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.
Modernized Version Deletions removed; additions added in; modern spelling and capitalization added; unfamiliar abbreviations expanded.
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
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
2
August the 13th
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
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
set out from Lebanon
3
for Mohegan and I got there
about sunset and the
next Day to Mothers at boz
rah — and in the 14th of D Instant
I returned again to the Rev. Mr.
Wheelocks.
February the 23rd 1745
March the
20th 1745
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
4
August the 20th 1745
August the 26th
AD: 1745
Lebanon for Norwich and
from thence to Plainfield
and So next from there to
Canterbury and Wednesday I
got to Windham, and Thur
sday I got home to Lebanon
September the 7th AD: 1745
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
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
August the [illegible]d AD: 1746
7
August the 26th AD: 1746
April the 25th AD: 1747
to Lebanon —
June the 25th
July the 7th
went to Enfield, and the next
Morning to Longmeadow and
from thence Right Back to
8
to Enfield and so Right through
to Windsor, and then to Hart‐
ford, and then from thence to —
Lebanon Crank again —
Tuesday August the 26th
November the 2nd
November the 10th
and went Down to Some
parts of New-London, and
kept School there at the win‐
ter —
March the 12 AD 1748
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
August the 6th
August
the 10th
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
September the 21st
to Mohegan —
October the 3rd AD: 1748
Monday November the 14th
November the 17th 1748
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
Tuesday
November
the 22nd
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,
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
out from Natick, and Jacob
Chalkcom and Isaac Ephraim
accompanied me 3 or 4 miles —
and So we parted —