Samson Occom, journal, 1743 December 6 to 1748 November 29
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.
Samſon Occom of
Mohegan
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Eliſabeth
Eliſabeth E Eliſz
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December the 6th 1743
of Lebanon Crank to Learn Some
ting of the Latin tongue, and
was there about a week, and was
obliged to
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
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
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
was taken Si
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
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
I return'd again to the Revd Mr
Wheelocks.
Febry the 23d 1744[below]/5
March ye
20th 1745
to Mohegan and I there yt
Ni
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
again in the 14th of July to Leb
4
Auguſt the 20th 1745
Auguſt the 26th
AD: 1745
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
out from Lebn for
Mohegan
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
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
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
Sepr Some tim in the
Evening, And I
6
to Lebn 23d of Sepr —
Decer ye 16th 1745
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
Auguſht the [illegible]d AD: 1746
7
[illegible]
Auguſt the 26th AD: 1746
April the 25th AD: 1747
to Lebanon —
June ye 25th
July ye 7th
Tueſday
NAuguſt
ye
26th
Novr ye 10th
March the 12 AD 1748
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
again to Hebron the 18th of Sd I–
May the 22d
Auguſt the 6th
Auguſt
the 10th
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
Sept. ye 15th
Sept the 21d
to Mohegan —
Octr the 3d AD: 1748
Monday Novr ye 14th
Novr the 17th 1748
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
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
Tueſday
Nover
the 22d
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,
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
amongſt them and
all very kind to a Stranger,
Tueſday Novr the 29th
out from Natick, and Jacob
Chalkcom and Isaac Ephraim
acompani'd me 3 or 4 miles —
and So we parted —