1745

I Sot out from
Lebn for Norwich and
from thence to Plainfield
and So next from there to
Canterbury and Wedſdy I
got to Windham, and third
ſday I got home to Lebn

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 'turd
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 Queens
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 among
'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 yt
Night, and the Next day
at windham, and in ye
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 —

April the 25th AD: 1747

I retur
to Lebanon

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 ye
30th of June

July ye 7th

I
went to Infield, and the next
Morning to L: Meadow and
from thence Right Back [below]to
8
to Infield and so Right thro[illegible]
to Windſor, and then to Hart‐
ford
, and then from thence to —
L: Crank again —

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 ye wind
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 6th

Samuel Lee and I went from
Hebron to Lyme

Auguſt
the 10th

I Sot out from Nahan
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 —

Sept the 21d

I returnd Back
to Mohegan

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 Dady

Monday Novr ye 14th

I went to Mr Wheelocks — and
went to Hebron Same Day —

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 ye
way, and I got to Rockſbury be-
2 & 3 O' C. in the after Noon So
Strait to Boſton; and Returnd
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

I Sot
out from Natick, and Jacob
Chalkcom
and Isaac Ephraim
acompani'd me 3 or 4 miles —
and So we parted —
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