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
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Elisabeth
Elisabeth E Elisz
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1December the 6th 1743
I went to the
Rev.
Mr. Wheelocks
of
Lebanon
Crank to Learn some
thing of the Latin tongue, and
was there about a week, and was
obliged to
Come away from
there again to
Mohegan, and
stayed
about Fortnight at
Mohegan and then I returned up to
Mr.
Wheelock's again. and sometime towards
Spring again I went home to
Mohegan, and Stayed Near
three weeks
before I returned
to
Mr. Wheelocks again. and
August the 7th A:D 1744 I went
away from
Lebanon to
Mohegan and I got So far as Mr.
B's at
Norwich that Night, and
In the Morning I set out from
thence, and I got home to
Mohegan
just before Noon
2August the 13th
I went from
Mohegan to
Niantic, and
visited all the Indians, and I
returned Home again to
Mohegan in the
16th of D Instant, and So
immediately up to
Mr. Wheelocks
And
September the 7th we set
out from
Lebanon for
New- Haven, and we got there in
the
10th of September, and there
we had the plan
of seeing the scholar's
commencement, and we returned home
ward again in the
12th of September.
and we Got home again in
the
20th of D:Instant —
November the 7th AD: 1744
Da– O–
was taken Sick and I
went
Down to See him in the
12 of D:Instant, and I returned
again in the
17th of D:instant to the
Rev.
Mr.
Wheelock's —
January the 11th AD: 1745
February the 23rd
1745
mater mea et Duo Libri Ejus
venierunt ad Dominum
Wheelock manere ibi Tempori,
March the
20th 1745
I went from
Lebanon to
Mohegan and I
there that
Night, and in the
4th of April AD: 1745
Joseph
John‐son and I went over to
Groton —
and there we Saw Joseph wa
[illegible][guess: u] the first time that ever I Saw
him, and we returned home
again in the
6th of D:Instant and in the
11th of April I returned
home again up to
Lebanon and
June 24th AD 1745 I went
Down to
Mohegan and got
there that Day
and was sick there, and I returned
again in the
14th of July to
Lebanon
September the 7th AD: 1745
I set
out from
Lebanon for
Mohegan
and got there
Some
time before Night
And in the
10th of September we
we set out from
Mohegan for
Niantic, and in
the
12th of D:Instant we returned
again to
mohegan, and
in
the
13th of September
5
Many of us set out from
Mohegan for
Long Island and we got So far as
New
London that Night, and
in the Morning we set
Sail from there, and we
got to
the Place of our
Desire in the Evening, and
Some of us lodged at queen's
wigwam that Night,
and there we were very
kindly entertained by all
of them, we had Several
Meetings together, and
there was Some Stir among
them
— And in the
18th
September We all returned home
again to
Mohegan, and
to Several
Places where
we belonged, and we didnt
get home 'til
the
19th of
September
sometime in the
Evening, And I went
6
to
Lebanon
23rd of September —
December
the
16th 1745
we set
out from
Lebanon Crank for
windham, and we got
there at night, and
I lodged
at Deacon Wheelock's that
Night, and the Next day
at
windham, and in the
18th of December between 2 and 3 o'
Clock in the afternoon,
the Poor Girl was Executed,
and I went right
home to
Lebanon that Day —
May the 2nd AD 1746
I set
out from
Crank for
Mohegan, and I arrived there about
3 o' Clock in the afternoon
and I returned in
16th of may —
August the [illegible]d AD: 1746
I
set out from
Lebanon for
Mohegan and got there before Night —
and returned again in the
8th of
August
7
August the 26th AD: 1746
I went from
Lebanon to
Mohegan and got there the Same day —
And I returned to
Lebanon again
the
27th of D instant
April the
the
6th 1747 went from
Lebanon to
Mohegan and got
at Night —
June the
7th AD: 1747
set out from
Lebanon for
Mohegan and got about 1 o'clock
in the afternoon —
June the
25th
we set out from
Mohegan for
Niantic,
and returned from thence again
to
Mohegan the
28th of D:instant —
and I returned to
Lebanon
the
30th of June —
July the
[illegible]
16th
Tuesday
August
the
26th
I returned to
Lebanon —
From Last Spring to this
Time I have Lost 11 weeks
March the 12 AD 1748
I went up to
Lebanon Crank, and
and got there about 3 o'clock
9
in the afternoon —
and
March the 14th
Sir Maltby and I set very Early
in the Morning from
Lebanon Crank for
Hebron, and
got there a
bout 8 o'clock — And
March the 16th I set out from
Hebron for
Mohegan and got there at
Night — and Came up
again to
Hebron the
18th of said
instant
June 17th
went from
Hebron to
Mohegan — and
returned again in the
22nd of
said
instant —
August the 10th
I set out from
Niantic for
Mohegan, and
got there
before Night
10 (10)
and in the
11th of said
instant I returned
Back to
Hebron, and in the
13
said
instant I was at
Mr. wheelocks —
September the 9 AD: 1748
I went
Down to
mohegan and got there
before Night —
September
the
15th
we set out from
mohegan for
Niantic and we got there
sometime before Night —
October the 3rd AD: 1748
I returned to
Hebron,
October the 6th I went Down to
Norwich
and returned back to
Hebron the
Same
Day
November the 17th 1748
I set out from
Mr.
Pomeroy's to
Lebanon,
Intending
to Set out from thence to
Boston;
But I was Disappointed, and So turned
my course to
Mr. Wheelock's;
and
Friday
November
the 18 I set out
from
Mr. Wheelock's for
Boston, and
got So far
Mr. Bingham's in
Windham, and lodged there and was
Very kindly entertained, and
Saturday
November the 19th
set out from thence
on my Journey, and stopped 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 tarried over the Sabbath, and
was Exceedingly Well Treated all
the while I stayed there —
November the 21 Monday Morning
I set out from
Pomfret on my
Journey
Still and got So far as
Hill's which is 30 Miles this
Side
Boston —
Tuesday
November the 22nd
as Soon as it was Day
we set out from thence onward,
and I Left my Company by the
way, and I got to
Roxbury
between
2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon So
straight to
Boston; and returned
to
Roxbury in the Evening and
lodged at
Capt. Williamss and was
entertained with all kindness
etc. —
Saturday November the 26th,
I Left
Roxbury, and returned Home‐
ward, and So far as
Natick at Night, and lodged at
Deacon Ephraims, and was kin‐
dly received and entertained, and
Next Day I went to their
public
worship, and found
too much Levity as I thought
and Monday I to visiting
amongst them and found
all very kind to a
Stranger,
Tuesday
November the 29th
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